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Posted by NorthWest on Monday, October 6, 2014 5:11 PM

I think Modelcar may have wanted to post this in the Trains forum; but just so you'll see it, I'll link it here:

http://cs.trains.com/trc/f/1/t/238759.aspx

For some reason the picture buttons have decided to appear on this post, they don't usually...

Also, the new software dislikes active links to other posts, despite using the [url] tags.

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Posted by ramrod on Monday, October 6, 2014 6:47 PM

UP should sue for damages. So should the crew. There is no excuse for a truck, even a lowboy, to get stuck on a crossing. The driver can see and avoid a high crown.

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Posted by zugmann on Monday, October 6, 2014 6:56 PM

ramrod

UP should sue for damages. So should the crew. There is no excuse for a truck, even a lowboy, to get stuck on a crossing. The driver can see and avoid a high crown.

 

 

Video of the crash.  (ignore the title date... they messed it up).

 

http://youtu.be/AuH1Ogdx4cg

 

It's been fun.  But it isn't much fun anymore.   Signing off for now. 


  

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Posted by narig01 on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 3:19 AM
Horrible for the head end crew. I don't think the truck was stuck on the crown. I think the truck simply got snagged trying to turn. This is much more of a specialty truck for overweight cargoes. And much more prone to getting snagged if jot loaded correctly. I am trying to dredge up what I remember about that place. Been thru there a few times. Looking at the video not sure what to say. Rgds IGN
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Posted by Murphy Siding on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 7:05 AM

       Any squirrelologists out there?  Our part of the world typically has brownish-red squirrels.  Down along the Missouri River in S.D. there are towns that full of red squirrels.  Council Bluffs Iowa, (I think) is where all the squirrels seem to be gray.  This summer we've started to see black squirrels in our neighborhood.  These are jet black and pretty furry.  Would different colors of squirrels be different breeds, or simply color mutations?

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Posted by Norm48327 on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 7:43 AM

There are predominantly Fox Squirrels in southeast Michigan, but in the rural areas Black Squirrels are beginning to populate the area. Still somewhat rare but occasionally seen. The Fox Squirrels must be getting smarter. I haven't run over one in a couple of years. Wink

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 8:05 AM

Used to see lots of black squirrels when I lived in Milford (SE Michigan).  I've started to notice some here in northern New York lately.

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 10:32 AM

     Fox squirrel?  You mean there's different kinds of squirrels other than their coloring?  The only types of squirrels I'm aware of are regular tree squirrels, flying squirrels, and Rocket J. Squirrel

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Posted by mudchicken on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 12:38 PM

Marysville, KS proudly claims itself as a black squirrel town. http://www.marysvillekansaschamber.org/squirrel.html

Red squirrels here in the Denver area have a gray winter coat and a brown summer coat with a red chest. (brindle?)  Chipmunks are a rarety here for some reason. And then there are the darned prairie dogs which are pests more than chipmunks or squirrels. (the CoDOW suck-truck comes around once a year to relocate at least some of them, especially around the local highway shoulders where they set up shop)

Where I grew up on the North side of Cincinnati, albino squirrels made a regular appearance. Seemed not to have a survival problem that much. (they tended to be noisier than their gray peers)

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Posted by Norm48327 on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 1:36 PM

Murphy Siding

     Fox squirrel?  You mean there's different kinds of squirrels other than their coloring?  The only types of squirrels I'm aware of are regular tree squirrels, flying squirrels, and Rocket J. Squirrel

 

 

We also have the kind of squirrels that drive their cars on I-75. They are the worst kind. Automobile

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Posted by JoeKoh on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 2:31 PM

they are dodging the orange barrels that are always on I-75.Ns has a coal train in the siding.they left the cars and took the power to do other things.Didn't see anything uptown.Time for chores. If ma nature keeps up this rain I'll need my pontoons back on my mower.

stay safe

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Posted by Mookie on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 5:44 PM

Melanistic fox squirrel:  Halloween is coming!  So why not!

Black, white, brown, gray - the ones around here are all fox squirrels.  Some have very odd pigmented fur.  Word is that the blacks are a tad more aggressive, but this could be because people will feed an "oddity" more than a regular-looking squirrel.  Ergo, competition for food has drawn the battle lines. 

Here in the big city, the black squirrels lived on the north side of town for years.  Then they moved to the central and now they are coming into the south end, which seems to say that they may have migrated from the states up north.  Heading to Kansas! 

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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, October 8, 2014 3:44 PM

evening

NS coal train still there.Freight has joined it. Local has empties uptown.Swamp is mowed.Had a couple of wet areas but not too bad.Time to get cleaned up.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by mudchicken on Thursday, October 9, 2014 1:51 PM

Mooks, Git yer schnorkel and periscope, plus dem Gucci feline frog flippers, ready. Wow! Simon's leftovers heading through Denver.StormStormLightning

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Posted by Mookie on Thursday, October 9, 2014 4:00 PM

Sir Chicken - we are in the process of drowning Kansas.  Looks like it won't be coming up this way!  Our power shield seems to be down as usual. 

