afternoon
Rainy day somewhat.Had a good lunch in Toledo.Also got caught up on errands and chores today.Was even allowed to look at Vickers for a little bit.Ns was running fine.CSX was trying to do yardwork,MOW work and crew changes at walbridge.
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").
BOB WITHORN 3 years ago had a horse barn/stables fire where my daughter had kept her horses. 10 days after she moved them to different location the stables burned. Man does hay burn fast and hot. Owner had decided to burn leaves, left the pile unattended, maybe 15 ft from the OLD wood, and nearly a week later they were able to dig out the 19 horses remains. I think it was a 13 or 15 trucks fighting the fire. Didn't help that the local town had emptied the water tower for maintenance.
3 years ago had a horse barn/stables fire where my daughter had kept her horses. 10 days after she moved them to different location the stables burned. Man does hay burn fast and hot. Owner had decided to burn leaves, left the pile unattended, maybe 15 ft from the OLD wood, and nearly a week later they were able to dig out the 19 horses remains. I think it was a 13 or 15 trucks fighting the fire. Didn't help that the local town had emptied the water tower for maintenance.
Bob,
Although I try to keep up on Michigan news I have forgotten which town that happened in. Please refresh my memory.
Norm
BOB WITHORNI think it was a 13 or 15 trucks fighting the fire.
We had 13 tankers, plus five or six pumpers, and an aerial. The tankers would leave the fill site (staffed for a while by two pumpers) and be back within minutes, looking for another drink.
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 an eastbound waiting when I left work.Went to our clinic and got a flu shot.Tomorrow we are off for our anniversary.Mother nature is sending rain.
joe
Deggesty Is the hay fire still burning?
Is the hay fire still burning?
Drove by there today - it's still smouldering, and probably will until they dig all the hay out.
Johnny
Well, at least we didn't go back to the hay fire for the third day in a row...
evening
Have been to the"500" and the museum.Last time we went through Town instead of waiting to get on the interstate.Ns local bumped a truck today.Hit the back end and pushed it around.Driver was ok.S-10 not so much.
mudchickenOn Balt's way outa Indy, maybe he can take a side trip south of I-70 at Exit 137/ Cambridge for 12 Miles on Indiana Hwy 1 to Connersville to take a gander at the relics on the north side (Hwy 1/Western Ave) and the south side (Hwy121/Grand Ave)...
Made it out of Indy Oct. 1 - 8'15" the Speedway to my house West of Baltimore
If anyone gets to the Speedway, the museum is very interesting to any gearhead - exhibits range from before the Speedway was built to this years winner and every era of cars in between. There is a special section devoted to AJ Foyt and his racing career both at Indy and other conquest areas.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
On Balt's way outa Indy, maybe he can take a side trip south of I-70 at Exit 137/ Cambridge for 12 Miles on Indiana Hwy 1 to Connersville to take a gander at the relics on the north side (Hwy 1/Western Ave) and the south side (Hwy121/Grand Ave)...
ChuckCobleighOnly thing worse than a hay fire is a used hay fire!
And right next to the hay barn was a manure pit (ie, liquid version). At several points the farmer was spraying the smoldering pile of hay with - yes, you guessed right...
I don't know, Chuck. On 8/28, there was an item in Newswire about the detours caused by trackwork in Colorado (I think it was west of Gore)--and the detours were to end on 9 October--and I am leaving here on the 12th. As of now, there is no new Newswire story concerning any work. I cannot see any advantage when it comes to avoiding trackwork in operating an hour and a half later.
DeggestyLast night, I received a note from Amtrak telling me that (no reason given) #6 will leave here next Thursday at 5:00 in the morning and not 3:30, and arrive in Chicago at 4:57 the next afternoon (no intermediate times given and no explanation given). I checked on the intermediate times, and the train is due in Lincoln at 5:27 Friday morning.
Maybe has something to do with why #6 shows near Rock Springs (not Rock Ridge) Wyoming on the "Track a Train" map right now? Last night, #5 was showing near Evanston WY late in the evening.
It's not just baled hay that can burst into flame; unbaled hay can do the same if it is not dry, Back in the summer of 1968, one the the matters presented at a 4H camp was the matter of good ventilation in the hay loft, especially by providing an exhaust fan up there. I had the impression that the topic was primarily about unbaled hay.Still, you wanrt to bew sure that the hay is well cured before baling/storing it.
Last night, I received a note from Amtrak telling me that (no reason given) #6 will leave here next Thursday at 5:00 in the morning and not 3:30, and arrive in Chicago at 4:57 the next afternoon (no intermediate times given and no explanation given). I checked on the intermediate times, and the train is due in Lincoln at 5:27 Friday morning.
