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Track fiddlerIs it just me or is the magic fading a bit more every year of that excitement feeling that always used to separate a Friday or Saturday from the rest of the days? For some reason all the days are starting to feel the same any moreLaugh
Well.... Is yah retahhhhhed yet? That usually cause's the syndrome I think! For me, most everyday is now on a weekend. By the time I sit down and eat my dinner (steak and butternut squash tonight) I will have completed my 5 miles for the day. Don't like the running wearing a winter coat, but that is what will be going on for the next 4 or 5 months I guess.
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Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Manly yes but I like it too
The Darn Bridge looked small behind that Magnificent Monster that day
Long Live 4014
PH
Post Hog!
Nothing like this photo of 4014 on a Friday afternoon for your collection
Back in Black
And the funny thing is I think those Square white things were on the fence and fit in the wheels perfectly at the time the photo was taken. That's the only thing I can figure out with this photo because it wasn't planned that way as she was moving at a pretty good clip
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One-in-a-billion Kids!
TF
gmpullman Let's have another look at those neat, Milwaukee Skytops!
Let's have another look at those neat, Milwaukee Skytops!
Here Here! I'm with You Ed This is the only Hiawatha I seen in person in St Louis Park last Summer.
The orange one
Haven't seen the yellow-orange one yet but now I have!
howmusTold him to take my info out of his computer again. he laughed and said, "I remember having this conversation with a few months back!" He told me he has once again taken my information out of their computer, but to let them know if GM puts it back in again! I do like this dealership and if I was driving a car they sell would still be doing business there. You gotta love technology!
My first wife died back in 1986. She gets at least three, sometimes five or more, pieces of mail each week. Some of it from the University of Cincinnati (?), which she never attended and several offering health screenings, retirement investment seminars and the like.
I never respond to these for fear that even that activity will spring-board into yet more mailings (like picking up the phone on a spam call — then they know they have a "hot" number). Once you're on somebody's database that information gets sold and distributed everywhere.
Somehow, there's a list out there that has me tagged as a veteran serviceman. I often get mail for offers to participate in programs or products aimed at military personnel. No idea how that happened. No sence trying to correct it as, I'm afraid it would open a Pandora's Box of yet more mailings, calls and eventually spam emails.
CMStPnP_Coon-Rapids by Edmund, on Flickr
Cheers, Ed
ROBERT PETRICK Heartland Division CB&Q Bridge Piers are interesting. Yeah. It looks kinda like the original structure was a two-span bridge with a much deeper depth, maybe an undershot open truss, that was replaced with the four-span girder system. Interesting. Robert
Heartland Division CB&Q Bridge Piers are interesting.
Bridge Piers are interesting.
Yeah. It looks kinda like the original structure was a two-span bridge with a much deeper depth, maybe an undershot open truss, that was replaced with the four-span girder system. Interesting.
Robert
Good Friday Afternoon
Is it just me or is the magic fading a bit more every year of that excitement feeling that always used to separate a Friday or Saturday from the rest of the days? For some reason all the days are starting to feel the same any more
You have a point there on those Bridge Piers Robert and I really like that picture of the red and blue CV-GT's Garry. Central and Vermont, Grand Trunk and Duluth Winnipeg & Pacific Railways
All in the same family owned by Canadian National was what I gathered growing up off the Peg
I have heard somewhere along the line there was some green and yellow ones too, although I have never seen one
Afternoon folks!
Taking a few minutes to get warmed back up before I finish my 5k today. Tis cold out there. The high for the day is 39°F. I ran the first half of the 5k wearing my winter coat.... Just did the Fall service on my car by myself as well. yep! Time to check the air pressure in the tires! Such a lot needing to be done on the Tesla ya know!! (LOL) They were actually down a few lbs. The car gave me an allert for one tire. It was only 41lbs and they should be 45lbs cold. All of them were down about the same. They are now all where they should be. I did get a wonderful ad from the Chevy Dealership where they would change the oil for only $19.99 (unless I wanted decent oil in it that is...). I once again called the Manager at the dealership and explained to him my Tesla doesn't need an "oil change"! Told him to take my info out of his computer again. he laughed and said, "I remember having this conversation with a few months back!" He told me he has once again taken my information out of their computer, but to let them know if GM puts it back in again! I do like this dealership and if I was driving a car they sell would still be doing business there. You gotta love technology!
