Morning all!
the car in the pictures is used for transporting nuclear stuff, see also:
http://southern.railfan.net/flat/cars/loads/dodx/dodx.html
inch53 wrote: Mornin all, coffe fur now Janie please, darn you sure smell good today Another nice day here again for awhile, chance of rain late afternoon n evening. Found out Mothers plans last evening, she decided WE were going to Terre Haute [rather stay'ed home], but glad I went now. First got a couple train pics over here at the Cline crossing, Then she tried to get to Marshall before him [didn't beat the engines], but got a pic of the last car. Don't know what it's for, but I'd never seen one before. First shot is at the Cline crossing, then Marshall Like said, don't know what it's for, but I'm guessing military from the car color.. Also picked up some more 3 cars from Walmart and then we went for a steak supper. Wasn't to bad a trip after all. JERRY, I think your right on the depot, it was Nickle Plate not IC. Didn't NYC use the same one there. May have to get a letter off to Tony anyway. When I was running round up there, only had two things on my mind then,,, racing n girls not trains. PA,, girl freinds are ok, just don't get stupid bout them at your age. It'll get ya into trouble. Glad yur working on the car. Model trainlover ,,, I hope you've been single all your life, didn't you say your 14. inch
Mornin all, coffe fur now Janie please, darn you sure smell good today
Another nice day here again for awhile, chance of rain late afternoon n evening. Found out Mothers plans last evening, she decided WE were going to Terre Haute [rather stay'ed home], but glad I went now. First got a couple train pics over here at the Cline crossing, Then she tried to get to Marshall before him [didn't beat the engines], but got a pic of the last car. Don't know what it's for, but I'd never seen one before. First shot is at the Cline crossing, then Marshall
Like said, don't know what it's for, but I'm guessing military from the car color..
Also picked up some more 3 cars from Walmart and then we went for a steak supper. Wasn't to bad a trip after all.
JERRY, I think your right on the depot, it was Nickle Plate not IC. Didn't NYC use the same one there. May have to get a letter off to Tony anyway. When I was running round up there, only had two things on my mind then,,, racing n girls not trains.
PA,, girl freinds are ok, just don't get stupid bout them at your age. It'll get ya into trouble. Glad yur working on the car.
Model trainlover ,,, I hope you've been single all your life, didn't you say your 14.
inch
to answer your question about me I'm 13 not 14 yet.
and that last car is defintly a has mat car I have see those containers on the History channel they put them on the end of the train so that if a colision occurs it's less likly to be danage or breached.
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/4309
TrainFreak409 wrote:PC: I'll need to stop by Rails of the World when I have a chance. I hope Jeff isn't upset since I've been gone so long.
Nawww, we all understand. Your life's been kind of upside down lately. It's cool. We'll be looking for ya!
Good morning everyone. I thought that I could drop in before I headed off to the train store to say Hello again. After I get home from work, I get to change and go straight to the Senior Crab Feast at my school. Mmmm...I love crabs. It's gonna be a fun day.
I checked out that Will You Get Nailed website...Pretty interesting stuff. It's about time that teens are learning about the dangers of the tracks.
Thanks Everyone for the warm returning welcomes. I've missed this place.
Happy Jack: I get a pretty good discount on trains. Sometimes, I get them at almost cost. It's great. I feel like family when I'm there, and Mr. Purkey and I could almost be father and son. It's awesome.
PC: I'll need to stop by Rails of the World when I have a chance. I hope Jeff isn't upset since I've been gone so long.
Inch: I'm trying not to overload myself. But if I want to make near as much as I did at Bose, I need both of these jobs. I am putting school first though. If it becomes too much...I need to drop one of the jobs. OH! That car is a nuclear container car! It's used for transporting various nuclear, and possibly radioactive materials.
SilverSpike: Yeah...Not many people can juggle school, two jobs, AND various miscellaneous activities. Either I'm that good...Or I'm completely out of my mind.
Jim in CG: I did talk with Tom about the Sykesville/Westminster area...And he said that a store there would steal business from both Hagerstown and Columbia stores, and there is no prime spot for a store in a major mall...And he's right...The malls aren't anything spectacular. 3 Jobs??? I'm not that crazy.
Welp, gotta go. Catch y'all later.
Scott - Dispatcher, Norfolk Southern
Good morning ! from Indiana.
09-09-06
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
NOAH, now I feel Old, when you called the test history. I call it the recent past.
Trent,, never pass up a chance for a sale, I see. Glad your getting some rain. Think I'll set on the side lines on Ed n Pauls nuts.
RT,,, you old foggy, I'd even forgot the Trix's ad.
