I think he was heading into Global 3- he stopped for a bit after the DPU on the rear cleared the diamond.
Oh, and this is the former C&NW line- most traffic tends to be left-hand-running, although both tracks are bi-directional. The only other train I saw while I was there was also a westbound stacker with a few trailers thrown in for good measure (probably a Z-train), and he came through on the other track. As soon as the engines cleared the diamond, he notched it up and made like a defensive hockey player. I left a few minutes later and headed the same general direction, and finally caught sight of him just east of Dixon.
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
Brian, that's a nice foto of Uncle Pete in action.
We've had .73 inch of rain today and it's still drizzling. Radar shows us i the middle of a yellow patch, but no thunder PTL.
Cannonball, did not hook up with W7YRC. Lightning chased me off the air twice yesterday and today. I had thought it was a hamfest, but think now it was Field Day. Wish I could have made it.
Everyone take care
Tom
COAST LINE FOREVER
It is better to dwell in the corner of a roof than to share a house with a contentious woman! (Solomon)
A contentious woman is like a constant dripping! (Solomon)
Modelcar ......Looks real nice....a different perspective. He {Engineer}, needs to switch over to the other track.....It's not England.
......Looks real nice....a different perspective.
He {Engineer}, needs to switch over to the other track.....It's not England.
B. It's former C&NW track?
C. Both of the above?
Johnny
Quentin
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grampaw pettiboneGreetings! Now 92 here and is miserable.
I suppose many had a pretty hot one today.....with high humidity too.
A line of weather {red on the radar}, but not very wide passed here an hour or so ago and took a bit of the heat with it, but it's still high in the 80's.
.7" of rain since this morning. We're certainly not short on rain around here this month...The corn probably grew a foot in the last 24....Rain, and humidity and heat = fast growing corn.
This coming week is to be really nice....lower temps, and humidity and lots of sunshine.
Greetings! Now 92 here and is miserable. Somethings going on with the weather cause my shoulder is giving me a fit! May be a front coming through......
Thanks for lunch and the hug on FB Paula. Both hit the spot
See ya
Sarah got in about an hour ago. Will go back out tomorrow night, around 6 p.m.
Brian, sounds like you had a pretty good time. Will look forward to your pictures, whether here in the Cafe, or on FB.
Mudchicken, keep up the good fight, especially with the mosquitoes!
Here is our Sunday Dinner menu:
Meat loaf w/mashed taters & gravy, your choice of the following veggies: broccoli w/cheese sauce, succatash (lima beans w/corn), peas & carrots, cole slaw or garden salad, sliced tomatoes.
Walt and I just came in from outside, and it feels like it is already in the 90s (that darn heat index). The weather radio has already gone off once, for counties to the north/east of us, around Oldham County, KY. Meanwhile, we still have plenty of sunshine, but a little bit of a breeze out.
Everyone enjoy your dinner, have a safe, comfortable afternoon, and you all take care.
Brian - Left Iowa late yesterday morning and went across US-30 all the way home. While keeping the tin shoes, do you think you could loan Mookie the tin hat? (Warnings and watches everywhere. - Rivers are bank-full. I was mosquito food for most of the week.)
Mookie: Lincoln MudDawgs = Wet Terriers? (love that warped warning tone they play there on the radio as an audio warning.....Sounds like a duck with sonar)
Had a good time Friday night and yesterday in northern Illinois- spent the night at a Courtyard by Marriott in Elgin, watched a small-town parade in Lindenwood, and saw a few trains on the way over and back, as well as two from the covered pavilion in Rochelle. I was lucky enough to spot the Olympic unit, 2002, westbound in Clinton, IA, #3 in a five-pack pulling a relatively short mixed freight. No pics, though, as I was driving in the other direction at the time. Will post a shot from Rochelle later...
Good morning. 82 and sunny in Carolina this morning, more thunder forecast. For all the rain we had here, offricially, we only got .28 inch. Hard to fathom that 6 miles could make such a difference...
