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Posted by tree68 on Thursday, November 17, 2016 8:52 AM

We're seeing about the same thing in Northern New York - perfect weather for opening weekend of our Polar Express trains.  There is a threat of snow by Sunday, though.

OTOH, I coated the driveway a week or so ago, and before it was all set, we got a mere .05" of rain - enough to ruin a portion of it.  With this weather, I can open up the can of coating I had left and redo as much of it as possible before I head for the railroad tomorrow...

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Posted by BOB WITHORN on Thursday, November 17, 2016 6:34 AM
Seriously ?? What happened to the fall weather? Upper 60's to maybe 70 degrees? It's NOVEMBER not September. There, now that I've put up a good front for my wife who wants snow. I kind of like being in the tropics of Michigan. Lets me keep the corvette unwrapped a bit longer. Bob
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Posted by mudchicken on Wednesday, November 16, 2016 6:17 PM

Joe: FYI, One of your favorite pieces of railroad was given permission to be placed into mothballs today by STB. [Liberty Center to Napoleon on the old Wabash)

Hope ODOT understands that if they tear out the US 24 crossing, they are financially obliged to put it back if the line goes back into service .... If they are smart, they won't tic-off the Ohio PUC... 

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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, November 16, 2016 3:02 PM

afternoon

Matt was closed today.Still foggy this afternoon.Guessers say rain/snow this weekend.Ns was clear when I left work.Chores to do.

stay safe

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Posted by JoeKoh on Tuesday, November 15, 2016 3:25 PM

afternoon

Ns was clear when I left work.Chores to do here at home.

stay safe

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Posted by JoeKoh on Monday, November 14, 2016 4:34 PM

Evening

The "Tag" that I see the most on railcars is "ICH".Although someone yesterday did a portrait of a chainsaw on a boxcar.Ns sent an eastbound when I got off work.Work busy.Sun is setting by the time I get in the driveway.More tomorrow.

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Posted by wanswheel on Monday, November 14, 2016 11:31 AM
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Posted by samfp1943 on Monday, November 14, 2016 10:31 AM

Murphy Siding

No non no.  You're thinking of that other Dakota, the North one.


I haven't seen this particular piece of public vandalism but I have seen popular works by a guy named Kilroy and by some dude who wants to Keep on Truckin'.

 

Kilroy has been with us he is probably in a wheelchair by now! 

  Recall that BaltACD furnished us with a 'Graffiti' job photo on, I think it was a enclosed hopper car, of a similarly 'quite detailed art'  picture of an early steam locomotive?  

 

 


 

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Monday, November 14, 2016 7:26 AM

No non no.  You're thinking of that other Dakota, the North one.


I haven't seen this particular piece of public vandalism but I have seen popular works by a guy named Kilroy and by some dude who wants to Keep on Truckin'.

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Posted by Mookie on Sunday, November 13, 2016 8:48 PM

Murphy Siding
Behind on grass roots railroad art appreciation?

You are up there in no people's land - I can't believe you have seen it....

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Sunday, November 13, 2016 5:34 PM

Mookie

Joe - I agree.  I don't like to look at graffiti while watching trains, nor do I approve of the canvas.  But the work is stunning and hopefully this person will put it on canvas and sell it.  

My interest was more if this was brand new or had been around awhile & was just now getting to our part of the country.  It was heading to the KC area.  We are a little behind the rest of the states when it comes to anything current.  

 

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Posted by Mookie on Sunday, November 13, 2016 5:18 PM

Joe - I agree.  I don't like to look at graffiti while watching trains, nor do I approve of the canvas.  But the work is stunning and hopefully this person will put it on canvas and sell it.  

My interest was more if this was brand new or had been around awhile & was just now getting to our part of the country.  It was heading to the KC area.  We are a little behind the rest of the states when it comes to anything current.  

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Posted by JoeKoh on Sunday, November 13, 2016 2:55 PM

afternoon

All that talent and they have to paint railcars.Couldn't they paint for those who can't so nicely? Csx had to hold up q 166 due to a broken rail near Holgate.Track inspectors are busy finding new defects and putting out slow orders.Stopped at former teachers birthday party.Tomorrow is back to work.

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Posted by BaltACD on Saturday, November 12, 2016 10:11 PM

Mookie

Balt!  We saw this or one very much like it this morning!  I was watching the rest of the train and just happened to catch the painting when it was right in front of me.  It was beautifully done.  Hated all the rest of the graffiti around it.  

Do we know anything more than it is well done?  

 

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Posted by Mookie on Saturday, November 12, 2016 9:03 PM

Balt!  We saw this or one very much like it this morning!  I was watching the rest of the train and just happened to catch the painting when it was right in front of me.  It was beautifully done.  Hated all the rest of the graffiti around it.  

Do we know anything more than it is well done?  

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Posted by BaltACD on Saturday, November 12, 2016 7:32 PM

Not the norm for passing through the car shop

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Posted by tree68 on Friday, November 11, 2016 11:42 PM

BaltACD
But there are still land lines and dumb phones - and those the percieve 'smart phones' as dumb.

A surprising number of people no longer have a wired landline - they use only their cell phone.  I was considering dropping my landline some time back but didn't because the cell phone service at the house was horrible.  I can now see the tower from my back porch, but I've kept the landline (now cable based) because it's bundled in with my cable TV and 'Net.

Our pagers and sirens are activated via tones from the dispatch center.  It's they only service they will guarantee.  The tones go over the air from dedicated transmitters maintained by the county for that purpose.

They also provide faxes on dispatch and texts to phones, although they will only send the texts to the officers and to third party text relay outfits, which then send them out to whoever we designate.  But they constantly remind us that they won't guarantee the texts or faxes.  If any link in the chain goes down, no texts.

