Don't they make great visitors?
Severe thunderbumper warning to the north of me - the storm generated some pea-sized hail.
Sprinkled and rumbled a bit here.
Time for bed.
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...
had some surprises tonight.first Carl and Pat came into town to see how much matt has grown.then csx had 2 brand new units go eastbound on q 368.great way to start a weekend.
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").
Nice part about being a grandparent - you can spoil 'em and send 'em home...
Nice weather here - a little sprinkle this AM but nothing untoward. Might even get the petunias planted out front before the weekend. Still we could use more rain. Night stuff is nice - it doesn't really interfere with the vacationers.
Railroad this weekend.
Mookie CW - young people are very energetic, no matter how well-behaved. They are exhausting, but fun. Joe - Driver has sore leg. Comes with experience (age) Will let you know about DVD. Sunny, hot and housework. Yippee.
CW - young people are very energetic, no matter how well-behaved. They are exhausting, but fun.
Joe - Driver has sore leg. Comes with experience (age) Will let you know about DVD.
Sunny, hot and housework. Yippee.
Mookie, you've got that right on the barrel head: they are fun, but exhausting. And now that the heat is returning to our area (projected high this afternoon in upper 80s), going to be more exhausting. I already feel as though I could sleep straight thru for a week; but that ain't a gonna happen.
I've got our Friday Fish Fry ready to go and on the warmer bar. All the usual items on the menu, along with the regular dessert menu and plenty of ice cream (from vanilla ice cream to the ice cream novelties) are in the freezer. And to make it convenient for everyone, we have a new upright freezer over by the patio doors, so you can all help yourselves. Yes, Mookie, there is plenty of chocolate in there, as I know how both you and I love our chocolate, along with some others around here!! On very warm/hot days, I could make a meal, with just ice cream, maybe a couple of bowls full.
Everyone take care, keep as cool as possible, and I'll see you all in the morning.
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
morning
glad its friday now.time for a nap.have other projects to do tonight.mookie any questions about the DVD just ask.hope driver is doing better.
Good Friday morning all. Only been up about an hour and a half. Even though I wrote him an email, wishing him a Happy Birthday, will say it again here: Happy Birthday, Mudchicken! I hope you had a good day, even with the bad weather you all experienced yesterday.
Tonight is the last night for VBS, and I think all us adults will be G.L.A.D. The kiddos have all behaved very well, and believe they have enjoyed it. At least I've seen lots of smiling faces each night: especially last night, when we switched the routine, and had supper/dinner first: Pizzas from Papa John's. Wonder what will be on the menu for our closing night.
Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go. And breakfast is on the warmer bar.
Have a great morning, everyone, take care, and I'll try to get back in early this afternoon.
MC - chocolate paw prints all over your new truck! Happy Birthday - no need to thank me!
Joe - hugged the mailman today. Watch your e-mail. Remember I am slow.
Colorado - wow - we can't get rain to come near us. And you aren't that far away. But.....keep the hail and damage! Just usual nice rain like we do get once in a while.
evening
busy day today.we have a houseguest.need to give hugs tomorrow.Tonight is Friday.Have my container for work.MC Happy Birthday.
Darren, Hope you all are safe, and no major damage was done from those storms, sounds a bit like what we get here in the Ohio Valley once-in-awhile! Especially this time of year! (we've either had, or will get one of those in the near future.)
A Very Happy Birthday to a resident in that area, I believe that a certain bird with "dirty feathers" gets to celebrate another year on this earth! HAPPY BIRTHDAY Mudchicken!! Hope "Boss Hen" has plenty of for you, and You get to enjoy your Day without much and other assorted items!!
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!!
Good Mornings Railfans!
WOW, what a night, the storm went into overdrive about 1AM with Rail, Hail, and Wind that pounded for over an hour. Reports of flooding and damage coming in but mostly local issues for those unlucky enough to live at the bottom of hills and/or near drains that got clogged. Our work parking lot is filled the leaves from the trees. Large Icebergs of hail near most storm drains and grassy areas look like it's covered in snow. They say Round #2 might be heading at us again tonight. My poor neighbor and 5yrds of dirt in front of his house for a weekend project and I would say about 20% of it washed down the street so he is shoveling it today to bring back up the hill to his house.
Darren (BLHS & CRRM Lifetime Member)
Delaware and Hudson Virtual Museum (DHVM), Railroad Adventures (RRAdventures)
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...But it's a little weird seeing white on the ground as you look out this morning along with shattered leaves. Ma Nature was on a bender last night.
The National Weather service has now confirmed 5 small tornadoes have touched down in Colorado during this bout with severe weather. The twisters were near DIA, in Weld County, near Kiowa, near Bennet and near Elizabeth. Stay safe everyone
Stourbridge Lion 3rd Quarter would start July 1st (Jan-Mar, Apr-Jun, Jul-Sep, Oct-Dec)
3rd Quarter would start July 1st (Jan-Mar, Apr-Jun, Jul-Sep, Oct-Dec)
Is it time for a third quarter Cafe?
afternoon
chores caught up.Matt's VBS is going well.Grabbed my container for work tonight.Time to get stuff around for work.
joe
57° and partly cloudy now. The calm after the storm.
