Hope this works. Winter starts tomorrow.Good to have college boy home.Have some snow.The elevator in Hamler has some grain cars on the ground.tonight going to see how things go in South Bend.Tomorrow going to take my brother some Christmas goodies.Wonder if they will be singing Rocky Top after tomorrow night in Columbus.Time for supper.
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").
The only White Christmas will be on Tv again this year. Matt is making a pie from scratch.No interference,pictures or giggling allowed in the kitchen.Have a Merry Christmas.
joe
Time to dust off this classic by the great Ed Blysard:
Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the yard, All the switchmen were switching, some working quite hard.
The grips were all hung by the shanty with care, In the hopes that a time slip would soon show up there.
The trainmasters were nestled, all snug in their beds, While visions of test failures danced in their heads.
The hogger in his kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled down for a sneakey quick nap.
When out in the yard there arose such a clatter, I sprang from our motor to see "what's the matter?"
Away from the cab, I flew in a flash, To line all the switches, and stop a bad crash.
The moon on the field of new-fallen snow Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below, When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, But a worn out SD40, dragging eight old reindeer.
Run by an old hogger, who looked like St. Nick, I knew in a moment, I had to act quick.
At yard speed the 40 down my lead he now came, And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name; "Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen! On, Comet! on Cupid! on, Donder and Blitzen!
"To the top of the yard, we'll cross over them all, Now drag away drag away, drag away all!"
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky, So up to the top end the old 40 flew, With a gon full of toys, and Saint Nicholas too!
And then in a twinkling, I heard an old horn, Blowing for the brakes, soft and forlorn.
As I threw down my lantern and was turning around, Down the old 40s steps the old hogger bound.
He was twitchy and wormy, from his head to his feet, His yard list all folded and sorted, quite neat.
A bundle of time slips he had flung on his back, He looked like a peddler opening his pack.
His eyes -- how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow; The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath; He had a broad face and a little round belly, That shook when he laughed, like a bowlful of jelly.
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf, And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself; A wink of his eye and a twist of his head, Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread; He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, He filled all those grips, then turned with a jerk, And laying his finger aside of his nose, And giving a nod, to the seat box he rose, He notched out his 40, to his team gave a whistle, And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight, "Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night."
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...
Hope everyone had a great Christmas!
Had the Deshler cam running (as I usually do) just before 1 PM when I heard the fire siren. Structure fire just west of the park, with smoke blowing over the park and downtown Deshler. Apparently it was a garage, but the fire got into the nearby house as well.
Joe and Larry,
I hope you two are aware that the new forums are now up and running at https://forum.trains.com. Note that forum is singular. Quite a number of the regulars are on the new forum.
To login, enter your email address and then use the forgot password link to create a new password. The server used to create login cookies for this forum was turned off in August and anyone not logged in at that time was essentially locked out of this forum.
This forum (i.e. https://cs.trains.com/trn/f/ ) will be turned off sometime in January according to the folks at Firecrown.
- Erik
I saw that. Gonna take some getting used to to find the appropriate threads.
The new forum isn't perfect, but it performs much better than this forum. Login is almost instantaneous, private messages work, you can post pictures directly and not have to rely on an outside host and there is a functioning spelczhek. The new forum shows who was being replied to.
The Firecrown crew are very responsive, having made a number of changes based on feedback from members.
I've been on the old forum for more than a quarter of my life, so the change is taking a bit of getting used to.
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