Good Morning from Blueberryhill..............
It is a cloudy 42 degrees. Going up to 57 today with a chance of rain later.
Today is a busy day. I have a few chores to do and a bunch of little projects to finish. Lunch and a nap, later.
Dining car has Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Saturday.
Chuck
Hello out there...............
It's getting a little lonely here.
Blueberryhill RR Hello out there............... It's getting a little lonely here.
I picked up an Atlas U.P. Caboose at a half price sale this week. Today I ordered a WBB U.P. GP30 to go with it from Charles Ro. They had to back order it but will get it within two weeks he said.
We had a little drizzle this morning. Just enough to mess up the car but it is fair this afternoon.
later,
Ray
SPMan
Chuck -- I think everyone must be out hunting bears or deer to fill their freezers for the winter! Or if you live in Iowa you are outside enjoying this 64 degree weather, unbelievable.
I checked on the Alaska Railroad show for us but we have DirecTV, our channel #285. Not all cable companies carry that channel or if they do it's extra. Hope this helps.
When we were in Alaska a year ago we did ride the Alaska Railroad from Denali to Anchorage, loved every minute of it, very relaxing. We also rode the White Pass Yukon Route out of Skagway, that was incredible. If we ever go back to AK we want to take the train from Seward to Fairbanks and then rent a car and drive back to Anchorage. Pictures and words just cannot describe AK, amazing state.
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
Destination Alaska is on Time Warner Cable channel 156 at 10pm
Tonite. This is about the Alaska Railroad
Back home. Does and more does. May have some poachers. Deer carouses on the two roads around big woods. Also hearing some shot mighty close to my property and maybe on it. I have told Wildlife Enforcement and they are doing nothing. May have to use my training as a Wildlife Officer and catch them myself. I will not be as nice as WRC is.
Later
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Good evening all,
Mowed yard and swept house. Went to see Celtic Fiddle player and her band tonight. Very good show. Vettel on pole for F-1 race. First weekend with no soccer (not even on regular TV) for quite a while. May implode.
Mike C. from Indiana
Konbanwa and Ohayo Chuck,
I've been a bit busy the past couple of days with work and flag football commitments. Things should be a bit slower this week. The flag football team won yesterday and played an exceptionally good first half. They slacked off a bit on defense in the second half but held on to win. The youngest and I also ran the trains for a little while on the UTB RR. I cleaned the track last week so they ran great. Today was a pretty relaxing Sunday except for helping the kids with some homework. We had breakfast for dinner and the kids are now watching Facing the Giants.
Thanks for the promotion notes. This one was to E-9 (CMSgt) so I don't have to worry about studying for promotion anymore. It's still not fully settled in yet.
I hope you all have a great Sunday.
Sayonara,
Joe
Good Morning, Joe............
It is raining. 62 degrees. More rain today and 70. This weather is nuts.
Today is an easy day. I have a few chores and then I might run trains for a few hours. Nascar race this afternoon.
Usual breakfast on the Dining car.
Y'all have a great Sunday.
Mornin' boys. Foggy & 52 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Grandson's 2nd birthday today. Spent better part of yesterday painting oldest princess's living room for her. Her man was in a tree stand (bow season).
RAVENS take on DAAA-bears @ 1. Doubt I'll get to watch it. Same as the Homestead race. Nice to see Childress's grandson take the Nationwide Series title.
Hi GUYZ,
Computer was acting up and couldn't get on to this site. Been out doing lots o hunting in tree stand only to see lots o doe and turkeys out of bow range. Saw nice buck or two on way out driving truck. Now gotta wait til rifle season. Took my gal MINNIE DOG out for pheasants yesterday and she chased and caught a rabbit. She is way ahead of me this year in the poundage championship. She has caught 3 rabbits and 3 squirrels so far. Good dog and works the fields pretty good save for the pheasants, chases them to far out of shotgun range. I'll try for turkeys this week.
JOE D, CONGAS on the promotion!!!! Hows the team doing?
Belated Bday SUBBOB and JELECTRIC hope you got something with flanged wheels.
DOUG M, Hope DA BEARS get off the schnide today against FIFEs RAVENS?
RAY, I was watchin NHRA last Sunday and was wondering about the BIGBOY out there. How close to the tracks was it located? Was hoping to see it on TV. Did they begin movig it or is it still in the parking lot?
CHIEF, get those poachers. No need for them.
CHUCK, did you give a warning shot with the SNOW CANNON on Tuesday? We had the grass covered with SNO HI O.
BANKS hows the hunting out your way?
CHUCK & BUCKEYE, belated TGIF!!!!
Stay frosty my friends,
laz57
PS.