Got a long day ahead here, I've got kids and Mother's got a cake to finish and deliever this afternoon. Need ta get started on chores, hope ya'll has a gooden
LisaP you must be an old foggy if you got all them right (just kidding)
Inch there is accually another answer to number 3 "Get your Kicks with TRIX'S " (Cereal)
Anyway been a busy day didn't get done work till 7 P.M. and have to work tomorrow also.
Well getting late talk to you all tomorrow sometime
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
http://rtssite.shutterfly.com/
Howdy folks!
Yeah Cloe, Paul and Ed ARE a couple of nuts!! The question is: Are they good or bad nuts?
We're get'n more rain and I for one LOVE it!
Oh BTW- ate supper at a new restaurant called the Railroad Seafood Station. They are kinda sparce on decor but I gave the owners my cardand they are going to visit the shop for decoration items. The food was GREAT!!
Gotta work in the morn. so off to bed for me.
Trent
Paul W. Beverung wrote: ... Just because the routing goes to Duluth and back to the U.S./ Mexico border does not mean that I use favoritism in my routing...
... Just because the routing goes to Duluth and back to the U.S./ Mexico border does not mean that I use favoritism in my routing...
Heck, once they get to Duluth, why not just load them on a lake boat and ship them here? We have a port.
Still a good deal........ even with the long routing ;-)
Ed
Evening Gang: I spent the day working on cleaning up at the pecan tree. After another 6 hours it's getting to look good. It makes picking up the nuts easy when the ground is bare earth. Of course befor we can begin picking I'll have to blow the leaves off but that is easy compared to the clean up that I've been doing.
Yes, I did give Ed a good deal. Of course he hasen't seen the shipping bill yet. Three railroads are involved in the move before they get to Eds. The Kos Lake Narrow Gauge picks up the nuts at the trees and hauls them to the processing plant. At the plant they are cleaned and graded and packed in bags. Then they are loaded in a box car and the Kos Lake and South Clear Fork Railroad takes them to an interchange with the Duluth, Superior, & Southeastern. The D.S.& S.E. takes them to the interchange with Ed's railroad. Just because the routing goes to Duluth and back to the U.S./ Mexico border does not mean that I use favoritism in my routing. Much.
Well I'm beat so I'll be heading for bed.
Good Night All
Will you get nailed? debuts on internet
Now, a teen website, www.willyougetnailed.com attempts to familiarize young drivers with the serious consequences if their vehicle (4,000 pounds) tries to beat a train (12 million pounds) at the crossing. Young adults are also killed and seriously injured walking or recreational vehicle riding among other activities while trespassing on private railroad property. The new website includes a quiz and information about the inherent dangers at crossings and along railroad right of way.
Maine Operation Lifesaver is a non-profit 501(c)3 public education and information program dedicated to reducing collisions, injuries, and fatalities at railroad crossings along Maine's nearly 1,200 miles of active rail lines. Maine Operation Lifesaver also works to make the public aware of the dangers of trespassing on private railroad property. Members of the state committee include mostly current and retired officials representing Maine's railroads, private industry, Maine Department of Transportation, and the Federal Railroad Administration. These volunteers meet monthly to coordinate and carry out related presentations and projects statewide. Activities are funded primarily by the state's rail carriers.Nationwide, Operation Lifesaver programs exist in 49 states and have contributed significantly to the more than 50 percent reduction in crashes and fatalities at railroad crossings. In Maine, statistics reveal a sharp decrease in such crashes from 23 collisions killing three and injuring nine others in 1990 to six incidents in 2004 resulting in one injury and one fatality. However, in Maine and elsewhere, trespassing incidents are on the rise and are a new focus of Operation Lifesaver efforts.Around the country, there were more than 3,000 crashes in 2004, killing 369 and injuring 1,038 others. 480 people were killed last year in related trespassing incidents caused by such things as walking and motoring along tracks and railroad bridges, throwing objects at trains and placing objects on the tracks, and hitching joyrides on trains.
the Bangor and Aroostook now the MM&A Maine, Monteral and Atlantic.
Inch, I’d say the test is more for “old fogies” as it was put, as well as students of those who are a little wiser than the rest of us. I got 10 (and a half) out of 15 and I was born in the early 90s. I guess I just know my recent history!
PA, that photo in your signature, it wouldn't have been taken at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin, would it? The Bangor and Aroostok BL2 looks like the one a fellow named Glen monhart owned. And I belive that the locomotive behind that one is another BL2 also owned by Mr. Monhart, but it was painted in the colors of the Janesville and Southeastern Railroad. Do you happen to have a bigger version of the picture? I'm just kind of curious since it looks like something I'm familiar with.
