Good morning, diners. Bacon, eggs, and coffee this morning.
We woke up to loud thunder. No rain, just wind and thunder. It will be disappointing if we don't get something wet out of this.
Not much else to report from the Great Plains. Hot, humid, long days, corn, and air-conditioning. That's it. It's July.
Silver Streak Zephyr, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1940.
I'm not sure what this one is -- it only says that it's in the Havelock Yards in Lincoln. Men with hats, women with dresses:
Have a good day, everyone.
York1 John
I asked my doctor if I gave up delicious food and all alcohol, would I live longer? He said, "No, but it will seem longer."
Good morning, everybody. Coffee and a powder sugar donut, please.
John York 1 ..... I like the 1940 picture of the Burlinton E5.
When is TF going to return to the Diner? ....
I received August Trains Magazine in Tuesday's mail. It has several good articles about railroads of Minnesota. Very intersting.
Everybody: .... Have a nice Friday.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Heartland Division CB&QWhen is TF going to return to the Diner?
Hopefully soon.
He has been in contact with me, and I don't think he wants me to share too much, but he has sent regards to all his diner friends that he asked me to pass along.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
SeeYou190 Heartland Division CB&Q When is TF going to return to the Diner? Hopefully soon. He has been in contact with me, and I don't think he wants me to share too much, but he has sent regards to all his diner friends that he asked me to pass along. -Kevin
Heartland Division CB&Q When is TF going to return to the Diner?
Thanks for the update.
Mike
We had a tornado warning here last night about midnight. Coastal Delaware isn't known for tornadoes, and none actually formed. I guess the warning was based on weather radar indications of circulations in the clouds.
The old cat ran and hid somewhere, probably under the bed. The dog stood outside the bedroom door and whined. The younger cat looked up at me as if to say, "What's going on? Should I be worried like those other two? Will you throw me a toy?"
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
A little excitement here at Lake Barkley (Cumberland River)
A ship belonging to American Cruise Lines has been stuck on a sand bar for over 48 hours. It has 120 passengers and 50 crew members. This is only about two miles from our house. This afternoon, the Coast Guard began using small boats to take people from the ship to a boat ramp across our bay from us. We can see people transferring to tour buses to go to Nashville. Picture in the news shows three large tow boats trying to move the ship.
The Chesapeake Bay requires pilots, who make 6 figures a year. They take a motorboat and have to scramble up the side of a moving ship which is a little risky but after that it looked like a cushy job to me.
I was sure that was a rip off, as the bay is well marked and deep in most places. I asked my friend who was a USN captain, with father and grandfather being admirals and he assured me it was necessary.
Oddly enough, he emailed me today that his mother passed away 23 years to the exact date his father passed away. She was 98 so that's better than probably almost all of us will do. She would have been 18 when her future father in law turned to dust a Pearl Harbor.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Garry: That is an interesting situation with the cruise ship near your house.
I drove to DeLand today for a train show tomorrow morning. I am very excited about attending a train show again.
I have not been through Orlando in a long time. The amount of work that has been completed on Interstate 4 is remarkable.
Nothing else going on today.
The World Is A Beautiful Place.
BigDaddyThe Chesapeake Bay requires pilots, who make 6 figures a year. They take a motorboat and have to scramble up the side of a moving ship which is a little risky but after that it looked like a cushy job to me.
At the mouth of the Mississippi River, there is a settlement named Pilottown. It can only be reached by boat or helicopter. All ocean-going ships entering or leaving on the Mississippi are required to have a pilot on board, even though the captain of the ship stays in command. I believe (not certain) that virtually every U.S. port has pilots.
"Pilottown is an unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. It serves as a base for river pilots to guide ships across the bar and up and down the Mississippi River." Interesting topic!
"Pilottown is an unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. It serves as a base for river pilots to guide ships across the bar and up and down the Mississippi River."
Interesting topic!
all ports have pilots. They get to the ship via a pilot boat.
speaking of ships I printed a 20 foot HO scale shipping container.
It turned out well. I have not glued my printed hopper car together yet. When I do I will show it.
I wonder what the pilot aboard the Golden Ray must have been thinking?
Golden Ray by Edmund, on Flickr
The Ever Given had a pilot on board, too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Suez_Canal_obstruction
Ships Happen...
Cheers, Ed
Good morning Diners. A coffee please, Chloe.
Just a quick visit as we have grandchildren here over the weekend.
Cruising is back on albeit only around Britain. Better than nothing. TUI cruise ship Marella Explorer 2 arrived at the Port of Tyne 8/7/21 to begin cruising today 10/7/21.
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Good Morning!
There was a thread here about building a railroad layout quickly —
I would suggest step one would be to round up these folks:
Enjoy your weekend, everyone
Class at Ottertail by Mike Danneman, on Flickr
Regards, Ed
Good morning, diners.
