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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, September 8, 2014 8:10 PM

Mookie

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After I retire, I want to become a professional Zamboni driver ... Wink

Will you be wearing a "Woodstock" yellow birdy suit like in Peanuts? 

LOL...  Now that would be a sight!!!  Laugh

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Posted by Mookie on Monday, September 8, 2014 8:50 PM

Murray

Mookie

Murray

After I retire, I want to become a professional Zamboni driver ... Wink

Will you be wearing a "Woodstock" yellow birdy suit like in Peanuts? 

LOL...  Now that would be a sight!!!  Laugh

Maybe a selfie for the forum? 

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Posted by rvos1979 on Monday, September 8, 2014 9:45 PM
43,000 lbs of Orrville, Ohio's finest on board tonight, headed to Atlanta.........

Have a good one.......

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Posted by Mookie on Monday, September 8, 2014 10:07 PM

Nebraska just barely knows where Ohio is - so what is Orrville? 

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Posted by Deggesty on Monday, September 8, 2014 10:33 PM
I know where both Nebraska and Ohio are--but I have absolutely no idea as to what an Orrville is.

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Monday, September 8, 2014 10:52 PM

rvos1979
43,000 lbs of Orrville, Ohio's finest on board tonight, headed to Atlanta.........

Have a good one.......

 You have 43,000# of Orrville Ohio police officers on board?  Must be some sort of convention special? Clown

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Posted by CShaveRR on Monday, September 8, 2014 11:02 PM

Gotta haul 'em in a truck, though...100 cops and their donuts wouldn't fit in a bus.


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Posted by JoeKoh on Tuesday, September 9, 2014 3:16 AM

He probably picked up some smucker's.Hope he doesn't get in a jam.

stay safe

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Posted by Mookie on Tuesday, September 9, 2014 5:44 AM

Joe - Google - my best friend kind of pointed me in that direction. 

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Posted by Norm48327 on Tuesday, September 9, 2014 5:57 AM

rvos1979
43,000 lbs of Orrville, Ohio's finest on board tonight, headed to Atlanta.........

Have a good one.......

Well, I'll be jammed. Big Smile Smile, Wink & Grin

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Tuesday, September 9, 2014 7:06 AM

Well, with a name like Smuckers, it's gotta be confusing.

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Posted by Randy Stahl on Tuesday, September 9, 2014 9:55 AM

I fixed a radiator fan on a GE dash 7 this week. I got my pants sucked off....next time I'll wear a belt

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Tuesday, September 9, 2014 11:05 AM

Randy Stahl

I fixed a radiator fan on a GE dash 7 this week. I got my pants sucked off....next time I'll wear a belt

  Ya know, I'm tryin' to understand this, or to even visualize this in my mind. It ain't workin'.

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Posted by Randy Stahl on Tuesday, September 9, 2014 12:29 PM

I think anyone who worked around the old dash 7 engines were undressed to some degree. The running boards along the long hood were tight and if the engine was in notch 8 the suction was pretty intense.

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, September 9, 2014 3:14 PM

Randy Stahl

I think anyone who worked around the old dash 7 engines were undressed to some degree. The running boards along the long hood were tight and if the engine was in notch 8 the suction was pretty intense.

That's why you won't see me putting water in our RS3 while it's running.  Gotta cross the fan to get to the water fill.  It'd be a Marilyn Monroe moment, even without wearing a skirt...  That's one BIG fan.

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Posted by Mookie on Tuesday, September 9, 2014 5:58 PM

Gotta learn to really watch more closely....

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Posted by mudchicken on Tuesday, September 9, 2014 6:34 PM

He's got the PB & J (JIF & Smuckers) - Last seen in hot pursuit of a bakery truck on US-30.Chef

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Posted by JoeKoh on Tuesday, September 9, 2014 7:03 PM

evening

had some sprinkles tonight.Thunderboomers and cooler tomorrow. Ns had a westbound waiting when I left work. time for some more chores.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, September 9, 2014 8:28 PM

Looks like Madam LaMook may be in for a rough night.  Tornado watch there right now.  No warnings posted that I can see, though.

