Good MorningDull with possible showers this afternoon/evening...high of 77 expected feeling like 86.....BBQ went really well yesterday...smoked tenderloin with grilled veggies and salads...yay!!Off this week so get to go and.....do a bunch of gotta do's / gotta buys...all honey do list things...not so yay....
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
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JoeKohTree better bring the rain gear tonight for Deshler.
While I was setting up tonight in Deshler, I discovered that despite checking it off on my packing list, the tent didn't make muster. I did pack my canopy, with sides, so that's set up and ready to go. Looks like a line of showers headed this way, too. The truck is parked closely in case things go sour...
Had a great time with Carl today, despite Uncle Pete being a little stingy with the trains. In the couple hours I spent at Rochelle, UP only managed to display one train. BNSF provided four for our entertainment, including a push move on a local.
We did see a few trains (including scoots) as we followed the tracks back to Carl's stomping grounds. After lunch with Carl and Pat, it was time to wander across Indiana and into Ohio, where CSX did much better, sending no less than four trains though Deshler in about a half hour, including two cases of two going by at once. Several have gone by since, as well. Quiet right now - and as I type that, I hear a horn in the distance....
Then I'll try for some sleep!
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 MorningDull and rainy here...high of....65?!?!?Going to church this morning to put some names on our church prayer list..Jeff's being one of them...Having a few coffees with some friends later on at the mall as well...Have a good day!!
afternoon
had breakfast with Tree (Larry) this morning after work. Csx was quiet. They did send a stack train eastbound with 2 NS horses on the point while we were heading home. Chores here at home and 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").
Those two horses were still at North Baltimore when I came back from Fostoria this afternoon.
Despite the berm that separates Ohio 18 from the intermodal facility, it is possible to see "inside" by swinging in to the "bulk water facility" for the local water district. It's not up close and personal, but you can see a little bit.
Big project in Deshler is the replacement of the Main Street crossing. They assembled a 91 foot "panel" to put in place there on track 2. Things seem to be going well, but I don't know if they'll get it all done tonight. I'm sure there will be a slow order on track 2 until it sees some traffic to settle it in..
Fostoria wasn't too bad - a sizeable group from outside the area was there to watch and "film." They were looking for where to go next, but apparently couldn't decide, as they were still there as I left, a good hour after they started making noises to that effect.
Hey, Randy - You weren't on US24 at the Ohio-Indiana line on Monday evening were you? I didn't wave, so don't feel bad if you didn't.
One more night here at Deshler, then it's back north and east for home.
Tree: I used my hated cell phone and had a small friend of mine put out a pint of milk and a bowl on your porch.
I have small friends in Mud's area... be glad it is just milk.
Enjoy!
^~^
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Ms Mook - I think I know which one it was. Next time you talk to them, tell them the bird feeders are off limits...
Joe - those horses just went west though the diamond.
Randy Vos
"Ever have one of those days where you couldn't hit the ground with your hat??" - Waylon Jennings
"May the Lord take a liking to you and blow you up, real good" - SCTV
CSX is being generous this evening. Almost always a train on the ATCS map. Getting too dark for pictures, though, so I'll just have to watch. Picgs coming through right now, with some stacks on the end.
They are talking cool tonight - will dress accordingly. At least the bugs are behaving themselves.
Good EveningWe never even got to 60 here...it stayed at...57 .... ??Anyhoo...got a fair bit of the yard...or field...cut....brother...what a pain in the tukous....especially around the wetland part...thank goodness it was done before nightfall...otherwise I'd still be doing it by the light of my silly little tractor thingee....
Mookie Tree: I used my hated cell phone and had a small friend of mine put out a pint of milk and a bowl on your porch. I have small friends in Mud's area... be glad it is just milk. Enjoy! ^~^
Now I know why the 'hood is over-run with attack wabbits!
Mud just got home and now is gloating a bit. One of his students just unravelled a longstanding mess in CA. with a persistent approach and using a few tools he picked-up in class.
I have heard that this is why teachers teach. Congrats!
morning
46 degrees today.highs in the 70's. work is busy busy. Larry they usually fuel and turn the power for those stack trains pretty quick. Maybe Mookie will see the horses since the train is going back out on BNSF. How is the new railpark looking at the C&O/NKP diamond area on Columbus ave? heard they have started construction there. Breakfast is all set. Larry if you have time on the way home check out Walbridge,standley and maybe Vickers on Toledo's east side.Hope you have a safe trip home.
stay safe
mudchicken Mookie Tree: I used my hated cell phone and had a small friend of mine put out a pint of milk and a bowl on your porch. I have small friends in Mud's area... be glad it is just milk. Enjoy! ^~^ Now I know why the 'hood is over-run with attack wabbits! Mud just got home and now is gloating a bit. One of his students just unravelled a longstanding mess in CA. with a persistent approach and using a few tools he picked-up in class.
We have attack moles here.....
MC....good to hear!!
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Good Morning
Sunny right now, current temperature is at 50 going to a high of 66 later on....
Need to pick up some things today..wonderful honey buy list magically showed up in front of me this morning... Like to know how these things come up whenever I have a little cash available...mmmmm
Continuing for Jeff
JoeKohHow is the new railpark looking at the C&O/NKP diamond area on Columbus ave?
Didn't get over that far at Fostoria. Hung out at the station where a bunch of other fans were, and where CSX provided some action (and NS, too). Could hear horns to the northeast, but never saw the trains involved.
Left Deshler at about 7 this AM, pulled in at the house a little after 5 - right on the nose per Mapquest. Didn't really have time to do any official 'fanning on the way home, although I did catch a few trains in motion in OH, MI, and ON.
Laundry, mowing, getting ready for the railroad this weekend. It just never ends.
