Weekend Photos - November 2026

[webenda]

November Has Begun

Good morning to y'all, a new month has begun,
May the sun shine on your face with joy and fun.
Now leave all your worries from yesterday behind,
Embrace this new start and watch what you can find.

Poem by Catherine Pulsifer (modified for this thread).
https://www.stresslesscountry.com/awakeup/

I found this custom-made track-cleaning car on eBay years ago. Lynnette just found it again in one of the many boxes from my July 2020 move from Tucson.

Custom Track Cleaning Car image by Wayne Benda, on Flickr

Reference: https://www.ebay.com/itm/147157262904?_ ... R6S0_r-3aA

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When I click on this image, it opens on Flickr as a video. The video shows the weird lights coming from the nuclear reactor.

OakPoint by Wayne Benda, on Flickr

[healey36]

Given the family involvement with the nuclear industry, it would be fun to have something on the train table. That Menard's version looks pretty neat, Wayne, especially as it includes the cooling tower. I looked at the Lionel reactor, but it's a bit more fantastical and I've read it can be problematic. The workbench is already stacked to the ceiling...no need to clutter it up with fuel-rod issues

I came home from York with a couple hundred bucks in my pocket (very unusual); the Vienna Station train list hit the inbox the next day. This Lionel 97E set from 1928-1929 made quick work of the surplus:



Haven't had it on the track yet, but the 251E looks good. Re-wheeled and new pick-ups, I'm hopeful the pendulum reverse-unit works as it should. Everything needs a good cleaning, but otherwise pretty good. Lots of scratches and a few dents from trips into and out of the attic or hall closet, I suspect.