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Posted by switch7frg on Thursday, September 18, 2014 4:27 PM

 Chuck, I remember   Spike very well and his band of cohorts.  Does anyone recall when his son was born?    Shortly after he was born Spike told folks on t. v. that he would be called  "Spikes little Tack".   I wonder where he is today.  The likes of comedy  has changed so much.  Stan and Ollie sure could get a laugh real easy.  The antics of the Keystone Cops was funny , can you imagine who the genius was who came up with all the ideas  for those movies.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Thursday, September 18, 2014 5:15 PM

Ns had 2 trains waiting when I left work.Csx ran some trains by as I was working in town after Matt got home.The ND&W tracks are looking better.Must be fall though the weeds are turning light brown.Tomorrow is Friday.

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Joe

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Posted by ChuckCobleigh on Thursday, September 18, 2014 9:29 PM

switch7frg

Does anyone recall when his son was born?    Shortly after he was born Spike told folks on t. v. that he would be called  "Spikes little Tack".   I wonder where he is today.

Spike Jones, Jr., shows up on TV in January of 1952, so probably he showed up before that.  His IMDB page indicates that he has been doing TV producing for the past 14 years or so, mostly award shows and the like.

I remember watching "The Spike Jones" show in the mid-fifties and thought it was pretty funny.  During that time the funniest song they did was a horse race bit about a horse named "Beetlebaum."  There is no goofy comedy like that these days that I have seen.  Thank goodness for DVDs of Stan and Ollie, Bud and Lou and Harpo, Chico and Groucho.

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Posted by Norm48327 on Friday, September 19, 2014 5:43 AM

Dating myself, but I sort of miss those days. If I could go back to them but have all the conveniences of today.......... In some ways life was easier then. Big Smile

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Posted by JoeKoh on Friday, September 19, 2014 2:54 PM

Ns had a train in the siding.Getting chores done here at home.Tomorrow it's time to visit the corn city(Deshler) again.

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Posted by Norm48327 on Friday, September 19, 2014 6:33 PM

How would you interpret this headline?

"Rat sighting prompts menu change at Marysville school"

Sure sounds like it's open to different interpretations to me. Hmm

Found it on a Seattle news site.

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Posted by The Butler on Friday, September 19, 2014 9:31 PM

Norm48327

How would you interpret this headline?

"Rat sighting prompts menu change at Marysville school"

Sure sounds like it's open to different interpretations to me. Hmm

Found it on a Seattle news site.

Woohoo!  Fresh ratatouille coming soon!  Laugh

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Posted by CShaveRR on Friday, September 19, 2014 10:38 PM

That rat, a can of tuna, and a saucer of milk would do a great job of feeding the little kiddies.

Oops, sorry...I thought you said kitties! 

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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Saturday, September 20, 2014 6:49 AM

CShaveRR

That rat, a can of tuna, and a saucer of milk would do a great job of feeding the little kiddies.

Oops, sorry...I thought you said kitties! 

Ms. Mookie might not appreciate thatSmile, Wink & Grin

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Posted by Mookie on Sunday, September 21, 2014 3:51 PM

Went fishing again today.  Lots of bait disappeared, but no fish.  End of season smart! 

Did have a good time watching all the hangovers wandering around an RV area.  Had a great football game yesterday and a record 91+K crowd.  Then the leftover entertainment for today.  That was amusing. 

Also caught about 9-10 trains coming and going.  Always something to see there.  Got the Sunday papers read and then a short nap.  Can't beat that with a stick!Smile, Wink & Grin

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Posted by JoeKoh on Sunday, September 21, 2014 6:53 PM

ma nature is cooling us off quick. good week lot's of sunshine according to the guessers.back to work tomorrow.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Sunday, September 21, 2014 6:59 PM

     Spent all day yesterday painting on the outside of my house, up and down the ladder.  Today, my youngest son and I went on a rugged 2 hour hike.  I don't think my eyelids hurt right now, but I'll swear that darn near every other part of my body does.

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Posted by tree68 on Sunday, September 21, 2014 7:23 PM

Saturday was really nice, if a bit cool.  Jacket weather all day, although some holdouts were still seen in shorts.

