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Quonset hut is a lightweight prefabricated structure of corrugated steel having a semicircular cross section. The design was based on the Nissen hut developed by the British during World War I. The name comes from their site of first manufacture, Quonset Point, at the Davisville Naval Construction Battalion Center in Davisville (a village located within the town of North Kingstown, Rhode Island).

In 1941 the United States Navy needed an all-purpose, lightweight building that could be shipped anywhere and assembled without skilled labor. The George A. Fuller construction company was selected to manufacture them. The first was produced within 60 days of contract award.

MC,

Check your center off switches - the Tortoises require power all the time, otherwise known as full stall machines. 

If you're using computer edge (card) connectors rather than soldering directly to the Tortoise contacts - one or more of them may have slipped off the proper contact.

Robin

Robert,

Your link doesn't list any show scheduled for St Charles MO in January.

Robin

The Nixon Library is located near his birthplace in Yorba Linda CA, about 35 minutes north of El Toro.  Heres a link for the train show:  http://www.nixonlibraryfoundation.org/

I was involved with suporting the Nixon funeral while on the MCAS Station staff.  It was interesting to see most of Washington cycle through our tiny PAX terminal.

Robin

I was in the Marine Corps from 1975 until 1995, retired as a Major and loved every moment.   I flew J model Cobras until 1980 then A-4Ms through 1990.  Never fired a shot in anger but blew up a lot of things in the deserts of southern CA and Nevada.  Retired for the last time (I hope) in 2005.I rediscovered trains while attending the USA Command and General Staff College in Ft Leavenworth.  I plan to include some Korean War era hardware including aircraft in my next layout.  I've got enough room to add a second era which will likely be 1914 because I love railway guns and coast artillery from that time frame.

My RR roots go back to a small town in Vermont called Essex Junction where I used to sit on an old baggage cart and watch the trains go by. We still saw some steam in the mid 50s.  How I wish that old station with its covered tracks and water tower were still there.

Robin

For your reading enjoyment:

The Lay of the Lost Traveler By the Honorable Edward J. Phelps

With saddened face and battered hat And eye that told of black despair, On wooden bench the traveler sat, Cursing the fate that brought him there. "Nine hours," he cried, "we've lingered here, "With thought intent on distant homes, "Waiting for the elusive train, "Which, always coming, never comes; "Till, weary, worn, distressed, forlorn, "And paralyzed in every function, "I hope in hell their souls may dwell "Who first invented Essex Junction!"
"I've traveled east; I've traveled west "Over mountains, valley, plain, and river; "'Midst whirlwind's wrath and tempest's blast, "Through railroad's crash and steamboat's shiver; "And faith and courage faltered not, "Nor strength gave way, nor hope was shaken, "Until I reached this dismal spot: "Of man accursed, of God forsaken! "Where strange, new forms of misery "Assail men's souls without compunction, "And I hope in hell his soul may dwell "Who first invented Essex Junction!"
"Here Boston waits for Ogdensburgh, "And Ogdensburgh for Montreal, "And late New York tarrieth, "And Saratoga hindereth all! "From far Atlantic's wave-swept bays, "To Mississippi's turbid tide, "All accidents, mishaps, delays, "Are gathered here and multiplied; "Oh, fellow men, avoid this stop "As you would plague or Peter Fink shun! "And I hope in hell his soul may dwell "Who first invented Essex Junction!"
"And long and late conductors tell "Of trains delayed or late or slow, Till e'en the engine's bell Takes up the cry, `No go! No go!'
"Oh, let me from this hole depart, "By any route, so't be a lone one!" He cried with madness in his heart, And jumped aboard a train: the wrong one. And as he vanished in the smoke He shouted with redoubled unction, "And I hope in hell his soul may dwell "Who first invented Essex Junction!"

At the risk is thowing water on a glowing thread:  Things change when girlfriends become wives.  Those cute trains become things that take you away from honey-do projects.  Then there is the issue of layout space traded for guest quarters or the laundry area.

Eventually we are told that "You have too many guns - you can only shoot one at a time."  "When are you getting rid of the motorcycle? - you haven't ridden it in ages." 

Don't get me wrong - I wouldn't trade my wife for anything - and she tolerates my hobbies very well.  However - marriage is an ongoing series of compromises.

Happy Thanksgiving,
Robin