morning
had sunshine and 23 degrees this morning.Mookie sent 3 units your way but had 2 units going east on an autorack train. Also had a snow squall sent fresh from lake Michigan as well. Chores to do here at home.
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").
There is a Chicken in the area. I can smell the asparagus!
Will have to be veerrry careful since he has Boss Hen with him. Having our annual "Thanksgiving Hi-Bye, we are heading east" get together.
One of the few times I get to stuff a chicken...
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
good morning
helped mamma open up the cinnamon rolls.Matt gets to sing at church today as well. Time to get ready.
Joe
13 degrees here this morning and I will be going out for a family breakfast. I can hardly wait. BRRRRRRR!
Norm
We were out to church this morning at 12 above. The forecast mentioned the possibility of snow for the morning, but the skies have been clear and bright so far today. Still snow for tomorrow, they're saying.Daughter's family should be in the air by now, headed our way. This cold air will be quite the experience for our new grandson. Daughter will welcome a little snow (her annual wintertime fix) before they have to go back to California. Last month we had a cool (nothing like this!) morning, and the baby really seemed to be enjoying getting out in it.SJ, those two sure give the lie to poultry not being migratory fowl. Kudos for stuffing them, but I hope those kitty-claws of yours didn't get too much carving in!About six hours before I head to (ugh!) O'Hare, for the best possible reason!
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)
BC - It was so fun! Even face-to-face, Sir Chicken speaks in cryptic-ese. But I managed to get a little railroad info out of him. And Boss Hen was as lovely as ever. She always leaves a baggie of cookies when they come during the holidays. What's not to love! Car ride home always adjusts the number in the baggie!
Can you imagine - they were complaining about the cold in Lincoln being worse than the cold in Denver? Maybe it was the 15 above and the 78% humidity that was the problem. We can make a rebar cry.
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
Railroading at +10F is so much fun. Glad I was engineer all weekend and mostly got to sit in a heated cab. Still, had other stuff to do that put me outside. And just walking to the locomotive was sometimes a bone-chilling experience.
On the other hand, some 2,200 happy riders enjoyed a trip to the North Pole, a visit with Santa on the train, and hot cocoa and cookies!
Friday, it was in the rain. Sunday it was in snow so bad that knowing one's territory was absolutely imperitive, as it was really hard to see what was coming up....
I'm pooped. Time for bed.
Hey - MC didn't bring me cookies! I did get to meet Boss Hen though. Wonderful folks. Wish they'd had more time while they were here, but they had to get on to their next presentation.
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...
tree68 Hey - MC didn't bring me cookies! I did get to meet Boss Hen though. Wonderful folks. Wish they'd had more time while they were here, but they had to get on to their next presentation.
auto train parked in the siding. Ns had an sd 60 for a local today. Truckers want loaded pronto. Watching what Ma nature wants to give us.
auto train still parked in the siding. after the Christmas card list don't say we don't support our post office. Work is busy busy busy. Back for more tomorrow.
Over the river and thru the - WOW! That's a mess east of Joe!
Mookie Over the river and thru the - WOW! That's a mess east of Joe!
Not much better here in my neck of the woods. Had to attend a meeting, or I'd have stayed right here at home. It's a wet, sloppy snow, so the roads are a mess, even though the plow crews are out doing their thing.
The meteorological prognosticators are suggesting we may see upwards of a foot of snow here, with other areas getting even more. Good thing the snowblower is fueled up and ready to go.
Might make the trip to daughter's house on Thursday a little dicey, and I'm bringing dessert....
Update - woke up about 4 AM to dispatches on the scanner for a vehicle into a creek, a couple of low hanging wires, and another accident, all outside our response area. Snowing pretty good still, and we've gotten at least 4" so far. The snow is kinda wet, so we will likely have more tree/wire issues.
Back to bed, before we get called out.
Tree: are you sure you don't want to snuggle up to a fork and enjoy your dessert @ home? Maybe go in June for turkey? You know better than anyone there are way too many turkeys on the road in the first place.
Joe and BC if you have your ears/eyes on: Saw a Ferromex and an ICE City of Everly motors! Dan has his dead deer & this is a first for an ICE for me! Now we are both pleased!
9 above @ 7 am. Now 34 and a stiff south breeze. Wind of summer with ice cubes in it!
Moo....
csx has a mess in Willard yard. Hazmat tanker derailed and they had to evacuate the area. Haven't heard any more updates yet. Matt helped with the outside lights. Mamma is checking the ornaments for the tree. Chores to do before bed.
