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Posted by JoeKoh on Thursday, January 26, 2012 12:55 PM

afternoon

matt says nice power move! he is home from school due to very icy conditions this morning.we even had a semi truck flip over west of town.tonight is friday.time to get some chores done then we need to get ready for work.Cw I found my container in the fridge.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Thursday, January 26, 2012 8:50 AM

Good Morning Railfans!

It's 36F and Sunny in the Mile High city this morning.  Enjoy the day...

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Posted by cherokee woman on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 3:20 PM

Very dull day; rain come in a few hours earlier than projected, having been raining for about an hour and a half now.  Nothing going on, neighborhood has been really quiet all day.

For the rest of the afternoon/evening, I've warmed up the leftovers from the past couple, three days.  Don't want anything spoiling or going to waste. 

Everyone enjoy your evening, take care, and guess I'll see you in the morning.

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Posted by AgentKid on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 1:13 PM

AgentKid

I forget the details, but that Battle River bridge is not an insignificant piece of RR architecture

2,775 ft. long and 195 ft. high. It is correctly named the Fabyan Trestle.

It is a poor day when you don't learn something new, and I found a website with lots of new info I never knew before about all of the large RR bridges in Alberta. Since much of Alberta's western boundary with British Columbia is the Continental Divide, which gives flowing water a good downhill start to erode deep valleys, railways have had to create some very impressive structures in order to operate. Here is the link to a very interesting website:

http://www.forthjunction.com/railway-bridges-alberta.htm

41° now which is already 5° warmer than our forecast high. We are also experiencing a 30 mph west wind which is getting snow melting well underway.

S.L. is that a Ledgerwood Car in your photo?

Interesting story about CP over on the Newswire today. If hand to hand combat between shareholders breaks out on 9th Ave. SW in front of CP's HQ, I will post some pictures.Laugh

Bruce

 

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 10:04 AM

Good Morning Railfans!

It's 28F and a clear sunny day here in the Mile High.  Back to w**k for me...

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Posted by cherokee woman on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 5:40 AM

Good Wednesday morning everyone.  Hope you all had a good evening.  We're starting out with a temp in the low 30s.  Rain is supposed to be in sometime around 6 p.m

Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go.  And breakfast is on the warmer bar.

Hope everyone has a good morning, take care, and see you all later.  (Not much to comment on this morning.)

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 1:27 PM

Mmmmmmmmm........................Pie!

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Posted by JoeKoh on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 1:21 PM

afternoon

wind has calmed down.have chores to do then need to get matt from school.his afterschool program is about quilts this week.then its back to work  tonight.Cw thanks for supper.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by cherokee woman on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 11:55 AM

Mookie, you just have to add less sugar in the filling:  that way, the chocolate pie isn't too sweet!  Next to pecan pie, chocolate pie is my favorite.

Our Tuesday Mexican Fiesta is now under way.  Everything is on the warmer bar, ready to be consumed. 

Produce went really well this morning:  83 or 84 people showed up!!  We had potatoes, romaine lettuce, apples, onions and milk.  We ran out of food.  None left to give to anyone coming in for their food boxes. 

Everyone have a very good afternoon, take care and see you all later.

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 11:47 AM

Mookie

Darren - can I get a drink of water? 

OPEN WIDE!!!!!!!  It's fresh Rocky Mountain water from way high up...

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Posted by AgentKid on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 11:17 AM

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And then CP was struck with that old favourite "train hit's truck" at Oxbow, SK on the "Soo Line" from Moose Jaw to the Twin Cities. 22 cars on the ground there, but it is causing the most concern of the three because 7 cars are leaking oil.

I wonder if management types are referring to this derailment as the Oxbow incident; like the 1943 Henry Fonda movie "The Ox-Bow Incident"? I was incorrect as to the location. It is 41 miles east of the "Soo Line", on the Estevan Sub., heading into Manitoba. And another story say's there are either 6 or a single car leaking oil. You wouldn't think it would be so difficult to pin down. And all of this because the train hit a Pickup Truck.

27° right now. Looking for a high of 34° later.

S.L., or is Mr. Lion, I like the picture of the water tank.

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Posted by Mookie on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 9:04 AM

Bruce - a train hits a vehicle and loses 5 oil tankers - full.  Usually they just crumple up the vehicle and toss it to the side.  Been watching some private e-mails from your area - you have been having a spate of bad luck on the tracks. 

A couple of years ago, I saw some photos of the locomotives that derailed and slid down a steep slope - in the snow.  Scary stuff.

Darren - can I get a drink of water? 

CW - blueberry, key lime, strawberry rhubarb, gooseberry or lemon meringue.....no chocolate!  Chocolate in pie is just waaay too sweet for me.  Dinner

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 8:34 AM

Good Morning CTTFans!

