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").
Carl
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CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)
Originally posted by CShaveRR Tina, I remember a Trains article on Bellefontaine from the early or mid-Sixties that had a kind of "then-and-now" ring to it. (I had to do the navigating when my dad and I took a trip from Michigan to near Zanesville, and managed to put the town on the route after being inspired by the article.) Of course, the town has slid a lot further in the past forty years or so. I will look for the article. I believe we have most past issues. But I will have to be careful. I am lazy and the books/magazines are covered in dust. I will most likely sneeze while I am reading them and spew snot all over them and my husband will think that I have been "snotty-snaughty" while he is gone. I still have family in Bellefontaine and Columbus Grove and maybe all this talk is a hint from above that I should contact them. Mr. blhanel, Bella Vista is truly beautiful. We rent, but in the middle of nowhere and have even seen a bobcat walk across our yard. Model Car---do you remember how the interstates literally had walls of snow? It was a very snowy cold couple of winters. Edit cherokee woman Member sinceNovember 2003 From: Louisville, KY 9,002 posts Posted by cherokee woman on Saturday, February 11, 2006 4:30 PM The pizzas for our regular Saturday night pizza fest are ready; here's the lineup for tonight: supreme, mushroom, cheese, pepperoni, sausage & pepperoni, pineapple, special (with hamburger, sausage, pepperoni, mushrooms, onions, green & red peppers, olives). So everyone grab a plate, put your pizza on it, sit down, and eat up. Have some brownies ready for dessert. Carl, I have no idea how you got the idea I'd fixed a trail mix with cranberries!! cherokee woman "O'Toole's law: Murphy was an optimist." Modelcar Member sinceFebruary 2002 From: Muncie, Indiana...Orig. from Pennsylvania 13,456 posts Posted by Modelcar on Saturday, February 11, 2006 5:17 PM ...While we're reaching back into bad snow storms I must go back again to home state of Pennsylvania at Thanksgiving in 1950....That's when it started and it lasted a while....Don't have any figures of how much anymore but it was a critical one. Practically had transportation paralized. Had foot upon foot of the white stuff....It required winter tires and chains to move anyplace and then just on main thoroughfares.... Quentin locomutt Member sinceSeptember 2003 From: Louisville,Ky. 5,077 posts Posted by locomutt on Saturday, February 11, 2006 6:03 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by Modelcar ...While we're reaching back into bad snow storms I must go back again to home state of Pennsylvania at Thanksgiving in 1950....That's when it started and it lasted a while....Don't have any figures of how much anymore but it was a critical one. Practically had transportation paralized. Had foot upon foot of the white stuff....It required winter tires and chains to move anyplace and then just on main thoroughfares.... Can't quite remember that one,as I was born in Nov. of 1950. I DO however remember one that hit us in eastern,northeastern,Ky. during the winter of 1967-68,probably had about a foot of snow that time, almost caused the cancellation of our high school play. (people from the area that I grew up in,are NOT used to that "STUFF" !!!) 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!! tree68 Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Northern New York 25,026 posts Posted by tree68 on Saturday, February 11, 2006 6:17 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by Modelcar [br.Tree.....What is the elevation at your 20....I see you post much snow fall and pretty severe temps. quite often....Seems you are not getting the advantage of the "mild" winter in your area....Understand possibly you may be in an area of "lake effect" snow fall I think the high point nearest my place is only around 400'. There is a creek behind my house that is pretty much at the same level as Lake Ontario. I live on the northern edge of the vaunted Lake Ontario "Lake Effect" zone. A southwest wind will leave us with some accumulation. Otherwise, the sun is out at my place and 20 miles south they are literally snowed in. The big snowmaker is a plateau called "Tug Hill." Find Watertown, Lowville, Rome, Syracuse, and I-81 on the map and you'll see a mostly unpopulated area. That's the place. Hooker, Highmarket, Osceola, Sears Pond - all places commonly cited for high snowfall (sometimes said to be the highest snowfall totals east of the Rockies) - are all on Tug Hill. I live about 7 miles off both the end of the lake and the St Lawrence River - no colder here than a lot of other places (but cold nonetheless). As for the Blizzard of '77 - We were living in Watertown then and actually got more snow than Buffalo, but they got the media coverage. The county was closed for a week. The story goes that a network type called the local affiliate asking for film. Local newsman told them that it wouldn't be possible. The network type says "but I can see an airport on the map." "Well, if we could get to it, it's closed..." 