JoeKoh wrote:good morning juice and coffee are ready to go. going to make pancakes this morning.who wants bacon or sausage? after breakfast matt and I are heading to fostoria.they are having a railfest and want to see the progress of the cities cleanup of the triangle area.we'll be hungry for tonights pizza fest for sure.need a pepperoni and mushroom extra large please. stay safe Joe
good morning juice and coffee are ready to go. going to make pancakes this morning.who wants bacon or sausage? after breakfast matt and I are heading to fostoria.they are having a railfest and want to see the progress of the cities cleanup of the triangle area.we'll be hungry for tonights pizza fest for sure.need a pepperoni and mushroom extra large please.
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").
Afternoon All,
Many thanks for all the birthday wishes. Mother Nature seems to have sent some B-day greetings too because we had an absolutely SPECTACULAR day up in the high country. Started the day by heading up over Loveland Pass (and watching the very first skiers of the season up at Arapahoe Basin). Came back through the tunnel and headed down to Georgetown for lunch (stopped in Silver Plume on the way...looks like they're trying to turn the Hawaiian 2-5-2 back into a more traditional Prairie). After lunch the girls did some shopping, and I played the piano at the Ice Cream Parlor (that was fun!) Finally drove over Guanella Pass and caught 285 back into Denver.
Now I'm here having some delicious fish and a terrific cake (that doesn't even seem to have any paw prints in it!).
Man, I love Friday the 13th!
Thanks again everyone. Hope you have a great day!
-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
Surprisingly, no to both--I was dressed warmly enough to feel fine, but my speed didn't get over 17 (that was a real surprise--I should have gotten up to 25 or better. Probably generator drag.).
Also didn't make it over 12 on the way home. Tomorrow should be better all around.
Friday the 13th is usually a lucky day for Pat--but today she's going to the dentist. It might be my lucky day, though--the dentist is in Elmhurst, and she might want to dine out afterwards. I suspect I'll be able to talk her into going somewhere with a view of the tracks...
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)
CShaveRR wrote: Gonna take advantage of the tailwind to work today on the bike--may not be able to get back home!
Gonna take advantage of the tailwind to work today on the bike--may not be able to get back home!
Hey Carl, I bet your backside still froze even though you probably did 20 MPH going to work...
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
also the city went hand in hand with csx to outright zone and eniment domain land for an industrial park here in defiance.who got federal and state grant $$ for a spur into this industrial park?(csx) if they went with csxs plan for the crossing alot of people on the southside would be waiting longer for trains. alot of companies are being held hostage by csx rates with no crossing there.
Mookie wrote: Sir Chicken - CSX sounds like they are growling to me! Can't help but think they will win this one! Goliath wins most of the time - if nothing more than because they have all the time in the world and can talk it to death! And - Lincoln has narrowed down an arena choice to - are you ready for this - WEST of the depot and including the depot as the FRONT DOOR and maybe still a hotel/convention center just NORTH of the depot. Is there that much soundproofing material in the world?
Sir Chicken - CSX sounds like they are growling to me! Can't help but think they will win this one! Goliath wins most of the time - if nothing more than because they have all the time in the world and can talk it to death! And - Lincoln has narrowed down an arena choice to - are you ready for this - WEST of the depot and including the depot as the FRONT DOOR and maybe still a hotel/convention center just NORTH of the depot. Is there that much soundproofing material in the world?
Mooks:
(1) In reality, what CSX put up is pretty lame (more like a wimper than a growl). Sounds like the big operating lizzards(*) in Jacksonville guided the CSX response, failing to talk to CSX's Engineering or Lease & Contract people. The STB examiners have to be laughing or groaning at what was said in the CSX response. In either case, the STB is going see past CSX's whining to side with preserving rail service & competition. Higher speed "raised flange/ sheep jump" crossing frogs (60 MPH, nearest one I can think of is at Chenoa, IL- TP&W/UP x-ing) are out there, just CSX is going to pay more to install them. Crossing frogs alone are not solely responsible for congestion either.