David, that's great that the cruises have begun again. The U.S. cruises are also just getting started up. I feel badly for all the workers who were out of work for a year.
Ed, that's a nice CP photo.
My state, just like most places, has a lot of old railroad depots that are falling apart. Most people would like to see them preserved, but it takes a lot of money, and then it takes a lot of continued upkeep.
This station is in Sutherland, NE. It had been on the UP mainline, but was moved to a farm. There is an effort to move it back to town and preserve it:
Parts of the state have good access to railroads, but most of the state, because of low population, never had railroads even close. Many of the rail lines are gone:
Have a good Saturday.
John York 1.... I wonder why the old depot was moved to a farm field.
Ed..... I like the photo of the CP passnger train.
David ... Good to see that cruise ship.
...
Spaeking of cruise ships, the river cruis ship here is still stuck. The tow boats are gone, and so they must come up with another solution.
One of the worst ahip accidents in this area was when a river cargo ship went under the wrong span of the Kentucky Lake Bridge in January 2012. Allegations were the crew and pilot were drinking. Our neighbor was on the next span heading toward the one that went down. He stopped his vehicle and was okay.
Garry they took at he passengers off the boat and bussed them to Nashville. They are offloading water fomr the boat to see if they can float it.
moelarrycurly4 Garry they took at he passengers off the boat and bussed them to Nashville. They are offloading water fomr the boat to see if they can float it.
MLC
They used the boat dock across the bay from us. We could see the small boats with people who transferred to buses at the dock.
I found this picture from an interesting day.
Bigfoot blew a hydraulic line, and through a series of events I got to be the one to go down and get it running again. According to the notes, this was in 1993.
They did let me test drive it, but it had the small tires on it when I drove it. Not much fun.
Check out my big cheesy grin.
A tall guy for a tall truck!
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Good evening diners.
Zoe - A RBF please. Thanks.
Ed - Nice CP Pic.
MLC - Nicely done on the 20' container print.
Kevin - You got to drive Bigfoot huh? I got to do a meet and greet with former Grave Digger driver Dennis Anderson a couple of years back. I think yours may have been more fun!
John (York1) - Interesting that the depot got moved like that.
Continuing discussion of local rails - LakeShore Railway Musuem.
The LakeShore Railway Museum is located in my area, up in North East Pa. (We Pennsylvanian's is odd... North East Pa is located in NW Pennsylvania, near the NY border, east of Erie. Don't get me started on Venango in NW PA...)
It is located along the CSX (Former NYC) main line, with the indoor displays and gift shop inside an old Lake Shore and Michigan Southern (pre NYC) depot, and has the NS (NKP) line parellel here as well. This museum carters to GE locomotives (built nearby), along with a variety of rolling stock, and is host to a Virtual Railfan Camera.
They usually (cancelled 2020 & 2021) host a "Night at the Museum" event, where the museum itself stays open straight through from Saturday morning till Sunday night. They always host some kind of night photography shoot as part of the festivities.
The 2019 event saw, for the first time, a set of special visiting locomotives on display as part of the festivities.
A few pictures -
CSX 3194 by Richard W, on Flickr
CSX Honor units, 911 (First Responders), 1776 (Military), and 3194 visited for the "Night at the Museum" 2019 event. Here 3194 poses with local PD.
CSX 3194 Night Shoot by Richard W, on Flickr
The "night shoot" edition had just the locomotives, unfortunately.
Interestingly, this unit has been in intermodal service along this route of late. (And I have missed her all 4 times so far! )
CSX First Responders unit. by Richard W, on Flickr
911 "Night shoot" pic. (Ok, "Twilight Shoot"....) from the same event.
CSX 1776 by Richard W, on Flickr
1776 during the daytime.
Lake Shore Railway Historical Society 1950 by Richard W, on Flickr
The museum's working switcher.
Chessie C&O 8272 by Richard W, on Flickr
Another one of their units, in Chessie paint, during a "Night at the Museum" photo event.
This museum will also host other events (normally) throught the year, and the staff will be very accomodating if you arrive with kids - Most locomotives are able to be opened and cab visits by the kids are encouraged.
I will have more information and pictures at another time.
Hope all are well, and all enjoy the night!
Ricky W.
HO scale Proto-freelancer.
My Railroad rules:
1: It's my railroad, my rules.
2: It's for having fun and enjoyment.
3: Any objections, consult above rules.
ricktrains4824Kevin - You got to drive Bigfoot huh
I don't know much about the Bigfoot organization. There were several versions of "Bigfoot", this one had a platform on the back where about ten people could sit and ride around on the truck. It was doing an event at the Florida Sports Park in Naples, Florida.
This was not one of the super-trucks that competed in exhibitions or crushed cars.