Hoping we don't see that kind of stuff Thursday evening.  Our firefighter memorial is scheduled then.  We can do it indoors, but it's much better out at the memorial itself.

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Posted by mudchicken on Tuesday, September 9, 2014 10:06 PM

Love how it zooms through here and blows up out in the flatlands.  Haven't heard from DiningCar lately to see how life on the beach in AZ is treating him. It's the second major cloudburst we've seen in less than a month in those parts. (We may see the S word down at 5200-6000 feet above MSL on Friday night mixed with rain - Got Thomas duty on Saturday and Sunday (plus housepainting), so hopefully it clears up.)

 

One of my co-field dogs reported a near miss with a train and a dump truck yesterday. Thank the big railroader in the sky for restricted speed in yard limits. Could have been quantum uglyIck!

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Posted by CShaveRR on Tuesday, September 9, 2014 10:13 PM

Promise of potentially heavy rainfall after midnight, and into the morning rush.  

I kind of blew it today...I have my new i-Phone, and missed the perfect opportunity to shoot video of the view from the tracks between Geneva and Lombard (or a good portion thereof).

First of all, how I got to Geneva (the second time). My ultrasound was in Winfield, and I'd taken the scoot there because Pat was intending to do some Lombard Historical Society work. That didn't happen, through no fault of hers. So she came out to Winfield to pick me up; we went to lunch there, at a new (to us) restaurant in Winfield. John's is an expanded tavern, but they have a good menu and a view of the tracks. We saw three or four trains while we were there.  From there we went through West Chicago, then out beyond Geneva to shop. We shopped 'til our balance dropped.

To get to and from Geneva, we had to cross the newly-half-opened bridge that carries Illinois 38 over the UP tracks. I'm sure that 99.995 percent of the drivers on 38 love that bridge because it eliminates the delays that a busy two-track main line (probably near 100 trains/day) can bring. But I'm in the 0.005% minority--both times we crossed the bridge, there were interesting freight trains passing beneath us (since only two lanes are open, no way could I even slow down to catch them).

So, when we crossed the bridge on our way home, the train below was an eastbound Com Ed coal train, and it had some relettered equipment that I was sure I hadn't known about. Something like that, for me to document and report, makes my day! So instead of going straight home, we went into West Chicago, and found a nice place for watching this train as it moved into the yard. A westbound auto train came between me and the coal train, but that was not too much of a problem. Then the auto train stopped. I moved a little so I could still see the coal train between the auto racks. Then the coal train stopped. I had not seen the relettered cars yet. So we went into West Chicago...

...at which point Pat came up with an idea. She'd go home and unload the groceries, and leave me in West Chicago to wait for the train...I could get home on a scoot after I'd seen it. This sounded good to me, so away she went. I went down to the station and waited. While there, I saw a couple of passenger employees who still remembered me (when in heck is J.J. ever going to retire?). The eastbound scoot's impending arrival was announced, and I thought about taking it and waiting in Lombard for the coal train to come through. But then the westbound scoot was announced, and I was blown away by a stroke of genius: since I ride for free anyway, why not go west, past the last location of the train, see the cars if I could, and then go home?

So I got on the westbound. Right away, I knew it was a good move: the train was right where we left it.  And, it was on the connector to the CN...had I gone to Lombard, or even stayed at the West Chicago station, I would never have seen it (I could have gone to JB tower and watched it cross our line, but...more on that later)! Both the coal train and the auto train were still sitting where we had left them. So I saw my mystery cars (three of them, on a train of over 130 cars), and yes, I needed to document them...seems Com Ed is getting rid of its oldest coal gons.

I'd thought about riding the train to the end of the line and taking the same consist back home. But then I decided to get off at Geneva, go into Cabooses for a drink (Diet Coke), and watch trains from there. While I was there, we had two westbound stack trains, and the train of autos, also westbound, came through (I snickered when one of the Cabooses patrons waved at the DP locomotive on the hind end.). When the eastbound scoot came (right after the second westbound stacker), I was ready to go home.