Hope you are all having a good day and have a great "All Hallows Eve" tomorrow!
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Good morning .
Ed .... Thanks for sharing the interesting video of River Rouge Plant .
John York1 ... The Henry Ford Museum is very interesting.
TF .... Glad you liked the photos.
Henry ..... The short video of the derailment looks scary for people on the highway.
Speaking of derailments, I recall one when GTW dropped a train from a bridge onto a Detroit freeway. It blocked all 8 lanes.
This photo shows GTW GP38's following a CV GP38. Bridge Piers are interesting. The photo was taken in the CV.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good morning.
David, burger Friday sounds good. I'll join you over here, but about five hours later than you.
This time of year, this is what dominates all the little towns in my area. The grain elevators are full, waiting for the railroad's hopper cars. The harvested grain is piled in huge hills, waiting to get into the elevators and bins. Some of these piles will be around until spring. It's a pretty impressive site, when you consider the size of the pile compared to the road grader in the picture.
I understand this is part of the Henry Ford museum in Michigan. I've never been there, but it looks like a neat place to visit:
I hope everyone has a good day. For those who are ill, I hope you have a restful peaceful day.
York1 John
Good morning all. I hope everyone is well. I am still under the Doctor's orders to take things easy.
I put the new nameplates that (arrived yesterday) on the respective locomotives
The signals that also arrived now means I can have the layout fully signalled.
It is 'burger Friday.' Mushroom and goat's cheese with peashoots, salad and wedges is the dish tonight. Sorry I cannot invite anyone round. We are on lockdown.
Take Care everyone.
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Talked to my brother tonight. He don't call every week like I wish he would and I always enjoy our conversation when he does.
He says he is scrapping his Boise Cascade model built from scratch from satellite views.
I can understand that because the last time I was there I thought it looked great but he wasn't happy with it.
My brother is too much like me, too much of a perfectionist from our marine sergeant dad.
I really wish he wasn't.
Sorry I'm getting older, I get confused
Greetings from the Southern Command. We came down to our Mississippi house to check on things and get away for a while. Drove in foggy mist from the tail end of the low pressure that dumped all the ice on Oklahoma and all the rain on us in KY.
It is supposed to be nice the rest of the time we are here .
Garry i liked the steel photos.
I want to go visit the U.P. one of these days and drive up to copper harbor just to say I did .
I notice US 41 goes from there to Miami FL. That would be a interesting trip.
I want to go to the Mackinac bridge as well. Someone invited me one year to the annual walk across, but I could not go.
Not much else to report.
Good Evening,
Hi TF, I've never posted pictures of Robbie or anything come to think of it. Robbie is West Highland White Terrier.
John, I sympathize, my wife has an incredible amount of clothes stuffed in closets, storage bins, a rack in the laundry. When we have to move out of the house she has a huge job ahead.
CN Charlie
If you were in a pickup truck, watching tank cars, containing unknow contents crash in front of you, why would you not back up at Warp speed? This was today in SE Tejas.
A train hit a garbage truck in Baltimore and I heard the explosion 20 miles away. https://wjla.com/news/local/explosion-near-baltimore-after-train-derails-89350
Tropical storm Zeta came by today. Humid, warm, damp and rainy all day.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Evening from Frosty Minnesota. Soon to warm up soon with the second batch of Indian Summer.
Got scarce for a few days. I'll tell you it's either feast or fathom. No work for days on end and all of the sudden, there's plumbing problems all over the building. I have special tools for reaching up under the sink but faucets from 1970 when the building was built need to be cut with a diamond bit and the pot metal nuts chiseled out. When it comes to Plumbing I like brass and plastic!