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... Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 11, 2006 6:53 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by CShaveRR Had a blizzaed here on New Year's Day 1997; UP was the only railroad still running after that one (and all we got was a lousy sweatshirt!) I remember the Blizzard of 1997 very well took us 4 Hours to dig out. You think UP could of given you an Extra Day of Vacation. Edit switch7frg Member sinceFebruary 2005 From: Cordes Jct Ariz. 1,305 posts Posted by switch7frg on Saturday, February 11, 2006 8:00 PM Mutt ;>>>you were right about the T6's. I've wondered about them in past tence.They were a different breed , but served the purpose. From what I have read of D.T.& I. Henry had a good idea to get parts & supplies to his factories.He couldn't get reliable service from R.R 's that ran into the Motor City. The gov't didn't like him or his R.R. By the time gov'tgot thru with him, he won out anyway .Henrygot his way. Back in the early 60's I hauled pig iron to Interlake Iron &steel , @ Ironton. Was that his mill ?? Anyhoo that was long ago.Just got back from round town shopping,& gee Imissed CW's supper menu . Maybe if we hurry we can catch your fine meal , with some CHOCOLATE>{ drool} cake with coffee. Thanks for your reply to my post . Is you folks Diner close to the tracks?? Shirl & I will always remember the Railroad Cafe. We hardly ever had to stir the coffee.>> Here comes another pair of Big E M 1's with a string of coal up from Portsmouth along side of Rt. 23 >>>{ don't I wish} You &your Lady have a pleasant evening as wellas the rest of the page diners. >>Cannonball& Shirl. Y6bs evergreen in my mind jeaton Member sinceSeptember 2002 From: Rockton, IL 4,821 posts Posted by jeaton on Saturday, February 11, 2006 8:41 PM Tina The article on Bellefontaine is on page 29 of the July 1963 Trains. Mark can probably give you the box number for that issue. [swg] In 1967 I lived in Chicago suburb Des Plaines which was right in the center of the "BIG" Chicago snowstorm. Dave Ingles wrote about the storm in a recent Trains issue. Chicago and suburbs were shut down. No trains, planes or automobiles, and in those days snowmobiles were rare. When the storm was over, the silence matched that of the high western desert. One could hear the voices of people a half mile away. My daughter was born between snow storms in the winter of 1978-79. No single storm was a record breaker, but I think the total fall as of the end of February was about 75 inches. Snow banks at intersections blocked any view of cross traffic and getting onto a busy street was like playing Russian roulette. Delavan has a skiff of snow on the ground. One warmer sunny day and it's gone. 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 Member sinceSeptember 2003 From: Louisville,Ky. 5,077 posts Posted by locomutt on Saturday, February 11, 2006 8:53 PM Switch8frg, This "Diner" is right next to the tracks,so depending on where you sit,your "view" is going to be what you make of it. Our house,is about 3 blocks from a semi busy mainline for CSX & NS, can't see alot,but sure can hear them !!!(horns are loud,house shakes once in awhile.........but) I'm not familiar with the Interlake Steel plant in Ironton,only the ARMCO plant in Russell.(Bellfonte,Flatwoods) Do recall seeing the D.T. & I. switching out a concrete plant outside of Ironton,basically just across U.S. 52. And I remember the Semet-Solvay plants at both Ironton and Ashland. It really might have been QUITE interesting if Henry had gotten the line "electrified";who knows what a D.T. & I. "Electric engine"might have looked like. (one could hope a bit like the Virginian Rectifiers,or maybe like a Pennsy GG -1.) 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!! blhanel Member sinceJanuary 2002 From: Cedar Rapids, IA 4,213 posts Posted by blhanel on Saturday, February 11, 2006 9:07 PM Hey Mutt, congrats on getting the 12,000th reply! Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net. locomutt Member sinceSeptember 2003 From: Louisville,Ky. 5,077 posts Posted by locomutt on Saturday, February 11, 2006 9:23 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by blhanel Hey Mutt, congrats on getting the 12,000th reply! Brian;Thank you,I honestly had not paid any attention to any numbers. 