John: Wow! I to you, sir! You must be a hard core coffee drinker. I throw all my spare change in a piggy and figure I could now probably buy (if I add to it) maybe a nite at a local hotel?
Looking back, as much milk as I drink - I should have bought a cow.....I really could have gotten a left-over Big Boy!
Moo......
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
A heat wave over here in central Indiana. 21 degrees right now. 9:15 pm.
May have a bit of snow passing thru tomorrow. To be finished by noon or a bit after....We're to get 1 to 2".
Trivia: Found a web site for streaming web cams all over the world....watched cars going over the big bridge in Austrailia a short time ago...oh, and a train too. Noted it said it was 84 degrees currently. Of course they are in the middle of Summer now.
Can watch the salvage operation {live} of the Costa Concordia over near Italy too....Also live cam overlooking Flight 93 site with windmills with blinking red lights in the background.....That's just about 7 mi. from my home.
Quentin
Mookie,
I hope you realize the last sentence was written with my tongue in my cheek. But I do have the stainless steel thermos. Commuter trains have no place to get coffee and after waiting for the train in cold weather a cuppa jo is good.
John: 99% of what I write is written tongue-in-cheek. I think a lot of people think I just don't have all my puzzle pieces, but those that do "get it" - we have fun.
The Driver was reading over my shoulder (doing a good back scratch) when I was reading your reply and we both cracked up at your last sentence. For years I have been asking for a locomotive to put in my back yard and figure there must be some poor soul out there that really thinks I am trying to accomplish this.
They are right!
Q - I am still watching the trains in Helmond, NL and find that they have cams in just about every corner of their country. You can watch trains, traffic, construction, power plants and people. Sometimes on dreary, long, cold days - it is nice to see that the world still goes on, even if you can't get out in it that day.
J
The Salt Lake City airport was shut down for several hours this morning because of ice on the runways--about the tenth time since in the 1940's. It is not often that the area receives freezing rain, that did come this morning. At 4:30, one runway was still closed, and the airport had many delayed passengers inside.Now, if the UP (and its various predecessors) still ran as many passenger trains as it did in 1950....
We can at last look forward to several days in a row with highs above freezing; I think we had not reached the freezing point since Christmas Eve, and the lows were generally about 10 degrees or lower.
I am still sorting books and packing those I will take with me when I move. I can let those who really need to know my new address since Katie and her daughter moved in last week.
Johnny
Still cold - just +4F at 11PM.
On the road to MA tomorrow. Truck is mostly packed.
Got a tee-hee today. Inspector from state labor department had to look over our banquet hall (a regular event). During idle chatter it came out that I'm an engineer on our railroad. The inspector (a lady) was, like, "they let you run those big trains?" Sure!
Heck, somebody has to run them...
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...
Good Friday morning all. Temps in the low to mid 20s, with a wintry mix affecting several parts of the area. Jeff. Co. schools in KY open; here in Bullitt Co., reported earlier that schools on 2 hr. delay, no morning preschool; just got a phone call with an update: due to the road conditions, school is cancelled.
Coffee & other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go, and breakfast is on the warmer station.
Larry take care on your trip to Maryland, and everyone else have a good day, take care, keep safe and see you all later.
good morning
2 bnsf noranges on another eastbound coal train this morning.time to get matt on the bus.snow is on the way.
stay safe
Joe
ps I think Larry is going to Massachusetts(MA),maryland is MD.
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").
Yep - Massachusetts, West Springfield to be exact. Amherst Model Railroad Club show at the Eastern States Expo - the "Big E." Quite the event - the biggest on the east coast, I've been told.
We'll be visiting a friend with a magnificent layout in his basement tonight for an operating session. This will be my third year, and I'm starting to get the hang of how to "play the game" on his layout.
Gotta make sure I've got everything packed, then it's time to hit the road.
Good Morning
We had a bit of snow last night...8F right now..going to a high of 16F today.
I had an operating session last night..no incidents or accidents, nor Broake and Howe people floating abouts. Good thing too, as I had to go through three redesigns here... We had a trainshow in Woodstock ON recently ... I missed it when I got the creeping crud...
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
http://modeltrainswithmusic.blogspot.ca/
Mooks:
Blew thru Nebrasky yesterday and didn't wanna interupt the cat's late morning nap. Dealing with Chicago turning into stupid zone after their first snow of winter. How mant times can they rebuild I-80 between Lincoln and Omaha or is that an orange barrel preserve? Sheesh!
Rough job towing the snow cloud this far east. Working close to MP173's backyard.
Sir C - I heard they had some really bad, bad accidents in the area you are talking about. Cars and trucks don't mix well. Then stick a cell phone in the mix - and I wish you a safe return trip!
Check your water dish - there is a note in it!
Mookie For years I have been asking for a locomotive to put in my back yard
I think a locomotive in the back yard is a really good idea. I'm sure the firebox would make an excellent barbecue and of course the tender is right there to store wood in. And it has all kinds of crevices--it would be a fantastic planter. And that it just the beginning. With a few miles of track you could use it to run errands.
John
Mookie, you must have quite a backyard--unless you would settle for an 0-4-0, perhaps without a tender. You are, indeed, asking for more than Rickie ever wished for; she merely wanted a sleeper (she never did specify the accommodations, but may have settled for any one with sections, since the first trip she had in a Pullman was in a lower--when night came, the seats became beds!). I had to tell her, sadly, than our backyard was not wide enough.
