Aurora went into trains,
Memory of this one remains…
In N scale,
It would not fail,
But burnt one out hauling heavy scrap metal remains!
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It hauled heavy loads up a hill,
Seven and one half percent, by sheer will…
Drive wheels slipped
At too steep a tip,
A break in a rail stalled and it stopped still.
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For parts I bought two or three,
It runs near endlessly….
A blast from the past
Whose heritage lasts,
My MINITRIX Li’l Donkey!
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–Jonathan Caswell
JUST ONE TRACK…?
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Problems with model train trackage,
Is not apparent on the package…
Different symmetries
Bring one to one’s knees,
With significant “crackage!”
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Different brands of track
Means one learns a knack…
Of mix and match
With earnest dispatch,
To give the project a whack!
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Do I cut a little piece clearly
Or replace a whole section nearly…
In order to see
If that works for me,
For replacements I have paid dearly.
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I’ll run me test trains
To tell if I used my brains…
One electrical short
Blocks good sport,
(At least…can I run on the mains?)
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–Jonathan Caswell
N SCALE ALCO BONANZA!
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He spent on an extravaganza,
An n scale ALCO bonanza…
Locomotives galore
Put in a drawer,
For when his layout expands-ah!
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He got them all through E-bay,
But now he must go away…
From tempting things,
Cash register rings,
He’s got rent and bills to pay! 🙂
–Jonathan Caswell
MODEL TRAIN CERTAINTIES
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Did you notice model train tracks
Require power packs
Plugged in power
Billed by watt-hour,
Those used to be the facts.
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Amazing—now a smart phone
Can be used controlling alone…
And battery powers
Last two hours,
All this and a whistle ring tone!
–Jonathan Caswell
MISSED MY CHANCE…ANOTHER YEAR
A parking lot sweeper
Is taking stuff I thought a keeper…
Colored sand
In demand,
It really is a weeper!
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Ballasting my model trains,
I thought that these sand grains…
Properly sized
Utilized
Would look good out on “the main”.
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There was plenty there,
Until swept up (no fair!)…
Now I argue
The thing to do
Is to wire the track with care.
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Then…maybe next year
My situation will clear…
Scooping up sand
With modeling hand,
To provide scenic railroad cheer!
–Jonathan Caswell
IS IT A MAN’S WORLD????
(Google Image)*
A man’s world it seems to be,
So the focus accordingly…
Is on what or who
Can best draw them to
Be interested to some degree.
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There are a few lady train nuts,
Master Modelers, no ifs or buts…
Should ads then
Use “Chippendale” men,**
Increasing sales to women thus???
–Jonathan Caswell
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**A famous all-male review for women!
By the Mighty Mumford 