Edit: As I was approaching the Ambassador Bridge on I-75 in Detroit this morning, I noticed a mere skeleton of a building not too far off. You could see right through it. Then I realized - it was the old Michigan Central Railroad Station... So sad. Not even a half a chance for a picture, though.
ns brought some gons into our siding last night. work is done. we might see some trains in Toledo. Matt is going with his cousins to the zoo in Toledo. Better get a quick nap.
Sunny with a high near 72 today...
Gonna go and do a few 'honey do' and a few more 'honey buy' things today...I'm going to attempt to get a few things done for myself somewhere along the line as well, if'n that is permissable.... That is if there is much money left that is..
Have a good day!!
good Friday morning
Breakfast is all set. Matt had a great time at the zoo yesterday. We even saw a "Bluebird"(Toledo lake erie & western) train on the way home. The Clinton St. can opener claimed another victory while we were gone as well. Chores today,Deshler days tomorrow. Better get things going.
Joe - you have Clinton St - we have gravity. Seems like there is almost an accident a day where an SUV "falls over". Or a "T-Bone". Drivers in our fair city are maniacs! And the fire calls for falls keeps going up. Used to be seizures, but now they are pretty well tied - falls and seizures. And not together! I have listened to police and fire calls for many years and this is a whole new world.
Drat!
Hang in there, SJ...we'd hate to hear of you being seized by a person tipping over and falling after eating a T-bone.
Carl
Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)
CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)
CShaveRR Hang in there, SJ...we'd hate to hear of you being seized by a person tipping over and falling after eating a T-bone.
While working for the Ambulance Service and being a Firefighter, that's one run I never had to make..........
Gotten people out of swimming pools, extricated people from autos after a "T-Bone" accident, made several seizure runs, and treated people at Bar-B-Ques (and local eating places) but have never treated that combination.
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 morning
Breakfast is all set.Busy day today running and watching trains.(Corn city festival)
joe
Joe: Did 'ya bring back corn and butter? (don't need salt, thank you!)
I am starting my second week at my favorite ski and summer resort (I never come up here except in the summer). The first week, I had exchanged a week at another timeshare to be at the one that is about 26 miles from home and 2,800 feet higher (10 degrees cooler). This week, I am in the two-unit timeshare that Ricki and I bought about twenty years ago, and have used every year (except last year, when I was physically unable to come up) since. Katie and Jackie came up this evening, with Ginny's (Katie's sister) 5 and 7 year old daughters. It's nice to have the company, and they will spend the night.
If you look at my avatar closely, you will see Jackie as she holds something for me to look at while we were on the train coming back from Chicago in April.
Johnny
Johnny - if I remember correctly - you are in Utah? How far are you from Park City?
Good Morning...
Boy, was I busy the last couple of days...SWMBO decided that 'we' needed to go up into the attic to see what was up there...did I say ...'we'? Nah...it was more like ...little ol' me that went up to the attic...oh joy ...it was chock-a-block with more junk than ...."Carter had Liver Pills" So...to start...several old chests, a rocking chair, a couple of old paintings and several other items of woe had to come down to the main part of the house...to rest...where else...in my just cleaned up and ready to reno studio space!!! So, guess whose workspace gets to be done...first? SWMBO's.....growl!!!!
I'm going to crawl back to the basement and mope....
They tell me we have fox squirrels. I have seen a fox or two and a lot of squirrels. Trust me, they look nothing alike. Unless you count 4 paws and 2 ears.
So when we were backing Millie around in our backyard to go train watching, I looked up to the roof of the neighbors directly behind us. They have a normal upside-down V roof line, but added on a screened in porch which slopes to almost a flat roof.
Had some kind of giant squirrel sitting right in the middle of the roof. Eating something. Had he had a pan of water, he could have washed it before eating whatever it was.
And if he would have had a small gun, he could have committed a bank robbery.
I knew we had "creatures" around here - Driver saw one and called "Kitty, Kitty" before he realized it was "Kitty" with big, sharp teeth. And a city bus ran over an Oposs-no-more!
Looked like a youngster from this year's crop and how he got up there and then back down - I have no clue. We didn't put him there and so didn't offer to help him down. But he was almost better watching than trains today!
He will probably be in our peanuts/birdseed offering next. Something more for the crows to holler about.
Ranger Mook.....
evening
more Deshler days today. Good view at the car show and on Csx. Saw a pair of mookies on an eastbound coal train. Also met some new friends. Vacation night tonight.Back to work tomorrow night. Mother nature is going to warm us up a bit this week.
Ms Mook - I don't think that was a squirrel...
Back from a weekend on the railroad. Conductor Friday and Saturday, then traded places with the Saturday engineer for today. First time running our RS-3. Brakestand is a 6, and it has manual transition (kinda like driving a car with non-power brakes and a stick shift). Got through the day without any problems, though.
If the weather holds, this week is work-on-the-house week. Plenty to do, for sure, including putting the steel roof on the kitchen.
Time for beddy-bye.
Mookie Johnny - if I remember correctly - you are in Utah? How far are you from Park City?
As to Park City, I think it is about thirty-five miles from us, over on the backside of the Wasatch Mountains. If you have an atlas look for Highway 80 going east, and then turn off at Kimball Junction and go up to the former mining town of Park City, which is now a tourist trap; I avoid it unless there is absolutely no escape.. Alta, which is just southeast of Snowbird, was also a mining town, but it has not been exploited as Park City has.
The annual Oktoberfest at Snowbird started yesterday, and runs into October, on Saturdays and Sundays. It draws thousands of people. When I came back up after church, early this afternoon, I could not find a place to park in the Iron Blosam's (that is the name of the mining claim the timeshare is named for) parking lot, and had to park way away (I did move my car closer late in the afternoon). I did not bother to see if every car in the Iron Blosam's lot had a parking permit in it.
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