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
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
rvos1979Not a big fan of most auto racing,
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...
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...
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
Not all auto racing is predicated on turning left.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
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
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.
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...
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.
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.
Norm
evening
Ns had some empties uptown.Took care of the yard.Guessers say rain coming until next Monday.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").
afternoon
Ns track workers were looking at the siding when I left work.No cars left Tuptown.Time to get some chores done.
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 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.
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
Joe,
You bought a boat yet? You may need one soon.
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.
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.
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)
ns was clear when I left work.Driveway is gone.Have other chores to do.
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.
joe
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.
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
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.)
MookieMaybe they should have called themselves before digging?
Yeah, called themselves a cruder version of "less than intelligent donkey" or worse.
mudchicken 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.)
Johnny
Some years ago, a fellow running multiple errands ran into a bit of problem. One of his purchases was a nice new car battery. He sat it on the floor in the back seat of his car.
His last stop was at the gas station. He filled up a five gallon can (metal, as they all were at the time). So far, so good. Then he sat the can on the floor in the back seat of the car. Right on top of the battery.
You know how many amps you can pull across battery terminals with a direct short? Enough to set gas on fire....
I can remember doing something almost as stupid in my college days. My service fraternity was responsible for preparing the area for tug-of-war competition as part of the Springfest. The ground was near the lagoon and needed to be dried out, so I was busy hauling four gallons of No. 2 diesel fuel and one gallon of gasoline (several times!!) to the area so the members of the crew could burn it and dry out the field. Somehow I didn't get incinerated.
CSSHEGEWISCHI can remember doing something almost as stupid in my college days. My service fraternity was responsible for preparing the area for tug-of-war competition as part of the Springfest. The ground was near the lagoon and needed to be dried out, so I was busy hauling four gallons of No. 2 diesel fuel and one gallon of gasoline (several times!!) to the area so the members of the crew could burn it and dry out the field. Somehow I didn't get incinerated.
What fun is a dry tug of war ground? Struggle in the slop and the mud.
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