It is my Father’s Day wish that all you Dads get to run your trains today !
Happy Father’s Day !
Ralph
Ralph, your wish has been granted.
My son came round this morning with his wife and the two grandkids,Lewis 3 and Ewan 2 months. While my son fixed me a Fathers day barbeque Lewis and I ran trains, I have to say for a three year old he was gentle on the throttle.
A magical day!!
Regards
Bunny
No chance here 
Today is a once in-a-lifetime day. June 21 is the summer solstice, father’s day, our wedding anniversary and a celebration of Matthew’s graduation form High School. Just got don cleaning. The party starts soon 
That’s a big day!
The village where I used to live with my wife and kids has its local “Pinhook” festival the weekend of Father’s Day. The town’s nickname is Pinhook, which I always took to be some kind of sewing implement, but as it turns out, it memorializes a humorous incident on the railway that used to go there caused by a missing pinhook.
A couple years ago, I got a little book about the history of the railroad. It didn’t mention the pinhook incident, but did mention that every time they got operations going, somebody in Macomb got a court injunction against it.
Caleb and Ethan tell me Susan baked many pies for Pinhook this year.
Tom Ruby said:
That's a big day!The village where I used to live with my wife and kids has its local “Pinhook” festival the weekend of Father’s Day. The town’s nickname is Pinhook, which I always took to be some kind of sewing implement, but as it turns out, it memorializes a humorous incident on the railway that used to go there caused by a missing pinhook.
A couple years ago, I got a little book about the history of the railroad. It didn’t mention the pinhook incident, but did mention that every time they got operations going, somebody in Macomb got a court injunction against it.
Caleb and Ethan tell me Susan baked many pies for Pinhook this year.
Now you done went and got me interested in “pnhook.” I did a search on pinhook railroad incident and this came up:
http://www.owdna.org/History/history20.htm
Is there any tie in to your area in this?
Ralph Berg said:Thank you!
It is my Father's Day wish that all you Dads get to run your trains today ! Happy Father's Day ! Ralph
Eventhough it’s rather cold and windy here our two chihuahua’s and their dad (me) are heading for the back yard right now.
Dear All,
To celebrate Father’s day, I think I’m going to go set up a G scale Inglenook track puzzle like the one in the games section of this website. (3, 3, 3, 5).
I’ll then navigate to the site puzzle for 8 starting positions and 5 end positions of the freight cars.
A left and a right R1 turnout, plus a bunch of straights should do it.
I suppose if I wanted it to look parallel I could add a reverse curve off each turnout, but then I would create “S” curves… If I have enough width I shouldn’t have to.
I’m pretty sure I can get my kids (13, 14) interested.
I know the neighbor kid (12) that (practically) lives here will be.
Sincerely,
Joe Satnik
Thanks, I didn’t run any trains, but the property owner finished her pond to the point that I could continue installing ladder for the track, results, ladder finished and I should finish the track next week approximately 70’ to go. Pictures in the appropriate thread when complete. Happy Fathers day to all.
JN
I didn’t run trains either. Skies were stormy all day, even though it didn’t rain.
Since I’m on track power and have to carry the trains outside, I decided to work on the GRR instead.
Ralph
Happy Father’s Day to me,
Happy Father’s Day to meeeeee.
Happy Father’s Day, dear taaaaaaaaaac,
Happy Father’s Day to me!
Shoot some guns, eat some pie,
then sit and watch your trains go by.
Hear the birdies, sniff the roses,
make sure you get up some folks’ noses.
‘Cos these small things make life worth livin’,
when your kids just ain’t up for givin’.
Enjoy your day?
I hope so.
tac
www.ovgrs.org
Tom Ruby said:
That's a big day!The village where I used to live with my wife and kids has its local “Pinhook” festival the weekend of Father’s Day. The town’s nickname is Pinhook, which I always took to be some kind of sewing implement, but as it turns out, it memorializes a humorous incident on the railway that used to go there caused by a missing pinhook.
A couple years ago, I got a little book about the history of the railroad. It didn’t mention the pinhook incident, but did mention that every time they got operations going, somebody in Macomb got a court injunction against it.
Caleb and Ethan tell me Susan baked many pies for Pinhook this year.
I guess that info from the web that I put up was not pertinent. I recall reading somewhere though that before knuckle couplers were invented back in the 1800’s that the couplers on American trains were really a hazard and cost many a brakeman fingers or hands and that they had some kind of pin system. I wonder if “pinhook” relates to that somehow.
Rudy,
They used link and pin couplers.
I think Shawn is using them for his logging RR.
Ralph
The American Link & Pin was particularly hard of railroaders. You had to hold the link as the cars came together, get your hand out of the way and drop the pin in just as the cars met. Janning wanted a coupler that kept the railroaders out from between the cars as they were coming together and that’s where the American knuckle style coupler came from.
Ralph Berg said:
Rudy, They used link and pin couplers. I think Shawn is using them for his logging RR. Ralph
Im a little late on this but hope everyone enjoyed Fathers day. I had to work and the weather was not so good.
Ralph - I had link and pins but then switched back to knuckles. I like the look of link and pin but found it very hard to do in the winter. Almost freeze your fingers off trying to get them hooked LOL Here is a good look at one