A lot of catching up to do after two days. I'm beginning to think the MR Forum is like 494 here in Bloomington MPLS. It just never stops. That's a good thing
First of all happy belated birthday to Henry.
The goldfinches Dave. I used to see them a lot here but not as much all summer. Although we did have a Northern Harrier hawk kind of swooping the area quite a little bit this year.
Charlie Sorry to hear about Robbie. You have posted pictures of him and I like your dog, it's hard when they get older. I will not own another dog as I have become more emotional as I've gotten older. Since Magnum and Nellie passed. I don't think I can outlive another dog and I like to pick up and go not to worry anymore.
Garry Loved the Steamers and the trail of steam dissipating into the atmosphere. Especially the one with the sunset behind it! And the geese flying the opposite way of North.
Kevin We were short on Blue Jays this year of what I usually see. Those things suck the little Tweety's eggs. They're very mean just as much as they are beautiful but that's kind of how nature rolls
Douglas You commented on how your wife doesn't like to get rid of anything. I can appreciate your pain after I just got rid of my storage of 7 years
Brent That eagle in your backyard looked like his left-wing was really messed up I gathered what you were talking about. Hope he got the help he needed. Back when I was a teenager and my parents took us to Canada fishing. Subconsciously I think I was always looking for that Canadian Pacific beaver. It wasn't until many years later I found one I really admired in International Falls
John Your countertops 2 weeks. That's what every contractor since the history of man says. Watch that old movie Money Pit with Tom Hanks Every contractor on that film says two weeks
Brent Wishing the best for your sister's knee surgery on November 16th You can take that as a well wish as I have had 7 on my right knee. Love the Paddlewheel Steamers you and Ed posted. I have some retrofitted diesel Pattle Wheels in Stillwater Mn. that I really like here.
Jimmy I hope you're feeling better. Sometimes when your young and keep running to the kitchen for something to eat every five minutes you're missing some kind of vitamin. You may have hit the nail right on the head there! Judging by some of your layout pictures I've seen lately you're doing okay You will bounce back because you're young
Garry I really enjoyed the Copper Country Limited and the Michigan Big Steel pics!
Ed The Hiawatha rear Dome observation car I never seen the inside of that thing but I always wondered. Nice!
John I like the big Rail Loader Ship. Those things are cool!
Wow, ...That's what I get for skipping two days! I do believe I got caught up though
Have a great evening gentlemen
P.S. I may edit a couple of pics later if I'm not too tired from the last couple of days of Plumbing
Heartland Division CB&QWhile we are in Michigan, I can show photos of about 25 years ago from inside the steel mill in Ecorse, Mi next to Detroit River.
Thanks for those photos, Garry!
I've always been fascinated by Ford's River Rouge plant. What an amazing complex. All raw materials in >>> Ford automobiles out!
One of my GE co-w**kers was at the power plant the day of the big 1999 gas explosion. What a mess! They still use this example in training for lockout-tagout.
I hope everyone is doing fine today —
Afternoon all. My division is holding a meeting next month, so my layout will be open for visitors. So, I've got to do a bit more of a push to get a few projects done before 11/15.
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Good Morning,
Another cold day here, about 30F for a high. Supposedly it is going to hit 50 next week.
I agree, those Skytop cars are 'neat'. I saw one on the tail end of CP steam excursion in 2007. I had explored riding it from Thief River Falls to Winnipeg but there wasn't any way for me to go back there to retrieve my car. My wife doesn't drive. She did for a short time before we met but let her license lapse as she found driving too stressful.
Well I figured out the track and turnout I need to re-configure the harbour siding and get rid of that problem area. I just have to order the bits.
Another day with not much going on. My wife still has us on quatanteen from each other which means I live in the basement. Getting tired of this. I do try to be safe but it is never good enough.
Good morning, everyone. Bacon, eggs, and black coffee.
My layout work is really slow. I'm still working on the church I am building, but it is slow-going. Hopefully I can finish it soon and move on to another project.
I found this picture on the Library of Congress page. All it says is Detroit, 1905. For some reason, I love these combinations of rail cars and ships:
I hope everyone has a healthy day today.
