Good Morning. Our cold snap continues apace. Currently it is -13°F, wind is SE at 8 mph, giving us a windchill of -29°F. The forecast for the next seven days show Thursday 's high is going to be a balmy +18°F, then going back down to the plus single digits.
No new news on the local RR front today.
Bruce
So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll.
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cherokee woman Hey, Brian, congrats on getting a photo in the lineup for the trainsmag photo "contest". Really nice looking photo. Got my vote.
Hey, Brian, congrats on getting a photo in the lineup for the trainsmag photo "contest". Really nice looking photo. Got my vote.
Thanks, CW! Sorry I haven't been around lately- my excuse is TrainStation.
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
Ed - had a small tear in lig behind knee - thought I was going to be crippled for life (those suckers hurt - or I am a big sissy) - so can commiserate with your shoulder. Mine healed on its own so no surgery. Bodies are good until they don't work.
Nose working a little better for now. Now if I could just answer the telephones ringing in mah ears....
Q - this must be "let's all fall apart week!" Spring tune-ups needed!
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Ms Mook - there was a generator or something running in the background around the tower this AM, which was how I was able to discern which cams were located there.
Took me a while to figure out that Cam 2 has much delayed audio - as in by a minute or two. I sometimes leave the site up while I'm working around the house so I can hear the crossing bells, at which time I'll check out the traffic (which included both a passenger and a freight meet this morning!).
Awfully frustrating to drop all to check out another train only to discover that the gates are up and the lights aren't flashing. Finally figured that one out a few days ago.
I saw not one, but two owls at the nesting box (night shot) the other day.
It's a pleasant diversion.
I've had the phones ringing my ears for years. I only really notice it if the surrounding world is quiet...
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...
Tree - first thing I do is turn off #2 mic. Drives you nuts, otherwise.
Have you heard the airplanes take off? #7 is the loudest. Somewhere around the tower is an airport of some kind. Haven't heard it for awhile, but it was getting pretty noisy there for awhile.
I will watch for the 2 owls. #3 - she was in there spitting fire and he kept bringing in meeses. She would have a fit so he would take off with dinner. I think she was telling him that she hasn't laid the eggs yet, so he is a little premature on the feeding.
Ed, nice to see you in here! Hope your shoulder is mended real soon.
Mookie, please don't smother yourself! I need you around here, if only for other female company, around all these guys.
Supper tonight: grilled pork chops, hamburgers & steak fries, vegetable medley blend, and got some nice oranges at Produce today.
That produce truck was early this morning: 8:39 a.m. We had potatoes, onions, purple cabbage and iceburg lettuce. The bread/pastry truck had some bread, 12 desserts, and lots of bagels and English muffins, and a few bags of the little round sandwich bread.
Brian, you have to stop playing Train Station so much, or divide your time between that and here! We've got too many people who have disappeared around here. It has me about to decide to disappear from here.
Everyone have a good afternoon, what's left of it here on the east side of this country of ours, take care and see you all later.
afternoon
went into town for a few errands.Csx had nice parade going.Local said they would try to switch deshler tomorrow.With the high water and new terminal things are hoping in Deshler.Cw thanks for supper.time to get things around for work.
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").
Quentin, hope all is well around your neck of the woods! Just saw on the news where they had to evacuate an animal shelter there (Muncie, In.) due to very high water.
Thus far here, the Ohio is staying (right now) under Flood Stage.
--Yes Brian H., stop playing Train Station so the rest of US can catch up!!--
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!!
I must admit that I'm slowing down on it. Dale's gonna pass me up within a couple of days at the rate he's going...
good morning
juice and coffee are ready.breakfast is ready.matt is on time for the bus.I almost got mugged when I showed Matt and mamma the homemade brownies from work. time to get matt on the bus.good night
joe
Good Wednesday morning everyone. Finally made in this door: kept getting a message this morning that trains.com was taking too long to respond. Still being a tad bit on the slooow side.
Coffee, juices, and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go, and breakfast is on the serving station.
Current temp is back up to about 36 degrees, had dropped a couple of degrees. Supposed to get up into the mid 50s today. Should be a beautiful day.
Everyone have a good morning, take care and see you all later.
I am 2nd on the list for the Body shop so to speak. Wife has first shot woman issues Big time. Then her back. Then me heck I only lived with a screwed up shoulder for 5 years before I had it fixed the first time. Right now it is only damaged 20% of what it was before the first surgery so no where near as bad. No tendons damaged just tore the rotator cuff. Just will take some of everything along with a big glass of OJ so I can down my Painkillers this morning.
Good Morning. I had no trouble getting on the site this morning, but Monday night I couldn't get on at all. If you remember, I had mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I was having trouble but since then things had been working pretty well.
So, the news anchor on the breakfast show asks "are we continuing with this horrible weather?" And the weatherman says "actually that is a pretty good word for it." Right now it is -9°F with a S 12mph wind giving us a windchill of -29°F.