It's 34F with a chance of light snow today.  Sure hope those in the path of those nasty storms in the South East are safe this morning...

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Posted by cherokee woman on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 4:31 AM

Good Tuesday morning everyone.  39 degrees here in Louisville this morning, going for a high in the mid to upper 40s this afternoon.  Should be a fairly good day, with a chance of some more rain coming in later tonight, or tomorrow.

Coffee, juices, hot chocolate, hot cider and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go.  There's also hot water on, for our hot tea drinkers.  Breakfast is on the warmer bar. 

Hope you all have a good morning, and I'll see you all later on, after I take care of Tuesday Produce.

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Posted by AgentKid on Monday, January 23, 2012 7:10 PM

National Pie Day? I'm willing to celebrate any nation's Pie Day on a moments notice. But first I will have some of CW's roast beef first.

34° now. It finally got above freezing yesterday and it is looking even better for the rest of the week.

It's been a busy few days in RR news. Beside the wreck I mentioned earlier, CN put some cars on the ground at Hay Lakes, AB, on their Calgary-Edmonton line. And then yesterday they had some cars derail and fall off the Battle River bridge near Wainwright, AB, on their transcontinental line. I have a link with a picture. I forget the details, but that Battle River bridge is not an insignificant piece of RR architecture, either at the time of its' building, or maybe even still.

And then CP was struck with that old favourite "train hit's truck" at Oxbow, SK on the "Soo Line" from Moose Jaw to the Twin Cities. 22 cars on the ground there, but it is causing the most concern of the three because 7 cars are leaking oil. It didn't say in the report, but I suspect it was a Crude Oil unit train.

Here are the links:

http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120122/EDM_derailment_120122/20120122/?hub=CalgaryHome

http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20120123/oil-leak-pacific-railway-120123/

Bruce

 

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Posted by grampaw pettibone on Monday, January 23, 2012 6:46 PM

Peace be with you. 54 and fog in SC. Not so bad here yet, but Charlotte International has a multi hour delay and in Columbia, visibility in some places is less than 100 yards! Humidity is approaching 100%.

My phone doesn't know to act with the primary over and it has had a chance to cool down. There are several telemarketers violating the do not registry andI had to file a complaint on one this afternoon who hung up when I asked for a supervisor.

Everyone take care and stay safe

Tom

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 23, 2012 5:37 PM

Mmmmmmm...........................pie!

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Monday, January 23, 2012 4:15 PM

cherokee woman

And, since today is National Pie Day, according to what I heard this morning, here is our dessert menu:

Great Pies!  National Pie Day is on March 14th (3/14) as in Pi 3.1415926... Dinner

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Posted by Modelcar on Monday, January 23, 2012 3:56 PM

....Near 50 degrees early this morning, and now, late afternoon, we're in the mid 30's.  Still have some wind too.

Bad conditions down south overnight, but guess we here in central Indiana, lucked out....But we're going down in the 20's by morning from an earlier report I saw.

But it sure did a job on our snow....None remaining.

Quentin

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Posted by tree68 on Monday, January 23, 2012 3:23 PM

Raining here at the moment, and 45 degrees.  At least the wind the weatherguessers were predicting hasn't come to pass.

Otherwise, not much going on.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Monday, January 23, 2012 1:37 PM

Feeling kind of brrrrr outside, with the wind blowing and gusting to around 40 mph.  Did get laundry done, although will probably have another load to do tomorrow afternoon, towels, washcloths, etc. 

For the rest of of the afternoon and evening, I've warmed up the roast, carrots, taters, beans and corn.  Also made some cornbread to have with it. 

And, since today is National Pie Day, according to what I heard this morning, here is our dessert menu:

1.  Apple pie

2.  Cherry pie

3.  Peach pie

4.  Chocolate pie

Everyone take care, keep warm, and I'll see you all later.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Monday, January 23, 2012 10:26 AM

Hi

everything still tied down around here.we are under a wind advisory until 7pm.Csx has maintainers and welders out and about.They have a tamper crew at St.Joe Indiana.Dispatcher wants to make sure they can work around the diamond area and not interfere with NS traffic.Going to do chores here at home.it's back to work tonight.Cw thanks for supper.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by Modelcar on Monday, January 23, 2012 9:20 AM

....All's well here.  I believe we dodged a weather bullet.  They had us in one of the possible zones to see some "weather", and all I heard was one clap of lightning / thunder sequence early this morning.  A brief bit of what sounded like very big drops of rain.