We had some fairly wild weather for this part of the world last night. Storm Warnings all over the south half of the province. There was a tornado touchdown at Taber, AB, and another unconfirmed report of a touchdown near Brooks, AB. There was very heavy rain in parts of Calgary, but where I live not as much as other areas. Lots of lightning and thunder.
Taber is on the line that carries Potash from the mines in Saskatchewan down to the docks at Portland, OR and Brooks is on the transcontinental mainline. CP has not reported any ill effects from either incident.
They are not forecasting any similar excitement for tonight.
Mud, I liked the way you could spot which RR owned that steam engine from just that one angle. I have been able to do that for CP steam power most of my life, and since I started subscribing to TRAINS regularly in 2006 I seem to be able to pick out CN, or its' US subsidiaries, power over 80% of the time, before I read the captions. But I can't do it with SOO Line power. CP and SOO's locomotive purchasing decisions were clearly two separate operations. But oddly, I am pretty good at picking out SOO Line buildings in rural areas. Montreal must have sent down building plans to the US. I've noticed too, that the build dates on the SOO structures is usually after CP stopped building those particular types of buildings.
The weirdest thing though was when I picked out a particular type of CP sleeping car from a photo in a copy of "CP Tracks" magazine. I couldn't have seen that car after the age of 2½, and yet for a couple of seconds I swear that B/W photo was in colour.
Bruce
So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll.
"A Train is a Place Going Somewhere" CP Rail Public Timetable
"O. S. Irricana"
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Stourbridge Lion Good Morning Railfans! It's 60F and clear here in the Mile High city heading for the mid 80's so at least the old forecast of 90's all week is not happening but it's still warmer then I care for.
Good Morning Railfans!
It's 60F and clear here in the Mile High city heading for the mid 80's so at least the old forecast of 90's all week is not happening but it's still warmer then I care for.
Ricki's grandson, John, came out Monday and opened my swamp cooler up (he also trimmed a couple of bushes that were about to touch the house [the insurance company frowns upon any greenery's brushing against the house]). Last night, I put a piece of foam insulation back in on the inside to conserve heat (I had told the furnace to rest Monday morning, and had to tell it to get back to work the same afternoon). Katie (John's mother) also came out, and trimmed some shrubbery for me.She suggested that I make a to-do list for them; it shall be made.
Johnny
Siesta Time.....
What, I'm not allowed to do that at work; bummer! Another Ed's OJ in the special Ferromex glass please...
Got the past weekends Trip Reports post on my blog now so feel free to stop by and check them out. We were in a mixture of DSP&P, C&S, and AC territory chasing old narrow gauge railroad history while it can still be found up in the Colorado Rockies.
Afternoon Railfans!
Was at the Eye Doc this morning and for a change my prescription has basically not changed so the deterioration is slowing down from a lifetime in front of computers screens. We broke the record high yesterday but today it should stay in the 80's. Working on updating my Travel Blog from last weekends trip into DSP&P areas including finding this CB&Q caboose.
Cw thanks for supper.Cooler air from the north today.Taking a chore break.Going to go get Matt from VBS here in a bit.
Good Tuesday morning all. Yesterday was a day that seemed to be 5 days long: One of the ladies I work with on Tuesdays, looked up somewhere between 3:30 and 4:00 yesterday afternoon, and asked, "Is it Friday yet??" (We'd been over there working since 1 p.m ., on some last minute details, and hiding some stuff on the stage.) I looked at her and replied that nope, it wasn't Friday, we hadn't started VBS yet. Poor Charlene just bowed and shook her head. And it was raining all afternoon, don't think it stopped until about 630 or so.
Today should be a better day, with some sunshine, and temps topping out in the low to mid 70s this afternoon. Current temp is about 60 degrees.
Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go. Breakfast is on the warmer bar.
Lunch/dinner (supper) is in the Crock Pot and Slow Cooker: Vegetable beef soup, and Cream of Broccoli soup in the other.
Everyone have a good day, hope all of you are doing well, and see everyone sometime later.
would like to borrow that at south Deshler S.Lion.Chores chores and more chores to do.I grabbed a salad for work tonight.
It's Monday again Railfans...
Currently 64F and Sunny and it looks like we might get into the 90's all week long - YUK!
Did get out and did some "Ghostfanning" in DSP&P / C&S areas over the weekend!!!!!!!
Hi ho, it's off to work I go...
......Nice morning here. Moderate temps. Partly sunny.
Today is Memorial Service for neighbor. Hope in some way, this situation can finally be completed. But doubt if can be yet.
Next few days will be deciding factor in how situation can be resolved. Where the remaining one can be cared for....
Quentin
Good Monday morning all. Going to be another beautiful day here in Louisville, KY. Hopefully, this evening will be good, as we start with the kiddos for Bible School. Mornings will probably be the only time I can manage to get in this week. Lots of things to do, along with going to VBS each night.
Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go. And breakfast is on the warmer/cooler bar.
Everyone have a good day, enjoy it to the fullest, whatever you have to do/go, take care, and I'll try to get in when I can.
almost had a houseguest but emergency was solved.going to take it easy before work tonight.cw thanks for supper.saw a bnsf powder river coal train come east while running errands.Mookie watch your mailbox.
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