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)
tree68 BaltACD Started raining in Watkins Glen about 5 PM and has been steady up to the current time 11 PM. Oswego County got hit pretty hard. The storm is just rain over Oneida County, and the Southern Tier just got wet, from the looks of it. You should be out of it soon. Several folks from up this way regularly work the safety crews at the Glen.
BaltACD Started raining in Watkins Glen about 5 PM and has been steady up to the current time 11 PM.
Oswego County got hit pretty hard. The storm is just rain over Oneida County, and the Southern Tier just got wet, from the looks of it. You should be out of it soon.
Several folks from up this way regularly work the safety crews at the Glen.
Had a 'exhausting' Watkins Glen race weekend. Broke exhaust pipe on 1st session Friday. Put on my spare pipe, which is a different configuration than my primary for the next sessions and was down on revs. Got the donation of a pipe similar to my primary and put it on for the Saturday race and as I was completing the 1st lap of the race the exhaust manifold broke. Two stroke engine don't work without a properly designed and operating exhaust and I don't want to be deaf for the balance of my life. Weekend done as I don't have a spare exhaust manifold.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
BaltACDStarted raining in Watkins Glen about 5 PM and has been steady up to the current time 11 PM.
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...
tree68I'll be painting a bookshelf I just built, and planting some more annuals. I'm a little late on the annuals, but hopefully they'll look good... I'm building the bookshelf so I can move some of my books off another shelf and repurpose it as a charging station. Between my ham radios, railroad radio, and fire department radio it can be a challenge to find places to plug in all the wall warts. I can't just use the bookshelf I'm building because there are no outlets where that's going... Meanwhile, we're still looking for rain. Lake Ontario and the St Lawrence River are on the order of two feet low right now. The two bodies are the only ones on the Great Lakes that can be controlled, and the people in charge of that control have blown it badly.
I'm building the bookshelf so I can move some of my books off another shelf and repurpose it as a charging station. Between my ham radios, railroad radio, and fire department radio it can be a challenge to find places to plug in all the wall warts. I can't just use the bookshelf I'm building because there are no outlets where that's going...
Meanwhile, we're still looking for rain. Lake Ontario and the St Lawrence River are on the order of two feet low right now. The two bodies are the only ones on the Great Lakes that can be controlled, and the people in charge of that control have blown it badly.
Started raining in Watkins Glen about 5 PM and has been steady up to the current time 11 PM.
I'll be painting a bookshelf I just built, and planting some more annuals. I'm a little late on the annuals, but hopefully they'll look good...
My plans for Father's Day included watching a parade of trains at Griffith. However, Pat thinks it will rain on my parade, so we'll have to see.Got some interesting cars off a train at Old Harlem today. It was headed by an NS and a BNSF unit. Short train; they pulled all the way out so an EOT could be applied.
For a variety of reasons, Lynn gave me the green light to get out on Father's Day if no family events turn up. I'm still deciding where I'll go.
(Fingers crossed) I think I finally have the access problem resolved. I can no longer access the Rochelle webcam without going through the Newswire, but that's a small glitch that doesn't bother me too much.Reports are out of the way for now, with 24 pages going to my carchaeologist friends. I found most of an old CNW series of Evans-built gondolas on the KCS de Mexico, and am creeping ever closer to finding most of the P&LE 50000- and 51000-series gondolas. One delightful discovery was a group of about 30 Illinois Terminal gons going to the old Peoria & Pekin Union Railroad.Getting stir crazy here, with limited time out and very little productivity. My cancer treatment is becoming a juggling act with a medication that has been essential to lowering my PSA numbers and its side-effect (presumably) of lowering my hemoglobin count, almost to the point where I need a transfusion.We have a plan for Father's Day: after church we're going to eat Mexican food at the restaurant Joe, Matt, and I found in Griffith...if the rain desn't show first! Then--because it's Father's Day--the scenic route home. This is why I'm glad my report is out--I can get started on another one!
evening
Ns was clear after work.Ran errands in town.Saw csx q 191 meet csx q 192 at hire road in Defiance.The yard caboose is still in the yard lead track.Not too much yard left for csx.Guessers say round 2 will bring more rain etc etc.we'll see.Going to have 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").
Son of Kudzu
Electroliner 1935Lots of luck, The pro's seem to agree that it is not easy and they seem to concur that covering the area with black plastic and letting it bake for three years is the most likely to be succesful.