I should have broken out the video cam right away...gotten the spectacular crossing of the Fox River, the climb up the grade, and the new Route 38 overpass from below. At West Chicago, the coal train was still there, on my left, and a westbound stacker was on my right as we went past the yard. Across the diamond (I could see the coal train's head end on the connecting track). At the station, we met the westbound scoot. Another westbound stack train met us at Sunset on Track 2, and a westbound empty NORX coal train was sitting at Winfield on Track 3. At College, a westbound manifest went past us on Track 2. All of this action would have made for a neat video that would show how busy the line was, but hindsight's 20-20. I was surprised that there were no trains sitting at Finley this time, but when I got off the train in Lombard, I could see an eastbound stacker at CP Plow. After helping a little old lady down the stairs and across the street, I headed home.

 

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Tuesday, September 9, 2014 10:22 PM

     Hello Noah?  We've got some of your animals.  They're floating around the back yard. Umbrella

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Posted by edblysard on Wednesday, September 10, 2014 5:42 AM

Murphy Siding

Randy Stahl

I fixed a radiator fan on a GE dash 7 this week. I got my pants sucked off....next time I'll wear a belt

  Ya know, I'm tryin' to understand this, or to even visualize this in my mind. It ain't workin'.

Murphy Siding

Randy Stahl

I fixed a radiator fan on a GE dash 7 this week. I got my pants sucked off....next time I'll wear a belt

  Ya know, I'm tryin' to understand this, or to even visualize this in my mind. It ain't workin'.

Consider yourself lucky, very lucky!

Surprise

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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Wednesday, September 10, 2014 7:27 AM

The ride to work this morning wasn't too bad despite the ongoing deluge.  Streets weren't flooded (yet) and the Southwest Service was operating on time.  Not sure on whether any other routes were affected.

The daily commute is part of everyday life but I get two rides a day out of it. Paul
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Posted by CShaveRR on Wednesday, September 10, 2014 11:48 AM

Paul, I didn't get any problem reports this morning from UP West or BNSF (those are the only two Metra lines I keep tabs on).  

Did you have fun with the Union Station signal problems last night?

Here the rain started well after midnight, and lasted until about 10:00 (we might get more in the afternoon; it's still looking pretty dismal out there).  There was 1.6" in our gauge, but the lack of any heavy downpours kept the flooding away.  

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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, September 10, 2014 4:25 PM

lot's of rain today.even rained sideways.Ns still has a westbound waiting to go west.Need to take matt to Church for his activities.Might build an ark while we are there.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by Mookie on Wednesday, September 10, 2014 4:30 PM

Joe - we didn't get that much here in central city parts.  But our airport said about 2 inches.  However, with our temp in the 60's and humidity in the 70-80%, it is very "sloggy" feeling. 

I do get the feeling however, that we are the city of only moderation.  Just enough sun, just enough rain, just enough wind, just a lot of allergies - Oops - Sign, so now I wonder if this winter will be the same with snow and ice?  Grumpy

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 10, 2014 4:32 PM

MMmmmmm.......Jam.

Now where's the toast????  Stick out tongue

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Posted by Mookie on Wednesday, September 10, 2014 4:39 PM

Oh Murray - one of my favorite songs..."We Like Bread & Butter; We Like Toast & Jam".....Shy

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Posted by tree68 on Wednesday, September 10, 2014 4:50 PM

There's an oldie-but-goodie ear worm for ya...

Supposed to rain here later tonight and into tomorrow morning.  Hopefully it will be past by evening.

Carl - could have recorded a real alphabet soup of reporting marks today - all on cylindrical hoppers.  Didn't have a pen ready, and I really needed to get where I was headed (and back).  They were sitting in Boonville, NY, either as storage or SIT.  I think I mentioned them last week, now that I think about it.

Got some cucumbers from a friend last week, and some Mason jars today - there may be refrigerator pickles in my future...

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