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Thursday, October 9, 2014 4:13 PM

     Suddenly I'm starting to see a lot of black squirrels aound, all over town.  Today I saw a real odd one.  It was in a semi-rural type, older neighborhood, where mowing the expansive lawn doesn't always get the neccesary priority, so it was walking near the road in some taller grass.    The squirrel was black, with a real fluffy tail, and had a white stripe down it's back.  Must be one of those french squirrels working it's way up from Nebraska.  I didn't stop to ponder the issue.

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Posted by Deggesty on Thursday, October 9, 2014 5:31 PM

Are you sure it was not a woods kitty? I understand that they are responsible for the burying of a lot of clothes. It's been a long time since I have seen one, but I smelled at least one on my last trip.

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Posted by Mookie on Thursday, October 9, 2014 6:02 PM

PEPE!  That's where he went.  Please send him home - pre-paid postage, if you will!  We have missed most of him!

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Thursday, October 9, 2014 6:08 PM

How do you propose I get the stamp on him?

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Posted by Deggesty on Thursday, October 9, 2014 7:43 PM

Mookie

PEPE!  That's where he went.  Please send him home - pre-paid postage, if you will!  We have missed most of him!

 

What part of Pepe did you not miss?Devil

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Posted by Mookie on Thursday, October 9, 2014 7:47 PM

Murphy - just use a peel off stamp and a grabber.  Stick anywhere - maybe on the forehead?

Johnny - The kitty litter. 

Murphy - he is such a joker - he laughs really easily, and sometimes uncontrollably...   so..... 

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Posted by JoeKoh on Thursday, October 9, 2014 9:59 PM

home safely from the wedding rehersal.Saw some ns on the nkp line.On the NS nyc line it was all clear.The local had some empties to pick up in town.Time for bed.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Friday, October 10, 2014 7:01 AM

SighWhy is it??  I have a paid holiday on Monday (Columbus Day) and it's supposed to rain all daySigh

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Posted by Mookie on Friday, October 10, 2014 7:22 AM
Maybe that is why it is paid?

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Posted by CShaveRR on Friday, October 10, 2014 8:09 AM

Today is our holiday.  Cool, but dry.  We will stay home so Pat can celebrate at her sewing machine.  I will celebrate being married to an older woman while I can.  Of course, we'll dine out today, at both of our favorite venues by the tracks.

Hey!  Look what I got back!  Much appreciated.


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Posted by NorthWest on Friday, October 10, 2014 10:35 AM

Seems that railroads aren't immune from bad truck drivers:

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2014/10/09/3904012_semi-crash-on-valley-highway-takes.html?sp=/99/100/&rh=1

Note that due to the proposed Gateway Pacific coal terminal, "BNSF" is a "four letter word" around here, and anything involving the railroad is reported... getting sick of constant "oil train bomb" and "more trains=ruin of county" articles. Also, oil trains are used in local election attack ads, regardless of the inability of state government officials to do much of anything. Needless to say, toxic by inhalation gasses aren't even on the radar screen.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Friday, October 10, 2014 2:53 PM

afternoon

ns had a westbound coal train in the siding.No cars to pick up uptown.Friend wants to come over and test his locomotives.Tomorrow is wedding day.I get to dress up in a tux and dance out the door after the ceremony.Going to be fun.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by tree68 on Saturday, October 11, 2014 4:56 PM

Carl - best wishes!

I survived the wedding train last night, mostly because I was sitting in the cab, running the locomotive.  We did get in kinda late, which made for a really late bedtime for moi.  

Today, we made salads.  Tomorrow, we barbeque 450 halves of chicken and hope our area residents are hungry!

The cash register decided to give up the ghost, so I'm trying to get a new one learned and programmed for use tomorrow as well.  They're wonderfully high tech, but still a pain to learn.

Back to the book.

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, October 11, 2014 5:22 PM

I miss the old-fashioned mechanical cash registers......

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Posted by Mookie on Sunday, October 12, 2014 4:25 PM

Another successful 2.5 hours trackside. 

21 locomotives - 2 of them CSX.  Moving a lot of them around since DE came in with 6 on the headend, headed west.  And a lot of grain moving back and forth.  I heard they are just about done with harvesting in some areas, so this didn't surprise me. 

Went to look at the bison/geese/ducks at a local park.  Couldn't find the Elk but did see a red-tailed hawk sitting on a fence post right in front of Millie's nose.  He didn't seem too concerned about us.  And while I was watching an eastern bluebird on a fence with binoculars, he was watching me thru the other end.  No, Murphy - I had the binoculars, not him! 

Score one for Mookie!

Life is good!  Chilly, but good!

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