I have been behind the times, apparently. When the dust from the bear affair settled, comments on the newspaper blog indicated that bears are fairly common in this part of the state. Surprised me that I had never heard of them.
Thanks, Paula, for breakfast. Be back soon
......A very nice morning here for us.....Potential to be rather warm and sticky. No rain yesterday, just sunshine and pretty blue skies.
Clear at noon today and later in the afternoon scattered thunderstorms....chance of, etc.....more or less the standard listing.
It is sticky out this morning....Got my lawn shaped up last evening. I waited until 8 pm before I even started to mow.....Even then it was still 90 degrees, but the sun was behind some of the trees to the west of me and afforded at least some shade. Sun set is not to 9:15 here and we have lots of daylight to do such things in the evening this time of the season.
Flowers....grass, and all growing things seem to be having a super season. Some corn now 7 and 8' high, and still really nice and green.
"Corn knee high by the 4th of July".....Boy, won't apply anywhere near here this season....
Seems like we'll have a nice sunny and slightly cooler week coming up.
Some auto polishing hopefully will be in the works...{with lower humidity}.
So....next on the agenda for today is get ready for church....then probably over to Ruby Tuesday's for Sunday meal with some friends......Then, hopefully catch some of the New Hampshire Nascar event.....Probably will nap thru some of that....
Wish a good new week for all.....
good morning
hazy hot and humid will be in full force today.calling for afternoon thunderstorms.Cw thanks for breakfast.have some train projects to work on with Matt today.Then it's back to work tonight.
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").
Good Sunday morning, everyone. Tom, sorry to hear about your 8 hours of thunder. We have gotten none of that. Not even a drop of rain yesterday. W currently have a temp of 81 degrees, going for a high of 91,92; but with the heat index, it's going to feel like it is 100 degrees outside today. So looks like we'll have another hot and steamy day. Supposedly, we're supposed to have some rain coming in tonight, tomorrow, that is going to cool off the temps around here.
Coffee, juices, etc., are fresh and ready to go. On the serving station this morning: blueberry muffins, fresh raspberries, cereal, turkey bacon, pork sausage, biscuits & gravy, scrambled eggs. There's also some bagels and bear claws.
Everyone have a good morning, those going to Church, be safe and you all take care, whatever you have planned for today.
Finally quiet here after more than 8 hours of thunder. It rained so hard I didn't go out for supper. Presently 76 in Carolina and still cloudy.
Take care
good evening from the corn city
not a bad day here just on the muggy side.we had 2 324's take the nw wye to go to toledo.lots of old friends and new friends here today.matt is going to be worn out tonight.Cw thanks for supper.
Mookie, just about the only way Mutt does weeds anymore, is with the weed eater. He's about like me: if he got down to pull weeds, he'd never get upright again, without help.
Sarah is working as a cub conductor (would that be the correct terminology?).
Johnny, hope you and Ricki are recuperating from your vacation. I'll remember you two in my prayers (along with all the rest of our forum friends).
Here is our Saturday Night Pizza Fest menu:
1. Canadian bacon
2. Cheese
3. Chicago style
4. Goetta
5. Hawaiian
6. Italian sausage
7. Pepperoni/mushroom
8. Supreme
Everyone have a good evening, enjoy your pizza, keep safe, cool and take care.
Modelcar locomuttFWIW; that car is N C & St. L 20000. Still has a roof walk and high mounted brake wheel. Couldn't actually see the "built date", but it did have another date on it of sometime in 1939 Walt.....Is that rail car {boxcar}, setting on old, now non accessible rails....Like trees grown up on former ROW, etc......Or just abandoned by some scrap outfit and so on......? 70 degrees earlier here to start our day. So just a few min. ago, we closed the windows. Forecast indicated we'll head for about 90 with humidity, so no use to let it gain a foot hold. Next week appears {via forecasters}, to be a real nice {sunny}, week...A bit lower temps too.
locomuttFWIW; that car is N C & St. L 20000. Still has a roof walk and high mounted brake wheel. Couldn't actually see the "built date", but it did have another date on it of sometime in 1939
Walt.....Is that rail car {boxcar}, setting on old, now non accessible rails....Like trees grown up on former ROW, etc......Or just abandoned by some scrap outfit and so on......?