I'm also a member of our local RACES/ARES organization - amateur radio for emergencies.  Most of us have the ability to operate "off the grid" for at least some period of time.

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Posted by samfp1943 on Friday, November 11, 2016 8:36 PM

mudchicken

Mutt!, dude!, where ya been?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted by mudchicken on Friday, November 11, 2016 6:45 PM

Mutt!, dude!, where ya been?

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Posted by locomutt on Friday, November 11, 2016 2:52 PM

I agree with Tree on the use of sirens; when I was on the fire dept. the only way we knew when we had a fire run was by Plectron Monitors, or the Fire Houses sirens.

Those sirens were used for Fire runs/Severe Weather/Hazmat and a few other things, so people were getting confused about what was what.

So, my Dept. and the local area started using "pagers"(at great expense to the depts.) to summon fire fighters for fire runs, and the house sirens were to be on used for Severe Weather and some Hazmat situations.[Just remember "smart, or "dumb" phones were still in the Future.]

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Posted by JoeKoh on Friday, November 11, 2016 2:52 PM

afternoon

Ns had a grain train in the siding when I left work.In-laws hated the fire sirens where they were so they moved.Would go off anytime day or night.Kinda hard if you have little ones.Matt just got home.Need to get his news lenses for his glasses.

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Posted by BaltACD on Friday, November 11, 2016 2:24 PM

tree68
Norm48327

I'll agree - but it is still an important notification device for many rural areas, and can count toward your ISO rating (which can affect insurance rates).   And it lets the local residents know there's something going on.  You'd be surprised how many have no idea of anything about their fire department...

Built-up areas with fire departments that run a lot of calls are usually first to scrap their siren, or at least restrict its use.  We run under 200 calls a year - 3-4 per week, not all of which call for the siren (we don't use the siren for EMS calls, f'rinstance).  

A department that runs 2000 calls per year, on the other hand, is probably looking at 3-4 activations per day.  The neighbors start go get annoyed...

As for us, we'll get along without it until it's back.  Besides my pager, I get three different notifications on my phone, so it goes nuts for a few seconds.

Smart phones being what they are now, though, I have mine set to play the bugle call for fire when a dispatch hits...

But there are still land lines and dumb phones - and those the percieve 'smart phones' as dumb.

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Posted by tree68 on Friday, November 11, 2016 7:43 AM

Norm48327
In this day and electronic communication age fire sirens are somewhat anachronistic.

I'll agree - but it is still an important notification device for many rural areas, and can count toward your ISO rating (which can affect insurance rates).   And it lets the local residents know there's something going on.  You'd be surprised how many have no idea of anything about their fire department...

Built-up areas with fire departments that run a lot of calls are usually first to scrap their siren, or at least restrict its use.  We run under 200 calls a year - 3-4 per week, not all of which call for the siren (we don't use the siren for EMS calls, f'rinstance).  

A department that runs 2000 calls per year, on the other hand, is probably looking at 3-4 activations per day.  The neighbors start go get annoyed...

As for us, we'll get along without it until it's back.  Besides my pager, I get three different notifications on my phone, so it goes nuts for a few seconds.

Smart phones being what they are now, though, I have mine set to play the bugle call for fire when a dispatch hits...

 

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Posted by Norm48327 on Friday, November 11, 2016 4:34 AM

tree68

No trains - although I did hear the DS talking to one train, and about another.

Fire siren at the firehouse seems to have died.  Had a contractor take it off the roof and then I took it to the local outfit that deals with them.  Might have it back in a couple of weeks.  Until then, the neighbors might wonder why it's a little quieter than normal...

In this day and electronic communication age fire sirens are somewhat anachronistic. Ours went by the wayside perhaps thirty years ago but then, we have a fully paid fire department. One of the sirens near a busy intersection confused traffic so badly it was a hazard.

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Posted by Mookie on Thursday, November 10, 2016 10:02 PM

tree68
Fire siren at the firehouse seems to have died.  Had a contractor take it off the roof and then I took it to the local outfit that deals with them.  Might have it back in a couple of weeks.  Until then, the neighbors might wonder why it's a little quieter than normal...  

Since we live catty-corner from a very busy fire station, they closed the station once for a few days to do some building and the quiet was deafening!  

But what do you do for a siren?  That seems kind of important to the area... 

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Posted by tree68 on Thursday, November 10, 2016 8:16 PM

No trains - although I did hear the DS talking to one train, and about another.

Fire siren at the firehouse seems to have died.  Had a contractor take it off the roof and then I took it to the local outfit that deals with them.  Might have it back in a couple of weeks.  Until then, the neighbors might wonder why it's a little quieter than normal...

 

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Posted by Mookie on Thursday, November 10, 2016 7:21 PM

Not a lot of traffic today trackside - but good cup of coffee and later lunch, plus a nice day to be outside in November.  Saw just enough trains to keep us awake.  Lots of m-t car haulers headed to KC.  FerroMex, CN, Conrail and one old SP among them.  Eye candy!

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Posted by JoeKoh on Thursday, November 10, 2016 5:58 PM

evening

Ns was clear when I left work.Went into Defiance.Csx ran trains with this,that and a power move too.Matt is finishing up homework.Time for other chores.Glad tomorrow is Friday.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, November 9, 2016 5:41 PM

evening

Ns local was uptown waiting for a crew when I left work.Tomorrow after work we finish up former neighbor's yardwork for the year.Guessers are calling for low's in the 20's this weekend.Chores to do.

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Posted by tree68 on Wednesday, November 9, 2016 8:33 AM

Paul of Covington

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