The "Big Four Bridge" got it's nickname from the cities that the New York Central served. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis. The bridge was run by the Louisville & Jeffersonville Bridge Company.
Pretty much the only trains that used the Big Four were NYC. The B & O, Monon, Milwaukee, and Southern used the Kentucky And Indiana Terminal Railway bridge, and the Pennsylvania R.R. used it's own bridge. After the NYC & PRR merger in 1968-69, trains of those RRs used the Pennsy bridge.
(Penn Central)
The "Big Four" was closed and has been unused (for rail traffic.) until now.
Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!
Konnichiwa,
It rained most of the night, but has cleared up nicely this afternoon. I had a brief three-mile run in the light rain this morning which was quite nice. However, the rain will push back the raking of the leaves another day or so. I’ve been running the kids through their schoolwork this morning and now they’re having their piano lessons. I was able to catch a bit of the TNF game; it looks like the Giants will remain winless. I'm letting the 12 y/o princess make dinner tonight which is always an adventure.
SP Ray – I’m glad you had a good doctor’s report despite the slight weight gain. I’m sure you’ll make the necessary adjustments.
DJ Spanky – it’s great to see the photos of the boys having fun, especially with all you’ve been through.
Mike C. – Great job by the grandkids. You needed that soccer win after the soccer week you had.
Sayonara,
Joe
TGIF
DJ....Rutgers better get ready for several butt kicking from the likes of OSU, Michigan, Nebraska, NW, Minnesota, Purdue, IU, Iowa, Penn State, Illinois, Wisconsin and MSU. Just wait until they run into the Big House or the Shoe. It is a terrifying site.
Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum.
Buckeye Riveter......... OTTS Charter Member, a Roseyville Raider and a member of the CTT Forum since 2004..
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Good Morning from Blueberryhill..............
It is a sunny 52 degrees. Going up to 74 with sunshine.
Today is a busy day. I have chores to do and a project to work on. I'll be busy until lunch. Then a nap.
Buckeye & LAZ............. TGIF
Dining car has Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Friday.
Chuck
Rainy morning. Did get in 1 1/2 miles this morning after the rain let up. Off to the Dr. for blood work. Then down southeast to prepare for wedding and rehearsal and dinner.
Roy and gang. Will not be surprising you at York this time. Wedding $$$$ prevent it. Also, deer season will be in.
Have a good one.
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Buckeye Riveter TGIF DJ....Rutgers better get ready for several butt kicking from the likes of OSU, Michigan, Nebraska, NW, Minnesota, Purdue, IU, Iowa, Penn State, Illinois, Wisconsin and MSU. Just wait until they run into the Big House or the Shoe. It is a terrifying site.
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DJSpanky lion88roar Buckeye Riveter TGIF DJ....Rutgers better get ready for several butt kicking from the likes of OSU, Michigan, Nebraska, NW, Minnesota, Purdue, IU, Iowa, Penn State, Illinois, Wisconsin and MSU. Just wait until they run into the Big House or the Shoe. It is a terrifying site. I would have agreed with you concerning PSU prior to the bogus sanctions the NCAA sacked upon them, right now The Little Sisters of The Poor could beat them.As for running into the Big Out House... LOL... that place looks like a giant unflushed toilet when they have the 'Maize' Out!Minnehaha? Nah they'll handle them pretty fairly... they are like playing ASiWPA, same with IU and Illinois... Purdon't is a little more difficult that the other three.I have been impressed with what Fitzgerald has done at NW. Welp, I'm not worrying too much about our entry into the Big 10 - other than Michigan and Ohio State, I think we can keep up with all of them. And I have no sympathy for PSU - as far as I'm concerned those sanctions weren't enough. I can't believe they're "relieving" them - I guess the Big 10 commissioner still has some serious clout. Unfortunately right now Rutgers is stuck with a QB who is a great player during practice and against teams that don't have a good pass rush. But put pressure on him and he makes boneheaded decisions which cost us games. Next year he's a senior, and I can't see them replacing him. So he's gonna cost us some games in our inaugural season in the Big 10. By the way, we are really gearing up for PSU coming into OUR HOUSE next season. Much more so than Ohio State and Wisconsin. When we used to play PSU, they always insisted on playing us at Giants Stadium for our "home" games, which, given how pisspoor our fanbase was back then, pretty much made it a PSU crowd. No more. We're gonna have 50K RU fans next year screaming for blood. You better believe it's gonna be a hostile environment.
lion88roar Buckeye Riveter TGIF DJ....Rutgers better get ready for several butt kicking from the likes of OSU, Michigan, Nebraska, NW, Minnesota, Purdue, IU, Iowa, Penn State, Illinois, Wisconsin and MSU. Just wait until they run into the Big House or the Shoe. It is a terrifying site. I would have agreed with you concerning PSU prior to the bogus sanctions the NCAA sacked upon them, right now The Little Sisters of The Poor could beat them.As for running into the Big Out House... LOL... that place looks like a giant unflushed toilet when they have the 'Maize' Out!Minnehaha? Nah they'll handle them pretty fairly... they are like playing ASiWPA, same with IU and Illinois... Purdon't is a little more difficult that the other three.I have been impressed with what Fitzgerald has done at NW.
