CW: Any news on the interstate bridge problem? I was wondering if there was any talk of getting the FRA to issue an emergency order allowing some commuter equipment to operate over the K and I bridge and the PRR bridges.? Of course locating any spare commuter equipment would be a problem. { maybe some NJ TRANSIT? }
....Oh boy....Talking to India trying to solve an electronic problem....That really sounds like fun C W....
Perhaps I put up with some problems and live with them in place of even trying to understand a conversation as that.
I like our HP printer 3 in 1, and it really performs the tasks with great satisfaction, but sometimes it doesn't want to "listen" to me, but rather than fight the "India" factor, I work around the situation and eventually get control of it.
Weather in Muncie today....very nice. Was just outside in my bare feet and shorts as Jean just came back from the store and I unloaded the trunk of the car....Sunshine and mid 70s temps. Nice. Little pup {Ella}, came out and layed upside down on the concrete driveway basking in the sunshine as I was doing that.
But we all know Summer is leaving us and we have the next stuff to look forward to....Not too anxious about that.
But for today....Beautiful.
Jen.....Just signed up for the "Friends of the BNSF" forum....Looks inteteresting, but really know nothing about it yet.
Quentin
Nice day here today. Fallish/summerish. Perfect
BNSF is wearing out the new tracks south out of Lincoln. They ran a train about every hour (I looked at the clock each time) and still running them this morning. They must have completely cleared the yard by now. Grain Trains will be the big thing until early winter.
Economy healthy in the train business - at least here in the True Midwest.
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Howdy all: We went to Mt. Rushmore area via Grand Island NE & Alliance. We counted 30 E/B coal trains, 3 empty W/B and and another 3 E/B general freight. That was the best day ever for us. More than half of the trains were stopped. Don't know if the bottleneck was Grand Island. We did see the MOW guys cutting in a new wye somewhere along there.
Good Wednesday morning everyone. Currently 69 degrees here in Louisville, with a little bit of rain due in anytime. Should clear out this afternoon, and our high today should be around 75 degrees. Looking for cooler temps this weekend, with highs in the low to mid 60s, and lows at night down in the 50s.
Well, I think we have our printer problems solved. It took a little over 4 hours, of sitting here at the computer and printer, talking with a Kodak agent in India, to get everything straightened out, and the printer working like it should.
Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go. Breakfast is on the warmer/serving station.
Everyone have a good morning, take care, and see you all later.
Well, we have another nice looking, if a bit cool, day here today. It is sunny and 59° with a chilly S 12 mph wind.
The weather guessers record remains intact. In the five or so years since I first subscribed to weather warnings on my cell phone, they have been wrong every time they have sent out the first frost warning of the year. It only got down to about 36° last night. I mentioned yesterday that it was sunny, and I think there must have been enough radiant heating to keep the ground warm enough to prevent freezing.
No new local RR news.
Bruce
So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll.
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afternoon
well matt ended up having a 3 hour delay for fog but it saves on them using a weather day.found out our neighbor is recovering in the hospital so we took care of his yardwork.Cw thanks for supper.back to chores here at home and 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").
RJ, we have satellite here at home (DirecTV), and we much prefer it to the Insight Cable or Dish satellite! Not as many problems.
Produce went well this morning. We had 63 people. I told them give us enough for 60 people, so we still ran out of most of the food: potatoes, red onions, sweet potatoes, cabbage, iceburg lettuce,plain vanilla yogurt and suchhinni squash.
For lunch and supper menus: Mexican Fiesta time!
Burritos, tacos, enchiladas, quesadillas, chimichangas, fajitas, Mesquite grilled steak and chicken, Spanish rice, etc.
Everyone have a good afternoon, take care and see you all later, hopefully.
Mookie - Wyoming did get revamped uniforms this year. 9 different ones! The ones they wore for the Texas State game on Sept, 10th had a dark brown helmet with Steamboat on it that was filled with stars and stripes like I have as my avatar. The bad thing about this weekend is that Versus has exclusive rights to air the game on TV and our stupid cable company won't get it! This is the third year in a row that the biggest game of the year is televised and we cant see it! We had Texas the last 2 years, Nebraska this year and next, then Texas and Nebraska once more... All on that channel we don't get. I think I am switching to satellite.....
RJ
"Something hidden, Go and find it. Go and look behind the ranges, Something lost behind the ranges. Lost and waiting for you. Go." The Explorers - Rudyard Kipling
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RJ - my error - Driver corrected me - it is Wisconsin that is same colors as Huskers. At any rate, we will have our hands full with Wyoming this weekend. Whatever colors they wear. And I always wear black - for the Blackshirts! Look like a nosebleed in red anyway.