70 degrees earlier here to start our day. So just a few min. ago, we closed the windows. Forecast indicated we'll head for about 90 with humidity, so no use to let it gain a foot hold.
Next week appears {via forecasters}, to be a real
nice {sunny}, week...A bit lower temps too.
The equipment there is sitting on rails; they were moved in about 20 years ago to be saved(?) When we talked with the owners of the property, he said the person that owns the stuff is still making the monthly storage charge payments.
This equipment is sitting on the property of an import, export, packaging company right next to Interstate 64 and most of this property is the old Pennsylvania Rail yard here in Lou. If you do a "Google Earth" for Lou., use 1600 Northwestern Parkway as the address and scroll towards the east, you'll be able to see the "Lift Bridge" and this property.
Mookie, No Way, No How!!
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!!
Thursday - Sunny and 101 (in MD).
Today, raining and 66 (in NY).
I suspect some of those people who are borrowing at usurious rates are simply greedy for their own money - it always feels good to spend money, and it's always a pain to have to wait for it.
Along those lines - my father once told me of someone he knew of who would borrow some amount of money from the bank but not spend it. He just held it for the term of the note and paid it back, with interest. Apparently he had an excellent credit rating (although the current system wasn't in use way back then).
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...
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MookieJohnny - Good thoughts to you and especially Ricki.
Thanks Mookie.
Porch,veranda--forty-five years ago, I knew an elderly lady in South Mississippi who spoke of the "gallery."
Modelcar70 degrees earlier here to start our day. So just a few min. ago, we closed the windows. Forecast indicated we'll head for about 90 with humidity, so no use to let it gain a foot hold. Next week appears {via forecasters}, to be a reall nice {sunny}, week...A bit lower temps too.
Next week appears {via forecasters}, to be a reall nice {sunny}, week...A bit lower temps too.
It's currently 82 here in Alamo City. Expected high today of 96. High tomorrow 97. No rain in the immediate forecast until Wednesday.
Off to run errands.
Enjoy your Saturday!
Good morning, I think. 80 and overcast this morning. It's supposed to get up to 94 today, and of course, more thunder.
Tonight is ribs and seafood night. Ahm lookin forward to that.
Lemme go, everybody take care
CW - is Sarah on as a conductor? At least she is traveling when it is cooler.
Johnny - Good thoughts to you and especially Ricki.
Did 'chaall see the mama bear soaking in someone's hot tub while the cubs sat and waited for her? Too bad she didn't have a bathroom door with a lock.....
Went to breakfast, really early. No trains. Paper sez they are being re-routed because of water damage east/north and south of us. Looks like Bob's boxcar in the yard. Really spooky!
Wonder if Sir C is finding any water?
CW - coffee on porch, sorry, veranda? We can watch Mutt pull weeds in the gahden....
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Good Saturday morning, everyone. Joe, thanks for getting in early, and taking care of breakfast! Sarah left last evening, around 5:30, going back towards Cincinnati on another run. She'll be back home around this time tomorrow morning.
We have a morning temp in the low to mid 70s, going for a high of 95 today, so going to be another hot one in the ole town today. But, by Tuesday and Wednesday, our temps will drop much lower, with lows at night in the low to mid 60s. I think we'll be able to open up some windows!
Everyone have a great day, stay as cool as possible, and take care. See you all this evening for our pizza fest.
going to be a wet start this morning.Breakfast is ready to go.Juice and coffee are also ready.Will bring the jackets to the corn city but we should be okay this afternoon.
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Tom ; all the info has been transfered to the head honcho in Prescott . Every thing fell into place and the group will be listeningfor you. Have a great time. ~~~ Cannonball
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If we had seen that car after dark, or on Halloween, we might have left our bikes there and run for cover!!
FWIW; that car is N C & St. L 20000. Still has a roof walk and high mounted brake wheel. Couldn't actually see the "built date", but it did have another date on it of sometime in 1939.
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