Just hanging on in Wisconsin guys. The first week of school hasn’t been too bad so far, although it’s good to see it finally over! Let’s see now, only 176 days of school to go......
Noah
I have been single all my life
Dick
sweating away and the harrassment of trying to keep my glasses free of water droplets.
Duke
"Don't take a wooden nickel,because it isn't worth a dime" by my Dad
"There are only 3 things you need out of life:A gentle grade,the wind in your face,and cinders in your hair.....But keep an eye on the water glass!" Jack Evans
Inch, I wish you didn't say the test was for old fogies because I only got one wrong and I hope I'm not a fogie yet.
Things are going pretty well here MIL is still going down hill but thats to be expected. Not a lot of train time but I am pleased with my boys progress with school, I don't see any problem with them for this year. My step dad is getting his strength back after his radiation so things are looking up, God is good to us. My prayers are with all in need.
Why Mike, I'm right here, having lunch on your dime!
Chloe, I think Friday is lobster day, isn't it? It isn't? Well, that's OK, I'll have it anyways. Oh I know it's not on special or anything. It's OK, Mike doesn't mind paying full price! Oh, and a Moxie too please.....thanks!
Afternnoon all, a cheesy greasy burger, onion rings n a barley pop here Zoe, since I'm buying again. Where's PC when you need him.
DICK, think I'll have to pass on the job offer, don't think Mother will move that far from the kids and I don't drive anymore [darn it].
This is a test for us, old Fogies! The answers are printed below, but don't you cheat. READY? Here we go! 01. After the Lone Ranger saved the day and rode off into the sunset, the grateful citizens would ask, Who was that masked man? Invariably, someone would answer, I don't know, but he left this behind. What did he leave behind?____________ 02. When the Beatles first came to the U. S. in early 1964, we all watched them on: The ______________ Show. 03. "Get your kicks, ___________________ ." 04. "The story you are about to see i s true. The names have been changed___________________." 05. "In the jungle, the mighty jungle, _______________." 06. After the Twist, The Mashed Potato, and the Watusi, we "danced" under a stick that was lowered as ! low as we could go in a dance called the "_____________." 07. "N_E_S_T_L_E_S", Nestle's makes the very best _______________." 08. Satchmo was America's "Ambassador of Goodwill." Our parents shared this great jazz trumpet player with us. His name was _________________. 09. What takes a licking and keeps on ticking? _______________ 10. Red Skelton's hobo character was named __________________ and Red always ended his television show by saying, "Good Night, and "_______________". 11. Some Americans who protested the V ietnam War did so by burning their____________. 12. The cute little car with the engine in the back and the trunk in the front was called the VW. What other names did it go by? ____________ &______________. 13. In 1971, singer Don MacLean sang a song about, "the day the music died." This was a tribute to ___________________. 14. We can remember the first satellite placed into orbit. The Russians did it. It was called ___________________. 15. One of the big fads of the late 50's and 60's was a large plastic ring that we twirled around our waist. It was called the ________________ .
ANSWERS: 01. The Lone Ranger left behind a silver bullet. 02. The Ed Sullivan Show 03. On Route 66 04. To protect the innocent. 05. The Lion sleeps tonight 06. The limbo 07. Chocolate 08. Louis Armstrong 09. The Timex watch 10. Freddy, The Freeloader, and "Good Night, and may God Bless." 11. Draft cards (Bras were also burned.) 12. Beetle or Bug 13. Buddy Holly 14. Sputnik 15. Hoola-hoop Send this to your "old" friends. It will drive them crazy! And, keep them busy and let them forget their aches and pains for a few minutes!
Mornin all, Coffee n a couple sweet rolls Zoe,Nice again today, bout the same as yesterday. Steelers won, game started slow, but got better as it went along and I got some MRR time in too.ED,,, you made out like a bandit on the pecan- orange trade.Heres some pics of the old IC station in Charlston,IL. I don't know it was still there.
Next is a freight house, that was just accross the street,
Hope to get back up there n see if theres any more buildings left standing.
Needs ta get to chores, no kids today, so there'll be plenty to do. Hope ya'll has a gooden
09-08-06
JimRCGMO wrote:OzJim, was sorry to hear about Steve Irwin’s death, and even though the family decided against the state funeral, I’d agree that he deserved one for all he’s done for wildlife (not just the crocs). Whose covered hoppers are those in your pics of the well cars - Athearn, Walthers, Bowser, or...? I am accumulating some early covered hoppers - for my layout’s era (mid-to-late-50’s), the 2993 cu.ft. ones are about the latest ones that will fit (Airslides are too new).
James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s