....to the people or organizations that licensed eleven  of my images in the past week. It is much appreciated! When you have a moment, stop by the gallery and take a look. 

Heavy to excessive rain forecast from Colorado/Nebraska to the Appalachians this week. The rain is neededed in the western part of the area but the forecast 3 to 5 inches east of the Mississippi may lead to flooding. 

Some of the chatter online from O Gauge train fans (as Shelton Cooper of the Big Bang Theory  put it, "It's O Gauge or no gauge") has been, What does the package carrying the 2026 Lionel Super Chief Super Set look like? I received mine and it is below. This is the most extensive set ever from Lionel. Four locomotives (3 powered) and passenger cars with sounds (e.g., sounds of a restaurant from the diner car).  If one is being shipped to you, be careful. It weighs a ton.  I have not run it yet but since people wanted to see the packaging, I thought I'd post it for everyone. 

As the media has been correctly reporting: a record El Nino is developing in the east Pacific. Statistically, strong El Nino's cause heavy rains in the Southwest. If it is a record event, it is possible that widespread excessive rainfall will occur that will help refill Lake Mead, Lake Powell, et cetera.  However, there's no way the situation will materially improve without flooding. Please keep that possibility in mind.

You'll notice the ads are gone from the blog.  I became unhappy that a number of sleazy ads began showing up. That is not acceptable to me.  Hope you like the more friendly experience. 

Scientific American Research scientists are upset because the Trump Administration wants to impose some accountability into the federal research grant system after millions died and the world economy lost trillions because of Dr. Fauci's Wuhan China lab created COVID and released it and after Dr. Fauci tortured thousands of beagles (that lab was closed last year) Dr. Fauci's beagle experiments. Note the closed shades. To quote a WCW report: The lab pumped pneumonia-causing bacteria into over 2,000 beagles' lungs, inducted septic shock and bled them out.  Was Dr. Fauci accountable? Yes, to another scientist.  In my opinion, an ordinary politician would be far more likely to shout STOP! at this type of Josef Mengele-type barbarous, cruel behavior done with our tax dollars  than the "go along to get along" world of science.  Consider: we haven't been able to get a National Disaster Review Board because the National Weather Service used to claim its lame Servic...