Gift For Me Pappy!

[Nighthawk]

My dad is an old railroad man, and is partial to the days of steam. He used to work on a railroad in Colorado called the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad. He used to help maintain and fire the snow plows, so I made him a flask with a graphic likeness of the one that nearly killed him!!

I filled it with a nice Speyside for him.

[budd4766]

Nice! I've been on that train!

[Crystal]

I think you captured that picture very well. I am glad your dad survived- that thing looks like a sausage grinder!

Crystal

[Nighthawk]

I think you captured that picture very well. I am glad your dad survived- that thing looks like a sausage grinder!

Crystal

There were two of those things on the railroad. I remember watching them as a kid! They were noisy and amazing, throwing plumes of snow what looked to me like hundreds of feet in the air!

And thank you for the compliment- I'm not particularly pleased with the tooling- I know I can do better- but the color! I love the color! I was really pleased with that!

Nice! I've been on that train!

Lovely place, isn't it? I try to go visit every summer. In a way, I miss living there.

Edited February 28, 2011 by Nighthawk