JoeKoh evening ns was working uptown today.Matts school has announced a plan to have some extended days to make up the snow days.I am surprised they are still having spring break. There were 2 days that they could have used earlier but Mother nature cancelled one of them.Tomorrow is friday!! Mamma is talking spring cleaning this weekend.Can't do much with the snow outside so I better stay in and help. stay safe Joe
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ns was working uptown today.Matts school has announced a plan to have some extended days to make up the snow days.I am surprised they are still having spring break. There were 2 days that they could have used earlier but Mother nature cancelled one of them.Tomorrow is friday!! Mamma is talking spring cleaning this weekend.Can't do much with the snow outside so I better stay in and help.
stay safe
Joe
The snow is all gone from our yards, even from the back (south) fence in back. We expect more rain, with possible a light, light snow at our elevation, and more snow at the higher elevations. We are not up to the total water hoped for, but our situation is not dire.
Johnny
This was posted on the MR forum, but I thought that those over here might find this interesting. The end of a branch on the island of Sardinia has an interesting wye. Due to what seems to be space constraints, there is a five-point turn wye.
Google Maps view: https://www.google.com/maps/place/09013+Carbonia+CI/@39.1672432,8.5103047,221m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x12e707d1dd2f9ce5:0x56b944a8ebd908c6
There was a diesel fried chicken dude sighting this evening on the west side of Denver.
Why is it that when projects at work line up, they can't seem to find a logical order to complete the work?
Frazzled Feathers
NorthWest Due to what seems to be space constraints, there is a five-point turn wye.
Wow! And the stubs are only big enough for one car/unit. Must be DMUs or the like.
Also interesting is that there is only one way in/out.
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Four crossing frogs, five turnouts, limited tail room, repurposed real estate..........Must've been a really odd set of constraints. PDN or I would have been severely chastised doing that here.
(They went beyond stupid with traffic circles and decided to mess with railroads next?)
Look at the passenger platform at the end of the line Tree (two of 'em)
Old mine & processing plant/smelter site?
Italy, home of the Ferrari, Lamborghini and Bugatti Veyron, a car with 10 radiators and so powerful(1000 plus bhp) there is only one place in the world where it can legally be run full out …the same folks built a city in the middle of a bay.
So what’s so odd about them designing a wye like this?
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Do you suppose they also have a leaning control tower somewhere on the system?
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edblysardSo what’s so odd about them designing a wye like this?
That is so cool. I would love to turn power on that.
On the other hand - you could run through 5 switches and broadside your own train on something like that..
It's been fun. But it isn't much fun anymore. Signing off for now.
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Maybe someone was sampling that Italian vino when they laid this out? It looks like there's enough room there for a regular Wye. Given the short track length beyond the switches, does it appear that this is used only to turn an engine? It almost looks as if a turntable would have been less work. Speaking of... on a turn table, why is there a *pit*? Why does the track have to be 5-6 feet up in the air? Why not just 5-6 inches? That way, instead of dropping an engine into the pit, you'd just drop an engine into the dip, or the depression, or the divet.
Murphy SidingSpeaking of... on a turn table, why is there a *pit*? Why does the track have to be 5-6 feet up in the air? Why not just 5-6 inches? That way, instead of dropping an engine into the pit, you'd just drop an engine into the dip, or the depression, or the divet.
It has everything to do with the structure necessary to support the equipment that will be turned. Even a "gallows" turntable has a pit - and much of the supporting structure is above the track. A 4-8-4 Northern ran to 200 tons just for the engine - then add a tender.
A through-girder design probably will not have quite as deep a pit as one on which the track is all above the girders, but there will still be a pit.
afternoon
Matts finishing up homework.chores to do.hasn't quite hit 40 yet but getting closer.guessers in the paper say 50 for Monday??? Ns was witing with empties when we left.Need to explore csx this weekend to see if they are caught up.Time to get back at it.
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").
44 Balmy degrees here today. Was beginning to think we'd never see it again.
Norm
Not sure what it got up to here today, but it sure felt good.
Took the truck to the dealer today - several idiot lights on and cruise control wouldn't engage. The lights had to do with traction and anti-lock brakes - I guess it's an interlock of sorts.
