Wx4 Dome O' Foam



	From Readers: Where Have You Been?
Alive and Kicking... Many of you have gone through college - or served a full sentence for armed robbery - since we last plastered something new on Wx4. But all of this is about to change. Wx4 staff has just recently begun remodeling the site (the termite work is staggering!) in preparation for a humongous mid-year rollout. Some of the new stuff is listed in the broadside at right, but there will be plenty more than that, particularly relating to SP. A heart-felt apology for the non-reply to your email... Several years ago, when circumstances largely eliminated my ability to maintain Wx4, I tried to remove all reference to the site's email addresses to spare you dear readers the insult of receiving no response. In the process of re-editing Wx4 page-by-page, I've discovered several email references that I missed, and boy am I embarrassed! I'm truly sorry to those of you who wrote, only to be stiffed by me. Although Wx4 currently has no email address, I shall establish one when The Dome 2010! hits the Net.
The real estate agent really put one over on me... Having recently pulled the pin, I can already tell you that retirement is great, if for no other reason than again being able to unload dumb humor to the Dome. Also, it has meant that we (the wife and I) have been able to relocate Wx4 headquarters to the Big Island (South Kona) of Hawaii (real estate agent: Oh yeah, there's lots of trains over on the Hilo side.). Adjusting to life on the slopes of the world's most active volcano, Mona Loa, is interesting, and there's always the possibility of earthquakes, hurricanes and tsunamis.** The only actual downside is - horrors - NO DSL! Thus, major uploads are limited to those times when we are attending a Wx4 satellite facility on the Mainland. This also explains the delay in the 2010! sendoff. We're hoping that Hawaiian Telecom (currently in Chapter 11) follows through with its promise to bring in DSL later this year. **BREAKING NEWS 2-27-10 Hawaii Tsunami Update: Wx4 headquarters evacuated after rescuing liquor supply; lawn chairs unfolded up the hill from the house. Result: The Hawaiian kids from down in the village make larger waves with their jet skis; Wx4 donation to Chilean earthquake relief. - E.O.	last update: 2/28/10
Don't These Guys Know the Rules? While Wx4 generally shies away from contemporary railroading, our satellite facility in Buenos Aires, Argentina alerted us to the below 2-20-2010 YouTube video, which is too good to pass up. As you shall see, the train crew is flagrantly violating the rules: diesel-electrics should not be operated in more than two inches of water over the ball of the rail. Otherwise, we suspect that they are technically in compliance.
(photo right: E.O.'s last run, 8-28-09)


The Dome 2010! teaser preview *Silly Johnnny Is Dead!, perennial Dome* favorite featuring clueless RR advertising: Now rewritten and reformatted, with new additional material! Discover how the New Age Movement began; Milwaukee Road's 50 foot woman; how the C&EI almost put the American Red Cross out of business; and much, much more! Silly Johnny is only a small part of the grand *The Dome 2010* *rollout coming soon to your computer screen. Remember, The Dome of Foam* is not sold in stores...although we surely could use the money if Wall Mart would only return our calls.**	This ~~week's~~ ~~month's~~ ~~summer's~~ ~~fall's~~ ~~winter's~~ decade's featured page: click on the above to enter


(Space reserved for major new attraction coming in The Dome 2010! Stay tuned!)	our seminal works! years (literally) in the making!	Wx4 Exclusive Feature! The Harmonic Convergence of Jeeps and Geeps Photos featuring both Jeeps and trains
		RAIL & ROAD SCHLOCK at its FINEST! (dark glasses recommended)
Man the lifeboats! Wx4 goes sailing on Lake Michigan	Wx4's Bicentennial RR & Official Mascot: Well yeah, the C&OC collapsed in 1954,and Al Gore hadn't yet invented the Internet in 1976, but what the heck... Greatly Expanded Coverage Soon!!	Hate annoying ads? Do you think that 'commercial-free' PBS has more advertising than network TV? Please don't let Wx4 go this route: An Earnest Plea for Lots of Money!
Too old & brain dead to hire out with a railroad? Think again: Wx4 International Correspondence Schools can help! Helix-Tram: Tomorrow's Transportation Yesterday		So, you don't think that we're very funny? You can try: Amtrek,net If that site seems lame, try here For more historical info on the Bay Area, fellow engineer, Frank Caron, has excellent and extensive coverage on SP's San Bruno Branch / Ocean View Line (the original route to San Francisco) at his Railroading in the San Francisco Bay Area site. We note that he has finally updated his site after a long dry spell. Way to go, Frank!

(with apologies to the Library of Congress)
email: wx4org@yahoo.com (we're still way behind on our email, BTW)
all Dome O' Foam images & photographs that haven't been purloined from somebody else: copyright 2002-2007, E.O. Gibson

From Readers:
Where Have
You Been?