Sunday, on the other hand started out nice, but got very wet very fast.  That's not so bad for the engineer (in this case me), aside from dealing with wheel slip (and I did).  The crew that had to work outside, on the other hand, got soaked.

They'll dry, and I've been there before.

The colors in the central Adirondacks are really starting to come into their own.  I thought they might be a little dull, but the are really perking up now.  Peak will probably be within a week to ten days.

I'm working this week, during the week.  I expect to have some busy trains!

Next weekend I'll be manning the railroad's booth at the model train show in Massena.  If anyone happens by that way, stop in and say hi!

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Posted by Deggesty on Sunday, September 21, 2014 9:34 PM

I am still enjoying my travels in Canada, despite having something happen in my laptop a week ago which makes it impossible for me to use it to get on line. Right now, I am in a hotel in Prince Rupert, B.C, waiting for Wednesday to come so I can start back to Jasper--where I will spend a night before going back to Vancouver. 

The trip from Jasper to here was in two parts--to Prince George one day and on to Prince Rupert the next---with dodging many CN freights. We had at least one meet involving two westbounds and one eastbound, which had us backing past the switch to the south track after the two eatbounds ran by and then running around the westbound, which also had stopped on the north track (around here, CN does not number the tracks, but names them).

Late Friday morning, I boarded the ferry for Port Hardy and had a fair trip (no cabin was available, so I sat up during the night) down, and left there yesterday afternoon, to arrive here 22 hours later--in a cabin so I was able to stretch my weary bones out.

I never saw a whale really out of water, but I did see many spouts, and caught, with my eyes, a tailfin disappearing beneath the water.

While I was waiting to board in Port Hardy, I had a brief conversation with one of the navigation officers, and he told me I should ask for a tour of the bridge--and, just before lunch today one of the other people on board asked me if I would like a tour; I said yes, and was taken up, along with a lady and her son, after lunch and did see some of the works. The communication system between the bridge and the engine room looks much like the old system which was mechanical and rang a bell in the engine room which a change in speed/direction was needed.

It's raining here now.

As some of you may have noticed, one of our young contributors, northwest, and I met briefly in Bellingham as I was on my way up to Seattle nine days ago.

Mookie, I still plan to come through Lincoln the first Thursday night in October.

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Posted by Mookie on Monday, September 22, 2014 5:52 AM

Johnny - you will have a very quiet pass through Lincoln - our beloved football team is playing out of town that weekend, so the crowd should be scarce. 

Might be a little frost on the punkin' so wear your warm nitecap! 

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Posted by CShaveRR on Monday, September 22, 2014 8:54 AM

Johnny, unless your trip takes you toward Grand Rapids, you probably won't be seeing us that weekend.  There are artistic things, quiltistic things, logistic things, and other things going on that weekend...in the Land of No Trains.

It's been quiet for me for the past week, including the trip to Michigan we took last weekend.  There is plenty of work to do; I'm restructuring my file pages for the East Erie Commercial Railroad to make it easier to see former numbers for the cars we know about.  I'd get more done if it weren't for the distracting view of our backyard from my work-station.  It is a nice day to be inside, looking out at a yard that appears much warmer than it really is.  There are about a half-dozen squirrels, and a chipmunk or two, scurrying around (I'm keeping the door locked in case they become desperate in their search for nuts!).  There was a female cardinal perched on our gazing ball.  No wind, clear sky...I'll be outside later today, I'm pretty sure.

One thing I discovered while messing around with my new iPhone...it not only takes still shots and videos, it can do panoramic shots, and slo-mo and time-lapse videos.  I'm hoping I can (a) use both of these features while railfanning:  maybe grab more information off faster trains with the slo-mo, and give quicker "tours" of our stretch of railroad with the time-lapse; and (b) find them again when I need them!

