Mookie Sunny, chilly, 53. Ah Spring!
Sunny, chilly, 53. Ah Spring!
+83F here in the north woods - but the cold front isn't here yet...
Got the mower and snowblower swapped out of their seasonal spots. Now to mow...
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...
I mowed today. It just doesn't seem right to mow when you can see your breath. Although it was a bit refreshing after only having a little over 4 hours sleep. At least the sprinkles didn't turn into anything heavy. I don't like mowing in the rain.
Jeff
cold rain today.Ns ran a train with the southern/wabash heritage units right by work.Couldn't get a picture though.Tomorrow is Friday.Need to check Matt's homework.
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").
Our lawn definitely needs mowing, but it's either too wet for me to push the mower, or we are too busy with being tour guides or greeters during Lilac Festival. I hope I can get through the crop on Saturday and that weather allows it--that's probably the first chance I'll get (I'm not out there now because it's wet...we've had 4.5 inches of rain so far this month; the last half-inch hitting this morning). Today, Pat and I were holding down the fort as greeters in the carriage house, for those who would like to take the historic tours of Lilacia Park. It is a soft job (I was on the computer, but without Internet), but extremely frustrating to me, because (a) the trains that come through have to sound their horns for the construction workers who seem to be breaking a little more ground, and (b) I can hear everything, but see nothing. Oh, well, no more Lilac Festival after Sunday...then I have to start working on eliminating the need for holding the Green Valley Bindweed festival in our yard.
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)
jeffhergert I mowed today. It just doesn't seem right to mow when you can see your breath. At least the sprinkles didn't turn into anything heavy. I don't like mowing in the rain. Jeff
I mowed today. It just doesn't seem right to mow when you can see your breath. At least the sprinkles didn't turn into anything heavy. I don't like mowing in the rain.
Last night on the way west, we met a stack train. The engine was the UP 4014. No Big Boy in tow.
jeffhergert Last night on the way west, we met a stack train. The engine was the UP 4014. No Big Boy in tow. Jeff
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Frost this morning. I think it killed all the dandelions in my yard.
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
No frost here, but to the north and west of us (Elgin, DeKalb), snow is falling! It's May 16.I wish something would kill the dandelions in the yards around ours.
Kinda explains some things about a survey field crew suddenly not being productive near Streator. (looking for buried section corners under slick wet roads not a healthy thing to be doing right now) - I cut my grass at dusk last night out of self defense. We are supposed to be getting wet shortly and I need some time at work to make-up for being off with my AREMA tribe on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mowed front yard yesterday. May have to call in a farmer to bale the back yard.
Rain today. Looks like it should end soon, so I may be able to mow the back yard tomorrow.
Temps also down by 30 degrees since yesterday's record-tying high of +84F.
Good thing I've got plenty to do in the house...
cool day today.Ns was working uptown when we left. Need to go mow in Defiance before I need to call in a bale wagon. Maybe csx will run something good by us.
I am going to go get in my box and pull the lid shut 'til further notice!
45F south of Atlanta this morning. Have never had to turn heat on in May before. Usually can balance between warm and cool/
guessers say frosty in the morning.Csx was backed up at usual.tomorrow will be better.
JoeKohguessers say frosty in the morning.
Frost warning here for the overnight. Might do the tulips in for this year, but probably won't hurt the weeds any...
Stopped today to take a couple of pictures of an old school where my grandmother taught many, many years ago. Also had a nice chat with the fellow across the street (who owns the property), who was wondering why I was poking around and peeking in the windows. Turns out he knows one of my cousins, who had filled him in on the family history a while back.
Last "cool" nite is gone, now. Will be mid to upper 80's all this week.
Train yard fairly quiet. Did see two NS and one GATX/GMTX. GATX on hood; GMTX under window. Really bright blue. GP-38?
Nice & quiet. Even trains seemed to whisper by. Love it!
