BaltACD Dakguy201 BaltACD CSX has decreed that only Mechanical Department personnel are allowed to add water to a engine that is running low on water. Do you have any idea why they have made such a decision? Perhaps to insure the proper anticorrosion chemicals are also added? I don't know for certain; however, knowing the company culture - either someone got injured adding water or water was added to the wrong fluid. Now if the Mechanical Dept would redouble their efforts to see that engines don't leak like seives and don't fail on line of road account tripping the low water alarm.
Dakguy201 BaltACD CSX has decreed that only Mechanical Department personnel are allowed to add water to a engine that is running low on water. Do you have any idea why they have made such a decision? Perhaps to insure the proper anticorrosion chemicals are also added?
BaltACD CSX has decreed that only Mechanical Department personnel are allowed to add water to a engine that is running low on water.
CSX has decreed that only Mechanical Department personnel are allowed to add water to a engine that is running low on water.
Do you have any idea why they have made such a decision? Perhaps to insure the proper anticorrosion chemicals are also added?
I don't know for certain; however, knowing the company culture - either someone got injured adding water or water was added to the wrong fluid.
Now if the Mechanical Dept would redouble their efforts to see that engines don't leak like seives and don't fail on line of road account tripping the low water alarm.
I'm betting injury. If you don't properly vent the system before removing the cap, you can get scalded by escaping steam and hot water.
Jeff
afternoon
work not so busy today. NKP 765 came by our work after 1 pm.Was busy inside.Didn't know of anyone else that saw it go by at work.Our pastor saw it before he had to do his churchwork.The local was uptown again when I left work.Need to get at some chores here at home.
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").
Ran down to Syracuse and picked up the radio I won a couple of weeks ago, followed by picking up lunch for daughter and family and enjoying that with them.
Was holding granddaughter for a bit before I left. Mom asked if the youngster wanted to go to her, granddaughter signalled she didn't... (Chuckle) She went to Mom a few minutes later.
Kids are so much fun!
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...
morning
work was okay.Saw an NS Operation Lifesaver unit go east in the morning.The local was back when I got off of work.Went to help family.NS in Continental (NKP line) has turned on the new signals.Didn't have time to see where the old ones went.Hope this Friday goes fast.
tree68 Ran down to Syracuse and picked up the radio I won a couple of weeks ago, followed by picking up lunch for daughter and family and enjoying that with them. Was holding granddaughter for a bit before I left. Mom asked if the youngster wanted to go to her, granddaughter signalled she didn't... (Chuckle) She went to Mom a few minutes later. Kids are so much fun!
Why is it that your grandchildren grow up faster than your own children did??
Three hours in the dark on the 11th Floor - WooHoo! (and the cops and fire department (in full gear w/ Scott AirPaks) are still wandering around down below ... Utility HDD crew is catching flak from the cops...)
MC, I'd lobby for windows up there so you won't be in the dark. Seriously, what happened?We lucked out on an excursion away from the cottage yesterday. At Baldwin (formerly an important crossroads on the Pere Marquette) we caught a train of PM's great-grandson, Marquette Rail, Inc. The two SD40-2s were in Genesee & Wyoming colors, and were detached from everything, being refueled by a truck. The train would apparently be headed to either Ludington or Manistee, since it had a caboose as the easternmost car in town (its number, 3158, suggests that it was ex-C&O same; an extended-vision-cupola car in a faded but otherwise nice blue, red, and yellow paint scheme reminiscent of the old PM's locomotives).While nothing was moving, I got a good closeup look at some of the company's box cars. They've acquired a few since I last did this; many of the newer ones have the Finger Lakes Railway in their ancestry. Still in the process of putting this story together, which is kind of difficult because of the lack of cell and internet at the cottage.We go back home in a couple of days...I'm ready, but I'm not, yaknowutImean?
