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
Was supposed to be 1-3 inches of heart attack snow here. We got 10+ (and 4 inches of mud now, which will be frozen mud tonite)
Wow!
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Headed your way Mooks! Just for you
(What did Willy neglect [on purpose] to tell the following class at dear old Weatherliar U on Seasonal Transition?...Hope it doesn't pass thru NW Indiana/ Chicagoland. I want dry conditions come Monday.)
Note to self: Thru Lincoln under cover of darkness this time. Number feathers as a precaution.
Oh boy who was it ?
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/anne-arundel/odenton/bs-md-train-enthusiast-stopped-20140401,0,7206226.story
mudchicken Headed your way Mooks! Just for you (What did Willy neglect [on purpose] to tell the following class at dear old Weatherliar U on Seasonal Transition?...Hope it doesn't pass thru NW Indiana/ Chicagoland. I want dry conditions come Monday.) Note to self: Thru Lincoln under cover of darkness this time. Number feathers as a precaution.
I would tell you to honk - but with annual migration of cranes, geese, pelicans and mudchickens - well, how would I know it was you? Just remember, I got your feather number!
Wind and rain yesterday morning until early this morning. We lost twenty degrees somewhere along the way. A tornado in St. Louis is the main story on the news. Also, the wind caused a barge on the Mississippi River to come loose, to drift downriver, and to come to a stop when the boom of a crane aboard the barge came in contact with one of the road bridges across the river.
Nothing on the news about Rolla, which should be good news for your friends/family, Mookie.
James
Pat's brother lives in Steelville (Rolla's the nearest big city), and we haven't heard about bad weather from them, either (our niece also lives there, and has posted on Facebook without mentioning it).MC, we're supposed to have warm (well, seasonable), dry weather this weekend. Can't be so optimistic about Monday, though...it may supply the mud to go with those feathers.We have to go to Michigan for a memorial vigil this weekend, and should be returning on Monday. We could check up on you.
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)
water level has gone down in the swamp.going to go to town on errands here in a bit.have some projects for tomorrow.wepx coal train was still in the siding when I left work today.
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").
Raining here, pretty consistently. No flood advisories, though, so it should be just another spring rain event (that will help melt more of the snow - and there's plenty left).
CSX northbound got hung up by a track supervisor. Said foreman didn't want to give up the track, but the DS told him the train was going to go and his time was up when it was up. After the northbound cleared his area of interest, he got the track back.
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...
Sunny and in the mid-fifties here in Southeast Missouri. I saw Tab Benoit (a Louisiana Blues singer and guitarist) last Wednesday and will be watching a local blues band tonight.
I hope everyone has a good weekend.
The Butler Sunny and in the mid-fifties here in Southeast Missouri. I saw Tab Benoit (a Louisiana Blues singer and guitarist) last Wednesday and will be watching a local blues band tonight. I hope everyone has a good weekend.
Where 'bouts in SE Missouri are you located?
So, I looked outside this morning and saw - snowflakes.
Old Man Winter isn't giving this one up without a fight....
Otherwise, it's above freezing, and there's a pretty good wind blowing, so the snow continues to disappear.
We got about 8/10 of an inch of rain - really brought the creek up...
tree68 So, I looked outside this morning and saw - snowflakes. Old Man Winter isn't giving this one up without a fight....
Tree: my grand daughter stated it very quickly.
" This winter is bi-polar "
Watching the Mierlo-Hout, Netherlands rail cam as the Saturday night crowd filters home... It's coming up on 2AM there...
The local signal technician is working in one of the boxes there, too...
Tree - I have been watching NL pretty closely and found about 20-25 workers working after 1 am, their time last nite. They shut down all train traffic and then they must have worked in Dutch, cuz I didn't understand any of what they were doing!
So far, I think - and that is a really broad statement - I think they put in hi-way dividers next to the rails so after they fix the old platforms, the trains will come in and the doors will open onto a flat surface and no step down. I think. This would be like the Metra we rode in Chicago. Wheels are below the walking surface for safety?? (rather than say I think again)
Looks like they are putting up protection from rain/snow and maybe places for people to sit until the train arrives. Maybe come out of the depot and go left or right if you want to sit at that end of the train.
It is a huge project and has some huge cranes working it! What fun!
And for anyone that has been on the forum for more than 2 years - remember Willy2? Willy is from Omaha and joined the forum as a boy. He came to Lincoln to see Mookie and the Driver and we had lunch. I was so impressed with his interest in trains.
He is now a young adult and came back to Lincoln to visit Mookie and The Driver for supper. And he is still interested in trains! I am hoping he will stop in the CB and tell us a little more about himself. I had a lot of questions for him about his career, which is something that everyone talks about but no one can do much about it.
PS - NS must have bought stock in BNSF - we saw 4 different trains with NS engines (one in the lead!) and one CP.
