HI there folks :) It most certainly has been a long time since I was last on the Trains forums! So.....I just thought I would make my presence known by starting the July edition of the good ole' Flat Wheel Cafe.
I see Paula is still whipping up some good old country cooking in here! That's the best. Food is always good.
I'll tell ya what when you work the railroad 24/7 it honestly is very hard to get free time to get other things done. It's all good though...at least I get to" railfan" and make money at the same time. hehehehehe
YES Folks Sarah is still alive and well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good morning, everyone, and especially Sarah! Sarah, thank you for starting our new month off for us. It's good to see you back in here. Here in Louisville this morning, we have a very nice, cool 63 degrees at 6:44. When I woke up at 5, it was 65 degrees. Going for a very pleasant 83 degrees for our high today. Humidity will start creeping back in tomorrow.
The coffee is freshly made, and ready to go. As are the juices and other morning beverages. On the serving station this morning: bagels, bear claws, made-from-scratch brownies (that I made yesterday afternoon), and we have turkey bacon, sausage links & patties (pork, of course), scrambled eggs, made-from-scratch buttermilk biscuits & sausage gravy.
I believe we got everything moved, and set up, including the train layouts. But you guys and gals may want to check and make sure everything is A-Okay!
Sarah, guess you'll be heading back out later on this afternoon/evening, right?
Everyone have a great morning, and I'll see you all after a bit. Take care.
CSXrules4eva YES Folks Sarah is still alive and well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
spokyoneBarbara is in Rochester MN for a tuneup.
At the risk of offending some folks here on the forum, I will give this a big . But then I'm biased, as I have a brother-in-law and a sister (not married to each other) that work there.
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
morning
chores in town done and errands run.Csx was moving the tonka toys and the trains.Cw and Sarah thanks for breakfast.We have another restaurant that has decided to open up by FC here in Defiance.Going to have to check it out.Tonight is Friday!!
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").
Guess I've found the new place. We are having another sunny, cooler day here. Low humidity...! For Indiana, in this season, that is unusual. noted on local news yesterday we had a reading of 29%. For here....That is low.
Glad to see Sarah is back working......I sure hope things in general, are picking up. Right now we are hearing so much negative talk about a "double dip" on the recession....That would really be a super bummer.
Back a few months ago, I really thought we were feeling many areas of the economy starting to recover, if we go back down again....That will really be a negative for so many people....and the country as a whole.
Perhaps we've still a chance to reform, and start to see increases again. Sure hope so.
Quentin
Sarah - welcome back! Always nice to see old/new faces in here!
Joe - we found some NS coal gons on a JHMX train headed to Georgia eventually. We had never seen the NS gons on any of our coal trains before this morning. Not sure if they are running much south out of here yet or not. Flooding has been a big issue down in the corner where the Missouri went on a tantrum.
Q - I was thinking the same thing - we were just seeing a teeny recovery and now it may all blow up again. We have an old, unused fall out shelter just across the street from us in the park (from the 50's). I may go there and pull that proverbial lid over my head.
Bob - hope your wife is ok. Doctors are working overtime right now, it seems. I have a stack of "routine" bills to pay for us.
Houston Ed is getting wet - not sure if it is water or oil or a mix. Driver said they got 12 inches in the area - either way it is too much of anything.
CW - early supper on the porch - I love the rockers out there -
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Mookie, it is a great evening to sit out in the rockers!! And I've just finished putting supper off the grill, and onto the serving station. Tonight's menu:
Grilled chicken, grilled burgers/cheese burgers, hot dogs, brats, and the side dishes are: pork and beans, mac & cheese, grilled corn on the cob, sliced tomatoes.
Desserts tonight: Yellow cake w/chocolate icing, apple pie, ice cream.
As soon as Walt gets back from the store, I'll be grilling our chicken for our supper, here at home.
Everyone have a great evening, and if anyone is starting out on their 'long holiday weekend', please be safe, watch out for the idiot drivers, and take care.
Peace be with you and welcome home, Sarah. At present, 83 degrees and sunny, with NO storms forecast. I don't know to handle meself in such a situation.
We've had a decent day here, with some field work being done next door, and the resulting smoke for debris being burned stinking up the place. It's worth it to get that place cleaned up.
Everyone plan well for your 4th, and please be careful on the roads.
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)
Sarah; glad to see youre back . Thought maybe you were on a multiple leg run and got shifted from sub to sub trying to get back home. LOL ( a little cartoon) ya'll take care .
Cannonball
Y6bs evergreen in my mind
Good Friday morning, everyone. We are starting out with a temp of 66 and fair skies this morning, here in Louisville. Supposed to reach about 85, 86 around 5 p.m. today, for our high. Going to another pretty nice day.
Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go. On the serving station this morning: I made cupcakes for this morning, and they're decorated in Red, White and Blue. We also have turkey bacon, scrambled eggs, sausage patties & links, and biscuits w/sausage gravy, diced fried taters.
I imagine we'll probably be a little short on people in here over the holiday, as usual. So everyone take care, have a very Safe, Happy 4th, and see you all later.
ooo - nice touch, CW. Must "paw" through and see if any are chocolate.
Good morning from Carolina. 70 and clear a half hour after sunrise, headed for 84 so they say with NO thunder later. My oh My, what shall we do.
I have to take the girls to the beauty parlor and do some errands, so it will be a busy day for me. I woke up around 0500, so guess I will get an early start.
Paula, thanks for breakfast, and everyone have a great day.
Eight o'clock and a balmy 55 here in the north woods. Hopefully the weekend will be a tad warmer. Bike shorts and long johns don't go well together (probably doing EMS bike patrol Saturday night during some fireworks).