Mook
fog here in nw ohio.matt is delayed 2 hrs.Omax cars still in the siding.time for bed.
cw thanks for breakfast.
Joe
Good Tuesday morning everyone. Not too bad this morning: rain has gone, but we are a bit foggy this morning, with a temp in the mid 60s. We only made it to 67 or 68 yesterday, and not supposed to get much higher than about the mid 70s today. then, more rain coming in tomorrow.
Johnny and RJ, good to see you guys in here!! Welcome back to you both!
Coffee is freshly brewed and ready to go. Juices are made fresh this morning, hot water ready for hot tea, and have chocolate milk ready to be heated for hot chocolate. On the warmer/serving station this morning: oatmeal, toast, bacon, sausage, made from scratch buttermilk biscuits w/gravy.
Everyone have a very good morning, take care, and I'll see you all later this afternoon.
cherokee woman Got my brace adjusted. It has a couple of springs (front & back) that had broken. The lady said she was glad to see that, in a way, because it meant I have been wearing the brace like I'm supposed to. So now, it is nice and tight, and no squeaks whatsoever.
Got my brace adjusted. It has a couple of springs (front & back) that had broken. The lady said she was glad to see that, in a way, because it meant I have been wearing the brace like I'm supposed to. So now, it is nice and tight, and no squeaks whatsoever.
We are having a week or so of cool nights (down in the fifties) and warm days (up into the eighties). No rain since Friday, and our September precipitation has been short of the average. I cut our sprinkler system off after this morning's session. Except for covering the swamp cooler, it is shut down for the winter, and I still need to put the plug into the storm door. Otherewise, I need to only bring a hose back inside to make ready for the winter.
Johnny
Mookie miniwyo: Evening Everyone! Just checking in for the night. Hope everyone is well! Southwest Wyoming has gotten COLD! Haven't been warmer than 70 in the last 2 weeks and the lows have now dipped into the mid 30s.... I am beginning to think that I have gotten the last bloom out of my roses for the year. Been keeping busy between work and starting construction on my layout. I am also considering getting my Bachelor's degree online. Not sure where to find the time though. Was just wondering if you would check in, RJ. We are playing Wyoming in Laramie this weekend and thought you might be peeking in to see me in my Husker Black! I hear that since both teams have red, we will wear black. Wyoming sez it is a good color to wear to a funeral. Game On! Cw - maybe they have bidness down the street?
miniwyo: Evening Everyone! Just checking in for the night. Hope everyone is well! Southwest Wyoming has gotten COLD! Haven't been warmer than 70 in the last 2 weeks and the lows have now dipped into the mid 30s.... I am beginning to think that I have gotten the last bloom out of my roses for the year. Been keeping busy between work and starting construction on my layout. I am also considering getting my Bachelor's degree online. Not sure where to find the time though.
Evening Everyone!
Just checking in for the night. Hope everyone is well!
Southwest Wyoming has gotten COLD! Haven't been warmer than 70 in the last 2 weeks and the lows have now dipped into the mid 30s.... I am beginning to think that I have gotten the last bloom out of my roses for the year. Been keeping busy between work and starting construction on my layout. I am also considering getting my Bachelor's degree online. Not sure where to find the time though.
Was just wondering if you would check in, RJ. We are playing Wyoming in Laramie this weekend and thought you might be peeking in to see me in my Husker Black! I hear that since both teams have red, we will wear black. Wyoming sez it is a good color to wear to a funeral. Game On!
Cw - maybe they have bidness down the street?
Mookie,
Game on indeed! Wyoming has the colors of Brown and Gold. But if the Huskers want to wear black to their own funeral that is fine by us! Just don't be scared of all the cannon blasts that go off when Wyoming scores all those points! I hope the ROTC boys dont get worn out for all the pushups they will be doing! 1 point = 1 pushup! The Huskers are in for a surprise when they come to War Memorial and play on Jonah Field!!!!
GO POKES!!!!!!!
miniwyo Evening Everyone! Just checking in for the night. Hope everyone is well! Southwest Wyoming has gotten COLD! Haven't been warmer than 70 in the last 2 weeks and the lows have now dipped into the mid 30s.... I am beginning to think that I have gotten the last bloom out of my roses for the year. Been keeping busy between work and starting construction on my layout. I am also considering getting my Bachelor's degree online. Not sure where to find the time though.
Well here we go again. At 3:45 we received our first official frost warning for the 2011/12 winter season.
