House of Cards

She made it.  There were complications.  I don't know anything more than that, I'm afraid.

The Guns of Brixton

Tested every locomotive I own last night.  The ancient Life-Like GP38-2 still pulls well, but has some problems with electrical pickup here and there.  The SD9 would be a good choice for the "inner loop," but it's got some problems negotiating one of the switches;  the Dash 8-40CW is going to spend lots of its time there, as will the 4-axle freight locos.  The flagships of my collection, the SD50s and SD60s can handle the tighter curves (9.75" radius) on the inner loop, but they're so long that they overhang the inside of the curves, and look ridiculous.  So, mine runs, long coal drags, stuff like that.  Y'know, what the prototypes were built for.

I'm happy enough with the  track plan.  Need to finalize the industries - the mine is the big one, of course.  I think a transfer/shipping warehouse model I've got will do nicely.  A fuel and oil distributor, probably, too.  Maybe an engine service facility?

Next up - scenery base and wiring.  Pictures, as demanded by Carter, will come soon.

Policy of Truth

Spykeetom called today.  Still sans luggage.  Poor dear girl.

Afternoon of storms here in Lexington.  A couple of nasty, fast-moving pop-up thunderstorms.  Knocked out power and flooded streets around town;  something like 1100 people lost power around campus.  Hail and stuff.  No damage here at home.

For you baseball fans in the audience, Roger Clemens is the starting pitcher for the Lexington Legends Tuesday night.  Tickets were selling very very quickly today.

Today, our state's lieutenant governor announced that he would not stand for reelection with the governor in 2007.  Can't really call LtGov Pence a rat, but he's the biggest departer-of-sinking-ship so far.  I will just about bet that Larry Forgy is slavering at the chance to run with Fletcher, blind as he is to his own insignificance.

Gotta clear out some voice mails and head off to bed.