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Posted by ChiefEagles on Wednesday, August 1, 2007 9:19 PM
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Our prayers go out to those in the Twin Cities who have killed or injured due the catastrophic collapse of the I-35 West bridge.

Just read that!!!!  Good night all.  Boat sure did run good.  Go to Mom's tomorrow.

From laptop news tag.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6821678,00.html

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Posted by Brutus on Wednesday, August 1, 2007 9:43 PM
 Buckeye Riveter wrote:

Our prayers go out to those in the Twin Cities who have killed or injured due the catastrophic collapse of the I-35 West bridge.

Sign - Ditto [#ditto]

I was just watching this on the news - they think it was not terrorists....

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Posted by jonadel on Wednesday, August 1, 2007 9:54 PM
Our youngest son works in downtown MPLS and lives in St. Paul. He normally takes the bus to work but today he drove in as he needed to stay late at his office. He usually takes that bridge to go home but when he saw that the traffic was clogged on that bridge he took some side streets and took another route, he drove under that bridge 15 minutes before it fell-----God was with him tonight! It took me over two hours to get through to him as all the phone lines were jammed. What a tragic event, no one will know for days how many folks are missing. We have much to be thankful for tonight.

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Posted by Brutus on Wednesday, August 1, 2007 11:06 PM
Thank God he's okay!  My sister was going to school in St. Paul until about 3 years ago.  They had a guy on tv who had just crossed the bridge when he felt it go behind him.  This is my wife's nightmare after she was on a trip as a kid and they crossed one of those bridges down in Florida (like in True Lies). 

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Posted by dougdagrump on Thursday, August 2, 2007 12:14 AM
 Buckeye Riveter wrote:

Our prayers go out to those in the Twin Cities who have killed or injured due the catastrophic collapse of the I-35 West bridge.

Thank God that those tank cars that got crushed weren't loaded with a haz mat like chlorine gas or petro chemicals.

It is such a shame that the news outlets are sensationalizing it so much, one MORON was questioning as to whether that was a passenger train that was crushed, would you believe covered hoppers. Censored [censored] Rant Over

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Posted by Sturgeon-Phish on Thursday, August 2, 2007 5:01 AM

Good Morning all

I pray for the souls of those who died in the accident and the consolation of their loved ones.

I've been away from the Pot for a bit, got back last night from an excursion to the South (Smokies), and was glad to see the Ohio River again!

Got a lot of catching up to do, I'll check back in later.

May God bless your needs

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Posted by Jumijo on Thursday, August 2, 2007 5:13 AM

Good morning?

Not so far it isn't. Went to leave for work and the car wouldn't start for the first time in ten years. Maybe it's time to replace the original battery. Might as well get the brakes done while I'm there. Sounds like I'm in for an expensive day.

Prayers to the people of Minneapolis. What a nightmare.

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 2, 2007 6:37 AM
Holy cow.... that is all I can say...

Just sitting here in utter shock and disbelief...

goto CNN they have some video, then goto the local news sites.  Just makes you want to cry.

Susan and I are going to be there next Friday...

Our thoughts and Prayers go out to everyone effected by this truely tragic event...
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Posted by Blueberryhill RR on Thursday, August 2, 2007 6:48 AM

Good Morning from Blueberryhill....

It is a sunny 66 degrees. Going up to 90, again today with sunshine all day. It is a hot week.

Prayers are going out to the folks in Minneapolis. That is a tragic happening. I still wonder what the cause was. This needs a lot of attention.

Today is a day for relaxing. I have a few errands to run and then keep cool in the shade. May go into the cool train room for awhile.

CNN has a video of the bridge during collapsing.

Well, Dining car is here and ready. Breakfast.

Y'all have a great Thursday.

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Posted by cheapclassics on Thursday, August 2, 2007 7:06 AM

Good morning all,

IIABSDISEI with temps and humidity in the 90s.  At least I do not have to mow the grass until it rains again.  My dad and I watched the tourney finale last night and there were seven people from my team there to watch it.  I guess we just did not want the season to end.  It was a shootout with the team that beat us winning the title.

It is indeed a tragedy what happened in Minnesota.  I heard on the news this morning the bridge had been inspected annually so this is extremely odd.  My wife suggested calling some friends who live up there to see if they were ok, but I felt like the phone lines would be busy.  We will check later.  Thoughts and prayers go out to all affected.

It was just the normal fare on the dining car for "Points East".  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

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Posted by laz 57 on Thursday, August 2, 2007 7:13 AM

HI GIZ,

  Prayers for those people in MINN.  Tough stuff to see.

  Nice here this morn at 515 was 64 to get to 94 today.  Jogged a slow 2.3 miler today, nice this time of the day.  Going to play GOLF this afternoon at 4 if not too hot?  If to hot going to run trains? 

