what a fantastic day today!!! sunshine and lots of train action big and small.we all had a good time and we also supported local charities in their chili cookoff.not that i need any more firepower but will take some supreme pizza and matt wants mushroom + pepperoni. weatherman though is calling for maybe the s word for friday night?? yuk way to early for that.hope everyone is safely in lincoln and makes it safely home(we saw a bn gp9 today)
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").
Well, it has certainly been a long lone, time since I've been in her last. Not too much has changed in here, things have certainly changed for me, that's for sure. AS a matter of fact that has been one of the reasons why I haven't been in the Diner or on the forums for a while,; due to the fact that I've made huge alterations in my life!!!! One of those involved me relocating, for carrer purposes.
WEeeeeeeewwww I'm sick to death of driving and moving. I'm glad that's over.
What is this I hear about people here saying that Oklahoma is boring??? Hey..... OOOOOOOOOOOOklahoma where the wind goes sweeping down the plain...........so on so fourth...... So given that statement, if you think good old Oklahoma is boring go out there during tornado season, it will get "un boring" real quick!!!
Everyone in Nabraska (sp) have a safe trip back home, and always stay SAFE!!!!
Me and my dad are going to be heading out to Lincoln very shortly. Mom is still trying to decide if she is going to be able to come along or not. She still does not feel well at all.
I'm taking along the digital camera and I'll put up some images this evening when I get home (with everyone's permission, of course). I can't wait to see the looks on the engineers' faces when they see 12 people standing along the tracks waving and taking pictures!
With that, I am out of here. I'll be back this evening!
Willy
cherokee woman wrote:How many will be around tonight for the SATURDAY NIGHT PIZZA FEST?
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
good morning
juice and coffee are ready to go.we also have some cinnamon rolls almost ready.matt was a good helper and we got chores done.off to the train show and chili cookoff in archbold.
Willy2 >>> Just learned about your Mom , she is precious as moms are . The good Lord is watching over her My prayer for her is on the way. Take care now youngin' .
Respectfully, Switch8frg, Cannonball .
Y6bs evergreen in my mind
Willy2 wrote: Less than 24 hours! Less than 24 hours! Less than 24 hours! I can't wait! I can't wait! I can't wait! Mom was feeling a bit better this morning and she said she plans on just sleeping all day, so hopefully this evening she'll be better. She says that she plans on coming to Lincoln tomorrow no matter what because she wants to meet everybody. Thanks to everyone for their kind wishes for her quick recovery. I just can't wait to see everyone!! TGIF!!!!!!!!!!!! Party!!!!
Less than 24 hours! Less than 24 hours! Less than 24 hours!
I can't wait! I can't wait! I can't wait!
Mom was feeling a bit better this morning and she said she plans on just sleeping all day, so hopefully this evening she'll be better. She says that she plans on coming to Lincoln tomorrow no matter what because she wants to meet everybody. Thanks to everyone for their kind wishes for her quick recovery.
I just can't wait to see everyone!!
TGIF!!!!!!!!!!!! Party!!!!
I know the feeling. Although I can't make the gathering, I am also heading out on vacation. It's been a real long week that's for sure. I hope you all have a good time. And I'm glad your mom is doing better Willy.
Well it's time to go pack and get some rest for an early departure and a long drive. I am flying to Reno where pops will pick me up for a straight through drive to Rawlins, Wy. Till I get back in 10 days I'm out of here. I should have pleanty of pics when I return.
Willy - I am on my way home to wait by the phone. Then I will be off to see a Blysard!
See you, Dad and Mom Tomorrow. It promises to be fun!
See you all on Tuesday back here! Have a safe and at least a mildly thrilling weekend!
Mookie
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Afternoon everyone......
Wrapped up one trying week at work last night, had another machine break down, and we had to send our welders up to the fabrication plant to get the rest of the frames we had to do last night, they only had one welder making frames up there. I hope next week is better, we will be starting in on 53-footers come Monday.
Headed out the the World Dairy Expo in Madison today, it's possibly the biggest farm show in the state, save for Farm Progress Days. The big attraction this year is the robot milking machine, supposed to find and milk the cow all by itself. DeLaval is marketing the 250,000 dollar machine towards farmers who want to spend more time with their families than with the herd.