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Posted by JoeKoh on Monday, September 22, 2014 4:17 PM

work not so busy today..have plenty to do here at home.Ns had empties uptown and a train in the siding when I left.Welcome to fall tonight.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by Deggesty on Monday, September 22, 2014 9:17 PM

Oh, I will not get to see Carl and Pat this trip, and Mookie says she will not bother to get her stilts out .Crying

I am enjoying my stay in Prince Rupert--seeing Cowtown, and trying out several different restaurants. Up early Wednesday morning, and leave here for the day's run to Prince George.

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Tuesday, September 23, 2014 7:50 AM

     Beautiful sunrise this morning, red, orange and purple, kind of like a fall sunset, bit in reverse.

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Posted by Deggesty on Tuesday, September 23, 2014 10:18 AM

"Evening red and morning gray sets the traveler on his way.

Evening gray and morning red brings down rain upon his head."

"Red skies at morning, sailors take warning; red skies at night, sailors' delight."

And, tomorrow morning, I set out for Prince George (which, I understand) was named for King George III of England. I expect to have the roof of a coach over my head. The next, I will go on to Jasper, again with a coach roof over my head. Friday, I head for Vancouver, in a compartment (which VIA calls a "cabin for two, just the same as it calls a bedroom a "cabin for two"--and sells both for the same price (and sells duplex roomettes and roomettes ("cabins for one") at the same price, also).

Please don't be confused by my parentheses within parentheses.Smile

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Posted by The Butler on Tuesday, September 23, 2014 1:57 PM

Are the rules for the use of class lights and flags, on the lead locomotive, set by individual railroads or are the rules set by the FRA?

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Posted by JoeKoh on Tuesday, September 23, 2014 2:28 PM

think rules for lights are set by the FRA.Local uptown.Train still waiting to go west in the siding.work is steady.time for chores.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by Mookie on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 6:32 AM

Time  Is it really Wednesday?  What happened to summer?  Once again, I wasn't done with summer and now it is gone. 

Blah....

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Posted by tree68 on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 6:42 AM

Fall is fell,

The leaves as well

Are falling to the ground.

And everyone knows

When the cold wind blows,

Jack Frost will soon be 'round.

There's an awful lot of projects that I wish I'd gotten to this summer and didn't...

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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 4:43 PM

chores for today are done.time to get matt off for his class.Ns still has a train in the siding and empties were waiting for the local uptown.Tomorrow last day of work for me this week.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by Mookie on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 7:08 PM

Joe - are you retiring on Friday?  What?  You got a day off? 

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Posted by JoeKoh on Thursday, September 25, 2014 5:21 PM

company coming from California.not sure if he will be here Friday or Saturday.Made an appointment for truck in the AM.Work has settled down.Ns moved the train out of the siding only to replace it with another.This one has lot's of old sand hoppers in it.Matt and I ventured out to see what we could find.Saw the ND&W go across FC.He got across the diamond ok but jumped the track further west.More work to be done on the west end.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by CShaveRR on Friday, September 26, 2014 8:41 AM

From the looks of that track, the train didn't have to jump very far!

 

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Posted by Deggesty on Friday, September 26, 2014 10:28 AM

Well, my trip to the coast of British Columbia is done; I returned to Jasper yesterday, after another two days' travel from Prince Rupert. We were again delayed by freights, though not as badly as were going west. We left Prince George late because CN let a freight out ahead of us--and it had some problem once it entered the only track out of town. It looked to be solid empty iron ore hoppers--I assumed that a warning to use radiant heat only, and not to exceed 250 degrees F. meant that they were for iron ore. The worst problem came when a signal misfunction kept us stopped after a work train that was ahead of us had cleared the main. However, we were only forty-five minutes late getting in ( the three previous delays were at least an hour and more).

Today, I start back to Vancouver, riding in a compartment in one of the cars built for the CP's Canadian.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Friday, September 26, 2014 3:15 PM

afternoon

well Matt had a fog day from school.We ventured up to Bryan to see what NS was up to.Amtrak's capitol and lake shore were both late plus we got a bonus car special in Butler Indiana.Made it back to Bryan in time to see the "Virginian" heritage unit go by the local engines.Tomorrow hopefully our pen pal will be here then off to Fostoria or other places.

stay safe

Joe

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