Found Lair of Troll, It's Under Control ...

You can ALL breathe easier now -

Earlier this spring, the C&TS track gang located the summer lair of the notorious troll JéBeeWex,*
long the subject of Grimm tales intended to frighten mere whipper-snappers into obedience, and
utterly destroyed this ancient den of rotting timbers, cobwebs and locomotive soot formerly lo-
cated at milepost 287.50 on the Cumbersome & Totally-Wrecked Ischemic Railroad.

Under the skilled direction of C&TS track supervisor John Matthews, a modern steel culvert was installed to replace the moldy lair of the BillyGoat-Snatching baselisk.  An East-German archaeologist - descended from Humbolt - recognized the inherent attraction of this modern edifice to digital photographers such as descendants and disciples of the notorious JéBeeWex, however, and insisted that the centuries-old Tuzigoot Indian ritual of purification by straight green-jacketing of the premises be performed prior to the passage of any trains carrying children under the age of 10. The success of this ritual is predicated on the very well known fact that the JéBeeWex cannot stand D.O.G. in general - and D.O.G. boiler jackets in particular - and will do all in its power to avoid either, often going so far as to migrate to South America or even China in search of uncorrupted locomotives.

The cleaned-up former den of the JéBeeWex, as photographed for National Geographic and The Tiffany Tattler on 05/20/10:


Archaeologist Polydeistion Rubixkübe, descendent of the famed Heinrich Humbolt, inpects the new den of the troll prior to invoking the Tuzigution/Kokopälian purification ritual:


RubixKübe's cousin Herr Rüssell Roemer von Heidelberg, aka 'Der DunkelOlivGrunDampfKesselMantelLiebhaber' / 'El Curmudgeono Viejo y Verde de la Costa del Oro' performs the Tuzigoot purification ritual following fumigation of the site by the application of genuine D&RGW Dark Olive Green Boiler Jacket Enamel Urethane to the entrances and exits thereof, as prescribed by centuries-old customs of the tribe, which are expected to greatly darken any hopes the JéBeeWex might have of returning to its former lair:


It is rumored that one of the run-by locations for Tuesday's special excursion to Osier will be at this site. Those remaining on the train will be supplied with wooden stakes and cloves of garlic to ward off any attempt by the JéBeeWex to return home and again take up its prehistoric practice of snatching succulent morsels from coaches passing over its ancestral home.

- Herr Rüssell Roemer von Heidelberg, aka 'Der DunkelOlivGrunDampfKesselMantelLiebhaber'
* NOT to be confused with another notorious troll, the JayBoWack ...  

p.s. Close-ups withheld to protect the names of the innocent perpetrators.



Edited 6 time(s). Last edit at 06/17/2010 12:35PM by Russo Loco.