evening
Ns had a frieght waiting to go east.going to cheer up brother with his therapy.we are going to go find some trains.Ma nature is giving us a melting session.need to get stuff for tomorrow.
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").
Anyone else note a decline in participation? Posters have talked about a decline after every forum update (this being my first one, I have no past experience in this), and there definitely seems to be a decline in posts recently. I can't prove it, though.
It comes, it goes. Some familiar names are gone, some new names have appeared. Some of the "departed" we miss, some we don't (you don't want to know).
What it takes to liven the place up is a topic folks want to talk about. Barring any major news in the rail industry, we're down to the mundane and rehashing old topics.
What amazes me sometimes is that I may see more activity on a little local forum I'm on than I do here - except that politics are allowed, there are some folks clearly on one side of the fence or the other, and in reality, there are probably a dozen active participants.
Given the national (and worldwide) audience of Trains, it would seem like more folks would participate here. We really don't see how many lurkers there may be. Even when there was a list of folks who were on-line, many were on other Kalmbach forums, not here, so that wasn't a good gauge.
The lurker aspect might give us an idea if we're scaring people off...
Too, with such a wide range of potential topics, it takes a wide-ranging audience. Some topics may not interest some folks. The Sunset Route Two-Tracking thread has over 6000 posts and over a million views. I might account for a half dozen of the views. It's not something I'm interested in. And we have threads that plummet to the depths with a half dozen posts.
Kick back, enjoy what's here. That's what I do.
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...
Ma Nature is going to give us something overnight.We did enjoy the 40 degree plus temps today.We saw an NS train turn at Butler Indiana to go to FT.Wayne.It had an NS dash 9,csx sd 70 mac and a cp 90 mac for power.Lots of old and restenciled cars too.Time to relax.
joe
Thank you for your thoughts. I guess I hadn't noticed that the oil train threads, many of which had a lot of contention and participation, died about the same time as the update. I agree that news really energizes the forum (although it may be a good thing that no major news has happened recently). I'm not really worried; we have not drifted into the black hole of "nobody ever visits, so why should I". I was just curious to see if anyone else had noticed a decline in participants.
Joe - a Dash 9, an SD70 and a 90 - thats quite a history.
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
tree68 It comes, it goes. Some familiar names are gone, some new names have appeared. Some of the "departed" we miss, some we don't (you don't want to know). What it takes to liven the place up is a topic folks want to talk about. Barring any major news in the rail industry, we're down to the mundane and rehashing old topics. What amazes me sometimes is that I may see more activity on a little local forum I'm on than I do here - except that politics are allowed, there are some folks clearly on one side of the fence or the other, and in reality, there are probably a dozen active participants. Given the national (and worldwide) audience of Trains, it would seem like more folks would participate here. We really don't see how many lurkers there may be. Even when there was a list of folks who were on-line, many were on other Kalmbach forums, not here, so that wasn't a good gauge. The lurker aspect might give us an idea if we're scaring people off... Too, with such a wide range of potential topics, it takes a wide-ranging audience. Some topics may not interest some folks. The Sunset Route Two-Tracking thread has over 6000 posts and over a million views. I might account for a half dozen of the views. It's not something I'm interested in. And we have threads that plummet to the depths with a half dozen posts. Kick back, enjoy what's here. That's what I do.
I have nothing interesting to say anymore. I'm slowly but surely losing all interest in this industry day by day, both from a railroader and a railfan's point of view. I come here out of force of habit, but really am not interested in much of it at all.
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Times change, people change, we get older and grumpier, and things like Facebook happen to take the more social aspects out of Forums like this. You have to go back to the old days to figure out what "BC" and "SJ" mean, or why one of our members has to wear tin shoes.We've answered a lot of the questions once...the old-timers don't have the questions any more because we did our jobs so well, and the newbies don't get them answered because the old-timers are tired of answering the same old stuff.The yellow flags in advance of slow-orders were recently dealt with here...not quite the same thing as "yellow thingies", and not handled the same way.
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)
zugmann I have nothing interesting to say anymore. I'm slowly but surely losing all interest in this industry day by day, both from a railroader and a railfan's point of view. I come here out of force of habit, but really am not interested in much of it at all.
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
afternoon
Ns sent a short train westbound when I left work.Work is getting back to a normal pace.Not sure what ma nature has for us tomorrow but it is NW Ohio(expect anything).Time to catch up on chores.Always glad to share information or ask questions.I know Mookie will always have questions.
Murphy Siding Steal your daddy's que and make a living out of playing pool?
Steal your daddy's que and make a living out of playing pool?
And here Carl just got through saying the old-timers aren't around here anymore!
Bruce
So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll.