Ran trains on Friday nite, you guessed it NO PILE UPs!!!1
laz - I accidentally deleted your email before I got the chance to read same.
laz 57RAY, I was watchin NHRA last Sunday and was wondering about the BIGBOY out there. How close to the tracks was it located? Was hoping to see it on TV. Did they begin movig it or is it still in the parking lot
The Big Boy 4014 is in the process of being moved. They started moving it last Thursday. It has moved a few hundred feet since then on temporary track which is parallel to the drag racing track. They put together all the prefab track panels they have which are close to 40 feet long each and then move the engine with the help of a big bucket loader with tow cable until they run out of track. Then they start the process all over again. It takes most of a day to lay what panels they have and make one move with the engine. It looks like it will take several days to get it to the main line on the North end of the racetrack. Then it will be picked up by a diesel on the Metrolink commuter line and hauled to the U.P. track which is a few miles away. From there it will be taken to West Colton, Calif. yard where they have an engine facility with a pit. They will inspect the engine and further prepare it for the long haul between Southern California and Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Afternoon. Sunny and real warm. Turning cloudy with a chance of showers tomorrow AM. Seems some folks in the mid part of US may get some bad stuff per our weatherperson. Hope not.
Joe, my assistant for years was a retired Air Force Chief Master Sargent. Outstanding guy. Why I hired him. Preferred vets and retired military.
Kind of a lazy day for me.
Tried to watch F-1 race. All the local channels went nuts on storm coverage. If Colts game had been on, would have had crawler on bottom of screen. Was able to watch it (sort of) on NBC.com. Ran HO stuff for a while. Not consistent enough for grandkids.
Sunny, warm and windy here this weekend. Spent most of the weekend doing yard work. Even ended up collecting most of the neighbor's leaves. I was working on my yard today and noticed that leaves out of the neighbor's yard were blowing back into mine - where I had already cleaned up . The neighbor in question is a widow who spends most of her time visiting one or another or her kids. Her son was visiting this week, but did nothing with the yard.
I picked up a 2014 MTH catalog at the LHS this weekend. Nothing in it that I just have to have, though. The UP M-10000 looks really neat, but I don't have, or ever plan on having, a layout with 072 curves that it needs. I also brought a 4-4-0 HO scale General type locomotive home for a repair job. The LHS sold the loco as used to another customer. He brought it back saying that it did not run correctly. Looks to me like it took a trip off of the table at some point. I sure like my O gage stuff - I can see it to work on.
Got the P.E. layout set up in the dining room today too. Working on improvements to the scenery, adding a circle of track for the elf's hand car, tidying up the wiring to get better power distribution, include blocks to vary the voltage on the grades, and build a control panel to replace the TV tray we have been using.
All for now.
It was an extremely sunny day today and a bit warmer, but still cool enough to please me. I enjoyed a nice 5-mile run this morning before going in to work. I was able to catch the end of the SF-NO game as well as most of the KC-DEN game. I'm glad Denver won; I have nothing against KC, but as a Dolphins fan I always cheer against any undefeated team. We had flag football practice this evening and then roasted chicken and vegetables for dinner. I received the latest CTT (digital) this past Saturday and it looks like another winner.
Laz - Thanks. The team won this past Saturday. They played exceptionally well in the first half and opened up to a nice lead; however, they slacked off in the second half and let the other team make a game of it. Their play has improved and I am pleased with their progress.
Banks - I cannot wait to see updated photos of the PE layout.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill............
Good Morning, Joe..........
It is a cool 48 degrees. Sunny. Going up to 55 today with sunshine.
Today is a busy day. High winds last night but no damage, so far. I have a few chores to do and a project to work on. Lunch and a nap.
Prayers out to all the Folks caught in the storm.
Y'all have a great Monday.
Morning. Warm and showers [gone mostly]. Out the door for the walk. Then get ready for a day full of Mayor stuff [lunch meeting, County Commissioners and hockey game {suite and free food and drink }]. This week is mainly Mayor's stuff.
Prayers for those who got hit by the bad storms.
Have a great week.