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)
(1) We have 3 doors that open onto a good sized deck on the 11th Floor (there is a 12th floor above us with no outside access)
(2) We now know that a utilty crew (HDD/Horizontal Directional Drilling) managed to poke a hole in a transformer (buried in an underground vault - it blew up)...the dumb cowboys then compounded the problem by allowing drilling fluid to come in contact with the hot buried electric cable which suddenly made everything along the ground above the buried cable very electrically unstable. Expensive day for the contractor - hopefully nobody was hurt or burned.
Not to let der Chicken get ahead of me, we had somewhere around 2 inches of rain in a short time overnite, had blackout at the same time for about 7-8 hours (did get uncomfortably warm w/o any air or even ambient light to see that you were warm!)
But lights on about 8 am and turned out to be a good day (mid 80's). Lunch trackside - lots of coal trains and some freight going in all directions.
Life is good!
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
evening
Did my commuinty service this morning.Trimmed around the playground equipment at the park.Weeds were above my knees.Got word our buddy was bringing an oil train eastward.Took him 6 hrs to get from Chicago.Also saw q171 with a CN sd 70m leader.Going to chill out here at home.
We got home this evening to no rain (a total shock, after having seen downed tree-limbs from other folks in the village), and a lawn that needs to be attended to as soon as possible...after a memorial service, a trip to the post office, etc., etc. Heard trains almost as soon as I opened the car door. Can't wait to see them tomorrow!
CSSHEGEWISCHWhy is it that your grandchildren grow up faster than your own children did??
Raising your own kids is torture. Playing with the grandkids (ie, spoiling them and leaving them for mom and dad to deal with) is a joy...
Our run to Big Moose Sunday morning was briefly interrupted by a small tree down with the topmost branches on the tracks. As I alit from the locomotive to investigate, the reason the small tree had come down became apparent - a large, dead tree had come down and was leaning heavily on two other large trees, with the whole mess leaning over the tracks.
I was about to pull one of the larger branches of the small tree off the tracks when I heard a "crack" above me. Found safer ground and moved what I had to off the tracks. The trees still hadn't come down by the time we returned an hour and a half later, so now they're MOW's problem.
Fortunately, they're on a long section of tangent, so hitting them wasn't going to be a problem.
Decent weekend on the railroad - now it's time to get ready for the SPAAMFAA convention in Syracuse next weekend.
Tree, to further the joy of the kids when they get "cranky" feed them a snickers bar and a bottle of Dr. Pepper and let them go home. Also continued sucess to you on the Railroad.
Y6bs evergreen in my mind
switch7frg Tree, to further the joy of the kids when they get "cranky" feed them a snickers bar and a bottle of Dr. Pepper and let them go home. Also continued sucess to you on the Railroad.
work not so busy today.Ns had the local out and about when I left work.Mowed the yard when we got home.Matt and I helped out our neighbor too.Time for inside chores.
Fairly productive day - got the trailer inspected (it passed, but it's brand new...), got the new ham antenna mounted on the truck, got some laundry done. The humidity dropped as the day went on, which was a good thing. This morning one could break out in a sweat standing still...
The new antenna does pose a bit of a quandry for me. While it'll be necessary to use all the capabilities of the new radio I won, it's too tall to fit in the garage, and isn't flexible enough to give. So it'll have to come off when the truck goes back inside (it's been outside while I built the utility trailer). I did order a new antenna that will handle the stuff I use the radio for most (2 meter and 70 cm), so the quad band antenna will simply get kept inside the truck unless I need it.
Tomorrow I load up the old wheeled fire extinguisher so I can take it to the SPAAMFAA convention in Syracuse Wednesday. Our local chapter is helping out with the convention, too, so I'll probably be doing many things over the weekend.
For now, I've got to see if I can get the new radio programmed so I can move it into the truck...
Tree, maybe you could get a vertical locking hinge(folding type) to lower the tenna. they sure are handy for low clearances (if you don't forget about it) 73s to you.
switch7frg Tree, maybe you could get a vertical locking hinge(folding type) to lower the tenna. they sure are handy for low clearances (if you don't forget about it) 73s to you.