Hope all have a safe trip headed to Lincoln, I was going to ask if the Magnum found the Lawdog, but he's on vacation for the next few weeks. (For those who don't know who the Lawdog is, go to http://thelawdogfiles.blogspot.com and look through his musings.)
Will have some fish after I get back from the dairy expo, see everyone later.
Randy Vos
"Ever have one of those days where you couldn't hit the ground with your hat??" - Waylon Jennings
"May the Lord take a liking to you and blow you up, real good" - SCTV
I feel like I am NASA and tracking the Mars mission.
Carl & Pat in Iowa City area. Coming in through Omaha. Hope their tiles don't fall off during that section! It is pretty rough up there.
The Blysards should be either very close to Kansas or in it. Hang on Toto - One Magnum loose!
Stay Tuned!
Good morning everyone. It's roughly 54 degrees here in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. I slept in this morning and it was almost 7:30 here before I finally rolled out of bed. It's going to be a fairly nice day here, with the temperature topping out at 72 degrees here in the mid afternoon. It's supposed to be a bit warmer here tomorrow and a bit cooler on Sunday.The wind is supposed to pick up quite a bit here this weekend, and that probably means that my yard will soon be buried underneath a blanket of leaves.
I plan to spend part of my day just looking for work. On the advice of a co-worker in one part time job that I am holding, I plan to run out to Kohls, Shopko and Target to pick up employment applications. The day before yesterday I had turned in an application for employment with Star Mark.......this outfit is a manufacturer of kitchen cabinets.
I am glad to hear that Sarah arrived safely at the home of her "adopted" parents in Louisville, Kentucky last night.
CANADIANPACIFIC2816
tree68 wrote: Oklahoma is about as dull as Texas, scenery-wise, only red... Been there. The "badlands" of KS, along I-35, aren't bad. Here's to a great trainwatching day in Lincoln! My son will be along in the Diner today. His treat, so I'll be having a really good breakfast this morning. He more or less finished his cross-country trek last night about 11. Still has to drive back down to DC, but not for a few days.
Oklahoma is about as dull as Texas, scenery-wise, only red... Been there.
The "badlands" of KS, along I-35, aren't bad.
Here's to a great trainwatching day in Lincoln!
My son will be along in the Diner today. His treat, so I'll be having a really good breakfast this morning. He more or less finished his cross-country trek last night about 11. Still has to drive back down to DC, but not for a few days.
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)
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...
Houston called! I was busy making coffee and missed it! On the right side of Ardmore and heading for OK City. And he thinks Oklahoma is as dull as Texas - boy is he in for a surprise.
This is like watching the shuttle for me!
coffee and juice are on for today.will be having lunch at matts school.should be fun.everyone in lincoln watch for csx units and we'll watch for bnsf and up units over here.got a head start yesterday with an eastbound warbonnet on csx.
joe
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An Open Letter to BNSF!
Dear Sirs, Ma'ams and Peoples:
There will be a delegation of train watchers in Lincoln this weekend - um - (flip, flip) October 7th and 8th to watch the train traffic and workings of the local Hobson Yard.
I ask nicely if you would mind running some trains through there the entire weekend daytime, not just overnite when no one will be watching. I know that sometimes you have a company-wide picnic on one or both days and seem to take most of the weekend daylight hours off.
Could you have your picnic during the nite instead, just this one weekend? These are very important people and friends and they are expecting to be impressed, since I have lied...er....written so much about all the traffic by our watch site.*
Should you choose not to change your schedule, there will be dire consequences! I will be forced to wear a Union Pacific Hat to the watch site!* Maybe even put Union Pacific on the side of Millie and that won't make The Driver very happy!
Thank you for your consideration and I am sure you will make the right choice, which would be to accomodate my request!
Sincerely,
*ask any engineer.....
locomutt wrote:WHO Brought the CAT?! Must have been a very Hard Rain in Lincoln,Nebraska!!This is "Train Watching"??!!
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!!
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