But on one of the weather radar stations earlier this morning, it showed dots on a map of some kind of hits...lots of them...{south of you C W}, and I didn't catch whether those were tornato marks or just severe hits of storms....Sure made the map look like a pin cushon.

Now, we've had times of sunshine, but currently, it's overcast and warm...50ish.

The big picture didn't show any big red lines headed our way, so I am not expecting any nasty stuff today.

Must go and pick up new glass lenses this mornng that should be ready.  Hopefully, thy will sharpen up things again.

The snow was all melted when we arose this morning.  Ground was mostly white when I went to bed rather late.  So the rain, and temp did a job on the snow.

Our Pacers did a job on the Lakers last night too.  A back and forth game during the 2nd half.  They had us as much as 13 points in the 1st half.  But the end of the 4th qtr. was ours.

Wishing a good week for all.  

And now the attention turns to Florida....in we know what.

Quentin

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Monday, January 23, 2012 8:51 AM

Happy Monday Railfnas!

Yep, the start of the w**k week is here again Sigh  It's 28F and Sunny at 5280+

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Posted by cherokee woman on Monday, January 23, 2012 4:30 AM

Good Monday morning everyone.  Thankfully, all we got through the night were heavy rain, and nothing too severe, no tornadic activity, that I've heard about, so far this morning.  Current temp is 53 degrees, and the rain is moving eastward.  Temps are to be in kind of a holding pattern, and then this afternoon, will be dropping into the 40s. 

Hope you all enjoyed your weekend. Ours was all right, nothing special to brag about, but nothing bad happened, either.

Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go.  Breakfast of bacon, eggs, oatmeal, toast is ready and on the warmer bar.

Everyone have a  good morning, take care and see you all later, hopefully, as today will be laundry day.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Sunday, January 22, 2012 8:31 PM

Murray and Johnny, thank you both for the information!  Walt saw my post later on, and  he also knows what it is;  he did some research and printed it out so I would know what it is.     He also checked to see if he had any on hand, and nada.   So, thanks to all three of you for answering my question.  Thinking back, to when I worked at KMart, we probably had cans of that in the Sporting Goods department, and I more than likely sold it to customers, without really knowing what it was. 

Hopefully, we won't be needing anything like that, after later tonight, in the morning:  according to the weather reports we've heard on TV, we are to be getting some more storms, and possibly tornado watches/warnings between midnight and 6 a.m.  Yuck!!!!!  Hoping and praying that everything they are calling for, will not come to fruition.

Everyone take care, batten down the hatches, if you have to, and hopefully, will see you all in the morning.

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Posted by Deggesty on Sunday, January 22, 2012 7:14 PM

Murray

CW..  Sterno are those small cans of gelled fuel that you light and cook/warm things over.

If you go to a buffet restaurant, sometimes you will see a chaffing dish over the lit sterno cans.

Its 63 and cloudy here in Alamo City.  The fog has lifted, but I don't think we'll see any sun today.

Hope everyone is enjoying their Sunday!  Cowboy

"Sterno" (or similar fuel) is methanol mixed with some other compounds(s) (and I, at the moment, do not remember what) to give it a jelly-like form. Do NOT even taste it; it is highly poisonous--yet, people who are desperate for some kind of alcoholic beverage will put it into a sock and squeeze it to get the liquid out so they can have something to drink--at risk of damaging (as I recall) their eyesight. It is convenient in situations such as I was in yesterday, but it does take a long time to heat water for your tea (or whatever hot drink you want). Keep your Sterno stove(s) and supply of fuel where you can find them easily when you need them.

I am glad that I did not need to get our kerosene heater out (I did light one of our lamps); we bought it about 1980, and did not need it until Christmas night of 2003, when heavy snow caused great damage to the power system here; as I recall, we were without electricity for more than a day (no power to run the gas furnace blower, but we did have plenty of hot water).

Warm to today, with the high in the forties--and bright sunshine this afternoon

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Posted by erikem on Sunday, January 22, 2012 5:24 PM

Good Sunday afternoon,

High here was 61F, mostly sunny with a very light wind - warm enough to have our tortoise outside for a while. Also warm enough to mow the lawn in shorts and the kids to have some outside play time.

- Erik

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Posted by JoeKoh on Sunday, January 22, 2012 5:22 PM

evening

matt is wore out.had a great time at G+G house.snow is melting and temps will continue to rise overnight.Possible thunderstorm for monday.Cw thanks for supper.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by Modelcar on Sunday, January 22, 2012 2:36 PM

......Church & S S accomplished.  Applebee's supplied the Sunday meal.  Now back home to enjoy the remainding part of Sunday.

Snow is melting.

Have a ballgame tonight:  Pacers play the Lakers.  Yes, we do sometimes beat them.  Late start:  9:30

Quentin

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