CSSHEGEWISCHThe noise reduction consisted of additional soundproofing at the hotels mentioned in the BGA write-up. I live about a mile south of Clearing's hump and I can still hear the retarders on a regular basis.
As long as you have hardened steel parts shearing against each other you are goint to have noise.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
The noise reduction consisted of additional soundproofing at the hotels mentioned in the BGA write-up. I live about a mile south of Clearing's hump and I can still hear the retarders on a regular basis.
blue streak 1 Carl: Something right up your alley. Projects With Madigan Ties Went to the Front of the Line in State’s Massive Rebuild Illinois List | Better Government Association
Carl: Something right up your alley.
Projects With Madigan Ties Went to the Front of the Line in State’s Massive Rebuild Illinois List | Better Government Association
I don't find reference as to what the Noise Reduction consists of but assume that it has to do with the RETARDERS on the hump yard. Anyone know haw to quiet them? Looking at the IDOT publicity,
https://idot.illinois.gov/transportation-system/rebuild-illinois.html
I do not find any reference to this. [Well Hidden]
afternoon
Saw Csx q 353 light power coming east on the way home.Matt is making a detour through Deshler to help finish up a project.Lots of hugs today.Going to work on chores here at home.Guessers are calling for some snow 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").
All the way up to +20F from a low of -25F overnight. Now they're talking snow. Probably lake effect, but with the current southerly wind, that could cause headaches here.
Two major fires in the area in the last couple of days, in the cold. The first (Friday AM) was around the dryer area of a paper mill. The fire was contained, but water and paper (in its finished state) don't get along, so the mill will be down for a bit.
This morning, a worker at a propane filling facility (they stock many of the "cages" in the area where you can trade your cylinder in for a full one) was working on what he thought was an empty 20 pound cylinder. It wasn't, and a fire ensued, destroying much of the facility as well as a portion of a neighboring business. They kept the fire from the really big tanks behind the fire building...
I'm still not running calls, but they didn't call my department out anyhow.
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...
evening
Ns was clear after work.First round of hugs tonight.Everyone noticed how Matt is catching up to the old man.More hugs tomorrow.
Joe
The Failure of Santa Fe Skyway - YouTube
Not sure if fellow Chico's Orphan Diningcar had seen this, but I hadn't. Interesting. (I knew of the Skyway, but not really much about the operating logic behind it.)
Back in the icebox again. Currently (2300L) -14.5F. At least there's no wind, although we did get a gust of 19 MPH earlier today.
Went out to a neighboring department for a hazmat refresher course. It's an annual requirement, and a chance to do a little shop talk as well.
So for now, it's warming myself back up so I can head for bed...
why would a person on this site be blocked from just one newswire? Does not make sense. Asking for person to sign. Tried signing out and then in,
Ns sent an eastbound after work today.Went to see if Csx wanted to run it's 911 unit by before dark here it did not.Did see q 369,K 182 and I 168? Checked the ND&W yard as well.They were loading up a tamper on a lowboy trailer.Tomorrow after work time for hugs.
Gramps welcome to our chat box.Yes switching factories can be interesting.Miss the emd switchers that used to work the GM plant here in town.Now they use a trackmobile.Son once asked how does one get to do that job.Lot's of seinority son.Time for supper.
Are we really going to make the world a better place by switching from $100 batteries to $20,000 batteries?
Gramp tree68 Saw a report that the "gravity waves" (no, I can't explain them, but they showed up on satellite images) may have made a lap of the planet already. Quite the event. It apparently did generate some tsunamis. Saw an interview on PBS of a geophysicist about it. Talked about many aspects of the eruption that aren't understood, and the research that'll need to be done including computer modeling. This is why I'm still skeptical of so much of the "settled science" that's promoted constantly.
tree68 Saw a report that the "gravity waves" (no, I can't explain them, but they showed up on satellite images) may have made a lap of the planet already. Quite the event. It apparently did generate some tsunamis.
Saw a report that the "gravity waves" (no, I can't explain them, but they showed up on satellite images) may have made a lap of the planet already.
Quite the event. It apparently did generate some tsunamis.
Saw an interview on PBS of a geophysicist about it. Talked about many aspects of the eruption that aren't understood, and the research that'll need to be done including computer modeling. This is why I'm still skeptical of so much of the "settled science" that's promoted constantly.
