afternoon
Ns had some cars uptown again today.Going to pick up supper for tonight.Brother and wife are still in town at Sisters house.Hope they tip well.
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").
evening
Ns was clear when I left work.Going to have another supper tomorrow night with brother and wife.They leave back for warmer weather on Friday.Chores to do.
Joe
Last train from Lake Placid?
Helped with the move of passenger equipment out of Lake Placid yesterday. A few freight cars will be moved out soon.
Normally, one of the passenger cars winters in LP, and the freight cars, used as an office and for storage, stay there too. Not this year.
Depending on the decision of a judge, the tracks between Lake Placid and Tupper Lake may be gone. Supposedly to build a trail. I still feel it's so a short-sighted few can get everyone out of "their" woods.
It was a long, gloomy day. On top of making most of the trip over 10 MPH track, there were numerous trees down on the tracks as a result of last Saturday's snow and Sunday's wind. We averaged well under 10 MPH.
It was still a beautiful trip, scenery-wise. Can't wait until we can take folks at least as far as Tupper Lake.
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...
Ns had a stack train waiting to go west when I got off work.Off to see family tonight.
Got to see trains, boats and planes. Also ducks, geese, mudhens, a kestrel, sunshine (70+) and...a drone! (Sounds like a mosquito on steroids.) 2 tacos, coffee and a partridge in a pear tree.....
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Mookie2 tacos, coffee and a partridge in a pear tree.....
The tacos sound good, but I'll skip the coffee, and just take a pear from the tree...
Mookie Got to see trains, boats and planes. Also ducks, geese, mudhens, a kestrel, sunshine (70+) and...a drone! (Sounds like a mosquito on steroids.) 2 tacos, coffee and a partridge in a pear tree.....
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
Ns was clear when I left work.Brother and wife are headed back home.Had a great time last night.Chores to do here at home.
Aside from the usual morning activities, the jump start for the day was a possible structure fire. Turned out what the passerby saw as smoke coming from a house was dust from a concrete grinding operation. After a short time and much ado, we determined we weren't needed and headed back home.
Whilst on personal errands a little later, I got a call asking if I could go to one of our hospitals to supervise the installation of an antenna, so off I went, again...
Now it's time to go check out the community Halloween party at our banquet hall.
Wheeeee!
And what would a Tree/Firefighter/Chief/Hoghead/Conductor - wear for a costume?
I went as an old man....
tree68 I went as an old man....
Ns was quite busy today as I was at work.Going to do some chores and watch the World series.
Ns local was uptown when I left work.Need to get stuff around for tonight.Also have a new Trains magazine to ponder.
This weather is just crazy. Thermometer up to 89.3 today. Even Atlanta and columbus, Ga did not get that warm ( hot ).
Beautiful day today.Local was uptown when I left work.Going to get outside.
Started out well below freezing, ended up over +60F.
County highway people did some paving today, but not until after they put their rollers in our fire station to thaw out the system that puts water on the rollers themselves.
I spent the day helping the guys who were flushing the sewers. I just kept them supplied with water...
I had a good trip back to South Carolina last month. To make the most of the fifteen day railpass, I went by way of Sacramento, San Jose, Los Angeles-San Antonio-St. Louis-Chicago, and Washington–and came back quickly through Washington and Chicago. The only difficulty came about when the Norfolk Southern decided to work on the track between Raleigh and Greensboro the day that I had planned to go to Charlotte on the Carolinian. Amtrak did send me an e-mail note, which I received while I was in Los Angeles, and I was able to make the necessary changes while there.
I left here in California (the name on the sleeper), and I slept in Nebraska from Chicago to Washington, and in Georgia on my way back to Chicago.
Since the track between Chicago and St. Louis is being worked on, I added 280 miles of track new to me between St Louis and Chicago (the former C&EI route) in addition to the 32 new miles between Ft. Worth and Dallas (only one possible stop at Tower 55 now–and we did not have to stop there). We did have to wait for a TRE train from Dallas before we were able to get away from Ft. Worth.
The best time that we made in arriving was coming into St. Louis two hours early–the schedule from Poplar Bluff is heavily padded. And we lost two hours in going on to Chicago on the single track former C&EI route.
The meals in the diners had changed little since my last trip, in this past spring.
I was pleased to see three cars from the original California Zephyr (Silver Solarium, Silver Rapids, and Silver Lariat) on the rear of the train as I rode to my car in Chicago. I expected them to be taken off in Denver, but they were still there when I arrived in Salt Lake City.
I’m sorry, Mookie; I slept right through Lincoln this time.
Johnny
Johnny - that's cuz we are a "bedroom" community of 250K....Can be pretty quiet here, especially when UNL is out on break....
If Johnny went the C&EI route, then most likely he went the old Big 4/ NYC route from E StL /Lenox Tower to Pana that CR sold to UP.
mudchicken If Johnny went the C&EI route, then most likely he went the old Big 4/ NYC route from E StL /Lenox Tower to Pana that CR sold to UP.
I was prepared for a possible detour with maps of both routes that I copied from the SPV atlas.
The hardest part was determining just how we got out of St. Louis, using a TRRA ETT. We used the MacArthur Bridge, and could barely see the Arch for the morning fog. I also used my NYC Illinois Division ETT of 1959, and the UP information found in the Chicago Railfan Timetable (1992).
I am watching the Cubs scalp the Indians.
Deggesty I am watching the Cubs scalp the Indians.
CSSHEGEWISCH Deggesty I am watching the Cubs scalp the Indians. And they will do it again tonight.
I'm a Tigers fan, so I really don't have a dog in the fight, if you will.
That said, I usually root for the AL team (well, maybe not for the Yankees...)
So I'm still pulling for the Indians...
tree68 I'm a Tigers fan, so I really don't have a dog in the fight
I'm a Tigers fan, so I really don't have a dog in the fight
You would've in '08 of course.
http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1908/10/15/page/1
wanswheel tree68 I'm a Tigers fan, so I really don't have a dog in the fight You would've in '08 of course. http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1908/10/15/page/1
CSSHEGEWISCH And in 1945, too.
Oh yeah.
http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1945/10/11/page/29/
Saw UP 1201 yesterday, a GP39-2 which was built with a raised cab for Kennecott Copper. The lowered cab and fuel tank are quite distinct.
Ns was clear when I left work.Got called into town for leaf duty.Former neighbor's trees are just starting to drop leaves.Our trees here at home are about 50 percent done.Csx ran a frieght eastbound and an intermodal westbound.Chores to do.Game 7 for all the mables tonight.Will the goat curse be broken???
*Removes fingernails from mouth
Wow, what a game! These extra innings will be nail-biting!
*Returns fingernails to mouth
EDIT: Congrats Cubs!
Woo Hoo!
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