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AgentKid Murphy Siding Steal your daddy's que and make a living out of playing pool? And here Carl just got through saying the old-timers aren't around here anymore! Bruce
Murphy Siding What's plan B? Sounds like you're subconcious is telling you to look for a different vocation? Steal your daddy's que and make a living out of playing pool?
What's plan B? Sounds like you're subconcious is telling you to look for a different vocation? Steal your daddy's que and make a living out of playing pool?
No clue.
My sister has all of our old pool cues, so that's out....
Second structure fire in less than 36 hours. Early Sunday morning we had a reported chimney fire that spread to the attic, and this morning we had a fire in a shop/garage. Both structures are still standing, although the second had more structural damage. Now waiting for number three (things do come in threes...)
In between I took in the toy train collectors show at Utica Union Station. I'm not into toy trains, but did pick up a couple of calendars and a book about the NYO&W, in addition to some N Scale cars.
For now, I'm pooped. And hungry. No lunch as I was running the pumper...
Tree - hit 60 here today. You are into weather a little. What's going on? No moisture - which really is hard on earth-things, but wonderful for people not having to drive on ice.
And a woman in Omaha ran into another woman parked and unloading her car. Severed both of her legs and within a few days the victim died. No ice involved here either.
1st driver reached down to retrieve her cell phone while driving. Now she will not need a driver's license, car, cell phone or even a decent wardrobe where she is headed. Probably no ice, either!
MookieYou are into weather a little. What's going on?
You've actually just had a cold front come through, but the circulation around the high that's currently in your area is probably bringing some of Houston Ed's warmth up your way.
You're kind of in between snow and rain Tuesday - and will be between two snow areas tomorrow, which suggests you may be cooling off dramatically. Still, the southerly flow into your area looks to be continuing for the next week.
That it's dry is probably mostly due to the cooler temperatures, as compared to summer.
Thanx Tree. We are still heading toward spring instead of Xmas and that makes it feel a whole lot better.
1: would you answer questions about eastern railroading
2: would you answer them from any source
3: does this even interest you at all
MookieSince you are an "eastern railroad": 1: would you answer questions about eastern railroading 2: would you answer them from any source 3: does this even interest you at all Ad
I'm very hesitant to ever give any specifics. I stick to generalities, mostly. And the last couple zugtales I wrote got lackluster response, at best. Nobody is much interested in what I say, apparently. That's ok.
zugmann Mookie Since you are an "eastern railroad": 1: would you answer questions about eastern railroading 2: would you answer them from any source 3: does this even interest you at all Ad I'm very hesitant to ever give any specifics. I stick to generalities, mostly. And the last couple zugtales I wrote got lackluster response, at best. Nobody is much interested in what I say, apparently. That's ok.
Mookie Since you are an "eastern railroad": 1: would you answer questions about eastern railroading 2: would you answer them from any source 3: does this even interest you at all Ad
Murphy Siding I think you may underestimate the amount of luster. I enjoyed reading it, but simply have nothing to add.
If you're going to give me charity, I'd prefer cash. Or cartoons.
Zug: I never ask personal, unless it is an unusual screen name. I ask general questions. I am a blank piece of paper when it comes to eastern railroads.
I am not sure whether you are engineer or conductor. Engineer I know about a smidge more than conductor. Do you have cab signals? Any information about them would be appreciated. Have you ever worked with cantenary? Joe's area is mostly freight and a lot of it. Here it is freight and unit trains and probably a lot of them, altho they move during the night, so I don't know how many for sure. Are you mainly freight in your area?
I always read and enjoy your posts, but don't comment since I learned long ago, there are a lot of people on this forum that don't like old ladies, kids and dogs....in just about that order.
CShaveRR ...or why one of our members has to wear tin shoes.
...or why one of our members has to wear tin shoes.
They're collecting dust lately...
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
zugmann Murphy Siding I think you may underestimate the amount of luster. I enjoyed reading it, but simply have nothing to add. If you're going to give me charity, I'd prefer cash. Or cartoons.
zugmann Murphy Siding What's plan B? Sounds like you're subconcious is telling you to look for a different vocation? Steal your daddy's que and make a living out of playing pool? No clue.
morning
Cincinnati is a mess due to a bridge collapse on I-75.Going to get Matt off to school.Have a couple family member check ups to check on today.
blhanel CShaveRR ...or why one of our members has to wear tin shoes. They're collecting dust lately...
JoeKoh morning Cincinnati is a mess due to a bridge collapse on I-75.Going to get Matt off to school.Have a couple family member check ups to check on today. stay safe joe
I haven't seen or heard anything about any bridge collapse on I-75 in Cincinnati on the national media?
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
It's a bridge that's being demolished over I-75. The report I saw says one construction worker killed, and 75 will be closed for a couple of days.
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