  HAPPY FRIDAY EVE!

  Stay COOL.

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Posted by fifedog on Thursday, August 2, 2007 7:39 AM

Mornin' boys.  Terrible news out of Minneapolis.  Really slow with the casualty numbers...trust me, those in the know already know...  I immediatley thought of the double decker highway collapse during the Oakland earthquake, which apparently every newscaster had forgot about last night.

Chief - I couldn't bring up your interview, but did read the article.  Population going to double in next few years.  Will the migration to your area be from south of the border, or NORTH of your border.  Will there be GRITS-FREE zones?

Phish - welcome back, Sir.

rt - good luck with the job hunt.

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Thursday, August 2, 2007 7:39 AM
 jaabat wrote:

Good morning?

Not so far it isn't. Went to leave for work and the car wouldn't start for the first time in ten years. Maybe it's time to replace the original battery. Might as well get the brakes done while I'm there. Sounds like I'm in for an expensive day.

Jim

Squeek!  Squeek!  Original brakes too!!!  And I have ridden in this car!! Sign - Oops [#oops]

Morning all.  Heat is going up more today and no rain in sight.  Off to Mom's down east.  Sure is a mess in MN.  Was telling wife that I was in line at the wake Sunday afternoon with a recently retired NC DOT bridge inspector.  Was telling him about something Buckeye had sent me on bridge failure on the UP.  He was telling me about how bad lots of bridges are.  Shame.  Spend billions in the "sand" and can't afford to keep our highways and bridges in good repair. Banged Head [banghead]SoapBox [soapbox]

Have a good day. 

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Posted by tmcc man on Thursday, August 2, 2007 8:38 AM

Good morning everyone,

What happened last night was tragic. We found out by accident. My dad was watching Rescue Me, and hit the chnnel button instead of the volume control, and it landed on the news channel. Prayers for eveyone involved.

Well, I got my TV. I am so happy with it. It's a 42'' flat panel Vizio. It's such a nice tv.

Well, off to eat breakfast.

Have a good day.

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Posted by csxt30 on Thursday, August 2, 2007 9:28 AM

Good Morning Everyone !  What a tragedy. Heard about it on the radio at work last night after the baseball game.

RT : hope all goes well now.

Colin : nice TV ! Can you play games on it too ? !

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Posted by sir james I on Thursday, August 2, 2007 9:57 AM

Good morning all.

Scary thing that bridge accident and a bus full of kids made it. The first thing I saw was that yellow bus.

HOT and hot that covers it. I plan to stay inside today guess that means something on the three rail will get some exercise.  I'll be back,          Sir James

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Posted by cnw1995 on Thursday, August 2, 2007 10:23 AM
Good morning from a hot sunny Crystal Lake where I just found out about the bridge tragedy - brings me back to when that section of I-95 collapsed in Conn in the 80s - bridges are scary.

Jim, sounds like a battery - you can swap it yourself.

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Posted by dbaker48 on Thursday, August 2, 2007 12:14 PM
Thoughts and prayers for the Twin Cities.  Sure hope all the worst news is behind  us !!!  Sad [:(]

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Posted by kpolak on Thursday, August 2, 2007 12:29 PM
 tmcc man wrote:

Well, I got my TV. I am so happy with it. It's a 42'' flat panel Vizio. It's such a nice tv.

Afternoon all!

LAZ:  Too hot for golf???  Get a cart and a larger cooler!  Beer-a-hole rule in effect.

Colin:  Happy belated Birthday!  Sorry to hear about your mom's job.  You'll love the TV.  We have friends that rave about it!

Chief:  Our Township has a rapid growth that they are trying to control with the just say no approach to everything.  If you don't like it sue us!  They ended up settling one suit with an $11M park purchase.  We have a $13M total Township budget.  A well thought out and updated Master Plan is a great start.  Good luck.

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Posted by dwiemer on Thursday, August 2, 2007 1:24 PM

Sad [:(] Sad news.  With watching all the kids channels and then watching Voyages on Steam engines, we missed the news.  It was only when we read the Yahoo opening screen that we saw the collapse.  While my wife has family up that way, we are not close and I suppose that bad news travels quickly.  If one of them was injured, we would have heard.

On other fronts, I won a few cars on auction last night.  Nothing special, but the price was right.  No eBay for me, went with train station's auction.  Wife is going to her Father's house this weekend with the kids, so I hope to get plenty of wiring done on the layout.  Got some 10a fast blow, reset breakers to use in line.  One thing I need to work on is the plan for the control panel.