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!! Modelcar Member sinceFebruary 2002 From: Muncie, Indiana...Orig. from Pennsylvania 13,456 posts Posted by Modelcar on Saturday, February 11, 2006 9:30 PM ....Tree, pretty well have you spotted.....Surprised of your elevation, but then I didn't know you were that close to the water....Here in Muncie our airport is 937'...back home in Pennsylvania, Somerset Co...elevation: 2000'. Quentin CShaveRR Member sinceJune 2001 From: Lombard (west of Chicago), Illinois 13,681 posts Posted by CShaveRR on Saturday, February 11, 2006 10:31 PM That stuff wasn't trail mix? Dried cranberries, nuts, and chocolate chips. The brownies sound great. My baby girl used to call them "browndies". If I eat too many I'll get even more roundy! Have fun digging out tomorrow, Sarah! I hope you get the chance to be a kid again! AMG Carl Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!) CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM) JoeKoh Member sinceApril 2003 From: Defiance Ohio 13,324 posts Posted by JoeKoh on Sunday, February 12, 2006 6:50 AM good morning juice and coffee are ready to go! sarah want to borrow our shovel for all the snow you got? tina columbus grove? your getting closer in my territory.its on the toledo sub of csx.the I&O(formerly DT&I) has trackage rights from xn in leipsic to lima so you could see both csx and I&O trains come through.any more questions feel free to email me. stay safe Joe 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"). blhanel Member sinceJanuary 2002 From: Cedar Rapids, IA 4,213 posts Posted by blhanel on Sunday, February 12, 2006 7:32 AM Good morning Joe, sure is quiet on the forum this morning. Was surprised to see topics that started at the top last night with no posts were still half-way up the list this morning, still with no posts. I'll take an OJ, gotta loosen my voice up for singing with the choir this morning... Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net. cherokee woman Member sinceNovember 2003 From: Louisville, KY 9,002 posts Posted by cherokee woman on Sunday, February 12, 2006 7:56 AM Joe, thanks again for getting the coffee made, and making the juice. Maybe I should have come in here first instead of going through my emails! Sunday brunch is ready: sausage and pancakes, plenty of syrup, and blueberries to put on the pancakes; also have turkey bacon, scrambled eggs, and toast on the breakfast warmer bar. Could any of you give me a few ideas for Sunday Dinner today? Having trouble deciding on a meal for tonight. cherokee woman "O'Toole's law: Murphy was an optimist." jeaton Member sinceSeptember 2002 From: Rockton, IL 4,821 posts Posted by jeaton on Sunday, February 12, 2006 8:29 AM Slept late. Got to get rested today. 900 more to go and April 15 looms. 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 CShaveRR Member sinceJune 2001 From: Lombard (west of Chicago), Illinois 13,681 posts Posted by CShaveRR on Sunday, February 12, 2006 8:51 AM I feel like salmon steaks. (I sincerely hope I don't look like salmon steaks!) Jay, I do my own taxes. But the prospect gets scarier every year. Carl Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!) CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM) switch7frg Member sinceFebruary 2005 From: Cordes Jct Ariz. 1,305 posts Posted by switch7frg on Sunday, February 12, 2006 10:08 AM C W : How bout a sweet Va. ham slice w/ ma***aters & pan gravy , some green beans and home baked bread to sop up the gravy . For dessert : a warm peach cobbler or a slice of cherry pie and acup of sassefrass tea to wash it down. Try to get it eaten before the next hot freight vibrates by and you have to chase your plate around the table. Ah sweet memories . >>> Mutt: good point on D.T.&I. J ust shows you Gov't can't stand prosperity . Only if it benefits itself. Y6bs evergreen in my mind blhanel Member sinceJanuary 2002 From: Cedar Rapids, IA 4,213 posts Posted by blhanel on Sunday, February 12, 2006 10:31 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by Switch8frg C W : How bout a sweet Va. ham slice w/ ma***aters & pan gravy , some green beans and home baked bread to sop up the gravy . For dessert : a warm peach cobbler or a slice of cherry pie and acup of sassefrass tea to wash it down. [:0]I'll cast my vote for that! Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net. CSXrules4eva Member sinceAugust 2004 From: Louisville, KY 1,345 posts Posted by CSXrules4eva on Sunday, February 12, 2006 1:59 PM FINNALLY SNOW HAS COME BACK TO PENNSYLVANIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOO WEEEE HAVE WE GOT SOME SNOW HERE! IT HAS BEEN SNOWING FOR 24 HOURS STRAIGHT, WE EVEN HAD THUNDER AND LIGHTING LAST NIGHT! THERE IS OVER A FOOT OF SNOW ON THE GROUND AND I'M LOVING IT!!!! OH AND IT'S STILL SNOWING. However, I couldn't go snowboarding today because the snow is too deep and too soft. The snow is also very wet here. I did on the other hand end up haveing snowball fights with some of the neighboorhood kids and I went street slidding. I also dove into huge piles of snow. [:D][:D] It really does look beautiful. I saw a post a whiile back about how serious it is when snow falls in PA due to all the mountains and hills we have over here. That is true, very much so espeacilly in the mountains. They are currently seeing twice as much snow as we are right now. So I want to take a moment to that everyone who put up with my wining about no snow, I also want to thank everyone who blew the snow over in PA's direction.....keep it comming!!!! LORD HELP US ALL TO BE ORIGINAL AND NOT CRISPY!!! please? Sarah J.M. Warner conductor CSX cherokee woman Member sinceNovember 2003 From: Louisville, KY 9,002 posts Posted by cherokee woman on