Happy Thanksgiving
csx (Willard derailment) is still a mess. Getting ready to head out for turkey.
Gorgeous sunny day - almost painful with the snow, though.
Pie is in the oven. Time for a shower, then I hit the road!
Home for Thanksgiving today, managed to make it to Richfield last night, decided to bed down the truck and take the pickup home for a reset. Leaving early tomorrow morning for a trip to Alabama, just came from there.....
Had one of those "dirty, but not dirty" moments last night at our shop. Trailer I picked up in Green Bay has the fairings underneath the box, to cut down on wind resistance. During my inspection, discovered that some of the bolts holding them together were loose, so had the shop guys tighten things up. During this, the guy on the outside quipped to the guy under the trailer "bet that's the first time you have ever held the nuts under a skirt......"
You have my permission to groan, but us young guys there had a good laugh......
Have a good Thanksgiving, everyone......
Randy - I am not saying a thing!
Driver found a possum in the backyard. So now we have Rocky Raccoon sitting on the neighbors roof, a possum named George (Jones?), Juncos that clean the seeds out of the driveway spacers and a leaf-eater named Landlord.
Perfect!
work is done.home safe. going to relax.
THE GAME is today. Also going to go wish cousin Averie Happy 1st birthday. Csx is slowly recovering from the Willard mess.
True, Joe. THE GAME is on CBS at 3:30, Eastern Time.
Florida's game is at noon, on ESPN; Georgia's is at 3:30, on ABC; South Carolina's is at 7:00, on ESPN2 (be sure to root for Tom's team, Carolina, though I fear the Tigers may go home wearing warbonnets); Tennessee's and Kentucky's is at 7:00, on ESPNU; the interlopers into the SEC (Texas A&M and Missouri) play at 7:00, on ESPN. Question: will Johnny Football have been pumped back up (he was deflated by the LSU Tigers)?. The only SEC game not on national television is Vanderbilt's game with Wake Forest.
Johnny
close finishes in both games today!!! Heard Nebraska wants to keep their coach. Did they consult the kitty?
Going to look at Averies pictures.
We need to adjust some "facets", but yeah, I think the coach is a good coach. Even his temperment is ok with most fans. Only some that don't like it. And the fans always protect the players! They are most generally a really great group of young men.
USAF TSgt C-17 Aircraft Maintenance Flying Crew Chief & Flightline Avionics Craftsman
Hey,
We will trade ya!
Kubiak and two slightly used pro quarterbacks for your coach and a kicker, any kicker….
23 17 46 11
adrianspeeder It isn’t every day that the job title changes. This week it went from, what I absolutely loved doing, a C-17 Aircraft Maintenance Flightline Avionics Craftsman, to what I know I want to do as a full time C-17 Flying Crew Chief. The last two years flying in a part time position to get the feel, learn some tricks, go to the school house down at Charleston, and the behind the scenes help from other FCCs have humbled me and I am quite thankful for it on this Thanksgiving weekend. Now it is time to pull them belts up tight and boogity boogity boogity lets go flyin’ boys!Adrianspeeder
It isn’t every day that the job title changes. This week it went from, what I absolutely loved doing, a C-17 Aircraft Maintenance Flightline Avionics Craftsman, to what I know I want to do as a full time C-17 Flying Crew Chief. The last two years flying in a part time position to get the feel, learn some tricks, go to the school house down at Charleston, and the behind the scenes help from other FCCs have humbled me and I am quite thankful for it on this Thanksgiving weekend. Now it is time to pull them belts up tight and boogity boogity boogity lets go flyin’ boys!Adrianspeeder
Now that is truly outstanding!
Congrats Adrian. Wow - who knew all those years ago....
Ed - Driver laughed and said "you're on"!
...In reading of your advancement and title Adrian, I'd say congratulations are in line. Loving the job {any job}, certainly is a great asset. And in my opinion allows one to do a great job doing it. We certainly need these kind of people in our Services to keep us the best in the World.
Quentin
Some people have music in the park. Some people have races in the park. Some people have naps in the park. We had chicken in the park! (No - not that chicken - real chicken with sides and biscuits. ) And then greasy hands!
It was 60 yesterday and would have been a better day, but we were busy, so went today. 48 and lots of sun is not to shabby for Dec 1.
Snow by Thursday. Drat!
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