afternoon
ns had a stack train in the siding and an oil train to go east.Had another eastbound on the way when I drove in town.Ma nature gave us some more rain.More chores to do.
stay safe
Joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
Greetings from the Windy City. Spent the last two days here in Chi-town for work. I'll be glad to get rolling home tomorrow. At least I can watch Metra and CTA Elevated Lines from the room.
Dan
18 hours on duty and we didn't make the yard.
Join the railroad they said. ... it'll be fun they said. ...
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zugmann 18 hours on duty and we didn't make the yard. Join the railroad they said. ... it'll be fun they said. ...
mudchicken get some sleep - looks like you'll be getting a call in about six hours or so to go out and do it again with a new best friend and some guy on da radio....
get some sleep - looks like you'll be getting a call in about six hours or so to go out and do it again with a new best friend and some guy on da radio....
Benefit of being a trainee.
I get to decide most of my schedule. Heh.
well Ns isn't doing Archbold any favors today.Stack train in the siding plus another train blocking the crossings in town.Still have to go around to get away from work.Worked on the yard.Need to get ready to take Matt to confirmation class.
ps in other news Hulcher will be busy along road 115 in Paulding county re-railing some ND&W cars.Scheduled to do on Friday.
Got a rare trip to trackside on a beautiful albeit warm day. For October, which has been known for more snow than warmth.
Joe - Loram or someone was doing ballast work - but it was around a corner from us and we couldn't see who it was. That south track always seem to need attention. I think it must have water issues (underground). We have a lot of saline wetlands nearby.
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
MookieI think it must have water issues ...
On my way to the "Punkin Patch" last Friday, the DS had warned me to watch for water near the tracks. I found water running across/through the ballast, but no structural issues.
The cause of the problem was leaf "dams" forming in the shallow gully alongside the tracks. A few minutes with a potato rake took care of the leaves, with the water now following the path it's supposed to follow. Crisis averted!
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
The Man with the Rake!
Johnny
ns had a stack train waiting to go west.I thought I could see the local working uptown too.Still driving around to get to work.They are suppossed to be done by tomorrow.Nice day getting outside to move some leaves around.
Joe - our hard working landlord came over yesterday and blew all our leaves into a pile and put them in 2 oversized garbage cans. He had the whole property leaf-free when he left. As he drove down the street, the leaves all blew in on a south wind and put ithe property back just the way it looked before the cleanup. I think the word futile in the dictionary would have his name in the definition
On our railroad, all of the leaves seem to end up on the tracks (except those clogging up the drainage). Makes life very slippery...
YAY.....Its FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fUNSBvNur4
evening
Ns had a westbound tanker train with UP power when I left work.They were putting the finishing touches on the road when I left too.Went into town here and CSX ran 5 eastbounds while Matt and I cleaned up a yard.Those trees still have about 75 percent of the leaves left.Mine here at home are half done.Tomorrow it's time to get our eyes checked.Might go see more csx after that.
Driver went fishing; I went napping! We both enjoyed our time in the park!
Lots of Burning Bushes in our fair city altho most of them now look like the fire is dying. During the spring and summer, they are just green bushes, but in the fall, they really stand out. This year there are more fall plants in people's yards. They are really going all out in the natural decorating. Yards are just beautiful right now.
The fact that it was 75-80 across most of the state (Oct 24, mind you) just made it all that much better.
Life is good!
I was going through my track bulletins today. The UP, and I assume others, continue the tradition of issuing the "last" order/bulletin to mark the retirement of some employee. I've also seen ones for the death of the President of the US and some for railroad company presidents.
Today there was one for the death of Steve Culbertson, retired Manager of Train Dispatchers, who also had been a dispatcher for the UP and the Katy. I recognized the name right away. He was the dispatcher featured in the 1986 Trains article on dispatching the Katy, "The South End Desk." That article is one of my favorites of all time.
RIP Mr. Culbertson.
Jeff
It is now one week from official bug-out day as we trade our 8th floor offices for 11th floor digs some 1.4 miles to the south. (I hope the big egoes still like the view after the first few fire drills)...Also, the interior designers in the A-tribe keep shrinking the floorspace and workspace into ever smaller square footage. I moving.