Spring - clean closets and send engines home?
evening
csx was a parking lot.Lot's of trains going nowhere fast.Even train q 016 got 2 recrews today.Met new and old friends today as well.Tomorrow is Sunday school and Church.The Garrett model railroaders are having an open house in the afternoon.Matt wants to go check it out.We'll see what else is going on.
joe
Glad to hear you found Willy and "resurrected" him, as it were, SJ. Sunny day here (thanks, Willy! ) and that led to a non-productive bike ride. Later in the afternoon a double-stack collapse in the dungeon (I must have breathed on it wrong) led to a non-productive cleanup job. Tomorrow we have to take a non-productive (as in "no time wasted looking for trains") trip to Michigan.So come Monday, and the trip home, I will look forward to some very productive time!
BC - I read double-stack collapse in the dungeon and right away thought train wreck! Double-stack collapse but where is the dungeon???
Then it dawned on me - dungeon in house and part of your collection. Clean up will probably be a whole lot cheaper, but a mess just the same.
Also we saw an engine CREX 1348 (Citirail) - my first sighting of one - and I was sure it was green and white. However, I had on sunglasses and the way the sun was shining on it, could have turned the blue to green. Smart looking paint job!
CREX GEVOs? I'd love to see those! I'm sure I will eventually. I make a decent few road trips to get at the trains nowadays!
Got some sand trains through Eau Claire today. I'm sure I'll say this a lot, but it just makes me crazy-happy to see long road freights on the track by my apartment. The old CNW mainline to Itasca (now only as north as Rice Lake) and the considerable increase in train count on the Altoona sub.
Bonus: Caught me 4 CNW hoppers in Altoona today. Not much for foreign power this time, but...I've had some very nice luck, to put it lightly..heh heh
Your friendly neighborhood CNW fan.
I just love it when I wake up at oh-dark-thirty, it's too early to stay up, but I can't get back to sleep...
Me too; 0445 this morning.
Norm
Put on mah sunglasses and smile , Gonna sit in the sun - outside. 60's to 80 - all week!
Will send postcards to the Chatterbox from Phoenix Nebraska!
Chatterbox 2....We'll see if I might find my way in here.....First off, Jen, your forecast for up to 80 degrees at this time of the year, is unfair you know.....Thursday we're to touch 70...I thought that was good....and it will be if it really happens.
Bright and overcast this morning, but dry...mild temps. Just switched over to the Roanoke cam and they really mean business there in rail structure...."They" are really going at it {not sure what}, to accomplish something......I've been watching off and on for weeks, and still don't really know just what they are trying to end up with.
Plenty equipment an workers on site right now.
Interesting it's in sight of the rail cams....How convenient for rail fans.
Speaking of our possible 70 degrees later this week....It appears {now}, I will be mowing yard by the end of this week....Have rolled it twice and it's been fertilized.....Bring it on...ready for real Spring activity...!
Quentin
Tree & Norm, re waking up in the wee hours: Welcome to old age. Been there. Still there. I keep telling myself, it's hell to get old, but it beats the alternative.
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"A stranger's just a friend you ain't met yet." --- Dave Gardner
Paul,
I had to get up at 0500 for so many years I forgot how to sleep in.
Paul of Covington Tree & Norm, re waking up in the wee hours: Welcome to old age. Been there. Still there. I keep telling myself, it's hell to get old, but it beats the alternative.
I find that I tend to wake up on what appears to be my REM cycle - almost always an increment of an hour and a half, give or take. Normally it's no problem falling back to sleep. Every now and then, though, for whatever reason, I end up having to get up and do something 'cause just laying in bed trying to fall asleep doesn't seem to work.
If I'm good and tired when I head for bed, I'll often sleep longer in a stretch.
ModelcarChatterbox 2....We'll see if I might find my way in here
I'll echo that sentiment.
Good afternoon and good to see everyone. I just wanted to post and say that now I've gone and done it,... I turned 60 years old today. Quite a strange thing. It seemed old at one time. Now there are more and more places that are moving their seniors discounts out of my reach. Seniors discount, who'd of thunk it?
One good thing though, I don't hardly remember my Dad ever having this much hair.
We have had quite the winter. We didn't have those ferocious storms like I've seen on the news from the US but we have had a long winter. We are supposed to break the 60° mark today for the first time since the fall of 2013. We set some total snow accumulation records, but fortunately I don't recall any record breaking temperatures or one day snowfall records. Calgarians would always say the one thing different between our winter and winter in Saskatchewan was they kept every flake of snow from the start of winter until the end. We can say the same thing here this winter. Not once did all of the snow on the ground melt off during the past five months.
I'm kind of curious to see how the CPR's First Quarter of 2014 report goes in a couple of weeks. Between the total amount of cold and snow we have had in this country, coupled with these new grain handling regulations on the table, I think they will have to find an asbestos wrapped phone for EHH to use on his investor conference call. And maybe have some EMT's on standby in case he blows a gasket. Even I have to sympathize, it has been a tough few months to be a railway boss.
Bruce
So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll.
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