The part was $35. Labor was three times that. Sheesh. At least now I can use cruise control again.
About ready to head for Saratoga for the big outdoor show. I guess we're next to the climbing wall - should be interesting...
morning
rainy misty yucky outside right now.Have errands to run in town. On the bright side a friend informed us about the NKP 765 and it's employee and public excursions.Not only are they going on the NYC tracks but they are making trips on the wabash as well.Something to lokk forward this spring and summer. Don't for to spring ahead and check your smoke detectors tonight.
We were well into the 40s yesterday. I took a four-legged Metra trip yesterday: Elmhurst, Oak Park, Elmhurst, and back home (had to stop back at Elmhurst because I forgot about the grocery shopping...). The trip to Oak Park was interesting--we were on the new main track at Bellwood, and the other tracks were both in use as well. At Oak Park, a westbound NS train was strung out along the platform, and I was able to walk about 20 carlengths of it, getting former numbers off a bunch of tank cars (including an entire series of DOWX tanks, now lettered TAEX, that I hadn't documented before), and a new reporting mark on a tank car representative of recent 111A tank-car production.Both stops at Elmhurst were productive as well. I was able to eat lunch on (not off) a platform bench as a stack train went by at speed, and in the afternoon the scoot I got off was quickly followed by a westbound stack train, leaving at the same time as an inbound train of frac sand empties. I almost forgot to go to the store again...
When I got back home, there were portions of the sidewalks that I hadn't seen in months, laid bare by sunshine and mild temperatures. It was still 40 degrees last night when I went to bed.This morning, I woke up to snow all over the place again. It isn't deep, but it's still falling. It's likely to keep falling for a while, too--the temp is 26 on the computer, and Arthur saying it's 29, on our patio. I'll still be going out after a while, though.
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72 - west wind @ gusts of 30 - south window open! Sunshine! Perfect!
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(Enjoy it until Tuesday - I get sent to the other side of the continental divide...you know what happens next)
lot's of surprises today.CSX had a y150(sunday local) in defiance.Needed to get cars to GM. Lots of other trains around delayed too.Lot's of cars set out in the sidings. Had a rail train on track 4 in Deshler.They sent a sd 40-2 /slug combo to pick up the consist.So that made it a 4 engine rail train.All the rail cras were lettered C&O and in the 90 series. Welders got a 10 mph off track 1 in Deshler. We saw CP,BNSF,a Mookie,NS,UP and CSX power.Time to get stuff around for work tomorrow.
mudchicken (Enjoy it until Tuesday - I get sent to the other side of the continental divide...you know what happens next)
You are going to get wet - while we are going to wonder where all the water intended for us, went.
Woo Hoo! We had 50 degrees ABOVE zero today!
SJ, from the forecast I heard, it's going to be frozen, soggy feathers for poor MC!We aren't going to get it too badly, but this will be painful for people like Quentin and Joe before it's done.Meanwhile, we may have broken 40 today. Our temps for tomorrow were supposed to make the mid-50s, but now they're hedging their bets, and we might hit 50. I plan on being out in it, though. Hamburger Heaven opens tomorrow, and I plan on walking the mile or so from the Elmhurst depot to get my regular double-decker cheeseburger from there. That ought to be enough walking to work it off...right?
BC - he will probably end up under some bridge no one uses; up to his waist in ice cubes and frozen reptiles!
I will have one of those burgers with cheddar cheeze, pleeze. Hold the onion! .
MookieI will have one of those burgers with cheddar cheeze, pleeze. Hold the onion!
I picked up a block of sharp cheddar with a difference from a local cheese producer the other day - toasted onion! It's good!
Just back from a weekend in Saratoga Springs, NY, manning our RR booth at an outdoor show. Pretty good crowd, and we made contact with a lot of people.
We were next to a rock climbing "wall." The owner's oldest daughter (not quite six) can zip up the "easy" side of this 25' structure like nobody's business. Her younger sister isn't doing too badly, and Mom told me the two-year-old will probably be in a harness this summer... Then again, who else has a rock climbing wall to play on in their back yard?