Sunday, February 12, 2006 2:00 PM Okay, we'll try to satisfy everyone's taste buds. We'll have some salmon steaks, Virginia ham slices fried (so we can have the gravy), and mashed taters green beans and corn, with fresh bread right out of the oven. Dessert will be your choice of apple or peach cobbler, and also have a couple of apple pies. Just got back from the grocery; was barely flurrying when I left. When I came out of Kroger, it was really coming down. Mostly small flakes, not sticking. Then, when I got off the bus 1/2 block from the house, larger snow flakes were falling, and beginning to stick to the sidewalks and street. Temp down to 31.8 here outside. cherokee woman "O'Toole's law: Murphy was an optimist." JoeKoh Member sinceApril 2003 From: Defiance Ohio 13,324 posts Posted by JoeKoh on Sunday, February 12, 2006 5:04 PM CW thanks for supper tonight.I never have to worry about supper for work with you around. Sarah enjoy the snow while you can they are calling for rain here and 50 by mid-week.that will melt what we got real quick. stay safe Joe 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"). CShaveRR Member sinceJune 2001 From: Lombard (west of Chicago), Illinois 13,681 posts Posted by CShaveRR on Sunday, February 12, 2006 5:10 PM Hey, Sarah! Someone else may have beaten me to it, but congratulations on your good-as-gold four-star status! It does sound like a good sledding snow! Hope the wind didn't bite you too hard--but it warms my heart to picture you coming in from the cold with flushed cheeks and a happy smile! AMG Carl Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!) CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM) Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 12, 2006 5:42 PM No Snow out here. I hope that we can get some snow soon so I can do Snow Railfanning. Looking foward to Dinner tonight CW. Edit cherokee woman Member sinceNovember 2003 From: Louisville, KY 9,002 posts Posted by cherokee woman on Sunday, February 12, 2006 5:49 PM Well, the dinner is ready and waiting for everyone to eat!! So, just grab a plate, and head to the food warmer bar, and load up. NOTE: DO NOT GO TO THE DESSERTS UNTIL YOU'VE EATEN YOUR SUPPER!! cherokee woman "O'Toole's law: Murphy was an optimist." CShaveRR Member sinceJune 2001 From: Lombard (west of Chicago), Illinois 13,681 posts Posted by CShaveRR on Sunday, February 12, 2006 6:27 PM Hmmm...hey Cher, if I made shoes for a living, would it be cannibalism to partake of your desserts? (I'll have a little of the peach, please! Honest, I ate supper!) We made a railfan trip of sorts this afternoon (in clear weather--nudge, nudge!) to Mendota, (where I successfully researched the answer to a nagging freight car question that I had), then, after dinner, up to Rochelle. Nothing much came through in the short time I was at the park, but coming home we encountered about six westbounds, many of which were standing still (the hottest pig train was running around a train of empty hoppers). Oh, the neatest thing about the trip was discovering that sometimes the railroad does things right. We were doing about 70 westbound on I-88, and a stack train on UP was keeping up with us! We first saw him between Maple Park and Cortland, and last saw him on the other side of DeKalb, which meant that he didn't slow down much for the town, either. Carl Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!) CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM) « First«398399400401402403404»Last » Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Modelcar ...While we're reaching back into bad snow storms I must go back again to home state of Pennsylvania at Thanksgiving in 1950....That's when it started and it lasted a while....Don't have any figures of how much anymore but it was a critical one. Practically had transportation paralized. Had foot upon foot of the white stuff....It required winter tires and chains to move anyplace and then just on main thoroughfares....
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!!
QUOTE: Originally posted by Modelcar [br.Tree.....What is the elevation at your 20....I see you post much snow fall and pretty severe temps. quite often....Seems you are not getting the advantage of the "mild" winter in your area....Understand possibly you may be in an area of "lake effect" snow fall
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...
QUOTE: Originally posted by CShaveRR Had a blizzaed here on New Year's Day 1997; UP was the only railroad still running after that one (and all we got was a lousy sweatshirt!)
Y6bs evergreen in my mind
"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
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
QUOTE: Originally posted by blhanel Hey Mutt, congrats on getting the 12,000th reply!
QUOTE: Originally posted by Switch8frg C W : How bout a sweet Va. ham slice w/ ma***aters & pan gravy , some green beans and home baked bread to sop up the gravy . For dessert : a warm peach cobbler or a slice of cherry pie and acup of sassefrass tea to wash it down.
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