Frisco Mini-Convention in Springfield, March 24, 2018

Attached are pdf prints of the slides from the Powerpoint shows for the clinics given at Springfield on March 24, however without narrative, they may lack some clarity. Chris' presentation was set up to run with embedded mp3 narrative. Unfortunately, the website does not support uploading Powerpoint or mp3 files, so we can't provide the Powerpoint show.

 

Keith, thanks for posting. I can work on a transcript that has more smoothness and less stammering than my actual product.

A big thanks, too, to Keith for serving as runner, downloaded, technical support. Without him, I would still be sitting here with a work in progress, and Ron Williams would have been left with 45 minutes to film.

The rather slapdash PowerPoint show reminded me of my first car: it was ugly, but it worked.

Really regretted not being there-especially after the Mizzou baseball game I worked ended up being a cold, damp and lengthy affair. Note the start, end time and time of game on the scorecard.

 

Steve, thanks for posting. Really picking myself some more for not making it.

That high-nose U25B is enough to make a guy reconsider diesel modeling. Brad's work, as always, is second to none. Nice Frisco representation all around.

Best Regards,

 

Steve -

Sure looked like a great weekend! Sure wish I could have been there with you all. Looks like a good session.

I would have paid money to join you and Jerry on the Newburg visit! The Houston House looked pretty good - is it still open for breakfast and lunch? Last time I was there, some nice Newburg ladies were running it, they gave me a free lunch. I gave them a bunch of Frisco stuff to display if they wanted to.

The weekend was bad for me - my PC got hacked early Sunday morning! Yes, it's an Apple MacBook Pro. Thought they were relatively safe, guess not. They got a few files, but nothing in them to cause damage, but it scared me. A collateral damage of great proportion was that all my Frisco photos and files are gone - they deleted them - photos, TT's, other valuable files, etc. I'm working with Apple now and we have recovered the PC after scrubbing it. Now working on recovering files. Apple Help is helping at no cost. This has really hit me in the gut.

Oh yes, I did win a seat on the condo board. Great! So now, I get to sit in on endless meetings. Sure wish I could have joined you guys in Newburg!!!!!

Rats!!!!

K

 

Steve and all,
Who brought the Lenexa Depot and 19th Street engine house? They look like Rick McClellan's renditions, but I didn't spot him in the photos anywhere.

Best Regards,

 

They were Rick's.

 

Steve -
Did you try some Pryor's pizza in Rolla? Good stuff - still in my top three pizza places!
Back in my days in Rolla (1960-1964), two bucks would get you a large pepperoni pizza and a coke, plus about five cents change. Almost every time I'm in Rolla (rare now since we are in Florida), I would stop by at Pryor's for lunch. They have the old 1960 menu board posted on the wall; brings back lots of memories. They used to be in an old streetcar up on US-63 north of campus. I lived in a motel that also had student housing, 1962-1963, only a short walk away from Pryor's.
K

ps - Pryor's is located on south US-63 now, just past the Frisco overpass, before you reach MO-72.

 

You got that right Brad! Good as the Naples restaurants are (very good - seafood in particular), nobody here knows how to make a good pizza. There are two we found that are OK - but I give them only a B+.

My top three are: Farotto's St Louis: A+++ (unequaled!), Via's-II St Louis: A+ (unfortunately no longer in business), Pryor's Rolla: A+

K

PS - I always get a kick out of Pryor's sign out front:
Pryor's
Fresh Pizza

 

By all means Brad - give them a try. Farotto's is in the city of Rock Hill in StL County, on Manchester Road, the north side, just west of Rock Hill Road.

If you go for lunch, they have a nice lunch package - 9" pizza with the Farotto salad, which is also very good.

K

ps - All the Pizza ratings I posted above are for a thin crust pepperoni, with mozzarella cheese, which is all I ever order.

ps#2 - Rock Hill, of course, is a city that was honored with a car name in the Frisco portion of the Texas Special red & silver Pullman-Standard streamlined set - SLSF 250, RPO "Rock Hill".

 

Brad - That's OK.
K