The booth on the other side was manned by a bunch of students from a business class. The school's focus is outdoor activities, and the graduates are certified as guides, etc.
One free spirit (you could tell by watching her) turns out to be a local celebrity who got the community going on chalk paintings on sidewalks. The pictures I've seen of her work are pretty good. http://www.dailygazette.com/photos/galleries/2012/jul/20/opening-day-saratoga/17249/ Drove home (4 hours, more or less) with the last in increasingly heavy snow. I was beat enough as it was. Now I'm really ready for bed.
Drove home (4 hours, more or less) with the last in increasingly heavy snow. I was beat enough as it was. Now I'm really ready for bed.
You're on, SJ! That's exactly my burger of choice there...double-decker with cheese, no onions. They have a special sauce that seems to be a combination including mayo and olives (a secret recipe, though). That's in addition to ketchup. The patties are small, hence the double-decker.
One slight problem...neither they, nor I, can deliver.My granddaughters are both fairly proficient on the rock-climbing wall in their local park-district building. Of course, neither of them is "not quite six" any more, and my grandson, who is not quite six, hasn't tried it. The family sport of choice there is wakeboarding; all three kids have been doing that for a couple of years now. I haven't watched them yet, but it's an awesome sport, and Ellen took it up within a month of the time she married Rich (and I've seen her do it).
tree68 I picked up a block of sharp cheddar with a difference from a local cheese producer the other day - toasted onion! It's good!
Tree why did you have to mention NY State sharp cheese?. Have not been somewhere I could buy any for years. My Father bought a whole wheel once which hooked me !
blue streak 1 Tree why did you have to mention NY State sharp cheese?. Have not been somewhere I could buy any for years. My Father bought a whole wheel once which hooked me !
Arrangements have been known to be made.
I've got some 12 year old cheddar in the fridge right now - probably ought to get into it...
That doesn't mean it's been in my fridge for 12 years, mind you....
Reminds me of a story about an area cheese maker.
He was shipping his product to New York City, and the dealer handling it there said it was terrible stuff, not worth the price asked.
So the cheesemaker took a trip to "the city," and paid a visit to selfsame vendor.
The vendor couldn't say enough about the same cheese - best stuff, flavorful, creamy, none better - at which time the cheesemaker doffed his hat (men always wore hats in those days), and showed him the card he'd put in the crown, with his name, etc, on it.
The vender knew he'd been had.
The cheesmaker always got top price after that.
For me, at least, there is no substitute for Pinconning Cheese. No trip up north is complete without stopping to buy some.
Somebody cut the.....nevermind!
77 - above! Sunny. No wind. Had lunch trackside. Actually saw some trains, too! Old/newer CP - was so faded and abused, you couldn't read the number on it w/o eyestrain. Actually had it on point, so the amenities on it must have still been better than the old Dash-9 behind it.
Got a short nap in the sun. Very peaceful - even with trains rolling by. Still the quietest place in town to sit and relax. Even the park is as noisy as an amusement park!
The one thing that amazed/irritated me - I saw two mature houseflies! Wonder where the mosquitoes are?
nice sunshine.we are under a winter storm watch for tuesday night.got the errands done uptown.Matt is working on his homework.
MookieThe one thing that amazed/irritated me - I saw two mature houseflies! Wonder where the mosquitoes are?
I've had a couple come to life here in the house - along with the box elder bugs that found their way into the house. The box elder bugs are slow enough that I can usually get them on a piece of paper and shoo them outside - which is probably a bit of a shock to them if it's all of +5F...
No mosquito problems here - although we do have rain in the forecast tonight. I'm sure that the big winter storm we're supposed to see Wednesday and Thursday would put the kibosh on any skeeters, though.
One woman here is luck to be alive today. For reasons as yet undetermined, she was found lying in a snowbank on a back road this morning around seven by a snowplow crew. Her tracks lead me to believe she was laying out there for upwards of two to four hours, and had been outdoors for much longer. She fell at least once before she got where we found her.
She was soaked and significantly hypothermic. Had the snow not stopped falling around 4AM, it's possible that she would have been covered with a fair blanket of it and would have gone undiscovered until that snow melted, by which time it would have been too late.
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