Welp, I'm not worrying too much about our entry into the Big 10 - other than Michigan and Ohio State, I think we can keep up with all of them. And I have no sympathy for PSU - as far as I'm concerned those sanctions weren't enough. I can't believe they're "relieving" them - I guess the Big 10 commissioner still has some serious clout.
Unfortunately right now Rutgers is stuck with a QB who is a great player during practice and against teams that don't have a good pass rush. But put pressure on him and he makes boneheaded decisions which cost us games. Next year he's a senior, and I can't see them replacing him. So he's gonna cost us some games in our inaugural season in the Big 10.
By the way, we are really gearing up for PSU coming into OUR HOUSE next season. Much more so than Ohio State and Wisconsin. When we used to play PSU, they always insisted on playing us at Giants Stadium for our "home" games, which, given how pisspoor our fanbase was back then, pretty much made it a PSU crowd. No more. We're gonna have 50K RU fans next year screaming for blood. You better believe it's gonna be a hostile environment.
DJ - The PSU/Rutgers games stopped in 1995 because that was the end of the contract and it was after PSU entered the Big Ten in 1993. By that time PSU was under contract to play a Big Ten Schedule that allowed for only 3 Non-Conference games, this was later changed to 4 when the NCAA went to a 12 game regular season vs the old 11 games. What ND did or didn't do is no portent to me. PSU never, and I repeat never dictated where other schools chose to hold their Home games. This is factually false.I will not continue this here as this is a train forum... if you want to continue this discuss come on over to PSU's rivals board... you know where to find it...
Took my old fliver (87 Buick) out for it's weekly spin this AM to keep the battery up and the tires round. I drove up one of the canyon roads near here. I saw three or four deer in the road (all does) near a golf course. They were just calmly walking in the road. Luckily I was able to stop and observe them. Nice to see some wild life near the city.
Celebrating my birthday on Sunday along with my grandson who will be 16 on the 17th. Mine is on the thirteenth. We will probably all go out to eat some place.
Got an appointment with tax advisor today who wants to go over our medical expenses to see if we are spending too much.
Friend Larry, brought over a rare recording last night of Ward Kimball and the Firehouse 5 plus 2 dixieland band with introductions by none other than Bing Crosby. Bing also kibetzed a little with Ward and he sang some songs with the band. It's on a DVD and has just about all the best tunes from the band. Ward has passed on now and the band is history but I saw them perform a couple of times. I have about 6 albums of the group but all on old 33 and one third records. I would like to get it all on DVD which is available now.
Both of my friends who came over last night are getting ready to start long trips around the country. Probably won't see them for a month. Wish my wife and I were in better shape for travel. Still have some frequent flyer miles that I would like to use.
later,
Ray
SPMan
Ohayō (Ohio Chuck),
The sun is out in full force this Saturday morning which means I have no excuse to get after those leaves. The princess made us some tasty chocolate chip pancakes for dinner last night and the kitchen is still intact. The wife was on a short Japanese-American ladies culture club yesterday and will return today. They were down near Osaka so I’m anxious to hear how it went. I hope you all have a great day and fun at York. I was still in Rhode Island I was going to try to drive down for the day.
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Good evening all,
Saw the movie "Rush" tonight. Very good flick about F-1 in the mid 70s. Work was quiet.
Mike C. from Indiana
Good Morning from Blueberryhill...........
It is a sunny 60 degrees. Going up to 78 today with sunshine.
Today is an easy day. I have a few chores and some paperwork to do. Then I can relax and enjoy the day. Maybe some reading.
Usual breakfast on the dining car.
Y'all have a great Saturday.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAY!!!!!!!
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
RockIsland52 HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAY!!!!!!!
DITTO!
Watching the "Red River Classic" Texas - OU game.
Feeling a bit better today but nagging cough is tough to deal with after 3 weeks.
Have a great day all!
Regards, Roy
Roy and Jack, thanks for the birthday greeting. It's actually tomorrow but I don't mind starting early.
Listening to the Firehouse Five Album loaned to me by friend Larry as I read the forum. I never heard "I love you truly" played by a jazz band before. Of course we know that Ward Kimball would try anything in music.
My two sons are off this morning to see the Big Boy at the fairground. It is the museum's regular open house and may be their last chance to see it before it is moved back to Cheyenne. I would have gone with them but I had other problems to deal with at home.
Neighbor brought over a train set for me to look at this morning that he got in a garage sale. It was a Bachmann large scale battery operated steam train with track and controller. It works off of a battery so I told him to get some rechargeable batteries so it won't be too expensive to run. He said he bought it for his girlfriend.