This is the sort of weather that led to the development of the "Canadian Cab", later called the "Whisper Cab". When you were in a "Spartan Cab" SD40-2 for instance, heading into a wind like today, that flat panel below the windshield ahead of the engineer would transfer a terrific amount of cold into the cab. It worked the same as a hot grill, only in reverse. My Dad started saying a number of years before the CPR bought its' first SD40-2F's that if the railway doesn't do something about the working conditions in those old cabs, the railway is not only going to start losing the employees it has but won't be able to hire new ones. Young folks were no longer going to put up with 1950's and 60's working conditions.
Anyway, things seem to be working OK so far today, as I haven't read of any bad news out there yet.
I hope all your various maladies get better soon. Those lingering pains can get you down. Everyone stay warm and dry.
Ed - knock wood - Driver & I have so far been very lucky to have avoided the problems you & wife are having. I know only one person that had rotator cuff surgery. He was not thrilled with it, but afterward was so much better.
But even with just the allergies I am dealing with - big time, but no big deal - I still have to give myself a pity party for awhile. Gets me out of the kitchen, too!
Bruce - my Dad was fireman/engineer on railroad for 42 years until early 1980's. You are right - young people now days wouldn't work under any of those conditions during that time. But then, modern day - they shouldn't have to do so. Back then, they were just thrilled that they didn't have to shovel coal any more. My grandfather worked under even worse conditions. But he was in it until he turned 70 and had to retire. He was an engineer on passenger and felt like he had really "arrived"
Ed; I know of what you speak about. Stirring gears in those various " trannys" will do a bad number on your cuff when you miss a gear on a split shift ( road ranger reach) ouch. Had my shoulder fix 2yrs. past . No pain , except when a sudden move is made. No more 4x4 tranny shifts . those were the good old days ?? Ain't life grand ?
Cannonball
Y6bs evergreen in my mind
locomutt Quentin, hope all is well around your neck of the woods! Just saw on the news where they had to evacuate an animal shelter there (Muncie, In.) due to very high water. Thus far here, the Ohio is staying (right now) under Flood Stage. --Yes Brian H., stop playing Train Station so the rest of US can catch up!!--
Sorry Walt to take so long to comment. You are correct, over a hundred dogs and other animals were carried out of their flooded "ARF" location. Today, in the paper it indicated volunteers responded with force, and donations of food and other needed equipment, cages, and all the other needed things are pouring in from donations.....Lots of food too. All the're supplies were lost. So seems the help has really come forth.
We did get a bunch of rain....reported form 3 to 6" overnight two nights ago. Plus snow runoff....
We're high and dry here, but back on the golf course fairway behind us it had formed a lake as it does under extreme conditions. We saw water across streets and county roads, and some State routes in this area were we've never seen it before.....And we've been in this area almost 50 years.
White River is receeding now. Lots of homes in the Muncie area, did get water in them.
Now, finally into the month of March.....Have to think, I'll very likely be mowing yard before we turn this month's calendar over to the next month. Believe we're on the glide path to Spring now.
Quentin
I think you may be right, Quentin: Walt has taken his bike out, for a trip to the library for more reading material for himself! Thinking this is his first trip out on it for the season.
Here is our Mexican Fiesta menu for the rest of the day:
1. Tacos (soft and hard shells)
2. Burritos (beef, beef & bean, beef enchilada style)
3. Spanish rice
4. Mesquite-grilled steak, chicken and tilapia
5. Chimichanga dinner
6. Smoked cheddar bacon burger
Plus, if you want an appetizer, we have tortilla chips and dips: salsa, picante sauce or con quesa, in mild, medium and hot. (My personal favorite is medium, and sometimes I blend medium salsa w/the quesa.)
Everyone enjoy your afternoon, and hopefully, I'll see you all back in later this afternoon and evening.
finished doing chores.Will have to pump up some tires before we get the bikes out to ride.Cw thanks for supper.time to get things around for work.
Modelcar We saw water across streets and county roads, and some State routes in this area were we've never seen it before.....And we've been in this area almost 50 years.
We saw water across streets and county roads, and some State routes in this area were we've never seen it before.....And we've been in this area almost 50 years.
My brother, the civil engineer, tells me that this sort of thing is due to more and more businesses building parking lots. Water that used to soak straight into the ground now has to find new places to run off to, and a golf course sounds like a likely target.
The weather guessers crystal ball must be frozen up, because they muffed it today. They missed the high by over 10°, as it is only -2°F and it is snowing. And yes, the wind is still blowing with a windchill of -22°F. I want a glide slope into spring.
CW, suppertime is still over 3 hours away out here, so I will be in later.
This was my second trip out with bike thus far this year, had to get the compressor out and air the tires the first time. Didn't see much of anything as far as the railroads go, so no real railfaning today. I have an appointment tomorrow so guess I'll take bike and Maybe I'll see something good.
Good Thursday morning everyone. Cloudy right now, with a temp of 36 degrees F. Supposed to make it up to about 63 degrees for our high today.
Funny, I don't remember Walt taking the bike out last month; guess I slept through it? Oh well, life happens, right?
Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go. Breakfast is ready and on the serving station.