I am on call and last night had a bit of a painful experience.  They have these new beds for patients that have large batteries and motors so one person can "operate the bed" and make it drive down the hall and to the ICU.  This particular case, the patient was on some special equipment and I had to go along with them.  The Tech who was working the controls puts this thing into "drive" and it ran over my foot....I am here to tell ya, those beds are HEAVY!  Anyway, I now have a broken toe and while it is a small thing, it sure does hurt.  WHAAAAA. OK, I'm done.  At least I don't have to do too much walking, and now I have another excuse not to exercise.

Hope everyone has a great day!

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 2, 2007 1:55 PM
Dennis,
Hope your foot gets better... all doctors do is stand around so you don't have anything to worry about! Shock [:O]Laugh [(-D]

Just noticed on the front page it says Buckeye was the last to post to the pot... yesterday at 9:32pm... guess we have been posting to oblivian?

Hotter than a California Forrest Fire here in MD today... have to go home and work on the shed, YEAH!  According to the wife I have lost 13lbs of water via sweat... interesting... she also says I have not been exercising... guess building a shed and lifting 50lb Deck-So-Ports and carrying 2x4 and 2x6s don't count as exercise... Sad [:(]
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Posted by fifedog on Thursday, August 2, 2007 2:09 PM
88 - Don't know about you, but I was feeling pretty buff Monday morning...
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Posted by cnw1995 on Thursday, August 2, 2007 3:37 PM
Oh that is painful, Dennis! Hey, I like working online from my lawn chair while the youngest plays in the kiddie pool with the dog - the bride is napping, the older kids moping about their chores. Life is good. It is hot out here though... Off to the doc to check out the other eye early tomorrow morn.

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Posted by magicman710 on Thursday, August 2, 2007 3:43 PM

Afternoon yall, just got back from my vacation at Florida and Folkston. Will post pics of the trains later. Sorry Chief, I was hoping a NS loco would be in one of them, but there wasnt, all CSX. The one who had UP loco in it, was the only one who didnt get its picture taken..... Big Smile [:D]!!!

 

 

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Posted by Jumijo on Thursday, August 2, 2007 5:56 PM

 fifedog wrote:
88 - Don't know about you, but I was feeling pretty buff Monday morning...

OMG, Fifey, I don't even want to know where you're going with that...

Expensive day today with the car. got a new battery, brakes, and a wheel bearing. But after I got the car back, I headed to the train store for the new catalogs. I was a good boy and kept my head down as not to look at any tempting items, (like trains or the counter girls 2 best attributes).

Repainted a blue Conrail box car orange with black doors today while I waited for the car to be fixed. I'll bet none of you can guess what roadname I'm going to go with on that one...

Not much else going on. The wife is home tonight. Better go make the kids some Benadril milk shakes! Wink [;)]

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Posted by dwiemer on Thursday, August 2, 2007 6:37 PM
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Repainted a blue Conrail box car orange with black doors today while I waited for the car to be fixed. I'll bet none of you can guess what roadname I'm going to go with on that one...

Jim

Jim, I don't recall Southern or NS using Orange and Black in the paint scheme.Wink [;)]

Had to do another emergency.  I am tired.  Doug, wish I could hang out in a lawn chair, but my bride can't support my train habbits on her salary and cover the mortgage.

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Posted by dbaker48 on Thursday, August 2, 2007 7:35 PM
Just a "head's up" if any of you happen to look toward the west, and see this huge tan colored cloud tomorrow, don't be concerned its just me working on benchwork.  I managed to get ANOTHER day off this week, so the sawdust will be flying.  Got to get the track up and running before mid September.

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Posted by dougdagrump on Thursday, August 2, 2007 7:36 PM
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Repainted a blue Conrail box car orange with black doors today while I waited for the car to be fixed. I'll bet none of you can guess what roadname I'm going to go with on that one...

Jim

Hmmmm, maybe Tony Stewart.....Tongue [:P]...........Big Smile [:D]

Darn, another week of cheese without some whine.

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Posted by Blueberryhill RR on Thursday, August 2, 2007 7:40 PM
 dougdagrump wrote:
 jaabat wrote:

Repainted a blue Conrail box car orange with black doors today while I waited for the car to be fixed. I'll bet none of you can guess what roadname I'm going to go with on that one...

Jim

Hmmmm, maybe Tony Stewart.....Tongue [:P]...........Big Smile [:D]

Darn, another week of cheese without some whine.

HEY....I like that. A boxcar with #20 Tony Stewart on it.

By the way...Do you know how much BullCensored [censored] costs ??

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Posted by Brutus on Thursday, August 2, 2007 7:55 PM

Benadryl!  Laugh [(-D]

Nothing much today - just struggling with my conscience over that Best Friend of Charleston set....  Man, that's a lot of money.  Should I do it???  Tongue [:P]

Dennis - hope the foot heals well - do as you are told by your Doctor now!  You guys are the worst patients!

Don - be sure to wear a dust mask!  Don't want OSHA to shut down the worksite!

RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.

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