Today was the last day of the Lilac Festival in Lombard. After the parade (all two hours' worth!), I gave my last tour of the season at Lilacia Park. The Historical Society wasn't conducting official tours today, but I couldn't very well not give a tour to my daughter and her family...This tour took about an hour, including the side trip to Dairy Queen for cones dipped in a lilac shell (actually white chocolate dyed the appropriate shade of purple). But a lot of the time at the park was spent at the north edge, because no fewer than six westbound freights went by (nothing east). Nico and his grandpa were enraptured, of course! The trains included two frac-sand loads, an empty train of WPSX coal cars, two manifests, and a ballast train.
Spent most of the day at our county fire training center, looking for stuff we need to fix (our county firefighters association operates the center), and watching a fire training class do searches in the smoke tower, then "fight" a fire in the burn building (they didn't actually put the fire out until the end of the day). I still smell like hay and pallet smoke, and I didn't even go into the building during the burns.
The class finishes up tomorrow night, and we'll have about 20 more trained firefighters in the county.
It was a nice, sunny day, but the wind was cold. The short sleeves didn't last long, I can tell you.
Looking like some possible scattered showers tonight, then seasonal temps for the rest of the week.
Next weekend starts the official "season" on the railroad. I'll be engineer on our Friday night wine/beer train...
I mowed the yard and trimmed some branches, today. Mid 60s temps. made it a nice day for it. Last of the cool nights here, too. The temps. for the rest of the week are to be in the 80s.
Yesterday, I was in Festus, Missouri, and was able to watch a BNSF manifest cross the bridge over US 61/67. I saw a Southern boxcar with SOU reporting marks and, I swear I saw gondolas (?) with ATSF reporting marks. Those cars had short side, weren't very long, and the sides looked recessed.
I was the first train I had seen in months. I just enjoyed the sight.
James
afternoon
busy day.saw amtraks capitol limited split 2 stopped ns trains at work upon arrival.when I left it looked like a sand hopper train was still waiting for a crew.Had errands to run into town.Saw 3 oil trains and a coal train on CSX.Heard the dispatcher calling a q 500-18 and a s 500-19 trying to get them both to Garrett. Chores to do here at home.
Furnace was running on Sunday. Today 85. Blankets off!
sand train still in the siding at work.Ns had a stack train stopped for awhile today too.guessers say thunderboomers tonight.need to get chores done and check Matt's homework.
Hail balls! Get ready to duck every night cat!
(jawbreaker sized rascals - wild to watch 'em bounce off the eighth floor ledge!)
Cat not a duck. Millie in stone house.
Willy getting something right now.
Tell Willy he missed. Better luck next time I'm outside.
Off to continue my little war with the scrapman.
Sorry I couldn't enlist in your war there, MC--still scratching my head; no luck in retrieving the copy. We're beginning to get rain from a storm we were warned would be severe. It has severely darkened the outside. I finished my yard work just in time. 320 pounds of topsoil spread (could have used a half-ton!); perhaps 100 pounds of gravel and rock removed from back lawn (construction debris from last year). Ran out of grass seed; hope this little shower doesn't wash it away. Can-ful of twigs cleaned up as well, including some limbs that had spent the winter on the roof. Gutters are also empty, and the rain barrel is ready for testing. Work has begun on the Lombard platform project; it looks like they're getting ready to relocate some cable to a PVC line between Tracks 2 and 3. Frustrating, because the trains have to whistle themselves by...made me wish I wasn't working in my yard.
BC - if you find night crawlers, e-mail them to me! Fishing getting close!
SJ
had thunderboomers this morning.about floated to work.sand train replaced by a westbound frieght in the siding.Went uptown and bought some "Tinora" green paint. We are repainting some outdoor chairs.Will do the bottom side tomorrow.Time to get some chores done.Guessers are saying weather near "perfect" for coming weekend.
Set the thermostat up for AC. Just have to flip a switch.
Wonderful only spring day today. Very low humidity and low 80's. North breeze blowing thru our north facing abode. Opened both front and back doors and my south office window and enjoyed nature's AC. Ah - no waiting for the thermostat to decide whether we need air or not. Rest of week might be a little humid. Blah!
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