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Posted by samfp1943 on Thursday, December 4, 2014 3:53 PM

Smile, Wink & GrinROFL, Norm! Smile, Wink & Grin

I guess I am just in to calling them like they are!  The dog gets fed, he drags me to the cemetery down the road, and I drag him back home.  The doc says I gotta walk about an hour a day, so our little 45 minute jaunt in th AM, and same in the PM. Dog's Happy, and I get to do some rail fanning. 

  Yeah, I know it sounds pretty bad  Huh?  The dog waters the trees, gets to chase the latest crop of little rabbits, and squirrels, and we see the occasional deer... Embarrassed  OH, Yeah! There is a porta potty at the cemetery....Whistling

LaughLaughLaugh

Thursday night:  took our evening walk..Westbound was blowing as we left the house and one passed Eastbound while we were on the old MoP ROW. Another EB was blowing for the crossings about a mile South.  The only problem with railfanning in the dark is you can't see'em, you just hear 'em.

Well, you can count engines, they have their ladder lights on, so they show up pretty good.If you happen to catch a couple passing, the spaces betweeen the cars or stacks modulates the sounds to a sort of warbble... Which is an interesting sound.

 

 

 

 


 

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Posted by EightNSand on Thursday, December 4, 2014 5:15 PM

Mookie

Final segment for the year. 

Whatever....

 

Mookie

Final segment for the year. 

Whatever....

 

 

Mook. Whats the haps? Ed, ready for Xmas...

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Posted by JoeKoh on Thursday, December 4, 2014 5:39 PM

evening

thought we'd have to go to town tonight.Paper had an error for the local Christmas concert.It's next Tuesday.Work is still busy.Ns must like keeping the empty well cars in the siding.Chores to catch up on.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by JoeKoh on Saturday, December 6, 2014 6:39 AM

morning chores to do.off to sisters for thanksmas.people from southern mercer county are in columbus as Marion local and Coldwater play for state football championships.The boys from Columbus are in Indianapolis to play Wisconsin.Hope everyone has safe travels.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by tree68 on Saturday, December 6, 2014 7:46 PM

We took our fire trucks to the big Christmas parade in the neighboring village tonight.  I picked up thirteen bags of candy, which mostly was gone well before the end of the parade route.  Of course, if I'd picked up thirty bags, it still would have been gone...

We found some stuffed animals that had been donated to us some time back, so we gave them out, too, about a dozen.  So a dozen kids got a really big surprise during the parade.  A whole lot better than some candy, for sure.

Slowly getting my decorations up.  Discovered I needed three strings of lights for one part, not two, so it'll be a trip back to the home improvement store for another.

Virtually all of my holiday lights are LED now - a fair savings in electricity, to be sure.

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Posted by edblysard on Sunday, December 7, 2014 8:16 AM
We need a shout out for the forums favorite kitty…
Happy Birthday Mookie.
I got the pecan pie covered, who is bringing the chocolate cake?

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Posted by CShaveRR on Sunday, December 7, 2014 8:37 AM

We can cover that one, Ed.  Portillo's (which I think she remembers) has a chocolate cake to die for.  And we just discovered a place nearby in which ordering milk means it's unlimited.

Happy birthday, SJ!

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Posted by Norm48327 on Sunday, December 7, 2014 9:11 AM

Sinful Peach Cobbler anyone? Big Smile

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Sunday, December 7, 2014 9:20 AM

Happy Birthday Mookie.  I've lined up a lunch date with the Governor, a parade, and a fly-over by the National Guard in your honor....or something like that.

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Sunday, December 7, 2014 9:21 AM

Mookie- is your middle name Pearl?

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Posted by samfp1943 on Sunday, December 7, 2014 9:33 AM

Happy B-Day

Murphy Siding

Happy Birthday Mookie.  I've lined up a lunch date with the Governor, a parade, and a fly-over by the National Guard in your honor....or something like that.