They make one for this antenna. For the most part, though, I won't need the extended range (6 and 10 meters) around home - only when venturing further away. Around here, 2 meters and 70 centimeters are the usual FM haunts.
So as soon as the new dual band antenna (different mounting base than the one I already have) shows up, it'll be on the truck most of the time, with the quad-band securely stowed in case I wander into an area with the other bands.
I did get the new quad-band radio all programmed and mounted in the truck.
work busy today.Ns was clear when we left.Leftovers for supper.Need to get cleaned up.
The humidity is getting out of hand around here, my shirt is getting soaked at 5:30 am while I'm waiting for my train. Texas can take its weather back. Some KCS power on EB oil cans this morning waiting for my train to cross the BRC.
CSSHEGEWISCH The humidity is getting out of hand around here, my shirt is getting soaked at 5:30 am while I'm waiting for my train.
The humidity is getting out of hand around here, my shirt is getting soaked at 5:30 am while I'm waiting for my train.
I hear you there! Worked up a sweat yesterday morning just standing around...
The humidity here at almost 5 PM stands at about 50%, which might not sound bad, but the temperature is about 90F. For those of us living in the north woods, that's brutal.
Worked up a sweat today loading and unloading antique fire apparatus. The indoor display at the SPAAMFAA convention now holds some 4 "hand tubs" (hand operatated pumpers), our local chapter's Howe/Remington horse-operated pumper, half a dozen hose carts, and a couple of wheeled soda-acid extinguishers.
The prize in the room is the parade hose reel owned by a local collector of note. The vehicle was never intended to fight fire - indeed it was purely a showpiece, as the vast amounts of polished nickle and brass evidence. I'll try to get a picture of it up here. It's also the biggest piece in the room right now.
More of the convention all weekend, with a parade and muster on Saturday.
Ain't she a beauty? (Bottom picture)
Top picture is several of the hose carts and hand tubs. One of the hand tubs dates to 1824.
Local on Ns was in town when I left work.
had to go into town.Csx had a q090 waiting to east at FC.It had other boxcars ahead of the reefer cars.Chores to do.
CSSHEGEWISCH The humidity is getting out of hand around here, my shirt is getting soaked at 5:30 am while I'm waiting for my train. Texas can take its weather back. Some KCS power on EB oil cans this morning waiting for my train to cross the BRC.
Last two days have been bad running from Virginia to Illinois, I think my air conditioning has condensed about 20 gallons of water out of the atmosphere........
Watching Truck Stop Follies tonight in Effingham, then picking up a scrap paper load to Green Bay tomorrow. Hopefully will get something home from there..........
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
tree68The humidity here at almost 5 PM stands at about 50%, which might not sound bad, but the temperature is about 90F.
We envy you. Send that weather down here.
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"A stranger's just a friend you ain't met yet." --- Dave Gardner
Tree: Looks like an elegant carriage!
Mookie Tree: Looks like an elegant carriage!
Elegant is an understatement. These fire companies were very proud of their equipment, even though in this case (as I mentioned), it never actually fought fire. I'm sure it got lots of interesting looks while in transit (and especially on the Interstate). You can see three of the five bells in the picture. They are on springs and ring whenever it hits a bump...
The fellow that owns it has quite a collection of such items. Our club helped move a few of them to the site of the convention from his warehouse and the old firehouse where he keeps part of his collection.
Tree: Hope the old firehouse has sprinklers. Those units are priceless and irreplaceable.
Hope that Randy, when he takes a break from the truckstop follies, goes over and watches Charlie Barenfanger's GP-9 and SW-8 in pristine Alton/Rock red paint doing their thing in the industrial park on the F-ing Ham RR.(Stevens, west of Raney...about 3/4 of a mile east of the oversized religious structure and about 1.5 miles south of the home for wayward semi's is....
tree68 Ain't she a beauty? (Bottom picture) Top picture is several of the hose carts and hand tubs. One of the hand tubs dates to 1824.
The only things missing are the horses and Dalmatians.
Norm
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