work not so busy again.ns had some empty cars to pick up uptown.Eating some leftovers for supper.Historical soiciety meeting in Deshler.Will see what csx sends by.
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").
Electroliner 1935Larry. Better check the woolly bears.
Haven't seen any lately.
But the Farmer's Almanac says we're in for it...
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...
Larry. Better check the woolly bears. This is the legend: The Woolly Bear caterpillar has 13 distinct segments of either rusty brown or black. The wider the rusty brown sections (or the more brown segments there are), the milder the coming winter will be. The more black there is, the more severe the winter.
.http://www.almanac.com/sites/default/files/styles/primary_image_in_article/public/image_nodes/woolly-bear-caterpillar-winter.jpg?itok=QEkF9GMn
mudchicken Summer just had to get in another couple of stupid hot days.
Summer just had to get in another couple of stupid hot days.
We've enjoyed/suffered near record heat this summer here - but we've also spent most of the summer in near drought conditions.
It's supposed to cool off for the weekend (mid 60's) and no one is complaining.
A possible side effect of this very warm summer may be a rather severe winter. The warm weather helps heat Lake Ontario just that much more, and a warmer lake translates to more lake effect snow.
We shall see. Excuse my while I go tune up the snowblower...
Bob, when you retire, you can consider your biggest benefit will be train watching. Put it at the top of your bucket list - maybe 1-10?
Oh yeah - Happy Birthday. And surely someone likes Verona WI?
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Thanx, Joe - I was wondering when fall arrived officially....I am sure it doesn't change from year to year, but I seem to....
work not so busy today.Ns was clear when I left.Got new nose pads for my glasses.Mother nature is going to keep it warm.First day of Fall is on Thursday.Chores to do.
If they have the ability, they put in "fenders" every chance they get. (dry land equivilent = crash walls that the highway bubbas don't like when they cross railroads... They (MoDOT) were whining about that in the Mo. bootheel where the trains took out the highway bridge after the derailment at the UP/BNSF crossing frog. New Bridge has a crash-wall and no argument from MoDot and the county fathers this time..
I'm aware of a number of bridges in the Chicago area that were struck by large vessels, mostly on the Calumet River. The most recent was the B&O bridge near 95th Street struck by a Cypriot freighter, which destroyed the bridge. The Calumet Western Ry (used by IHB) swing bridge near Torrence Avenue was knocked off its center pin by a freighter around 1962 and was eventually removed as a hazard to navigation. To be fair, the channel through the bridge area was quite tight and it wasn't surprising that the collision occurred. The CWI bascule bridge next to Torrence Avenue was struck around 1971 and was repaired before being replaced by a vertical lift bridge with better clearances.
NorthWestA tug rammed Steel Bridge in Portland yesterday. Made for all manner of fun with the Cascades and MAX but service was restored later in the day. It's not like it's a massive lighted structure that's been there since 1912 or anything...
It's not like it's a massive lighted structure that's been there since 1912 or anything...
Winds and currents can make water bound vessels do things their 'captians' don't anticipate.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
hmm sounds like the bridge has clinton street syndrome.Tug driver probably looking for a new job.Mother nature is giving us rain.Saw an ns westbound stack train as I left work.Got chores to do here at home and football to watch.
A tug rammed Steel Bridge in Portland yesterday. Made for all manner of fun with the Cascades and MAX but service was restored later in the day.
CShaveRR This had nothing to do with discharge (well, not my discharge from the hospital, anyway!), because I still would be spending the night. And I'll be taking this roamin' catheter with me, with the Pope's blessing.Discharge (not the stuff from the catheter) will be occurring in a matter of hours now, though, almost to the hour an entire week from when I got in. I think I'm ready.
This had nothing to do with discharge (well, not my discharge from the hospital, anyway!), because I still would be spending the night. And I'll be taking this roamin' catheter with me, with the Pope's blessing.Discharge (not the stuff from the catheter) will be occurring in a matter of hours now, though, almost to the hour an entire week from when I got in. I think I'm ready.
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
tree68 Finally gathered up almost all the deposit cans and bottles I haven't bothered to cash in on for quite a while. Came to over $24 at a nickle a pop. A lot of them were water and flavored water, on which bottles we have to pay a deposit as well. Now to mow the lawn...
Finally gathered up almost all the deposit cans and bottles I haven't bothered to cash in on for quite a while. Came to over $24 at a nickle a pop. A lot of them were water and flavored water, on which bottles we have to pay a deposit as well.
Now to mow the lawn...
afternoon
Ns had a westbound empty coal train moving out.Getting ready for tonights football game.Matt and Stacey are cheering for tinora.My niece and her kids are cheering for ayersville.Should be a good game.
