Storm over parking lot

More clouds

Pallisades Park

There are climbers on these walls, if you look closely. While I was never a rock climber, they had a beautiful day for it.

Fast moving clouds

Horses and Island

Sky and Clouds

The Midwest has "interesting" weather throughout the year. In winter it takes the form of deep snow and blizzards, and in summer our interesting weather is thunderstorms and rain. Sometimes these storms can be quite destructive to trees and buildings, but they often produce spectacular cloud and light shows. Here are a few I've seen recently.

Railroad stew and sunshine

Ate a plate of railroad stew provided by the club. It was excellent. Rode in the caboose. It was a fine day enjoyed with good friends. I'll try to switch subjects tomorrow. Perhaps people are getting tired of railroad related images.

Speeders at work

Along the way

Interurban trolly

Supervisors track maintainer

There is a small number of people who restore and run antique railroad track maintainers. These are sometimes called "speeders" which is a misnomer as they only hit a top speed of about 25 mph. But they are fun to ride on if the weather is pleasant.

Snow removal equipment

In the roundhouse

Prairie Village Round House

Two Steam Engines

Steam Engine No. 29

Riding the Caboose

Carousel rides at Prairie Village

Railroad Days at Prairie Village

The blue diesel locomotive and engineer get to work for a day at Prairie Village in Madison, SD. Local railroad buffs got to ride on and play with all sorts of equipment.
This 1938 Dodge pickup truck hauled wood to cook a free chicken stew lunch made in cast iron spiders. Both stew and day were fine.

Keep Calm and Carry On

Fair humor

Metal work

Silver airplanes and giraffs

Hats at fair

Fun at the Art Fair