Got the animated lights up on the big tree out front. Maybe tomorrow I'll get the lights on the arbor vitae.
Exchanged amateur radio traffic (JT65) with Russia and France today...
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...
evening
Looks like Ns came and got some cars today uptown.Going to local Christmas concert.Santa is coming.We could use more coal for our layout.
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").
I had planned to sting the lights on the bushes today, the forcast had been for a high of 42 and turning cold on Wednesday, but the 6.7 in of heavy wet snow Sunday is still weighing the bushes down so its hasta mon yana for the lights.
well what fell yesterday is gone today.Guessers say by the weekend we'll need our mittens.Ns was clear when I left work.Back to chores.
Electroliner 1935No leaves to create problems?
Nah - that part of the season is pretty much past. Now it's ice, snow, and just plain wet rail. It's still a 1000 ton train, and we have some grades to deal with.
tree68Only minor traction problems with Polar trips this past weekend. Just enough precip to get the rail wet enough to need some sand.
No leaves to create problems?
Bob - was travelling from Chanute AFB to the Detroit area during my USAF days when I started encountering vehicles in the ditch on the west side of MI. The roads looked OK, but were black ice. I got through OK, albiet much more slowly...
Almost as bad as the too-slow drivers are the "I can handle it" types who usually soon make the acquaintance of a tow truck driver. Had four semi's go into the median, virtually nose-to-tail during our first big snow.
Only minor traction problems with Polar trips this past weekend. Just enough precip to get the rail wet enough to need some sand.
afternoon
well Minster came up short today.Will be watching for Coldwater tonight.Ns had some CN help today.Need to get stuff for tomorrow.Going to sisters house.She has the most room.
Ns was clear when I left work.Stopped by at church to help put up lights and decorate.Marion local will be bringing the big trophy back home.Two more games to go for that area tomorrow.Have chores to do.
joe
Tree,I have seen the weather change very quick here in the mtns.First wind (cold) then slushey snowdrops splatter on windshield, all at 33deg.at 5200 ft. then comes wind driven sleet as the temp. lowers. Not a good day to work outside. I feel for the night switching crew, the sleet feels like needles when it hits your face. Stay warm and dry if you can.
Cannonball
Y6bs evergreen in my mind
cold here in Nw Ohio.Ns was clear when I left work.chores to do.
2-1/2 inchs of rain Monay , 1/2 inch Wedensday. About 4 inches in north Georgia. Fires are still burning in north Ga. due to exceptional dryness of underbrush but much more in control. The Gatlinberg fire caught many residents unaware. It is still burning in the Smoky mountain park and we hope the rain Sunday will help.
The weather here can't seem to make up it's mind. Snow, rain, wind, cold, mild. And that's just in the past week.
I'm sure we'll get some more "interesting" weather soon. The lake (Ontario) is still pretty warm - all we need is some west to northwest cold wind and it'll be a very white Christmas...
Redfield (Tug Hill) got a couple of feet worth of the white stuff last week. Perhaps a precursor of things to come.
Winter weather has arrived. We had an excellent snowfall earlier this week--40 inches at Snowbird Summer and Ski Resort; 12 inches at the University of Utah, which is on a bench; I did not see any report of how much fell down in the valley.
Johnny
Ns had a bunch of John Deere green got eastbound this morning.Had 2 frieghts pass each other when I got off work.One frieght had amtrak hopper cars on it.Ns looks like they set the form for the new signal but haven't started digging yet uptown.Cp will be running it's holiday train through the very corner of NW Ohio,but it will be past my bedtime.
Looks like Ns is getting ready to put the larger crossing gate section up at the crossing at barre road.Not sure when they are going to put the new plates in the crossing.Ns was clear when I left work.Did see a crew change while I was going from on spot to another.Chores to do.
Ours arrived from the same Matt place, same Matt day...
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blue streak 1 Rain dance has done his job here . Have a 1 inch + soaker going on now.
Rain dance has done his job here . Have a 1 inch + soaker going on now.
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Rain dance has done his job here . Have a 1 inch + soaker going on now. Will send rain dancer to New England for their drought,
I've been trying to think of a picture in my collection to use for a photo card this year, but I can't come up with one, so it'll be off to Hallmark for several boxes...
My parents used to do around 100 cards every Christmas.
We received a card from Ohio today...the first of this year!We might be late this year...haven't even begun to write the letter on a very eventful year for all four of us.
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)
JoeKoh Rain here in Nw Ohio.Ns was clear when I left work.Got Christmas card from Lincoln Nebraska today.Time to eat. stay safe Joe
Rain here in Nw Ohio.Ns was clear when I left work.Got Christmas card from Lincoln Nebraska today.Time to eat.
Did you hear we had 5 tornado touchdowns yesterday. Well, quiet Sunday and tv wasn't that interesting. Did get some rain out of it, but it was all west of us - tore up some farm ground. The price of irrigation systems and farm buildings, you don't want tornadoes around!
Ohio State - what a mess. So senseless. I will go out on a limb and say it probably wasn't a disgruntled Husker fan.
Johnny - I am with you. I won't drive any more - will keep adding claw marks to the passenger door! I don't know how the Driver even keeps his concentration!
It's snowing here. We had some snow Wednesday night, and none fell in the valley until yesterday morning and again last night. It stopped before lunch, started during lunch, stopped again after a while, and is coming down again. Some of the ski resorts opened for weekend skiers, and all around here should be open now. May there be heavy snowfall in the mountains.
I am content with not driving any more--especially early in the mornings when people are going to work. I still remember watching a car in front me start moving to the right after topping a rise; I thought it was a bit soon for the driver to be pulling behind a semi that was to the right--and it was; the rear wheels of the semi caught the front of that car and spun it around. I was able to move over before reaching that car. I do not know if the driver of the semi rig was aware of what had taken place.
Congratulations to Duncan!Yesterday I spent much of the afternoon raking leaves (the day before I had cleaned the gutters). We had the yard nice and spiffy. But then the wind blew and the rain rained overnight. Today our front yard looks like it hadn't been worked on at all. And this morning was the last yard-waste pickup for the year, so we have to dispose of them some orher way. Too wet to do anything today......and it will be too nice to do anything tomorrow--sunny and breezy, high near 60. Guess who's going to be train-watching for as much of the day as he can stand!
Got back into Denver last night. Snow flurries this morning. (good timing)
Duncan the Scottie is now a certified road warrior.
Congrats to La Junta HS - First state football championship since 1958 for the Tigers.
On another note
Great nieces will be busy in Columbus as they cheer for their team in the state football playoffs.Southern Mercer and Auglaize counties will be heading to Columbus next weekend.Hopefully the city has recovered after yesterdays Buckeye victory.
morning
Matt will be serving lunch today after church.Going to go help with a tree at G+G's house afterwards.Back to work and Cyber Monday tomorrow.
BaltACDSound of air brakes being applied can be terrifying to children. From outside the cab the engineers job seems so relatively peaceful - with the noises inside the cab it is a whole different animal.
The RS18u's are relatively quiet in the cab, air-wise.
The RS3's, on the other hand...
Shutting off the bell scares me.
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