These guys know how to put on a good show:
I worked with a lot of crane operators at GE. The early models were all manual controls.
GE_uvw1_0020_edited-1 by Edmund, on Flickr
GEfaceAK_0009 by Edmund, on Flickr
Later on new models came in with computer displays, load cells on all the critical points and joystick controls. It looked like fun but I sure wouldn't want the responsibility.
Sunday Donut Day.
Garry, that's an amazing picture of the ship which hit the bridge. I can't believe that someone in charge of that ship would be drinking on the job. I know it happens, but I still find it crazy.
Kevin, with your height, it's amazing you fit under the truck. At least not a Corvette.
Brent, that's a neat picture of the rail barge.
Ricky, very nice pictures of the rail museum open house. I would love to be able to climb into the cabs of those locomotives.
Ed, I'm with you -- I wouldn't want the responsibility of handling those huge machines, know one slight mistake could cost someone's life.
MLC, my son-in-law printed some N containers for me. After painting, you can't tell the difference between them and the $30 ones. Yours look great.
Mister Beasley, hope the storms didn't do much damage. Tornado sirens here mean that everyone runs outdoors to see if they can see it. It's crazy, but then I do the same thing.
Henry, that's a neat story of the family of naval officers. Pretty amazing family.
For others I didn't mention, hope everything is going OK.
I finally finished with graduation announcements, cards, thank-yous, etc. The last class of students that I was associated with graduated last month, and I got the last thank-you card yesterday. I won't miss all the receptions I felt obligated to attend.
We're off to church, then a nice long Sunday of relaxing.
Nice display of a UP Challenger at the Cody Museum in North Platte, Nebraska. North Platte is a train lover's town.
gmpullman It looked like fun but I sure wouldn't want the responsibility.
Crane operations are scary.
It always seemed like they sent out the smallest crane possible to do the job.
Good afternoon all. A large coffee please, Chloe.
A mix of sunshine and showers today.
The grandchildren have just left, so five minutes peace before planning a week away.
Catching up on the posts.
Garry. Beamish Museum is great fun for all the family. A trip back in time.
der5997. It is amazing the 'blocks a ship sits on' so work can be done. Most times work on refurbishment is done at the same time.
Kevin. Liking the scenes you posted.
John. Lovely pictures of trains in Nebraska.
Garry. I hope that ship got off the sand bar safely. As for the Kentucky Lake Bridge accident. 'Ouch!!'
Brent. Amazing picture. Such blue water.
Ricky W. Great set of pictures.
Others I have missed. Not intentional. Just a busy time personally.
Those Missing. A speedy return (if it is your wish.)
Have a good day everyone.
I was out for a bike ride yesterday and actually saw whet I assume was storm damage. One (1) tree limb about three (3) inches in diameter came down on the lawn. Isolated tree, nothing else around it, so it had little protection. That's it.
Howdy ....
I don't know how long the ship (Ameircan Jazz) will be stuck. As of yesterday, the tow boats were gone. I guess they have another plan.
I wonder about this mishap as well as the one in 2012 when a ship caused a bridge collapse. The shipping channels are basically the path of the Cumberlnd River and the Tennessee River from which the lakes were made with dams. Channels are well makered with buoys. The guy running the boat does not need a pilot to tell him to stay between the buoys. (Larger vessels shuch as this one normally have a pilot anyhow.) The cruise ship was on the wrong side of the red buoys when it ran onto the sand bar. If the sand bar was not there, the ship could have continued until it hit a bridge pier about a half mile ahead of it.
Everybody: ..... Have a nice Sunday.
Now here is a great old vintage train club picture!
This was the members of Scale Rails Of Southwest Florida in 1992 setting up for our annual train show. Wow, nearly thirty years ago.
I am not in the picture because I was behind the camera, but my daughter insisted on being there!
Good late Sunday afternoon in Pictou Nova Scotia! Hope you are all enjoying the day where ever you get to do that. David, your videos from the 50s Northumberland brought back many memories (although we didn't live in the Northeast until the 60s but the scenes and the clothing styles, openair markets etc I remember from school days.) Thanks or posting; and yes, being under neath and working on ships in dry dock would not be my first choice!
I was loaned a book about Pictou written in 1877, so quoting from it won't infringe copyright I think! The bit I wanted to share, since this month is "where do you live" month if I've read that right, concerns railways - and those came here because of the start up of the coal mines. I've scanned two consecutive pages and cropped to suit.
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I hope I don't have to edit this to get the text scans to show. Nope, still can't get the images to play nicely. I'll try again later. Re-Edit: Thanks Kevin for posting - and I re-read the How To Post Photos, realized what i'd done incorrectly. Hopefully I'll remember for next time!
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
der5997 Nope, still can't get the images to play nicely. I'll try again later.
I don't know what was wrong, but when I retyped the code manually they work OK.