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Posted by thomas81z on Saturday, October 4, 2014 8:23 AM

Morning from fla when I got to work it was 78* & muggy , well at 6:30 the "cold front"blew thru & its 74 & its not muggy!!! :) so im gonna breakout the revell big boy kit & start building it 

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Posted by ChuckCobleigh on Saturday, October 4, 2014 7:58 AM

Paul_D_North_Jr
This thread from about 10 years ago has a lot more info on the cars and their service (post by DSMTM near the bottom of the page): CATX 5151 covered hopper at http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,693724 (You'll see a familiar nom de rail there, too - Carl !)

From what I gather in the linked thread, the reporting marks and graphic are litter-ally appropriate. 

 

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Posted by Paul_D_North_Jr on Saturday, October 4, 2014 3:29 AM

A couple sources say that CATX is assigned to General American Marks Company (probably just a 'holder' or 'nominee' for leasing company GATX).

This thread from about 10 years ago has a lot more info on the cars and their service (post by DSMTM near the bottom of the page): CATX 5151 covered hopper at http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,693724 (You'll see a familiar nom de rail there, too - Carl !)

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Posted by ChuckCobleigh on Friday, October 3, 2014 10:49 PM

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I keep seeing those go by - but they never stop and they never leak! 

Bad news for the squirrels, then.

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Posted by Mookie on Friday, October 3, 2014 10:46 PM

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Based in you-know-where Nebraska?   ^~^?  Where? 

 

Just speculating based on the CATx lettering!  Devil

 

I keep seeing those go by - but they never stop and they never leak! 

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Posted by ChuckCobleigh on Friday, October 3, 2014 9:58 PM

Mookie
Based in you-know-where Nebraska?   ^~^?  Where? 

Just speculating based on the CATx lettering!  Devil

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Posted by Mookie on Friday, October 3, 2014 9:01 PM

ChuckCobleigh
 
Deggesty

I just remembered an interesting combination I saw on several cars yesterday: reporting mark CATX--with the print of a cat's paw near it.

 

 

Like the example here?

 

 

Based in you-know-where Nebraska?   ^~^?  Where? 

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Posted by Mookie on Friday, October 3, 2014 8:58 PM

Deggesty

I just remembered an interesting combination I saw on several cars yesterday: reporting mark CATX--with the print of a cat's paw near it.

 

I have been told it is ....ready for this?.... Kitty Litter! 

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Posted by tree68 on Friday, October 3, 2014 8:06 PM

Well, it was a nice day on the railroad - sunny, warm, just a bit breezy.  Enough riders to make it worthwhile, but not too many to handle.

But I was mightily surprised when I arrived in town and saw that last week's beautiful colors were pretty much gone - fallen to the ground due to the wind.  And tomorrow, it's supposed to rain...  It'll probably be chilly, too...

Water + leaves on the tracks does not make for a happy engineer!

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Posted by ChuckCobleigh on Friday, October 3, 2014 7:17 PM

Deggesty

I just remembered an interesting combination I saw on several cars yesterday: reporting mark CATX--with the print of a cat's paw near it.

Like the example here?

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Posted by CShaveRR on Friday, October 3, 2014 7:12 PM

We are in the Land of No Trains again, and this time we have strong winds and rain to contend with as well (our gauge read four inches of the stuff after storms Thursday morning and this morning.  Tonight our temperature goes down into the low 40s, and tomorrow the high is in the mid-40s.

Other than being too cold too quickly, we're loving it up here...the maples are very brilliant red and orange.

Johnny, I saw my first CATX cars a few years ago during Mookiefest...talk about a big litter-box!

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Posted by JoeKoh on Friday, October 3, 2014 5:57 PM

Stack train was still in the siding when I left work on Ns.Had errands to run.Also sent out stuff in the mail.Possible frost come Sunday morning.Need to help mamma with chores.

stay safe

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Posted by Deggesty on Friday, October 3, 2014 5:35 PM

I just remembered an interesting combination I saw on several cars yesterday: reporting mark CATX--with the print of a cat's paw near it.

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Posted by Deggesty on Friday, October 3, 2014 5:28 PM

Mookie, it is well you decided not to come down and wave to me Thursday morning: 1) My roomette was on the wrong side of the train (away from the station). 2) We were about five hours late arriving in Lincoln--two hours late leaving Chicago; we had to wait for the Capitol Limited and the Lake Shore Limited. I do not know how we lost the rest of the time--I went to sleep before we left Ottumwa. As it was, we were almost eight hours late arriving in Salt Lake CIty, so I again had two nights' sleep after leaving Chicago.

I have sorted through my mail--and took some that Katie failed to keep for herself up to her, but I still need to go through my newspapers.

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Posted by mudchicken on Friday, October 3, 2014 7:17 AM

Certainly true in the other direction. Got FROST here.

As for the squirrels, Nigel says if they can water ski, they probably can scuba too! (remember "Twiggy" videos?)...Nigel just gets scolded by the red squirrel on the fencetops every so often. He just barks back.

Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west
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Posted by Mookie on Friday, October 3, 2014 6:31 AM

I heard a rumor that we would hit 30 degrees tonite.  And a stiff north wind.  And with a lake full of all that water, where you can fish in your car from the parking lots (as soon as they open the park again), will we have to take ice fishing equipment? 

And for your consideration - there are a lot of squirrels in said park.  Do squirrels swim?  Almost all the trees are standing in water now.  And do they dive to find those acorns they buried? 

Inquiring minds want to know. 

In conclusion, just remember if you are east of Nebraska - you have a chance of frost/north winds coming! 

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Posted by Mookie on Friday, October 3, 2014 6:25 AM

schlimm

Alert.   Looks like Ohio River Trail may have returned with the new handle, "railtrail"

 

That's where that headache came from !!!!Mischief

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Posted by edblysard on Thursday, October 2, 2014 11:05 PM

Mookie

The CB is like a port in a storm - no matter how bad, you can always duck in here and get away from all the problems. 

I haven't found getting around is too much of a problem.  But then I just post and go and don't do anything too fancy. 

Now back to more important matters:  where is mah fork? 

 

Fork?

 

We don’t need no stinking forks…use a spoon, ya can get more faster!.

 

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Posted by Mookie on Thursday, October 2, 2014 8:02 PM

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Paul of Covington

   Mookie, I agree with you about the reaction to the new forum format, but people don't tend to like change.   At my age I especially don't like change, but I'll play with it and eventually get used to it.   So far, I see a few things better and a few things worse.

   Now, after all that pie and cake, what's for desert?

 

Ah!  A man after my own heart! 

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Posted by tree68 on Thursday, October 2, 2014 7:21 PM

NorthWest

Tree, how do you do the coloring?

I sneak in the back door (<> button) and use HTML coding.

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Posted by locomutt on Thursday, October 2, 2014 7:02 PM

Mook, I forgot you don't have opposable thumbs, guess you would have been using a "Spork" anyway.

As an "older person" that has done certain things the same way for so many years, I don't much care for changes either; seems we have no choice but "go with the flow".

Now, How do I change font sizes and colors?!

Right now, I'm on a Mac laptop, my computer is down, and the "tool bar" that shows up for me to reply shows none of that.  (MacBook & Safari)

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Posted by schlimm on Thursday, October 2, 2014 6:48 PM

Alert.   Looks like Ohio River Trail may have returned with the new handle, "railtrail"

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Posted by NorthWest on Thursday, October 2, 2014 6:02 PM

I think we'll all get used to it eventually, although I wish we had spell check. The MR forums have been like this for a while, and after the learning curve, things settled down. I think the same will happen here.

Tree, how do you do the coloring?

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Posted by tree68 on Thursday, October 2, 2014 5:46 PM

Ms Mook, as I noted in one or another of the threads, it seems like what disappears with such changes is what people use, while features that see little action remain.  I, for one, miss the feature that puts the most recent posts at the top all of the time, without having to click on a button.  

But we seem to be getting by.

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Posted by Paul of Covington on Thursday, October 2, 2014 5:31 PM

   Mookie, I agree with you about the reaction to the new forum format, but people don't tend to like change.   At my age I especially don't like change, but I'll play with it and eventually get used to it.   So far, I see a few things better and a few things worse.

   Now, after all that pie and cake, what's for desert?

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Posted by Mookie on Thursday, October 2, 2014 5:00 PM

You are right, Mutt.  I have it scotch taped to mah hand - and now it is a spoon!  I find that things fall off more on a fork - no trouble with a spoon! 

My goodness - a real lynch mob over the new forum.  I have had no problems.  I type; I mouse; I run mah mouf; I R Done.  I don't do technical; I don't do spell check - I re-read it; I don't do pix; I train watch; I report.  What is everyone so upset about. 

And a plug for Angela - she has the patience of a saint to put up with all the nonsense.  There are so many other things people could expend their energy on rather than ranting at a lady who has a job they can't pay most people enough to do. 

Now - back to my spoon and the next course - chocolate cake w/raspberry filling.  Back off - it's mine!   Grumpy

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Posted by blue streak 1 on Thursday, October 2, 2014 4:19 PM

In the WOW what happened thread some of my posts about system errors have been deleted !

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Posted by JoeKoh on Thursday, October 2, 2014 3:35 PM

stack train still in the siding.think there was another frieght too,could have been the local,not sure.Ma nature gave us a preview for tomorrow.Rain.Chores to do.My helper took some stuff to the mailbox.Now for the mookie project.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by locomutt on Thursday, October 2, 2014 1:02 PM

Mookie

The CB is like a port in a storm - no matter how bad, you can always duck in here and get away from all the problems. 

I haven't found getting around is too much of a problem.  But then I just post and go and don't do anything too fancy. 

Now back to more important matters:  where is mah fork? 

 

 

Now back to more important matters:  where is mah fork? 

 

Check your hand!Smile

 

And Kalmbach wants us to keep our subscriptions up, with changes like this, I'm ready to cancel mine.

 

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Posted by narig01 on Thursday, October 2, 2014 11:50 AM
The fork should be to the right of the plate. Warm humid and sticky down here today. Bleh. Wish it would rain. Thx IGN

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