CShaveRRlet's just say that she's in a different decade than I am, for now.
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...
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)
CShaveRRIn the Diner yesterday, Mudchicken mentioned the episode of the runaway plastics covered hopper that went through five miles' worth of BNSF trackage in Arvada before derailing. So, would the headline I saw for the incident be slightly "sensational" in nature? Runaway rail car races through Colorado
Runaway rail car races through Colorado
Carl: News media twisted the story around bigtime. Incident was serious, unfortunately. 1 more mile and it would have been into the top of North Yard & Rennick. The car was airborne for a good distance as well as landing on its side on the joint main track. Some major questions remain.
CShaveRR I have to visit Elmhurst tomorrow, and hopefully get some physical restrictions lifted. Maybe lunch, too, and trains! Wish me luck on all counts, please!
Consider it done ! Hope the hospital visit is short and pleasant, and the lunch and train count is long and fun !
mudchicken CShaveRR In the Diner yesterday, Mudchicken mentioned the episode of the runaway plastics covered hopper that went through five miles' worth of BNSF trackage in Arvada before derailing. So, would the headline I saw for the incident be slightly "sensational" in nature? Runaway rail car races through Colorado Carl: News media twisted the story around bigtime. Incident was serious, unfortunately. 1 more mile and it would have been into the top of North Yard & Rennick. The car was airborne for a good distance as well as landing on its side on the joint main track. Some major questions remain.
CShaveRR In the Diner yesterday, Mudchicken mentioned the episode of the runaway plastics covered hopper that went through five miles' worth of BNSF trackage in Arvada before derailing. So, would the headline I saw for the incident be slightly "sensational" in nature? Runaway rail car races through Colorado
Until about a year ago, my daughter had lived for almost 2 years within 100 yds. of that track in Arvada, at the Water Tower Flats complex on W. 55th St., in the SW quadrant of where Olde Wadsworth Blvd. crosses the track, opposite the historic Arvada Flour Mill and the Lowe's store there, etc. Nice neighborhood and town, with a lot of genuine small-town ambiance in the old town portion - we really liked visiting there.
Chris/ CopCarSS lives in that general vicinity, too. Wonder if he heard anything or got any photos of it ?
- PDN.
The concrete bunker where Chris works at Concrete Madness was pretty close to where the railcar wound up....like about 1 mile to the NE of where he works.
(I never knew those big covered hoppers could fly like that.)
Paul: Daughter's location is somewhere around MP 7.9. Railcar wound up at MP 4.7 ... current location of where the car allegedly got loose was at MP 12.5 from what we hear. Around a 1% grade got it moving.
I just wanted to wish all my fellow Canadians a very happy Canadian Thanksgiving today. I hope it is not to late for the folks in the Atlantic and Eastern timezones to see this before they tuck into their turkey dinner. And of course it will be a half hour later in Newfoundland.
I will be going to my sister's for dinner. She was born after we moved out of the station at Irricana and into Calgary. She never has been a railfan although some of the history interests her. To her, railroading was just a job my father went to at midnight and finished at 8:00 AM for most of her childhood. He held what was called the 3rd trick East dispatcher job. (Brooks and Maple Creek Sub's on the mainline and a couple of branch line sub's) He slept while we were in school, so he was able to attend as many if not more of our afterschool activities than the kids whose parents worked day jobs.
Anyway have a very happy Thanksgiving!
AgentKid
So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll.
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"O. S. Irricana"
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CShaveRRSomething for me to be thankful for: the nurse-practitioner has lifted all of the physical restrictions that I've had for the past week. Our post-appointment lunch netted us two trains, and one more was at the staging area.
That's good to hear, Carl. How far will you be able to throw a switch now?
Johnny
I know I don't post that much around here, but I still do read the posts regularly.School just keeps me busy enough that I don't always have a lot of time for typing.
I'm glad to hear it sounds like things are getting better for you Carl!
So, the talk about a runaway car in Colorado brings to mind one of my favorite, and true, railroad tales. It was told to me some years back by someone who was indirectly involved. I'll admit I don't remember all the details anymore and it was certainly a better story when told by the railroader, so I apologize for that, but the gist of the story is still there. As I recall, there was a similar situation that took place at the Wisconsin & Southern yard in Janesville. At one point during a switching move, a couple of cars "got loose" with the conductor still riding on board. They began to roll downgrade (I believe a broken or an improperly set handbrake was the cause), and the conductor, who had been hanging on the side of the car, failed to jump off right away. By now the cars were gradually picking up speed, and the conductor finally made a leap off. He ended up rolling head over heels along beside the tracks, radio and paperwork flying everywhere, but I believe he came through without any real injuries. The cars, by this time being pretty much unstoppable until they hit some sort of uphill grade or derailed, made it out across the Rock River Bridge, through the GM plant, and down towards the UP yard (or it might have still been the CNW at this point, I don't remember a date) in South Janesville, still rolling at a pretty good clip all the way. They finally ended up coming to a stop, but until not after they had been noticed by the yardmaster. He called up the folks over at the WSOR to ask if they knew that the cars had rolled away, which by this point they did. In reply the yardmaster quipped, "I know you boys are power short, but you do realize you can't kick cars all the way to Chicago!" Noah
CShaveRRBut we can't go without remembering that tomorrow is Larry Girard's birthday. If I remember correctly, it's not a nice round number, but if his impending retirement is based on his birthday, it's every bit as important. So have a great one, "Tree", and may your weather du jour be a bit better than ours!