Sarah - fear not. You may not have been here, but we've been fully apprised of your whereabouts...
Found out I brought an extra Wii game controller home with me from MD. Must ship back to son.
Off to the "to do" list.
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...
MookieI love the rockers out there
grampaw pettibone Good morning from Carolina. 70 and clear a half hour after sunrise, headed for 84 so they say with NO thunder later. My oh My, what shall we do.
Don't let your guard down too much! Mother Nature is tricky.
Willy
Willy2 grampaw pettibone Good morning from Carolina. 70 and clear a half hour after sunrise, headed for 84 so they say with NO thunder later. My oh My, what shall we do. Don't let your guard down too much! Mother Nature is tricky.
tree68 MookieI love the rockers out thereHmmmmm. Are we talking furniture or musicians?
Maybe both.......especially "Folk" Rockers?!
Larry, hope All is going well for you and tests don't show anything too bad.
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!!
hello from the corn city
Csx is running a good variety of trains today.Q 500 had a hopper car on a flat car that had a derailment.csx crews are looking for the best way to work on the diamond on Monday.Larry hope things go well at the doctor for you.Cw thanks for breakfast.
.....Another beautiful morning here in central Indiana....Again. It's been like this mostly all week. But I see rumblings of the good ol' heat / humidity will be coming back to serve us. No doubt from me. But right now, it's very comfortable. Earlier this morning, my instrument indicated our low was 59 degrees.....But yesterday's report of 29% humidity, is almost unheard of in this season.
Must clean a bit of road dirt off very bottom of the body edge {on truck}, especially right behind the front wheel, and then apply the Mequiers cleaner / wax and bingo.....Both vehicles are complete....New wax job on both. Must admit Jean did more on the truck than I did.
Just checked over on the Roanoke cam and watched two movements....A long freight westbound, and a former Conrail engine moving west on far track and then stopped over to the right beyound the signals. Cam seems to be working most time I turn to it now. Sure does a nice job and looking at it on my 18" plus monitor {full pic}, sure does make it nice.....
Good wishes to all to have a safe 4th holiday....Careful that kids don't get into too strong explosives, and do injury to hands, face, etc....It appears we are to have mostly sunshine.....and as I noted above....warmer.
Mookie, you are kind. My thought was "What are you planning?"
Johnny
Well, Sarah's waiting for their train to be ready for them to head out. She came home earlier, and left again about 11:50, to go back and see if their train was made up.
I've got our Friday Fish Fry ready and on the serving station. The fish menu ranges from catfish to shrimp, and the side dishes range from baked beans to breaded deep fried mushrooms.
Have some more of the Patriotic cupcakes (and yes, Mookie, of course there are some that are chocolate). I also have made a 'RED WHITE AND BLUE' cake, that is decorated with blueberries and strawberries, with white icing, and red icing stripes, representing our flag.
Hope you all enjoy your afternoon! See ya!
Deggesty Mookie, you are kind. My thought was "What are you planning?"
Perhaps I have insider information AND I'm planning something! Scary, huh?
Willy, if you don't start being have, I'm gonna let the air out of your thermowhistle!
grampaw pettibone Willy, if you don't start being have, I'm gonna let the air out of your thermowhistle!
locomuttLarry, hope All is going well for you and tests don't show anything too bad.
For the moment, I guess I'm as healthy as a horse...
Back home safe and sound.Mookie they brought in a tonka toy that took 4 trucks to handle into Deshler.It's a crane for the new diamond instalation on Monday.Tracked a CNW high cube and the empty produce train for carl.Before we left there was a q 389 with a broken drawbar,an ethanol train with 2 ice units and q 368 had a commuter unit as it's third unit.I'm sure CSX will try to get as much through tonight as possible.Larry glad things went good at the doctor.Cw thanks for supper.time to get cleaned up and go to bed.Busy day tomorrow.
Joe! That's my kinda Tonka Toy!
We saw a wind turbine blade traveling down Highway 2 yesterday. It is big on a train and even bigger on a truck! But one blade does not a wind turbine make, so wondering where it was headed?
Modelcar.....Just checked over on the Roanoke cam and watched two movements....A long freight westbound, and a former Conrail engine moving west on far track and then stopped over to the right beyound the signals. Cam seems to be working most time I turn to it now. Sure does a nice job and looking at it on my 18" plus monitor {full pic}, sure does make it nice.....
Quentin, there is also a live online scanner from the Roanoke area to listen to if you are so inclined.
The address for that on-line scanner is http://www.railroadradio.net/content/view/174/207/
Enjoy!
tree68 locomuttLarry, hope All is going well for you and tests don't show anything too bad.Feeling fine, and the doc said to play it cool and see what happens. Aside from a definite gall stone (which one in three of you have as well), all the tests came back pretty much on the mark. There's a couple of tests that might tell more but require more prep than the ER is going to do (like a colonoscopy or an endoscope), but those are for later. The EKG's looked fine, too. For the moment, I guess I'm as healthy as a horse...
Well Larry, Stay that way!!!!
It wasn't until 1986 that I found out that I was apparently born with one kidney, never had any problems until then. Don't seem to have any problems now; in respect to that. (now back, etc., is another story.)
Right now, my only problems are: "Another Day Older and Deeper in Debt!!"
Willy, I'm not going to take away your whistle, or whatever; just keep any "BAD" weather in your all's area. Right now in the Ohio Valley, we are having some Great weather, and don't need anything to spoil it. After about 18 days above normal temps.(90 deg. +) we're loving the cooler temps.!!
[Bike Riding has been much so much more comfortable!]
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