(1A) It's beginning to sound like M&W has rights (acquired from NS/N&W/Wabash) that are senior at the crossing frog location. If M&W has done nothing to breach the contract (possibly written back in the dark ages), then they will be in the catbird seat and CSX will have to comply, screaming all the way. If dirt poor M&W has to install and maintain the thing, along with the signals, then there would be a different outcome the moment M&W fails to abide by the contract.
(S.I. Hayakawa Principle -" When you've got 'em by the balls, the heart and mind will soon follow!")
CSX is definately footdragging over the additional unwanted expense and headaches.
(2) You have some political science majors there at Cornhusker Tech running a social experiment on how to not manage/govern a major urban area? (and I just know the planners, as in "lack of", had a hand in this....)
(*) Running gag & slang on some parts of the Santa Fe:
Lizzard = Operating Dept. Supervisor
Division HQ = Squirrel Factory
Regional (General Manager) HQ = Lizzard Parlor
System HQ= Wax Museum (Really big lizzards = dinosaurs)
Get promoted and the first thing asked was "did you suddenly start feeling waxy behind the ears?"
Check Please!
//running for the door....
Chris - report of a major fire up towards Boulder....BLOW OUT THOSE CANDLES!
Happy Birthday Chris!
30 degrees last night and more of the same expected for tonight. Things get warmer for the weekend, though.
Hope everyone has a great day!
Willy
Thanks all for the b-day wishes! CW, Mook did an excellent job of reading my mind. Chocolate/Chocolate sounds wonderful!
Meanwhile, sisters arrived in town only 3.5 hours late last night to drop off my sisters. Oh well, they got to wish me Happy B-Day at my birthday time on my birthday (12:06 AM).
Probably headed someplace up into the mountains, though I haven't decided where yet. Might try the Peak to Peak Highway and see if there's any remnants of color left (doubtful, but you never know!). Either that, or I could head up to A-Basin and go skiing (they're the first to open up...today in fact!)
Anyways, hope you all have a great day! Don't let triskadecaphobia (sp?) ruin your days!
TTFN!
time to wash off mookies face from the oatmeal.stayed over just a little this morning to send boxes to canada.had alot going by truck there.hope they cross at detroit.larry are you still there??
happy birthday aimee and chris!!
carl havent got a postcard yet but have saved the picture from your gathering in lincoln last weekend.
mookie matts coat is red and black and nice and warm.he wanted to make snowballs yesterday but it didnt stick here.
its friday stay warm
Mookie wrote:I am going to go stick my head in a bowl of oatmeal and blow bubbles!
I am going to go stick my head in a bowl of oatmeal and blow bubbles!
It's about 28 degrees here in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and it is supposed to warm up to about 48 degrees later this afternoon. That's a marked improvement over yesterday by roughly 20 degrees. The weekend here is supposed to be fairly nice, with a temperature of about 52 on Saturday and 60 on Sunday. As long as we don't get any freezing rain, I am happy.
Happy Birthday to Chris!
CANADIANPACIFIC2816
Good morning!
Let's See - Chocolate/chocolate for Chris. I am reading his mind!
Tree - Shovel off to Buffalo?
Mutt: Driver slips on my shoes when he goes outside briefly. I will let you ponder that one.
Dan - keep buying - the states need more $.
Joe - Is Matt's new coat fur?
People yell about the noise now - so they build right in the middle of the main line of BNSF! And where does poor Amtrak go if they can't get to the depot? Or do they build a mini-bridge over the tracks for pedestrian traffic?
We have land west, north and even south of us - for miles - especially west.
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Hummm...
Low of 72 for today, not a speck of snow in sight.
Aimee says "Thank you Carl".
Might have to find a long sleeved shirt, just in case.
23 17 46 11
Yup, I was right--Michigan's getting it!