Sir Chicken - it is too bad you can't follow my prescription for moving: Pack everything you want to move in a small paper sack and set it by the back door. Then as you leave, set fire to the small paper sack in the driveway! Moving is a joy, then! (That is hard-core downsizing!)
mudchickenAlso, the interior designers in the A-tribe keep shrinking the floorspace and workspace into ever smaller square footage.
That's called "dirty densing" where I toiled before going over the wall finally.
Mookie Driver went fishing; I went napping! We both enjoyed our time in the park! Lots of Burning Bushes in our fair city altho most of them now look like the fire is dying. During the spring and summer, they are just green bushes, but in the fall, they really stand out. This year there are more fall plants in people's yards. They are really going all out in the natural decorating. Yards are just beautiful right now. The fact that it was 75-80 across most of the state (Oct 24, mind you) just made it all that much better. Life is good!
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
Are those scrapped buses that you burn?
We had fire thorn (pyracantha) in front of one of the houses where I grew up, as well as nandina and spirea--and a Mother's Day (red) rose by the porch. At my grandparents house, where my mother, one brother (the others were all out in the world) and I moved after my grandfather died, the front yard was filled with all sorts of things his sisters had put out--a magnolia, oleander, pomegranate (nice and sour), tiger lilies, graveyard cedar, and so forth. The magnolia is no longer there. The back yard had a black walnut tree, a peach tree, an apple tree, a pear tree, Himalaya blackberry bushes, and fig bushes--all good eating. Two or three years, I helped my mother make pear mincemeat (I turned the meat grinder and sealed the cans when she put it up in cans).
Before moving here, I had scrubbery on one side and in front of half the house; when trimming it, I had to be careful not to squeeze when picking the trimmings up. The worst thing I did there was set some privet out by the back fence--right under a power line. I should have told Ricki, "No, I am not going to set it there!" but I did not think until I had to prune it back every fall; I hope the current owners take care of it; they did remove the scrubbery from in front of the house.
I let Katie take care of the yard here, which has many different flowers that were set out by previous owners--and pine trees, as well as a crabapple tree (food for deer).
Deggesty Are those scrapped buses that you burn?.
Are those scrapped buses that you burn?.
Murphy: go for the magnolia! I know we are a little farther south but a lot of yards here have them. You will have a lot of years when the blooms will freeze and then the stiff north wind will blow them away, but every so often you have a great spring & you will be so happy you have a magnolia.
burning bush & forsythia - fall & spring!
went out this morning and csx had a traffic jam.Signal was out west of town causing the problem.The ND&W ran a train to Cecil.Had to go to the eye doctor appointment.Came back and low and behold they took another train to Cecil.My eyes checked out fine.Matt and Mamma need adjusting.Sunday school and Church tomorrow.
Ghost train out and back with no casualties. Did get to practice my "slippery rail" techniques. It's a real challenge to get six or seven cars up a substantial hill (net 730 ft in 21 miles, including about five miles of 1.2%) even with two locomotives. Kept 'em rolling, though!
Just went through a box of stuff left over from my working days. It included a few things I'm glad I found, and a bunch of old travel documents I need to shred, as they have personal information on them.
Gloomy here. A thunderstorm came through last night at Utica right after all of the passengers were off the train. We'd seen it coming, but weren't sure when it would hit. Had some BB sized hail in it! Actually kinda odd for late October in the north woods.
Ns train in the siding when I left work.Worked on yardwork.Ma nature is going to throw us a chill after the rain tomorrow.
Absolutely gorgeous day in southeast Michigan today. Sunny and high near 70. I hope it lasts all winter.
Norm
We're still above 70 as we speak, but the change will come slowly over the next several days. The trick-or-treaters may have some s**w to contend with.But today was marvelous, a great one for celebrating Kalmbach Day (I thought I already posted something about it, but cannot find it). A big shout-out to everybody Kalmbach! Thanks for a bunch of amazing magazines, and some great fora to participate in.
Carl
Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)
CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)
yes Carl we heard that"S" word in our forecast too.Ns had an eastbound stack train going and the local uptown too.Got a phone call from the eye doctor.His family is from Lima and he liked the 765 cd we made.Better get done on the computer.Matt needs to type up an essay.
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