Tree: I still remember the pictures of the guy in Omaha after he discovered why one stores and moves Oxy-Acetelene bottles just so. (his station wagon became a crispy critter/ roman candle too.)
tree68Word to the wise department - if you're picking up multiple cans of gasoline for a buddy, it's best if your truck doesn't catch fire...
Maybe they should have called themselves before digging?
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Word to the wise department - if you're picking up multiple cans of gasoline for a buddy, it's best if your truck doesn't catch fire...
Wasn't my truck, nor my buddy. I was driving one of the Big Red Trucks that responded as a result... The truck in question was totalled.
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...
afternoon
Ns had an empty stack train go west when I left work.Driveway work is progressing.Going to pour cement tomorrow.Need to check on Brother.Thankfully they moved to the Tampa area of Florida.Chores to do.
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").
ns was clear when I left work.Driveway is gone.Have other chores to do.
Joe
This was a perfect (in the literal sense, not the practical sense) example of a stealth schedule change.Effective yesterday (but since yesterday was a Sunday, today was the first day of changes), Metra moved the schedule of its midday trains on the Union Pacific West Line seven minutes earlier. There were photocopied notices posted in some of the stations I saw--no announcements, timetables are hard to come by. Surprise!I saw, especially at Elmhurst, people who thought they had plenty of time have to scurry to catch their train (sometimes having to cross the tracks via the tunnel). It's only for five or six eastbound midday trains; the morning trains and evening hourly trains (as well as the weekend trains) are on their long-time schedule.The reason for this is to move the meet of the two scoots each hour away from Elmhurst, to a point east of the Park control point. What this does is enable the scoots from both directions to utilize Track 3 between Grace (east of Lombard) and Park, using the south platform for the Villa Park and Elmhurst stations. That leaves Track 1 and Track 2 for arriving and departing freights from Proviso without interfering with scoots at Park (things hopefully disperse somewhat by the time they are at Grace, five miles west). It appears that the crossovers at Grace are going to see a lot more action because of this, at least as far as the Metra trains are concerned. Metra has assigned employees to the platforms at Villa Park and Elmhurst to make sure people are on the proper side for their train (especially necessary at Villa Park, which has no tunnel or overhead crossing) for today and tomorrow. Since midday users seem to be first-timers an awful lot, they'll probably have to come up with something more permanent to inform them of this change. And they'll have to be consistent: I came into Elmhurst on an eastbound that arrived on Track 1...the following hour it followed the new plan, arriving on Track 3, then the hour after that we were back to Track 1 again.Plenty of action along my little stretch of railroad today...Pat and I took lunch at our favorite Lombard deli, for the first time since my hospitalization. We were there for about an hour and had one scoot and five freights go through! My trip to Elmhurst was a couple of hours later, after an appointment in Winfield to have the dressing changed on my PICC line. I made those trips by train.
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)
Back to work today.Ns has some empty cars uptown.Park maintenance came and said they will start our new driveway tomorrow.Got chores to do inside.
good morning
Norm we might need it if the rain comes our way.Our Matt is sleeping.Had a good day with pen pal.Went to pick him up and csx was setting some gons in North Baltimore.Heard trains coming in Findlay so we went north to Galetea.Then off to other places.Going to meet him in Deshler for lunch before he heads back for Chicago and his train home.
JoeKoh evening Ns was clear when I left work.Pen pal has come back to our area.Going to make somewhere work tomorrow between raindrops.Matt is finishing up homework.There is another Matt in the gulf that could bring us more rain too.Chores to do. stay safe Joe
evening
Ns was clear when I left work.Pen pal has come back to our area.Going to make somewhere work tomorrow between raindrops.Matt is finishing up homework.There is another Matt in the gulf that could bring us more rain too.Chores to do.
Joe,
You bought a boat yet? You may need one soon.
Norm
Ns was clear when I left work.Have a new employee being trained on our shift.He likes trains.Has "HO" scale at home.Will see how is training goes.Tomorrow is Friday.Going to need an umbrella for the weekend.