59
The weather is looking pretty good, and I'll be out doing something I enjoy - presenting fire prevention to the kids at the local elementary school.
Thanks. Have a safe trip, Carl.
"59 Larry Girard's birthday"
Another of my "little brothers".....for an only child - I seem to have lots of little brothers!
Mook
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Today, if I'm not mistaken, is Carl's birthday. Sooo... Happy Birthday, Carl!! Any big plans?
Willy
Hi, Willy! And thanks!
No big plans today--we're up in Michigan (this is my sister's computer), about to attend a memorial service for my last surviving aunt.
Of course, my sisters have reminded me about how old I now am, something that my wife has only been able to demonstrate by experience. The big six-oh.
Surprisingly, the fall colors up north here are behind ours at home. I think it's probably our proximity to the lake and the river here that's holding them back a little.
Met up with a train last night on CSX rails; it was probably a Michigan Shore local (too short for a CSX coal train), but it was too dark for me to see anything but the headlight and ditch lights. It should be daylight for most of our trip home, so I'm hoping that some busy trackage in Indiana will yield some results.
Larry, I hope your birthday is going well! You still haven't caught up with me!
One guy at work is actively urging me to retire now (I think he wants my job!). I'm old enough now, but too young and too scared. It takes days like yesterday (when I stayed calm and cool under extreme conditions) to show that I'm not losing it, and still belong up there.
Happy B'day BC.
Too bad it isn't under happier circumstances.
My favorite mother-in-law was buried on my birthday. Kind of puts a damper on the whole day!
But I will be having a steak dinner tonite to celebrate your special occasion.
And you still haven't caught up with me, either.
Hugs
SJ
Happy Birthday Carl, from all the good folks in Aledo.
Both you and Larry on the same day? Wow, I didn't know that. Happy Birthday!
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
Carl, and Larry,
Happy birthday! Car, did you take the day off work? Any special plans?
Well, I sure am glad that this week is over. Can’t wait for the cold, and rainy weekend.
As I’m writing this sentence a CSXT TV commercial is playing on the television. (R-A-N-D-O-M)
Well, peering over my Rail-Driver, I wish you all a good evening, and Carl, and Larry a happy birthday. Everyone have a good weekend.
Justin
The road to to success is always under construction. _____________________________________________________________________________ When the going gets tough, the tough use duct tape.
blhanel Both you and Larry on the same day? Wow, I didn't know that. Happy Birthday!
tree68 blhanel Both you and Larry on the same day? Wow, I didn't know that. Happy Birthday! It seems to be a popular day - one of my co-workers and one of the firefighters in my fire department also share the day.
LOL as one of my grandparents would have said...must've been a heckuva snowstorm 9 months ago...
Dan
Don't know if this is true or not, but: Someplace I read that statistically, out of a group of about 30 people at random, the odds are that there will be 1 that has the same birthday as you - e.g., Oct. 16th, not just the 16th of any month (though that is about what I would expect from a group of 30 people randomly distributed among the 30 or so days each month), nor the exact same date and year (so that they would be the same age).
Does anyone know if that's true or not ? The coincidence of Carl and Larry in this little group, and Larry and someone from each of his other 2 groups - each of which I presume to be something between 20 and 100 in number - seems to support that theory.
- Paul North.
Happy birthday, Larry and Carl. DId you have to share one cake, or was there one for each of you?
Paul_D_North_Jr Don't know if this is true or not, but: Someplace I read that statistically, out of a group of about 30 people at random, the odds are that there will be 1 that has the same birthday as you - e.g., Oct. 16th, not just the 16th of any month (though that is about what I would expect from a group of 30 people randomly distributed among the 30 or so days each month), nor the exact same date and year (so that they would be the same age). Does anyone know if that's true or not ? The coincidence of Carl and Larry in this little group, and Larry and someone from each of his other 2 groups - each of which I presume to be something between 20 and 100 in number - seems to support that theory. - Paul North.
Coincidentally, I was born on my parent's wedding anniversary, which was also my mother's parent's wedding anniversary...
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