Everyone have a good morning and I'll see you all sometime this afternoon.
I don't know what time I'll be back in this afternoon. This morning is my regularly scheduled 3 mo. checkup w/the doctor.
matt is on time and on the bus.guessers say freezing rain then rain for tomorrow.we are also under a flood watch.CW thanks for breakfast.Time for bed.chores and errands this afternoon.
Good morning. We will see how the guessers do today. Right now it is -4°F, and no wind. They are calling for +30°F. If the wind doesn't start running from the SW, that isn't going to happen.
I'm starting my third day of waiting for a delivery from a major unmentioned stationary supplier. It was a two part order, and the first part was supposed to arrive on Tuesday. When I called yesterday morning to ask why the delivery hadn't arrived, they said the delivery man couldn't find a parking space for his truck! So in effect, I spent a day at home when I didn't have to, except it was too cold to go out anyway. Now the second part is scheduled for delivery today.
I see where it was cold enough again yesterday to affect train lengths in a negative way. And I think we may be getting up to a week now since the last hiker/skier/snowmobiler was killed in an avalanche. The highways are open, so that would seem to indicate nothing has slid onto the tracks in that time. I know they are getting new snow out there, so this problem is a long way from being over.
Hope everyone is healthy, warm, and dry.
Bruce, you could move south to Nebraska or one of the Dakotas and have the same kind of weather only we get a few warm days mixed in to make it more bearable. We are becoming more tropical every year!
Gotta da cof. Finally got nose and feet straightend out. Nose now back to smelling. Now need to get rid of naggy cof. Then the grand finale will be a big cold sore on my already sore nose and lips and we will be done with this round.
Joe - Glub? Does your water by the house usually flood? We seem to be pretty high and dry, both in the city and in the state. Mighty MO might have other ideas for the rest of the eastern part of the state.
Read where our state has 1.8 million people. But they all seem to live in our neighborhood.
Moo....
Mookie We are becoming more tropical every year!
We are becoming more tropical every year!
Interesting that you should mention that. There's the old story about how when I was in school I had to walk there both ways, uphill, barefoot, in a snowstorm. But in actuality, each of the last three winters here has been growing progressively more like the winters we had back before the mid seventies. I'm not sure about climate change, but I am becoming more convinced that weather does run in cycles, and I think we are in the start of a new 40 year cycle. Unfortunately, it is not likely I will be around at the end of this new cycle to find out for sure!
Afternoon all. Well, made it back safely from dr.'s office. Lost another pound: seems I'm losing a pound between doctor visits. I think that's better than gaining a pound between visits! At least I'm going in the right direction. Won't know anything about the tests until probably this time tomorrow.
For lunch/supper menu, we have:
1. Baked pork chops w/mashed taters, corn, green beans and garden salad
2. Sloppy Joes w/your choice of regular fries or steak fries, and garden salad
Hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful afternoon. We have 60 degrees, and I'm getting ready to go sit out on the front porch. You all take care, and see you all later.
errands done.Mookie we live in an area that used to be "The great black swamp".The creek out back has gotten high but we are okay.going to get things ready for work.If anyone is interested in walking around defiance we have a program for you.It's a local fundraiser.On Friday april 1st(no fooling) with a small donation you can go to 15 different spots downtown and sample CHOCOLATE.I don't know if the will have kitty bags available or not.
Joe - kitty bags a must!
CW - I think I lost a lot, too. I have just about sneezed my head off! One more day ought to do it.
Bruce - we haven't had snowstorms like we had up to about the 70's. We would get piles of snow and thru most of the winter. But the last 20 years have been very moderate on snow. And we would never have a "warm" day from Nov-March. But even January had some nice days.
One December I commented that we didn't have to go to California for beach weather. And we don't have the winds like we used to- year round.
But our humidity remains unchanged. We have curl your hair humidity year round.
Good Friday morning everyone. Hey, Mookie: if I came for a visit, would my hair actually be back to naturally curly? Even with our humid weather, all that is curly is the ends of my hair. The rest is straight!
Our current temp this morning is 56 degrees, going for a high in the mid 60s. Rain will probably come in, while I'm out and about.
Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go. Friday breakfast menu is on the serving station: doughnuts, danish, bacon, eggs, toast, biscuits & gravy, and a couple of bagels and bear claws.
Going to take a bus trip down to Walmart in a little while, probably around 9:30, 10:00, to get the few things we need from there; like my new purse, ink cartridges, etc. Everyone have a good morning, and I'll see you all later.
A tropical day here in the north woods (+40F right now) after a chilly night (almost zero around 10PM). Nice and sunny, though.
Time to go fill the bird feeders. You'd think they were getting ready for a cold winter, not the impending spring.
CW - you need ink cartridges? Better stop and mortgage your house on the way. I picked up a set for my ink jet and one for my laser printer yesterday. Sheesh!
Bad accident right now in the SE part of the county. At first I thought they had the address wrong, as it sounded like it should have been in our district, but it wasn't, thank goodness. Still bad for the victims and responders, though.
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