Aloha. Sunny and windy in Chicago. Lotsa of spectacular clouds scudding across the skiy to points east. I am back from a 'whirlwind' visit to my daughter who is trying to start her adult life in Ann Arbor, MI. Certainly saw a lot of deer lashed to vehicles on the way out. Ann Arbor seems like a nice town. Battled all the storms and wind and rain on the way back. Looks like the storms helped the Bears too - the delay certainly helped me dodge traffic on the way home through the city. I don't know what is with the turf at Soldier Field - it always shreds, but I like to see the mud. Ray, thanks for the update on the Big Boy. I've seen some photos but couldn't figure out how they were moving it.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
V8Vega Ray I assume there is a open end spur they can tie the temporary track to to get it on the mainline. Dennis, they used to have a switch there and a spur but it was taken out many years ago. Now in order to get the Big Boy back on the main track, they will have to open up the main track, bend it over and tie onto the temporary track from the fairground. This will take some careful planning so as not to delay Metrolink trains. Maybe they will do it in the middle of the night but I have no confirmation of that so far. They also have to get a diesel engine and caboose that U.P. is donating back to the museum. I heard they may be able to pick the diesel up with some kind of intermodal crane and walk it over to the museum tracks. Same thing with the caboose. Otherwise they would have to build the leap frogging track again back to the museum. I don't think they want to do that. They had to put in the track for the Big Boy move because it is too heavy. However, I did see a picture put out by Trains Magazine of another Big Boy that was moved on a giant flatbed trailer. That's not going to happen here. I was out to the fairground again yesterday afternoon and saw them move the engine again for another 400 ft or so. It was the second move of the day. First time they have done more than one move a day. A friend of mine has two antique cars. A 50 Olds and a 50 Plymouth. He spotted them next to the Big Boy yesterday for pictures. They looked right at home with the steam engine behind them. I guess our Fall is here now. Cold this morning when I was out walking. Had to wear a coat for the first time this Fall. later, Ray
Ray I assume there is a open end spur they can tie the temporary track to to get it on the mainline.
Dennis, they used to have a switch there and a spur but it was taken out many years ago. Now in order to get the Big Boy back on the main track, they will have to open up the main track, bend it over and tie onto the temporary track from the fairground. This will take some careful planning so as not to delay Metrolink trains. Maybe they will do it in the middle of the night but I have no confirmation of that so far. They also have to get a diesel engine and caboose that U.P. is donating back to the museum. I heard they may be able to pick the diesel up with some kind of intermodal crane and walk it over to the museum tracks. Same thing with the caboose. Otherwise they would have to build the leap frogging track again back to the museum. I don't think they want to do that. They had to put in the track for the Big Boy move because it is too heavy. However, I did see a picture put out by Trains Magazine of another Big Boy that was moved on a giant flatbed trailer. That's not going to happen here.
I was out to the fairground again yesterday afternoon and saw them move the engine again for another 400 ft or so. It was the second move of the day. First time they have done more than one move a day. A friend of mine has two antique cars. A 50 Olds and a 50 Plymouth. He spotted them next to the Big Boy yesterday for pictures. They looked right at home with the steam engine behind them.
I guess our Fall is here now. Cold this morning when I was out walking. Had to wear a coat for the first time this Fall.
Work was busy. Some snarls with paper work got me behind on work, but I got mostly caught up. May not post tomorrow night as I have no idea what time I may get home after Selena Gomez concert. So looking forward to seeing a concert again.
It was another sunny fall day here; the high was in the low 50s. I enjoyed a brief 3-mile run this morning as well as some weight training at the gym. The workday was pretty uneventful and I was home a few minutes early. I was able to watch some of the MNF game while at the office. That last play was definitely pass interference and should have been called, but I was glad to see NE lose. We went out for dinner tonight and the wife and I both had filet mignon that was extremely tasty.
Chuck - I forgot to ask, how was that Alaska RR special you watched?
Good Morning, Joe..........That Alaska Railroad program was pretty good. They have a 105 Howitzer to create an avalanche, rather than have it stop a train. I'll post the webpage later. Some short videos on it.
It is a cloudy 35 degrees. Going up to 42 today with sunshine.
Today is a busy day. I have a lot of things to do until lunchtime. Then, I can take a nice nap.
Dining car has the usual for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Tuesday.
Alaska Railroad webpage...............
http://america.discovery.com/tv-shows/railroad-alaska/tv-schedule.htm
Morning and did it change temps. Sunny and chilly. Colder tomorrow but high 60's to 70 by weekend.
Haircut this morning. Letter to write for TWC guy. Town Board meeting tonight.
Hurricanes lost last night but who cares. Wings, bar-be-que and etc. all you could eat. Got to walk it off this afternoon.
Have a good one.
PS: friend Fred went to farm deer hunting yesterday. Did not see a single deer. Not far from the farm last night, hit one with his Ranger pickup. Had to use chain to pull fender off of tire so he could hobble home.
Aloha. A cold, sunny, hopefully quiet day. That last play on MNF was certainly suspect. I guess no one wants to throw a flag in that situation. The Alaska rail show looks neat. Some damage from Sunday's storms on the Illinois Railway Museum.
Good evening all. We just approved a new subdivision with high dollar homes. Means more Yankees moving to Roseyville. Fine with me. We take their money and turn their kids into little REBS.
Busy day Mayoring tomorrow. Even into the night.
Sleep tight.
Good morning all,
Brief review of the concert. Wow! Great show. I had forgotten how much fun a concert is. All three acts were entertaining. Selena is not the most blessed in the talent area, but she does well with what she has, and so far in her career has been a class act. No foul language and there were lots of parents/grandparents there with kids. You do need ear protection as it does get loud.
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