Great Pictures there, LM!!Not often you get to see one of those "Specials" go through..
Brian (KY)
....As Jen mentions the Ft. Wayne clear channel station WOWO and the world famous fire escape....I'm trying to think of the elderly announcer who use to be on that station...I just recently have turned to that station occasionally but generally haven't tuned to it much in the last 20 years...I suppose because it's AM.
Know one thing, it can be heard from great distances at night. Heard it in Florida years ago.
One more thing on radio....Jen, years ago, as a youngster...I had a station from Kearny, NE on a crystal set...That is a small device with no battery, and just a coil of wire and a few things connected to it.....That was from Pennsylvania. And it was the only station I ever heard on it.
Quentin
NICE pictures, Mutt. Were you shooting with a digital format camera??
Ray CANADIANPACIFIC2816
Well,are a few pictures of the NS "Special". It rolled through here about 12:00p.m.today,being led
by a (looks like) freshly washed GP 38-2, and two more units, coach, full length dome car, and
the" inspection car". It seemed to be moving at about 30 mph. CW & I got plenty of waves
from the gents on board.
The first two pictures are a little bit light, I was having to shoot into the sun
(eastbound)
Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!
Mookie wrote: Willy - go with Jim Flowers - he is usually right more often than anyone else!
Willy - go with Jim Flowers - he is usually right more often than anyone else!
Jim Flowers was the one who forecasted the above average snowfall, which is what I would like, but I'm not sure that I buy that solution. Also, I think Jim Flowers is a little bit full of himself. I think we'll just have to wait and see what happens.
Willy
JoeKoh wrote: Earl Finckle was the man of weather.heard him all the time on wowo radio in the mornings.they still give the temprature off the fire escape too. today is going to be a good day then more rain moves in.more juice and coffee are on the way. stay safe Joe
Earl Finckle was the man of weather.heard him all the time on wowo radio in the mornings.they still give the temprature off the fire escape too. today is going to be a good day then more rain moves in.more juice and coffee are on the way.
stay safe
Joe
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
cherokee woman wrote:Good Thursday morning, everyone! Sorry to be so late thismorning, but right at midnight, we had a house fire just down the street from our house. Things were a bit smokyaround here for awhile. Only one person in the house, andhe made it out safely. Joe, thanks for getting the coffee on, and making the juice.Breakfast is on the warmer bar: turkey bacon, sausage,biscuits and sausage gravy, scrambled eggs, pancakes, waffles,and syrup and fried taters.
Way back when, one of the Detroit stations had a weatherman named Sonny Elliot. He had one bit of business that may not have been uniquely his, but made him unique. This was in the days before fancy electronic graphics, so his weather map was drawn on a large chalk board shaped like the state of Michigan.
After he finished pointing out highs, lows, and fronts, he would take two words that applied to the days's weather, say it would be frosty in the morning with light rain in the afternoon, and combine them - in this case, it might be "frizzly" - and would write that across the map.
The Keweenaw Peninsula (the "thumb" of the northern peninsula of MI) was held on by a magnet, sticking out of the top of the board. If Houghton had the low for the day for the state (which it often did), he would take the "peninsula" off the board and point to it....
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
Brian: Very close to our Mookie. Your's looks to have better hair - Mook was short on back and body and that length underneath. I always said she was a hybrid.
Walt - I'll take that cute one with the striped nose.
I thought I'd go ahead a post a couple of today's pictures anyway.
I had caught this engine earlier,out in the east end of the county with a short train of auto racks waiting
in a passing siding. Now,about 6:30 pm,he's making a "light" move to the 'house at Youngstown yard,
after dropping off that cut.(When I first saw him,he was cab first,now he's running long hood first;looks
like got got turned somewhere in the process.)
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
Ok, I just have to post this. One of our local meteorlogists issued his winter forecast for Omaha this evening. Let me compare his forecast to the other one from our other local meteorologist that I posted a few days ago. These guys are a total riot!
1st forecaster: December: 1.5 inches, January: 3 inches, February: 7 inches, March: 11 inches, Entire winter: 3 inches below normal.
2nd forecaster: December: Much above normal, January: Normal, February: Normal, March: Much above normal, Entire winter: 6 inches above normal.
I think this proves that our meteorologists have no idea what the weather is going to do. I'm thinking that the first one is going to be right with his slightly below normal forecast. 6 inches above normal for the winter seems rather absurd considering that this is an El Nino winter, but I'll re-evaluate that at the end of December.
Just thought I'd post this for the laughs.
EVERYBODY!!!! Thanks So Much for All the Great Birthday Wishes!!! It's been a really great day!
Wish the weather could have been better,it was 'warm',but overcast and semi-breezy......................
Train Watching Could Not Have Been Better!!! The NS in particular is really jumping because of
the "Inspection Train" due through here tomorrow. For this area,it's due to leave Danville,Ky. around
9:00 a.m. and go through here between 11:00a.m. & 1:00p.m.tomorrow on it's way to Kansas City.
(didn't say KS,or MO.)
Larry,got the possible fire hazard taken care of;first in Engine Co. (Squirt 17) parked right in front of
the house.
Will try to get pictures uploaded sometime tomorrow, and post a few here or start a
new thread.
Walt
Same from here and many more.
Jay
"We have met the enemy and he is us." Pogo Possum "We have met the anemone... and he is Russ." Bucky Katt "Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future." Niels Bohr, Nobel laureate in physics
locomutt wrote:Thanks all for the kind wishes for today!Mookie, your present to me, promises to be the best: especially if it's that same little"critter" that's been terrorizing our attic and railroad room!!(Although, I haven't seen or heard said critter, for a day or two, hoping I've scaredit off!)
LC
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LM!!!!!
AND MANY,MANY, MORE!!!!From your friends up here in Northern KYBRIAN (KY)
Goofin around in the lot with another kid with a '94 F-350 and I thought this came out good
http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/454027/original/dscn0691.jpg
Adrianspeeder
USAF TSgt C-17 Aircraft Maintenance Flying Crew Chief & Flightline Avionics Craftsman
Happy Birthday Locomutt!! I hope you have a super birthday!
tree68 wrote: Rainy here today. Friday is a federal holiday (Vets day is Saturday), meaning that with my usual Monday off, I'm suffering through a three day workweek.....
Rainy here today. Friday is a federal holiday (Vets day is Saturday), meaning that with my usual Monday off, I'm suffering through a three day workweek.....
//Plays "air violin" for Larry's benefit...
, too!Fire extinguisher is over in the corner, in case it's needed. CW, did you get a permit for that cake?
Ms Mook - Daughter's cat used to show up at the door, meowing with her mouf full, eager to prove to her mistress that she was earning her keep. Daughter would offer words of encouragement, but let the cat stay outside...
-ChrisWest Chicago, ILChristopher May Fine Art Photography"In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration." ~Ansel Adams
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