ChuckCobleighused hay fire
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
tree68 Day two of 2,500 bales of hay on fire...
Day two of 2,500 bales of hay on fire...
Only thing worse than a hay fire is a used hay fire!
BOB WITHORNHay BALT, Took the corvette out for some exercise on saturday. Five 20 minute sessions on Grattan Raceway, NE of Grand Rapids, Mi. Two mile road course, 11 turns - 5 off camber - 3 flat - a blind apex hairpin- etc. Probably gonna need new fronts to match the formerly new rears.
Congrats! I have never been to Grattan, but my club conducts serveral events there every year. Tires and brakes get used up on track days. Years ago, I was a Instructor at a BMW Club day at Summit Point - found it amazing that most drivers, upon seeing triple digits on the speedo would start feather footing the throttle instead of pushing the car the 100 yards or so to the brakeing point.
While you were there I was at Indianapolis Motor Speeday participating in the SCCA National Championship's - a very busy road course - unfortunately my engine quit operating after 4 laps in the race - I believe the issue to be electrical by haven't begun searching for the problem yet.
Looking at the results from our National Championships, Classes T1 & T2 contain 'minimally modified' Corvettes (the classes were once known as 'Showroom Stock') T1's were doing 150-155 through the speed trap on the front straight, T2's were through the trap at 140-145.
Mookie tree68 Day two of 2,500 bales of hay on fire... wow! Do they know how it started?
wow! Do they know how it started?
Electrical. Used to be the heifer barn.
tree68Day two of 2,500 bales of hay on fire...
Hmm good question..
Ns was clear when I left work.Little warmer today.Co-worker was back at work today.Gave hug and said welcome back.Chores to do here at home.
mudchicken Top of the Wye = Wye Tail = Stem = __________________? OK - All you railroaders (and well travelled others) ....Don't know if this is a another disertation on what Cabeese are also known as, but the track connected to the two legs of the wye is or can be called what? We just had a federal lawyer call it a "base track" (never, ever heard that one before)...any other names in common use out there?
Top of the Wye = Wye Tail = Stem = __________________?
OK - All you railroaders (and well travelled others) ....Don't know if this is a another disertation on what Cabeese are also known as, but the track connected to the two legs of the wye is or can be called what? We just had a federal lawyer call it a "base track" (never, ever heard that one before)...any other names in common use out there?
Ns was clear when I left work.Co-worker is stuck in Las Vegas due to the increasing levels of stupidity of our land.She is ok but she wants to get back here to NW ohio ASAP.Got picture from frind on CSX.He got to be a conductor pilot on the Sperry trolley over by Cumberland.He is over there requalifying for that line too.Guessers say rain later this week.Hopefully is is done by Saturday.People want to visit the corn city.
It's the flying cars and sliding cars all in the same place that's fun. The population that's been here a while will adjust while the recently added hordes from California and Texan won't know how to deal with it. (Joe's "ditchfinders" are increasing rapidly)
mudchicken Tornadic twisty thingies out east on the prairie, snow in the high country (I-70 shut down because of multiple collisions & spinouts) plus rain and wind here. Fall in the rockies.Don't like the weather? - It'll change every few minutes.
Tornadic twisty thingies out east on the prairie, snow in the high country (I-70 shut down because of multiple collisions & spinouts) plus rain and wind here. Fall in the rockies.Don't like the weather? - It'll change every few minutes.
MC,
Colorado is not the only place that has that problem. It's pervasive in the northern climes.
That seems to be the story every year with the onset of inclement weather. People get used to the dry roads of summer and forget all they ever learned about driving on snow or ice slickened roads. It seems to be a common failing of motorists.
I think I have recovered from my last trip now--#5 arrived here at 4:29 Thursday morning (Amtrak had promised 3:35), which I think was doing well, considering that we stopped at Gore a long, long, time to wait for #6. I went to bed jsut before we reached Glenwood Springs, and woke a little before we reached Provo.
While I was in Utica, I received an email note from my college telling me that a celebration in honor of my history professor's ninetieth birthday is planned for two weeks from today--and so I will have an unexpected trip, passing through Lincoln in room H in car 0632 Friday morning week, and coming back through in room H in car 0532 the following Thursday morning. (I'll have bedrooms between Chicago and Bedlam-on-the-Potomac.)
Sad to say, I still have to travel by Dog between Charlottesville and Bristol--next spring I plan to get to Roanoke in civilized comfort before having to ride the Dog.
We are having fall weather now--rain yesterday, and about 30 degrees this morning.
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