Memorial Day, Monday May 25th will have been 18 years since the Parkersburg-New Hartford tornado, which is how old I was when it happened. Below are two photos by Todd Arends with the caption:
Picture of the tornado entering Parkersburg. Taken from 1 block north of the high school.
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| Todd Arends |
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| Todd Arends |
April 11, 2026
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| Milwaukee Road Hi-Rail vehicle |
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| M&StL wedge plow |
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| Union Pacific RPO |
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| Control stand of IATR 53, a 50-ton electric locomotive |
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| "Iowa Terminal Railroad" |
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| "Iowa Terminal Railroad" |
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| Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov holding hands with her cousin Princess Irina Alexandrovna in 1908. |
Fourteen clumps of daffodils and one columbine. They actually began pushing up in mid-February but got buried by a foot of snow before I could get pictures.
Assembled some HO scale kits this Saturday. Not the worst but definitely not a pro.