Kalamazoo had three inches on the ground when I went to bed last night, and it's probably up to two or more (and still snowing) in Grand Rapids right now.
As SJ said, we got a couple of flurries this morning, enough to stick until the temperature rose above freezing.
I should call the relatives on the Michigan side and see whether they got more--another giant cloud bank was hovering over the big lake this morning, before our clouds blew in.
Happy birthday, Aimee!
And you, too, tomorrow, Chris!
Tomorrow is supposed to be warmer after a cold night tonight. Don't know whether I'll be biking, but if I do, I may decide to rig a sail for the ride in.
Joe: There is activity regarding your favorite missing diamonds.
http://www.stb.dot.gov/filings/all.nsf/6084f194b67ca1c4852567d9005751dc/999bff58c3689f208525720500497822?OpenDocument
CSX is kinda hokey in their reply....Gonna grab a bag of popcorn and watch this one from the peanut gallery.
Threat of snow Mon-Tue to 60 degrees today...it's that time of year.
weve had snow here too matt says hes going to make a big snowball and throw it at me!matt got a winter coat today too.going to be a big chill tonight. any stew left for supper?
Mookie wrote: locomutt wrote:I think I'll be "Hiding Out" tomorrow also,some one told me not to go to work that day 19 years ago,Oh Well!!(Mook,is there room under the Hammock? If so,that sounds like a good place to be!) Mutt - just move those bunny slippers over a little. Or you can put them on - there are 4 of them and they are warm!
locomutt wrote:I think I'll be "Hiding Out" tomorrow also,some one told me not to go to work that day 19 years ago,Oh Well!!(Mook,is there room under the Hammock? If so,that sounds like a good place to be!)
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!!
52 here, but snow very definitely in the forecast, possibly tonight, for sure by tomorrow PM.
I think I've brought this up before, but the old "Pogo" comic strip had a running gag with "Friday the thirteen is on a {insert day of week} this month. So, Friday the thirteenth is on a Friday this month....
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...
Dan
Brother Carl just called me - they got a little snow! Let me repeat that. A Little SNOW!
We got the wind and the cold and they got the good stuff! Not enough to shovel, just enough to make it look good. Like someone shook the paperweight globe!
Grrrrrrr.
Willy2 wrote:Our low temperature last night ended up at 29 degrees. The winds stayed up at 10 to 20 mph all night and I think that kept temperatures from getting as cold as forecast. School gets out in exactly 1 hour and tomorrow is off so today is my Friday. I think I'll just stay home tomorrow since it will be Friday the 13th. Better safe than sorry...
Our low temperature last night ended up at 29 degrees. The winds stayed up at 10 to 20 mph all night and I think that kept temperatures from getting as cold as forecast.
School gets out in exactly 1 hour and tomorrow is off so today is my Friday. I think I'll just stay home tomorrow since it will be Friday the 13th. Better safe than sorry...
Mookie wrote: Willy2 wrote: Our low temperature last night ended up at 29 degrees. The winds stayed up at 10 to 20 mph all night and I think that kept temperatures from getting as cold as forecast. School gets out in exactly 1 hour and tomorrow is off so today is my Friday. I think I'll just stay home tomorrow since it will be Friday the 13th. Better safe than sorry... Willy - getting out my heavy fur coat. And hiding out tomorrow. That is right up there with Halloween - dangerous time! Driver went to work then went home and put his nose to bed. Imagine that! Suppose he is allergic to................................cats?
Willy2 wrote: Our low temperature last night ended up at 29 degrees. The winds stayed up at 10 to 20 mph all night and I think that kept temperatures from getting as cold as forecast. School gets out in exactly 1 hour and tomorrow is off so today is my Friday. I think I'll just stay home tomorrow since it will be Friday the 13th. Better safe than sorry...
Driver went to work then went home and put his nose to bed. Imagine that! Suppose he is allergic to................................cats?
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