CShaveRRDischarge (not the stuff from the catheter) will be occurring in a matter of hours now, though, almost to the hour an entire week from when I got in. I think I'm ready.
Like they said at the end of the movie M*A*S*H: when they say, "Go," get out of there before they change their minds.
CShaveRRI think I'm ready
May all your signals be CLEAR Carl. (pun ntended) Sounds like the Nurse's have you lined for the roundhouse. Good luck and hoping that you heal quickly.
got out on time today.Ns had empties for the local.Going to enjoy the evening and see if CSX can run anything west of Defiance.
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)
ChuckCobleigh CShaveRR When she came back, I saw no scissors, but a rather strange scowl on her face...turns out the radiology department had placed the catheter, so they were the ones that had to remove it. Sounds like the medical equivalent to a "blue flag" doesn't it? Sounds to me like they want to get rid of you; that's a good thing.
CShaveRR When she came back, I saw no scissors, but a rather strange scowl on her face...turns out the radiology department had placed the catheter, so they were the ones that had to remove it.
Sounds like the medical equivalent to a "blue flag" doesn't it?
Sounds to me like they want to get rid of you; that's a good thing.
Johnny
CShaveRRWhen she came back, I saw no scissors, but a rather strange scowl on her face...turns out the radiology department had placed the catheter, so they were the ones that had to remove it.
Norris, in this case they bring around a couple of "therapy dogs" to lift peoples' spirits.(Mind you, I'm not into spirits, or I'd definitely qualify--I'm a little too weak and unsteady to lift my own glass.)It can be like a zoo around here sometime, Chuck. Yesterday the urology department was close to yanking my drain catheter...in fact, she had me holding down my undergarment and bracing myself. Then she "had to get a pair of scissors" and left me holding and bracing for a good five minutes. When she came back, I saw no scissors, but a rather strange scowl on her face...turns out the radiology department had placed the catheter, so they were the ones that had to remove it. And they now say I'll go home with it.The question is when.
Murphy Siding CShaveRR Once it was discovered that the shortness of breath was caused by pneumonia, I was given a different antibiotic that has knocked it down dramatically. I was feeling almost normal yesterday evening. However, my blood saturation level wasn't quite high enough, so I had to go back on oxygen (I was having productivity without it for about five good hours, with improved breathing, endurance, and appetite). They moved me to the new room, where the old setting was used for the oxygen--dry and forceful. So that's why I'm up so early--probably the most severe nosebleed I've ever had. We'll get through all of this, though, and maybe soon.Today they're offering pet therapy in the hospital. I think I need some serious train therapy--I'm sequestered less than two miles from the BNSF "Racetrack", and can't do anything about it. Pet therapy? Are you sure they didn't check you into a zoo? Who does the petting?
CShaveRR Once it was discovered that the shortness of breath was caused by pneumonia, I was given a different antibiotic that has knocked it down dramatically. I was feeling almost normal yesterday evening. However, my blood saturation level wasn't quite high enough, so I had to go back on oxygen (I was having productivity without it for about five good hours, with improved breathing, endurance, and appetite). They moved me to the new room, where the old setting was used for the oxygen--dry and forceful. So that's why I'm up so early--probably the most severe nosebleed I've ever had. We'll get through all of this, though, and maybe soon.Today they're offering pet therapy in the hospital. I think I need some serious train therapy--I'm sequestered less than two miles from the BNSF "Racetrack", and can't do anything about it.
Once it was discovered that the shortness of breath was caused by pneumonia, I was given a different antibiotic that has knocked it down dramatically. I was feeling almost normal yesterday evening.
However, my blood saturation level wasn't quite high enough, so I had to go back on oxygen (I was having productivity without it for about five good hours, with improved breathing, endurance, and appetite). They moved me to the new room, where the old setting was used for the oxygen--dry and forceful. So that's why I'm up so early--probably the most severe nosebleed I've ever had. We'll get through all of this, though, and maybe soon.Today they're offering pet therapy in the hospital. I think I need some serious train therapy--I'm sequestered less than two miles from the BNSF "Racetrack", and can't do anything about it.
Pet therapy? Are you sure they didn't check you into a zoo? Who does the petting?
Well, it could be Brookfield Zoo; it's less than two miles from the "Racetrack" as I recall, at least close enough to the Hollywood stop to not be considered much of a walk when we went there a few, well, many years ago.
evening
work not as busy.NS had a stack train in the siding.The local also passed by when I left work.Got a little rain today but was able to do yardwork.Chores to do.
Carl,
I'm hoping you can get out of there soon.
Norm
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