While we are in Michigan, I can show photos of about 25 years ago from inside the steel mill in Ecorse, Mi next to Detroit River. It was National Steel Company. Steel mills are big, dirty, ugly, and very dangerous. I still have the hard hat I used while I worked there.
Good morning .... I'm glad to say my Covid test is negative. Hopefully this sickness will leave soon.
moelarrycurly4 I call that the shark fin of the U.P.
I call that the shark fin of the U.P.
MLC .... That is a good description of it. The northern point is where Copper Harbor is located. I have been there.
Ken ... Glad you liked the cold picture.
Ed .... I like the interior photos of the MILW Skytop lounge cars. It was a shame when two were cut up to be part of the Lansdowne riverfront restaurant. I recall seeing the Lansdowne on the Detorit River before and after it was a restaurant.
Everybody ..... Have a good day.
Thanks to this Covid outbreak I have been waiting for a couple of items for months now.
Then this morning 'Success'. Some nameplates for three of my engines plus some signals arrived. Time to be in the train room.
I am still waiting for one more item; a steam crane. I ordered that in February 2020. There is still no word when it will be released; or the final price it will cost. A case of just waiting.
Happy modeling.
Good morning all. The Heavenly watering can is working overtime.
To all of you who have challenges with health issues, I am hoping you get some relief and healing.
Take care everyone.
I will be trying out some new cooking utensils later today.
Eveing Diners
Flo, give the gang and I a please and Dirk and Robbie a dog treat.
Garry That photo made me feel cold! I do like winter, easier to get warm than cool.
Jimmy I as well hope you feel better.
Trying day at work. Had a call with Nancy and Marvin that got me hot. Won't go into details, but I did what I was told to do. I told the coustmer what I was told to say and sat the delivery date. Then they changed there mind? It all workout in the end. At one point Nancy said "your a company man and work for me not the customer!" I replied " I work for the company and the customer!" She had no come back for that one.
Most viexing part of the day was changing out prices tags. Sounds easy, but it is not the way this company is ran.
Later, Ken and Dirk says I bite Nancy for you daddy! Woof, Woof!
I hate Rust
Evenin'folks!
Hey Brent! Just out of curiosity.... How much are those adorable puppies going to sell for? Curious minds want to know!
I looks like Mama and the kids are all doing fine. So nice to see good news with all the crap going on in the world these day. Stay well and Be Blessed!
Hello, Folks!
hon30critterI am amazed that the paddle wheels didn't disintegrate when they were pounding through the ice!
I wonder if this is one of the design criteria between a "stern-wheeler" and a "side wheeler"? At least the stern wheeler will have the wheel following in the ship's own trough. [edit] I was incorrect in my assumption. Lansdowne is indeed a sidewheeler.
Thanks for the condolences for our cat, Dave. I hope your package arrives soon! I used two-day shipping and I guess this translates to "two week!".
Great Michigan photos, folks. Hope you're doing better, Garry. Sorry for your bout of health issues, Jimmy. I had a leg pain like that last year and went in for an ultrasound but they found nothing. Better safe than sorry.
I remember seeing the Lansdowne when she was moored in Erie, Pennsylvania, and the Milwaukee Skytops were still welded to her deck. If I recall she was towed to Buffalo for scrapping in 2009.
HERE is a look at what was left of the Skytop cars after arriving at the Milwaukee Road Heritage Center.
And this is what they originally looked like:
Hiawatha by Edmund, on Flickr
Heartland Division CB&Q I have been in the Upper Peninsula in the winter, and it certainly is cold there with massive amounts of snow. Everybody: ....Have a good day. (edited)
I have been in the Upper Peninsula in the winter, and it certainly is cold there with massive amounts of snow.
Everybody: ....Have a good day.
(edited)
Sorry only second place Valdez, Alaska gets over 300" a year, and there is no January thaw to melt all that snow. Most houses have a door on the second story so the residents can get out of the house later in the winter.
Rick Jesionowski
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