 

 

Sunday Morning all!:  0900 on December the 7th, 2014. temp her this morning is about 36deg, and a fine,light mist is falling...The dog and I went down to the cemetery and found no new holes...I guess I'm good for today!   Well 73 years ago today, My Mother-in-Law had made it through being strafffed walking across the parade deck at Scholfield Barracks to her duty station in the ER...

NOW to current events!  Happy Birhday to Ms. MOOKIE!

may you and Driver enjoy the day as you want to!  Happy B-Day

 

 


 

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Posted by locomutt on Sunday, December 7, 2014 11:11 AM

Happy B-Day Happy Birthday Mookie!!

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Posted by tree68 on Sunday, December 7, 2014 2:08 PM

Gee, don't come in until mid-afternoon, and I miss the festivities.  And I KNOW there's no chocolate cake left over....

A most happy birthday to our favorite feline railfan!

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Posted by Mookie on Sunday, December 7, 2014 3:58 PM

I just got here and all that is left is dirty dishes!  Grumpy

Thank you for the good wishes.  I was trackside about 6:30a this morning.  It was 33 degrees and dark with 100% cloud cover, so we couldn't see the "back track" which is about a block away from our parking spot.  But the show in front of us on all 6 tracks was spectacular.  If  you can gauge the economy of the nation by one railroad, we are doing very well. 

It was a little difficult to read the Sunday funnies in the dark, but it was nice to see the signal boards clearly and my one dwarf light very clearly! 

Home and a 4 hour nap in the "engineer position" - Driver says he doesn't know how I keep from breaking my neck (practice, my boy, practice) but that is a very comfy position for me. Would it look good on a railroad resume?   

Pearl is my older "sister" - she came 2 years before I arrived and was so noisy and scary, I slipped in without fanfare. 

It has been a perfect birthday - for me - and life is still good!

Murphy:  You should have sent the festivities to Nebraska, not South Dakota.  E for effort, however. 

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Posted by JoeKoh on Monday, December 8, 2014 5:30 PM

evening

ns was all clear when I left work.Had an errand in town.Csx had a shorty stack train with 2 cp's on the point.Chores to do.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by mudchicken on Tuesday, December 9, 2014 3:15 PM

Joe: Tube is on its way to the NE 1/4 of the SE1/4 Section3; T4N ; R4E ; First PM on the east fork of Webb's Run....

 

(Anyone catch the pennies on the rail story ...what got smashed story today? - Calling OLI! How dumb can they get??   Livonia, LA - I feel for the UP train crew that had to deal with this.)

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 JoeKoh on Tuesday, December 9, 2014 3:53 PM

thanks MC.Ns local was collecting empties.Saw an eastbound with a csx-bnsf-ns combo this morning.going to hear local Christmas music.Might see some csx trains too.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by Paul of Covington on Tuesday, December 9, 2014 5:31 PM

   In case you hven't seen it, here is link to story mudchicken mentioned:

http://theadvocate.com/news/11045175-123/playing-near-tracks-livonia-teen

   He had barely survived being shot in a hunting accident two years ago.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, December 10, 2014 4:48 PM

ns busy this morning.all quiet this afternoon.need to get supper and matt to confirmation class.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by tree68 on Wednesday, December 10, 2014 8:11 PM

Well, we didn't get the early stuff, but Ma Nature is trying to make up for it.  It won't be the foot plus some folks saw, but it's snowing pretty good right now.  Can't measure again till around 11 or midnight, but I'm thinking 4-6" by the time we're done.  Pretty miserable driving right now.

Got some shopping to do in the morning for the fire department Holiday Breakfast, then it's off to the railroad for another few rounds of the Polar Express.

Joe - folks around here eschewed "ditchfinders" today.  Instead, they chose to use "pole finders."  There were several accidents in the area today involving poles, a number of which had transformers on them as well...

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Wednesday, December 10, 2014 8:30 PM

     We have a city owned ski hill on the edge of town.  It's more of a ski bump actually.  According to the Weather Service, a combination of cold winds blowing and the snowmaking equipment being in use somehow caused some cloud seeding to occur in that corner of town.  This resulted in a part of a neighborhood getting about a hald inch of snow, when the Weather Service had predicted a 0% chance.