Except for a couple of really heavy downpours early this morning (between 6:30 and 7:30), we've had light rain all day long. Got my brace adjusted. It has a couple of springs (front & back) that had broken. The lady said she was glad to see that, in a way, because it meant I have been wearing the brace like I'm supposed to. So now, it is nice and tight, and no squeaks whatsoever.
For supper tonight: more leftovers of:
1. Roast, taters & carrots
2. Fried chicken and all the veggies I made yesterday afternoon.
Mookie, haven't seen Little Mook and Little Mud since this morning; Mama Kiki, however, has been parked on the front porch just about all day. If she's not there, she's lying/sitting on the glider, or in Walt's lap, whilst he is sitting on the glider.
Everyone have a good evening, those getting rain, try to stay dry, and I'll see you all in the a.m.
A deceptively nice looking day here. It is sunny, but only 50° with a 12 mph NW wind. Definitely jacket weather.
Nothing else exciting happening here today, and no new local RR news that I can see.
rain here in nw ohio.matt working on homework.time to get things around for work.have some new and some blue OMAX coal cars in the siding at work.cw thanks for supper.
.....I'd imagine "color" isn't quite as bad as some vehicles have just the small "emergency spare", and that really stands out and really "looks" temporary. And of course they are speed and distance limited too.
Ms Mook - as long as you treat that little heater appropriately, you won't have any problems with it. I have one I use for "spot heat" in the print shop in the winter, as running the furnace up enough to make the ink apply properly would leave the rest of the house at about 85...
It came in handy at Deshler this summer, too, as temps one morning dipped down below comfortable sleeping and into really bundling up one night.
I'll either be using it or a little propane heater at the "Punkin Patch" in October (depending on whether we fire the generator up or not). Had to deal with snow one morning last year and it sure felt good inside my little shelter with some warmth.
Friday was chilly up in the Adirondacks, and wouldn't you know it, there was a problem with the HEP generator on the train, so the first passengers of the day had to ride in cold cars. They survived. Weather got gradually better through the weekend, and by Sunday afternoon it was actually nice.
The fall colors are really coming on quickly up there - it seemed like every trip was a little more colorful. They'll be peak really soon.
Gotta go get a flat fixed. The spare is on the truck and the flat is in the back. You'd think they'd paint the spare the same color as the other rims, but noooo - it's gotta stick out like a sore thumb...
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Good Monday morning everyone. So far, looks like you all are sleeping in this morning?
We are getting a good soaking rain at the present time, with a temp of 67 degrees. The temp's not going to climb very much today, as our projected high should only be 70, maybe 71 degrees.
Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go. And breakfast is on the warmer/serving station.
Everyone have a good morning, keep dry, if you can, if you're in the 'rain belt' today and take care. I'll leave leftovers from our Sunday Dinner menu for you all's lunch later. Will be going to get my ankle/arch support brace adjusted, etc, so I'll see you all late afternoon.
Cannonball and Quentin, that sounds about right, doesn't it?
Been a gloomy day around here in Louisville. Think I've seen sunshine for a total of about a half hour.
Joe, sorry to hear about your organist.
Here is our Sunday Dinner menu:
1. Roast, taters and carrots w/green beans, corn and your choice of cole slaw or garden salad;
2. Fried chicken w/mashed taters, green beans, corn, choice of cole slaw or garden salad, and your choice of baked cornbread or buttermilk biscuits and milk gravy.
Hope everyone has had a good afternoon. Have a good evening, enjoy your dinner, take care and see you all later.
.......Cannonball, they might even have the same communication director.
Quentin, I guess you have noticed the oil companys and drug companys are the same .
Cannonball
Y6bs evergreen in my mind
good morning
csx is rolling this morning.I can hear them as I am typing.Going to take Matt to sunday school.need to give hugs today and tomorrow.Our church organist has passed away.Cw thanks for supper for tonight.it's back to work.
Good Sunday morning everyone. Very nice and pleasant this morning, with a temp of 61 degrees here in Louisville. Could possibly see some rain rolling in from the Arkansas/Missouri area, probably around 5 p.m. Should see some sun, but it is supposed to be mostly cloudy today.
Coffee is brewed, fresh juices made and chilled, have hot water for hot tea, and on the warmer/serving station this morning: blueberry muffins, blueberry pancakes w/your choice of blueberry syrup or maple syrup and bacon & sausage links/patties and scrambled eggs.
Everyone have a beautiful morning, take care going to Church, work, railfanning, or any other activity you have this morning. See you all later.
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