Interdimensional Jeeping/Railroading at its finest!
"Cheez und krackers, vas in die heck ist going on hier?"

This is an actual simulated message from a Wx4 viewer in Kartoffelburg, Germany, and is typical of the response that we'd get if anyone actually looked at this site. You may be the first, for all that we know. To ease your confusion, Wx4 offers a "short and sweet" explanation immediately below. We'd recommend, however, that you skip this boring crap and head directly to the Guided Tour of The Wx4 Experience, further below.

Handy tip: You'll find "Help" links conveniently located throughout Wx4 to aid with your problems. What they have to do with Wx4, we don't know.
Wx4 Explained, short and sweet...
  1. 1) We like trains (despite being railroad employees).
  2. 2) We like Jeeps (especially Willys Wagons / Deliveries).
  3. 3) We love humor (and messing with people's minds).

    Now, what could be simpler than this, not counting the salespeople on the Home Shopping Network?
mmmSITE PHOTO INFO
Copyright - All photos not purloined from somebody else: copyright 2003-10 by E.O. Gibson; all rights reserved & etc.
Use of photos - Permission for non-commercial use of our photos on other sites is usually glady given upon inquiry. New email address coming soon
Hardcopy enlargements / hi-res files - While we do not make prints, hi-res electronic files are available to institutions and for publishing purposes.
A note to dialup Netscape users:
this site is "graphics intensive", which means that you can re-tune your piano in less time than it takes for many of our pages to load via a Ma Bell dialup connection. Worse, because this site is composed for Internet Explorer (and works even better on Mozilla), you may spend five minutes waiting for a page that ultimately turns out looking like scrambled eggs.
If you have negative feedback, complaints or general whining to do about Wx4:

GO HERE

Otherwise:
email address:
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 mmmmCONVENTIONS
Wx4 - "dubya by four"
Foamer - railfan (also see: RR contents)
Wx4 Staff - er, that's me, E.O.
WillysNut - Willys Jeep fanatic
Yin - Jeep restorationist
Yang - Jeep modifier / hot rodder
Wagon - THE Wagon! usually also refers to the Delivery
The Willys Joke - the primordal Jeep joke
We - er, that's me again
Humongophototm - big photograph

We just want you to know that we're not fond of Microsoft either, and that we feel your pain.
A Guided Tour of the Wx4 Experience
(highly recommended to new users who have no personal life)
INTRODUCTION
 Normal human beings - that is, those whose brain functions remain unaltered by alien probes and Vulcan Mind Melds - may find The Wx4 Experience a bit overwhelming at first, and we really do sympathize. We highly recommend that new users employ a quality Bourbon to stave off psychosis, but we realistically assess that massive alcohol consumption is frowned upon in many Third World regions such as Pakistan, Abu Dhabi and Utah.

So, as a substitute to the preferred route, the following Guided Tour is about the best that we can for you tea-toters. It ain't quality Bourbon, but at least we do promise that at no time will you be subjected to flashing Your a Winner popups. After all, we do have standards to maintain - send Wx4 twenty bucks (preferrably Euros) and we'll think real hard about what they might be.
First, two important messages from the Wx4 Staff.

Even though you cheap-skates will be harvesting all sorts of stuff off of this site for free*, we neverthelesss value you as customers. The pledges at right and left are examples of our general committment to you.


*We never do this, well, except maybe for the bordering scrolls and a few other things. Well yeah, we swiped stuff for other Wx4 pages too, but...er, never mind.
Tour Part 1: Key Components; Wx4's two main dimensions
MAJOR
COMPONENTS
 In order to successfully navigate the premises, you need to be able to identify the various key subject matter, yes? Further, since many of you are reading this in a foreign language, you probably have no better idea than we do of what we are saying (and this sentence's syntax surely has you scratching your nether regions). Thus, we frequently employ what we call the Wx4 E- Identification Chart. Below, please find Chart #1, which shows Wx4's major components:
Wx4 E-Z Identification Chart #1
Jeeps:
The Wonderful World of Willys Wagons
We love Willys Jeep Station Wagons/Deliveries (and their world-wide licensed clones)
Trains:
The Dome O' Foam
We love old trains (today's trains: ptooey!),
 especially Southern Pacific's; lots of
1950's to 1970's photos
Train Wreck:
The Solution?
We love it. It's a joke, right? Oh yeah, this really isn't a Key Component - we just need some filler to make things look nice.
Tour Part 2: Interdimensional Components; spanning the cosmos between trains & Jeeps
INTERDIMENSIONAL
COMPONENTS
 But Wx4 is a whole lot more than Jeeps and trains, bubby! We explore the various interdimensional worm holes (we think that they're worm holes, but we wear latex gloves anyway) connecting the automobile and railroad universes. These sections are actually quite small, but we like 'em, and size does not matter.

This brings us to another Wx4 E-Z Identification Chart (#5 - we've eliminated E-Z ID's 2-4 to make things easier):
Wx4 E-Z Identification Chart #5
Trains and Jeeps, Together
The Harmonic Convergence
of Geeps and Jeeps
Pictures showing both Jeeps and trains; it starts out a little weird, though
Trains and Roadside Schlock:
(Rail) Roadside America
 We're so inspired by this new concept
that we may get the camera fixed after
20 years!
Trains & Man's Favorite Activity
(except on NFL Sundays):
Mama Lucia's PleasureWorld
Well, a guy's just got to 'get off' sometimes.
Tour Part 3: Dumb Humor Components; don't say that we didn't warn you!
DUMB HUMOR
COMPONENTS
Railroading is a laugh riot to us - only an industry-wide sense of hijinks and low humor can explain all of the dumb stuff that goes on. And Wx4 is right there in the vangard. Heck, we think that we're as hilarious as a Don Rumsfeld standup act!

So, here's a Wx4 E-Z Identification Chart, a big one, highlighting some of Wx4's feeble attempts at humor:
Wx4 E-Z Identification Chart #6
Please Send Cash!
An Earnest Plea for Lots of Money
Hey, with site costs approaching $11 a month, we're going broke!
Silly Johnny is Dead!
A look at weird, but real, railroad
advertising
Wx4 International
Correspondence Schools
Want to work for a RR? We can help!
The

Willys

Joke
Helixtram, Tomorrow's Transportation Yesterday
The inventor actually was serious!
On Protesting Against the Wienermobile
PETA vs. Oscar Mayer; also includes a
'straight' history of the Jeep Wienermobile
The Willys Joke
Wx4 scientists have unearthed the primordal Willys joke. Sadly, it's not very funny.
CONCLUSION

You're still with us? Jeeze, we really weren't expecting that, so we didn't write one. Sorry.