        It's certainly not lake effect snow.  Can we call it bump effect snow?

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Posted by ramrod on Wednesday, December 10, 2014 9:19 PM

tree68
 There were several accidents in the area today involving poles, a number of which had transformers on them as well..

I hope you are very cautious around poles that have been hit and have trasformers on them. Sometimes the transformer looks OK but it;s hanging by a very inadequate wire. They are heavy and can do lots of dame to something or someone if it falls. Story: In 1946 I was a teenage paid ambulance driver for a volunteer FD. I could drive but could not have anything to do with anyone we carried. (Something about insurance rules) One rainy night we were sent to the scene of a collision between a car and a power pole that had a transformer on it. On arrival I was directed to park next to the pole to make it easier to transport the victim. There was no reason for this concern; the victim was quite dead. While we were waiting, the transformer fell, removing the front bumper of the ambulance and scaring every one at the scene out of their next years growth. Luckily, no one was hurt, although they would have been if the ambulance hadn't been parked where it was. Lesson learned: Wait until the power crew gives you clearance before you venture under a transformer.

I apoligize for wandering off topic, but I had to share.

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Posted by zugmann on Wednesday, December 10, 2014 9:46 PM

ramrod
I hope you are very cautious around poles that have been hit and have trasformers on them.

 

Yes, you should be.

 

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


  

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Posted by Mookie on Thursday, December 11, 2014 3:31 AM

Ramrod - interesting story.  If you were a teenager in '46, that makes you an elder statesman today!  Can you imagine letting teenagers of today drive an ambulance?  Blindfold

Zug - clever, but no cigar! 

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Posted by tree68 on Thursday, December 11, 2014 7:10 AM

Ramrod - We (I'm a volunteer firefighter and EMT) always give stuff like that a wide berth.  If dispatch has even an inkling that power will be involved, they've usually already called the utility for us, although sometimes that can involve a substantial wait while they call in a crew during off hours.

Total measurable snowfall for the Nor'Easter came in at six and a quarter inches here at the house.  After attending another Skywarn class, I've decided to try to keep snow measurements and send them in.  While not a substantial snowfall (for around here), they like to get spot reports like that to verify what they have seen on the radar, etc.

Zug - My grandson can tell you exactly which Transformer that is...

Ms Mook - Our ambulance service has a "junior" program, and one can become an EMT at 18.  Our general policy is no driving until 21, but some "kids" can handle it.  On the other hand, there are some adults who shouldn't be behind the wheel of an emergency vehicle.  They can't handle the adrenalin of a "lights and siren" response.

 

 

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Posted by JoeKoh on Thursday, December 11, 2014 5:01 PM

saw the westbound capitol pass an eastbound stack train on Ns this morning.A westbound frieght passed an oil train in the siding when I left work.lot's of horses on the point.Tomorrow is friday.Tomorrow we will hear matt and friends sing at his school choir concert.Time to get some chores done.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by rvos1979 on Friday, December 12, 2014 7:58 AM
Larry, there are some people out there who shouldn't be behind the wheel of a semi, either. Like the Trans Am driver who took out a power pole, four cars, and a house........

Hopefully, I'll be working today, but got an early birthday present last night from a possible new employer, my application was accepted to drive a day cab out of Kenosha, hauling groceries in the Midwest. Just have a health test to do, if I pass that, I'm in.........

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Posted by CShaveRR on Friday, December 12, 2014 10:37 AM

Will that give you more time to chase trains around Chicagoland, Randy?

Happy birthday, Young Feller!

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Posted by tree68 on Friday, December 12, 2014 11:25 PM

There - another 1500 or so happy Polar Express riders!

I was one of the engineers Thursday night, and the second conductor Friday night.  With 10 cars of passengers, one conductor just can't cover everything.  Besides, I like working on the train sometimes so I can see all the ecstatic kids.

Saturday I'm back in uniform for an event at our local library (involving a showing of the movie), and Sunday, it's time for our FD Holiday Breakfast.  I'll be staying out of the kitchen - I generally work the door.  Santa arrives at 10 for the kiddies.

Time for bed.

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