I knew someone who owned a private car and had it sitting in their backyard...along with some track. Don't think it is still there though...
There is a Big Boy in Omaha that - while it won't fit now, I could fit it if I cut down trees, remove the garage and that would give it a lot and 1/2 if I place it just right. I want an old CBQ covered wagon, and an SD70 in Greenie colors. Throw in a Nebraska Zephyr and I would be the happiest person in Lincoln. For that I would probably have to take down the neighbors fence....
However, the landlord won't allow pets, so doubt he would be agreeable. And I am trying to downsize. However, it would give me the ability to put all the houshold items in any or all of them and have them taken to the parking lot of the "home".....
Mudchicken could help with the design of the layout. Right, Sir C?
Johnny - SLC made the national news. Seems you have LA pollution in town. Lucky you!
blownout cylinderI knew someone who owned a private car and had it sitting in their backyard.
I once knew a guy who came upon a narrow gauge logging railroad that was no longer used. He brought the tracks and an engine and set them up in his (large) back yard. He built himself a very comfortable caboose and was working on a passenger coach.
Yes, Mookie, this atmosphere arrives all too often in the winter, but we are having one of the longest stretches in which it is warmer up at the ski resorts than it is in the valley. It is not just the Salt Lake Valley that has this problem, but also Cache Valley (north of here), with Logan in it, is subject to high pressure holding the exhaust from everything down.
Today, for the first time since Christmas I felt it was warm enough for me to be able to really play Indian with the ice on my driveway and proceeded to chip away at it.
Breakfast is ready.Hearing bits and pieces that the NKP 765 will be heading back to Horseshoe curve for Memorial Day weekend.Nothing official as of yet.Time to get things around for Matt's Sunday school.They are having a lock in tonight at the church.Going to be fun.
Thankee for breakfast, Joe
Dull today..and we are crawling out of the bottom of the bowl, temperature wise..going to 24F for a high...
Got to pick up a few groceries and look for a few train related goodies...a late Xmas bonus from w**k came in...heeheehee
Anyhowwho...have a good'un!!
John WR blownout cylinderI knew someone who owned a private car and had it sitting in their backyard. I once knew a guy who came upon a narrow gauge logging railroad that was no longer used. He brought the tracks and an engine and set them up in his (large) back yard. He built himself a very comfortable caboose and was working on a passenger coach.
There are a few photos I've seen of something like what you mention. I wonder if it is the same fellows set up there
Good Saturday morning all. Temps are in the low 20s this morning, going for highs in the low to mid 30s for this afternoon. At least today, we have sunshine starting to peek out!
Larry, sorry about my typo yesterday, regarding your traveling location: didn't catch it when I proofread my post. Joe, thanks for catching it, and thanks for taking care of breakfast this morning.
Everyone take care, have a good morning, and hopefully, I'll be able to make it back in later this afternoon, to get the pizza fest under way.
blownout cylinderThere are a few photos I've seen of something like what you mention. I wonder if it is the same fellows set up there
I don't know. The guy I met lived in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. I only met him briefly and I don't recall his name.
When I got up this morning (a bit late, about 7:30) and looked out the window I first thought that it was snowing--and then realized that the miasma, smog, or whatever you want to call it, was much thicker than usual. Truly, a good day to stay inside. Though, I trust Katie will get back from San Diego safely. She had to go down Wednesday to attend a meeting. The meeting was at the Del Coronado, (Ricki and I spent a night there five years ago, adding it to our list of famous hotels) but she was staying at a beach house.
I really need to proofread; my keyboard adds unwanted letters and does not enter wanted letters.
It is warmer than it had been for several days; I did not feel the need of turning the electric heater in the kitchen on while I ate breakfast.
DeggestyIt is warmer than it had been for several days; I did not feel the need of turning the electric heater in the kitchen on while I ate breakfast.
I hope you enjoyed your breakfast. Breakfast is my favorite meal. I enjoy my coffee and reading my newspaper.
......No one here yet and it's mid morning...That's a bit different. So, it's overcast here and rather bright. Today we're to see if the sleet, freezing rain, or whatever, will stay to our west, and up and over us for the most part. We might see a bit of it in today's PM.
Hopefully, if so...I'll be finsihed with my church...and restaurant stop for my Sunday meal. Then it will be back home with the Sunday paper, and let the weather go by.
We are to get warmer temps starting this evening taking us above freezing. 20 degrees here when I first looked this morning. Grass sticking up thru the snow, so it won't take very long to get rid of it in a day or so....
Wishing all a good day, and new week.
Good Sunday morning all. Quentin, sorry about not getting in before now: without the girls here last night, decided to sleep in this morning.
Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go. And doughnuts, danish, bagels and bear claws on the counter. On the warmer bar this morning: bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs and toast.
Have the Crock Pot going with Chicken Abracadbra, with taters, carrots, onion and peas for our Sunday Dinner.
Everyone have a safe morning, whether going to Church, work, railfanning or just staying home. See you all later this aftrnoon.
afternoon
No stuff from Ma nature yet here.Matt had fun at the Sunday school lock in.Went to G+G house afterwards.Have word that my oldest brother is coming for a visit in April.Have chores to catch up on here at home.CW thanks for supper.
Good Afternoon...
Lost time due to a power outage this morning...dang pole knocked down, down the road from us...yay
Got to get a few "survival" groceries before we get the snow/freezing rain/ice pellets/rain...who knows what...
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