afternoon
windy here in Nw Ohio.Ns was clear when I left work.Chores to do.Matt has one more lenten service tonight.Tomorrow we take Matt and Cousins to the airport to find warmer weather.He will miss Mammas birthday on Sunday but I think he'll get over it.
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").
Where's Matt going for Spring Break? I presume he'll have his trainfinders with him.We're home. Our severe storm netted us about an eighth of an inch of rain here; it had to be more in Michigan. We drove down through showers early on, but when we got to Indiana the sun broke out and stayed out.
It appears that the third NS main track at the eastern edge of Gary is down, but not yet usable. The new control point signals were placed in service over the past couple of weeks along the Burns Harbor-Pine Junction stretch, and the old ones removed.
Plenty of trains in the Gary area, mostly CN. We chased a couple down...one because it had some new-looking garbage gons, and the other because it got there first. MC, we actually saw a train on the new connecting track across Clarke Road. He had CN and NS power, and had pulled up to the crossing and stopped there while we were in the area. I would assume that it was off NS (CFE?) and headed to CN (GRW), from the equipment it had, including a lot of cars from Thiele Kaolin. If that were still the old PRR or WAB through there, he was westbound.
At Dolton Junction, we saw a train en route from Barr Yard (CSX) to Yard Center (UP). It was all covered hoppers; the mix suggested that they were probably potash cars. Power belonged to CP.Couple all of this with seeing a Consumers Energy coal train (BNSF power and DPU...2+2) on what's left of CSX north of Holland, and it was a pretty good trip home!
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)
CShaveRR Plenty of trains in the Gary area, mostly CN. We chased a couple down...one because it had some new-looking garbage gons, and the other because it got there first. MC, we actually saw a train on the new connecting track across Clarke Road. He had CN and NS power, and had pulled up to the crossing and stopped there while we were in the area. I would assume that it was off NS (CFE?) and headed to CN (GRW), from the equipment it had, including a lot of cars from Thiele Kaolin. If that were still the old PRR or WAB through there, he was westbound.
CShaveRRWe're being impacted by a line of thunderstorms, with a strong possibility of hail and tornadoes, both at home (where we aren't) and in western Michigan (where we are).
Probably the same system that wandered through here this afternoon. Nothing severe here - just thunder and a quarter inch of rain.
Road trip to Utica done - now a meeting.
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Matt & Co. arrived safely.Ns had a westbound stack train after we left work.Going to see where Mamma wants to go.
Joe - is the quiet deafening?
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Another day of busy, busy, busy out of the way (almost). Got some literature to print off, laundry to do, then bed time so I can do it all again tomorrow...
I need three of me this week....
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