Cooler weather still with us. Feels good and gives me more train time in the garage.
Thank God and 4 Runner, I'm home. Married off the oldest Daughter [never been married]. Wedding was in town south of us. CSX mainline NY to FL runs down the middle of the town. We were one block from it. Lots of long loud trains coming through all day and night for such a "short line" railroad. I packed up with the dogs and came home. Left Wifey there with one SIL. The planned big gang of IL's left and did not stay. The wild kids were there but they took them home.
Still cloudy and spit rain late. Not during the wedding. When will we see the sun?????
Now for some rest.
Later.
Ah - NASCAR and Texas A&M on the same night. Hard to get better than this!
Texas upset over Ole Miss - SWEET. Penn State takes it in 4 OTs - wow!
Need A&M to take Ole Miss and it will be a red letter day !
Got some rain today. Not much but it all helps!
Reffed a very good soccer contest today. Went to Great Train Expo in Indy. Very little Lionel. Lots of HO and some nice layouts. Went to nephew's band contest. They won. Shopped at Menards. Does not appear there will be a Menards set this year. Long day. Good day.
We went to Sunday school and church this morning, followed by lunch at Chili's. It's sunny and warm, but I think I'll remain inside today catching up on some reading. However, I'm a bit distracted right now since West Side Story is on the television. I woke up early in hopes the PSU game was going to be aired out here, but I was let down. I had to watch the updates online. That is a big win for the PSU program.
Happy Birthday SP Ray!
Chief - Congratulations on the wedding!
Good Morning from Blueberryhill...............
It is a cloudy and humid 62 degrees. Going up to 76 today with some rain.
Today is an easy day. I have a few chres to do and then I will do some reading. Not much else going on here.
SP Ray...........
Y'all have a great Sunday.
Don
Morning. Back from Sunday School. Cloudy and rainy.
Happy B'day Ray. May you fine some eastern NC bar-be-que in sunny CA [sure hasn't and is not sunny here].
Errands to do [take tux back, go by Lowe's and pickup some more stuff for trip], pack up vehicle and then hit the road east. Staying in motel for the next two nights. Hope to get power pole and electrical boxes installed tomorrow afternoon after hunting in AM. Hope to get camper setup next weekend.
Have a great week.
Brent are we looking aat 0-5 before the day is out. Just can't believe them this year hurts. Oh well theres always next year.
morning all not a lot going on at work and just a so so day. hope all have a good friday talk to you all later
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Good morning all,
Thanks for the birthday greetings. Yes, here I am after 77 years of ups and downs and surviving mistreatment of myself in my youth but still kicking.
Chief congratulations on the wedding!
My two sons went out yesterday for another visit to UP steam engine 4014. The big boy at Pomona Fairground. U.P. Steam crews have been busy for the last couple of months preping it for the move back to Cheyenne. They will move it next month.
Kids taking me out for birthday dinner today and will also combine with Grandson's birthday which will be this coming Thursday.
rtraincollector Brent are we looking aat 0-5 before the day is out. Just can't believe them this year hurts. Oh well theres always next year. morning all not a lot going on at work and just a so so day. hope all have a good friday talk to you all later
Yes I was wrong!!!! about time missed the game as was working but love the out come.
Sorry Ray I missed your birthday hope it was a good one. Chief Glad wedding was a good one
Weird day woke up tired and wore out but as the day went on I started feeling better. Got home made dinner for wife and myself. Been down in the train room trying to find the train table. Did find the out two loops so ran the N/S Dash 8 and the PRR GP-38 ( I think lol) its by atlas the other is Lionel that I upgraded to tmcc. did put a major dent in the stuff on the train table want to get it cleared so I can put the southern set on it and run it and lube all the cars. The engine is fine was professionally cleaned and lubed not long ago and to me he over lubed it. So thats my job tomorrow lol that and a couple other sets. Need to get them all correctly cleaned and lubed/oiled the engines/whistles/cars. Just relaxing now. need to go back down and turn off the power to the power strip down there. Also need to take some pics tomorrow of more items I'm going to be selling. Talk to you all later
Back from the lake and we had friends over for them to see the trains.
Happy Birthday SP Ray!!! Wishing you many more.
Fall in Ohio.......
Good weekend so far.
Texas A&M held out to take Ole Miss. Watching Cowboys vs Wash Redskins. Hope Dallas can hang in there. Commentators have correctly stated its going to be a long night against Wash, RG3.
Evening All
Buckeye, WOW !! That is a BEAUTIFUL scene!!
Roy, Hope your feeling better for York!! Talked with George last week. BTW I haven't gotten accustomed to that walker. Got the arm cast off, but the hand still kind of tender when it comes to the crutches. So primary mobility is the chair, or hoping around.
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