There is vastly more science that is settled today than there was the day you were born. Science learns incrementally in fits and starts. Every question that gets answered tends to generate 100 more questions that also need answers. Science is man attempting to understand all the questions that God created when creating the Universe. Us beings on Earth are just ants in one of God's 'Ant Farms' that he views with amusement if not great hilarity at how dumb we actually are.
15 deg. here now. To 1 below tonight. Forecast for Packers game Saturday night is wind chill of zero at game time with actual temp to fall into the single digits during the game. Announced that Clearwater née KC papermill in Neenah that closed recently will be converted to housing. Former KC hq office next to plant, also. All has nice view of Little Lake Butte des Morts. Means end of CN switching through warehouse building, across through street and then inside mill. Was something different to watch.
Check out the Toga valcano. It is not wise to fool with mother nature!!
The tremendous explosion and impact of the Tonga volcano, explained (msn.com)
Ns sent a westbound stack train after work.Foud out more hugs this weekend.Been a rough strecth past couple of weeks.Mother Nature going to keep us in the deep freeze for a bit.Going to work on a project.
Another night in the icebox. At 2242, it's already -8.7F. But, they're promising us above freezing tomorrow.
Got out for a meeting tonight. Nice to hit the road every now and then on my own.
Ns sent an eastbound stack train after work.They also had cars uptown.Mild compared to what it will be later this week.Checking and double checking paperwork for Matt's doctors visits.Time for supper.
There was enough snow last night to bring out a plow this morning, but not enough to shovel. We're supposed to get a decent-sized snowfall later this week...probably when I need to revisit the lab. They're going to mine for bone marrow next week; I've heard that's painful.
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)
Freeze warning out tonight for NE Florida.
We got snow. Not sure we got the foot they predicted, but 5-6" looks to be a reality. Coulda done without the wind, though.
Ns had an empty coal hopper train facing west after work.It was passed by a coke train with some white stuff on the top.We have just had flurries today.Matt has made it back to campus.Yes need to give more hugs this week.Going to get cleaned up.
Was able to take brother out for a bit.Ns was trying to run trains.Poor Ns 120.They had a 25 mph speed restriction at the St.Joe diamond.Then they had a malfunctioning signal at the sdi switch.(L96 was working sdi at the time as well) The defect detector said "train too slow".So they did get across the diamond at Butler Indiana but they were limited to 30 mph.The next detector would be in Blakeslee Ohio.Matt was able to get up to his dorm today.He came back home and decided to go to Marion for a slide show.Going to relax and watch football.Tomorrow need to give hugs.
Update: The five videos comprising my talk on local railroads are finally done uploading. They literally took all night and until well after noon. They can be found on my YT channel "treesixtyeight." Be sure to watch them in order - they'll make more sense... Enjoy.
mudchicken A dry cold is still COLD.
At 7:15 this morning, I'm looking at -10.9F on the weather station. That's the air temperature. The wind chill is -21.4F, and it looks like it approached -30F overnight. The highest wind logged since midnight is 22 MPH. Using an old rule of thumb, where you simply subtract the wind speed from the temperature, that put the wind chill in the -30F range.
I had to adjust the wind chill alarm on my weather station from -20F to -30F or it would have been chirping at me all night.
A friend picked up some distilled water for my humidifier last night. Actually, they cleaned out that particular store after striking out at several others. She needs it for her graphics shop, I just need it for comfort, but we split the booty. Even going through a gallon a day in the humidifier, the house is only at 12% humidity right now.
The humidity makes a difference in the "feels like" temperature in the house, much like it does on those hot, humid summer days...
I was about half awake this morning when a melody line came to me. Not much, but perhaps a basis for a song. A little melancholy - the only lyric was the end of the musical phrase - "I want my Dad." One of these days, maybe I'll flesh it out...
Thin layer of ice here coating everything. 1" of blowing snow melted on the warm ground (60 degrees here yesterday) and then froze again. Those who didn't slow down and take it easy are now in the ditches or worse. People with little, light 2WD cars would be smarter to walk. Stop signs and intersections are an adventure along with grades.
Not nearly as cold as where Tree is, but still a good day to sit home in front of the fireplace. A dry cold is still COLD.
Brrr!
+2.0F, chill factor -10.5F as I type this, and it's just going to get colder...
I'm uploading the video from my presentation to YouTube. When it's done, I'll post a link.
Ns had an eastbound tanker train with csx power after work.Satyed home and did some chores.Matt has his stuff to go back to school.Guessers say we are going to miss out on the snow.Going to try to go see my brother this weekend as well.Going to need to send hugs next week.
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