afternoon
Ns was clear when I left work.Ran errands.Csx sent a single bnsf engine eastbound with empty coal cars.Then a westbound CSX rebuilt sd40-3(spongebob) went by itself west.Finished mowing our swamp.More chores to do.Matt is going to a nature center to play in the mud as part of his summer bible school tomorrow.
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").
The Butler Deggesty Oh, yes--I had never seen the engine combination that we had out of Seattle--we had egines 22 and 505 on the point. I commented to one of the engineers that I had never seen one like 505 in road service; he commented that he had it aboout every other run, and the engineers preferred that it trail, since it is a rough rider. When we I arrived in Portland, I saw him again and he asked me how the ride was--and I told him that my ride was good. I understand that the 505 is a tunnel motor; I did not find a builder's plate on it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GE_Dash_8-32BWH
Deggesty Oh, yes--I had never seen the engine combination that we had out of Seattle--we had egines 22 and 505 on the point. I commented to one of the engineers that I had never seen one like 505 in road service; he commented that he had it aboout every other run, and the engineers preferred that it trail, since it is a rough rider. When we I arrived in Portland, I saw him again and he asked me how the ride was--and I told him that my ride was good. I understand that the 505 is a tunnel motor; I did not find a builder's plate on it.
Oh, yes--I had never seen the engine combination that we had out of Seattle--we had egines 22 and 505 on the point. I commented to one of the engineers that I had never seen one like 505 in road service; he commented that he had it aboout every other run, and the engineers preferred that it trail, since it is a rough rider. When we I arrived in Portland, I saw him again and he asked me how the ride was--and I told him that my ride was good. I understand that the 505 is a tunnel motor; I did not find a builder's plate on it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GE_Dash_8-32BWH
Johnny
Texans are getting to the point that rain is a 4 letter word. Maybe instead -- call it
" A mass profusion of aqueous globules falling from the sky "
I love the B32-8WHs! Since there are only 20, I've been trying to track down all of them. I hope it returns to Seattle this weekend, as I may get down there.
Since they were constructed with a minimum of modifications from freight models in order to get Amtrak out of a power jam, they do ride rougher than the P42DCs. Often they are in the lead because they have a percipitous drop in traction HP when in full HEP mode, so the P42DCs often trail.
Since Cascades Talgos have an HEP car, they sometimes show up there, but unfortunately I don't see them as often as I would like. :)
Although they were all originally lettered and numbered for Amtrak, two of the B32-8WH's (501-502) were built for Caltrans. They were eventually relettered and renumbered as Caltrans 2051-2052. I believe that they are assigned to the "San Joaquins".
evening
Went into town for errands.Csx was moving some trains but slowly.Had mud problems in places.Some towns like Kalida are underwater.A pool and park area here is Defiance is underwater too.Chores to do.
Nice day today, and it looks like it will pretty much hold until Sunday afternoon (so much for dad's matinee golf game...).
Got the lawn mowed and all the petunias planted, too. Now we'll see if they'll take and flourish. Especially since I won't be home to water them for a few days...
Packing up for four days working on "Day Out with Thomas." Could be a little crazy if all the people we hope show up actually do...
Time for supper and the "Seaway Net," a nightly on-air gathering of hams here in the area.
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...
It's going to be a lot crazy today. The Stanley Cup parade will go past my building this morning and at least I'll have a decent seat for watching. Lots of extra riders wearing RED on my morning train, which arrives at CUS at 6:15.
Rain has arrived in Nw Ohio.Some towns are shut down due to flooding.Might need a creative way to get to Lima on Saturday.
Paul, it was a madhouse all day, all right! There were still Blackhawks fans headed in after 11:00 (when the rally started), and I was trying to get on the scoot. Plenty of red shirts, for sure! I was at Elmhurst for about two hours, during which time I saw one outbound scoot in addition to the regularly-scheduled ones. When I got on one, just after 1:00 p.m., I couldn't have gotten beyond the vestibule if I'd wanted to! I stayed and watched trains roe a couple of hours at Lombard as well, and saw another outbound extra, as well as an empty inbound going back for more.Plenty of freight action, too, including some ACFX covered hoppers built this month.
Carl
Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)
CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)
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