Wednesday, December 21, 2011 Lethbridge
6:10 am
The temperature is -2° C, with a high predicted of -4° C. From the Environment Canada website: Today Cloudy. Periods of snow and local blowing snow beginning early this morning and ending this afternoon. Amount 5 cm. Wind west 20 km/h becoming northwest 40 gusting to 60 this morning then diminishing to 20 gusting to 40 this afternoon. Temperature steady near minus 4. Tonight Clear. Wind becoming west 30 km/h late this evening. Low minus 9. Normals Max: -1°C Min: -13°
8:00 am Literature
I have begun reading "The Sisters Brothers" by Patrick DeWitt.
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This looks like fun. The language is a delight.
11:00 am Model Trains
Weathering leads to ... freight cars.
It is time to focus on the various types of cars that exist on real trains.
- Boxcars
- Reefers
- Stock Cars
- Hoppers
- Tank Cars
- Flat Cars
- Gondolas
- Caboose
Very quickly, this gets out of hand. Should I focus on the modeling or the prototype? Or on the history or the trainspotting? Photography? I have been on google and the Web for a couple of hours this morning.
These two sites caught my attention:
I have just ordered a CD from the latter site.
The following is a new feature that I am testing.
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