Alive and Kicking...
Many of you have gone through college - or served a full sentence for armed robbery - since we last plastered something new on Wx4. But all of this is about to change. Wx4 staff has just recently begun remodeling the site (the termite work is staggering!) in preparation for a humongous mid-year rollout. Some of the new stuff is listed in the broadside at right, but there will be plenty more than that, particularly relating to SP.

A heart-felt apology for the non-reply to your email...
Several years ago, when circumstances largely eliminated my ability to maintain Wx4, I tried to remove all reference to the site's email addresses to spare you dear readers the insult of receiving no response. In the process of re-editing Wx4 page-by-page, I've discovered several email references that I missed, and boy am I embarrassed! I'm truly sorry to those of you who wrote, only to be stiffed by me. Although Wx4 currently has no email address, I shall establish one when The Dome 2010! hits the Net.

The real estate agent really put one over on me...
Having recently pulled the pin, I can already tell you that retirement is great, if for no other reason than again being able to unload dumb humor to the Dome. Also, it has meant that we (the wife and I) have been able to relocate Wx4 headquarters to the Big Island (South Kona) of Hawaii (real estate agent: Oh yeah, there's lots of trains over on the Hilo side.). Adjusting to life on the slopes of the world's most active volcano, Mona Loa, is interesting, and there's always the possibility of earthquakes, hurricanes and tsunamis.** The only actual downside is - horrors - NO DSL! Thus, major uploads are limited to those times when we are attending a Wx4 satellite facility on the Mainland. This also explains the delay in the 2010! sendoff. We're hoping that Hawaiian Telecom (currently in Chapter 11) follows through with its promise to bring in DSL later this year.

**BREAKING NEWS 2-27-10 Hawaii Tsunami Update: Wx4 headquarters evacuated after rescuing liquor supply; lawn chairs unfolded up the hill from the house. Result: The Hawaiian kids from down in the village make larger waves with their jet skis; Wx4 donation to Chilean earthquake relief.

- E.O.

last update: 2/28/10

Don't These Guys Know the Rules? While Wx4 generally shies away from contemporary railroading, our satellite facility in Buenos Aires, Argentina alerted us to the below 2-20-2010 YouTube video, which is too good to pass up. As you shall see, the train crew is flagrantly violating the rules: diesel-electrics should not be operated in more than two inches of water over the ball of the rail. Otherwise, we suspect that they are technically in compliance.

(photo right: E.O.'s last run, 8-28-09)

The Dome 2010! teaser preview

Silly Johnnny Is Dead!, perennial Dome favorite featuring clueless RR advertising: Now rewritten and reformatted, with new additional material! Discover how the New Age Movement began; Milwaukee Road's 50 foot woman; how the C&EI almost put the American Red Cross out of business; and much, much more! Silly Johnny is only a small part of the grand The Dome 2010 rollout coming soon to your computer screen. Remember, The Dome of Foam is not sold in stores...although we surely could use the money if Wall Mart would only return our calls.

This ~~week's~~ ~~month's~~ ~~summer's~~ ~~fall's~~ ~~winter's~~ decade's featured page:

click on the above to enter

(Space reserved for major new attraction coming in The Dome 2010! Stay tuned!)

our seminal works! years (literally) in the making!

Wx4 Exclusive Feature!
The Harmonic Convergence of Jeeps and Geeps

Photos featuring both Jeeps and trains

RAIL & ROAD SCHLOCK
at its FINEST!
(dark glasses recommended)

Man the lifeboats! Wx4 goes sailing on Lake Michigan

Wx4's Bicentennial RR
& Official Mascot:

Well yeah, the C&OC collapsed in 1954,and Al Gore hadn't yet invented the Internet
in 1976, but what the heck...
Greatly Expanded Coverage Soon!!

Hate annoying ads? Do you think that 'commercial-free' PBS has more advertising than network TV? Please don't let Wx4 go this route: An Earnest Plea for Lots of Money!

Too old & brain dead to hire out with a railroad?
Think again:
Wx4 International Correspondence Schools can help!

Helix-Tram: Tomorrow's
Transportation Yesterday

So, you don't think that we're very funny? You can try:
Amtrek,net
If that site seems lame, try
here

For more historical info on the Bay Area, fellow engineer, Frank Caron, has excellent and extensive coverage on SP's San Bruno Branch / Ocean View Line (the original route to San Francisco) at his Railroading in the San Francisco Bay Area site. We note that he has finally updated his site after a long dry spell. Way to go, Frank!

(with apologies to the Library of Congress)

email: wx4org@yahoo.com
(we're still way behind on our email, BTW)