Ns track workers were looking at the siding when I left work.No cars left Tuptown.Time to get some chores done.
Ns had some empties uptown.Took care of the yard.Guessers say rain coming until next Monday.Chores to do.
CSSHEGEWISCH tree68 Kind of a corollary of the hockey thing - there was a big fight, and a hockey game broke out. You owe an apology to Rodney Dangerfield, he had a one-liner along those lines. Fighting is also not tolerated in virtually all youth and recreational leagues. I still cannot figure out why the professional hockey leagues at all levels tolerate fighting. it detracts from the game.
tree68 Kind of a corollary of the hockey thing - there was a big fight, and a hockey game broke out.
Kind of a corollary of the hockey thing - there was a big fight, and a hockey game broke out.
You owe an apology to Rodney Dangerfield, he had a one-liner along those lines. Fighting is also not tolerated in virtually all youth and recreational leagues. I still cannot figure out why the professional hockey leagues at all levels tolerate fighting. it detracts from the game.
Nah, it just adds some spice. Used to be a state cop around here who loved playing hockey and duking it out at the same time. Kept him in shape for work.
CSSHEGEWISCHYou owe an apology to Rodney Dangerfield, he had a one-liner along those lines.
Which is probably where it came from - through who knows how many points.
Balt - I know not all racing involves only left turns - but that's the racing that seems to have the most rabid fans...
Randy,
Something about 4 V-8's crammed between two frame rails that's called a "Tractor", just seems unnatural, but very cool. Being an old farm boy, that is NOT a tractor, but still very cool.
Bob
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
tree68 rvos1979 Ditto - Go fast, turn left, who's gonna crash next? Kind of a corollary of the hockey thing - there was a big fight, and a hockey game broke out. A lot of folks are rooting for their favorite driver, but also are waiting to see who wrecks...
rvos1979
Ditto - Go fast, turn left, who's gonna crash next?
A lot of folks are rooting for their favorite driver, but also are waiting to see who wrecks...
Not all auto racing is predicated on turning left.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
rvos1979Not a big fan of most auto racing,
Mookie Before someone gets bent - I am positive there is a direct link between racing and trains....just need to have someone guide me in the right direction. Would "just because we like both"?
Before someone gets bent - I am positive there is a direct link between racing and trains....just need to have someone guide me in the right direction. Would "just because we like both"?
It may be just the long-time love affair between man and machine. I'm not as interested in cars as I used to be, but I drool at the sight of a well-equipped machine shop or woodworking shop.
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"A stranger's just a friend you ain't met yet." --- Dave Gardner
Big motors (although there isn't really a direct comparison). And they both go relatively fast.
I once heard that there is some sort of a connection between printers (ie, letterpress, which I do) and model railroading, too.
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
BOB WITHORNBalt, I've not been to Mid-Ohio, been told I need to go. Have a good friend that ran there in the late 60's - early 70's in CanAm with his McLaren and every year when the racing season gets started he wants to know if we're going to Mid-Ohio. He's well into his 70's now but boy does he have stories about the guys he ran with and even now still stays in contact with that were some of my idols. Bob
I've not been to Mid-Ohio, been told I need to go. Have a good friend that ran there in the late 60's - early 70's in CanAm with his McLaren and every year when the racing season gets started he wants to know if we're going to Mid-Ohio. He's well into his 70's now but boy does he have stories about the guys he ran with and even now still stays in contact with that were some of my idols.
Watched the Trans-AM and Can-AM races at Mid-Ohio in the early 70's, as well as the USGP at Watkins Glen in 1974 & 75. At that time I NEVER EVER thought I would get on the tracks, let alone race on them. Been racing since 1988 and run each of them many times as well as other legendary tracks - Sebring, Road Atlanta, Road America - just about all road racing tracks East of the Mississippi.
When in Jacksonville I frequently have lunch with one of the Can-Am drivers I once watched at Mid-Ohio.
Balt,
Ns local was working uptown.Chores to do.Guessers say highs in the 60's all week.Welcome to fall.
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