Yep - read the same thing.
I tried digging out my bulb beds and replacing the soil with bagged topsoil, but the darned stuff found its way back...
tree68After forty years, I finally have a name for the weed I've been trying to get rid of for forty years. It's known as bishop's goutweed. And it's a real pain in the kazoo to get rid of. It laughs at Round-Up and similar herbicides. It sends out runners, even under mulch and landscape fabric. Trying to pull it up is a real exercise in futility. At least now I can seek out some guidance on how to get rid of it...
It's known as bishop's goutweed. And it's a real pain in the kazoo to get rid of. It laughs at Round-Up and similar herbicides. It sends out runners, even under mulch and landscape fabric. Trying to pull it up is a real exercise in futility.
At least now I can seek out some guidance on how to get rid of it...
Lots of luck, The pro's seem to agree that it is not easy and they seem to concur that covering the area with black plastic and letting it bake for three years is the most likely to be succesful.
After forty years, I finally have a name for the weed I've been trying to get rid of for forty years.
Ns was clear after work.Guessers say mother nature going to send some rain tomorrow.Got the yardwork done.Glad tomorrow is Friday.To all the Dad's out there have a happy fathers day weekend.
afternoon
Ns was clear after work today.Doing chores here at home.More to do.
Ns had some cars to shuffle uptown.Also sent a stack train each way after work as well.We followed q 368 to Deshler and we had our meeting.Museum is getting back in order.Have a couple chores to get to here before bed.
First of four days in a row of 100 degree temps (it was at 100 degrees at 4pm) ...there are gonna be some really tired track department guys and gals come Friday.
Hopefully nothing outrageous happens and the Colorado railroads get through this. The slow orders are already being placed to lessen the track dynamics.
Happy Birthday, Matt!
Ns had an empty mow train in the siding in Archbold.Not sure where they are working at.Getting ready to take Matt out for his birthday dinner.
Washed off the deck this morning.Mother nature is sending us cooler weather today.It is now ready to be sealed.Checked on brother as well.Ns sent 4 trains as we visited.Going to finish up in the back yard.Back to work tomorrow.
"Areal" is the adjectival form of "area".
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"A stranger's just a friend you ain't met yet." --- Dave Gardner
tree68 Displayed on the TV screen as 'Areal'. If it were 'Area-L' there should also be 'Area-A or Area-B etc.
Displayed on the TV screen as 'Areal'. If it were 'Area-L' there should also be 'Area-A or Area-B etc.
Talk is cheap and varies by region. What is printed is real.
CShaveRRNot A-real, but Area-l. It is pronounced like "Aerial", and I, too, wondered what other kinds there were when there were no dams nearby.
Not A-real, but Area-l. It is pronounced like "Aerial", and I, too, wondered what other kinds there were when there were no dams nearby.
tree68Noticed it was raining lightly here - and realized the truck was still in the driveway (vs the garage) and the window was open. No disaster, fortunately. The 0.06" we've gotten so far doesn't put a dent in our rain deficit, though.
The 0.06" we've gotten so far doesn't put a dent in our rain deficit, though.
Has been raining in Central Maryland all day - Over a inch everywhere - some places over FIVE inches. Areal Flood Warning is in effect in certain locations.
Over the past several years the media have been pushing flood warnings as 'Areal'. What other kinds of flood warnings are there but real flood warnings? Is there 'Afake' Flood Warning?
Noticed it was raining lightly here - and realized the truck was still in the driveway (vs the garage) and the window was open. No disaster, fortunately.
Ns sent an eastbound Carl special after work.It even had 2 mid train dpu's.Ran errands and took care of yardwork.Have other projects this weekend.Might see a couple trains here and there.The young man know as "Matt" will be 20 on Monday.
We just had a shower here--brief, but sometimes heavy and with appropriate sound effects. Sun's out again now.Added an outbound CP train to my recent spottings; this will keep me busy through an otherwise dull evening. Earlier today we bought pizzas to go after having lunch at our favorite place in Elmhurst. These are going to be good for a couple of meals, but biy, you should have seen the total bill! At Elmhurst they're rehabbing the York Road grade crossing (York is basically Elmhurst's main street). No trains went through for our dining pleasure (I know I missed a manifest by ten minutes or less), but we watched the crews position a long new track panel at the crossing with a pair of Speed-swings.
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