CShaveRR I made the run from Elburn to Chicago in 24 seconds flat today, and have the video on Facebook to prove it!The G-forces were daunting, but nothing compared to the people who were launched onto the train by the wheelchair lift! Halfway through the run I saw NS's NS heritage unit (8104? Red and black), and at Proviso I saw the D&RGW heritage unit and a new GE test unit (2024? Blue all over). That radiator profile looks like it could scrape a tunnel or two!
I made the run from Elburn to Chicago in 24 seconds flat today, and have the video on Facebook to prove it!The G-forces were daunting, but nothing compared to the people who were launched onto the train by the wheelchair lift! Halfway through the run I saw NS's NS heritage unit (8104? Red and black), and at Proviso I saw the D&RGW heritage unit and a new GE test unit (2024? Blue all over). That radiator profile looks like it could scrape a tunnel or two!
The Rio Grande unit was on the MNPPR the other night and there was a NS heritage unit (I'm thinking the same one Carl saw) in QNPEL's consist the same night. We met both out in western Iowa.
Yesterday afternoon, I saw the UP TV commercial on the History Channel. I almost missed it, even though I had seen a preview of it on the employee website.
Speaking of being on TV, I had my first inward facing cameral equipped engine the other day. I imagine it was working, though the ATC/Cab signal wasn't.
Jeff
Johnny
Randy Vos
"Ever have one of those days where you couldn't hit the ground with your hat??" - Waylon Jennings
"May the Lord take a liking to you and blow you up, real good" - SCTV
Well, we got our gully washed proper today! We have had at least 2 inches and maybe more. Driver & I were on the east and south end of town and we had to pull over twice due to heavy rain and no visibility. Of course, here at the house we had only had moderate rain. But it has rained pretty consistantly since we came home @ 5 pm - and I am almost positive I heard a boat whistle on our street. No flooding predicted.
I love rain!
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
One of my coworkers just planted grass seed at his new house. He and his wife went on vacation this week. I told him I'd keep an eye on the grass seed and keep it watered. So far, no problem. I watered it a little Saturday night, some on Sunday, and a lot Monday, and almost all day today. Tomorrow, I'll probably just water it about 40% of the time in the morning, tapering off towards the afternoon.
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
White Out! Methins my eyes are gonna be in poor adjustment for a bit. Are the cheesepickers at Kalmbach wishing for an early blizzard? - Or did the cat tell them about my housepainting timeliness?
Gah! Must...turn....monitor.........brightness.................DOWN!
Going outside, above 50 degrees, start painting trim on the sunny side of da house.
Got a 2nd brush and another ladder?
wow like the new digs!! One stack train the the siding when I left work.No local uptown.Chores to do and Matts confirmation class tonight.
stay safe
Joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
narig01Good afternoon everyone from SW Arkansas. Sitting on the porch enjoying the outside. It's 85 degrees and the sun is poking thru the clouds most of the time. UP been pretty quiet since late morning. (This morn after the SB Texas Eagle though the usual parade). Its been a while since I've been here. Thx IGN
well every time I back space on a thread it goes back to ascending.
If I disappear from this forum you know what happened. Too many complaints ?
Holy cow! Would you look at the changes!!!!!!
I was just getting used to the other one...
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
Ms. Mookie, you start the fire in the corner and I will bring tin cans for the trackside coffee as well , and 2 peices of pie. We can have a good time untill the "Bull" comes by.
Cannonball
Y6bs evergreen in my mind
switch7frg Ms. Mookie, you start the fire in the corner and I will bring tin cans for the trackside coffee as well , and 2 peices of pie. We can have a good time untill the "Bull" comes by. Cannonball
Mookie switch7frg Ms. Mookie, you start the fire in the corner and I will bring tin cans for the trackside coffee as well , and 2 peices of pie. We can have a good time untill the "Bull" comes by. Cannonball Cannonball, make it blueberry and you are on!
Cannonball, make it blueberry and you are on!
Murphy Siding Mookie switch7frg Ms. Mookie, you start the fire in the corner and I will bring tin cans for the trackside coffee as well , and 2 peices of pie. We can have a good time untill the "Bull" comes by. Cannonball Cannonball, make it blueberry and you are on! Mookie switch7frg Ms. Mookie, you start the fire in the corner and I will bring tin cans for the trackside coffee as well , and 2 peices of pie. We can have a good time untill the "Bull" comes by. Cannonball Cannonball, make it blueberry and you are on! Yeah! Blueberry! With real whipped cream!
Yeah! Blueberry! With real whipped cream!
Mmmmmmmmmmmm........ PIE!!!!!
To our Moderators --- Using an old congressional question..." Who knew what and when ? ? ?
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?
I like blueberry pie....
I figured out how to add some color, but it's not for the faint of heart... Still working on fonts...
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?
Check your hand!
And Kalmbach wants us to keep our subscriptions up, with changes like this, I'm ready to cancel mine.
Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!
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.
In the WOW what happened thread some of my posts about system errors have been deleted !
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!
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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"A stranger's just a friend you ain't met yet." --- Dave Gardner
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.
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?
Alert. Looks like Ohio River Trail may have returned with the new handle, "railtrail"
C&NW, CA&E, MILW, CGW and IC fan
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