Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Joe,
A few years ago I watched and photographed a tie gang in action. It is like a well choreographed balet. Each operator does his job so the next guy has everything in place. It was both entertaining and educational to watch.
Norm
afternoon
CSX tie gang has arrived in Defiance.They are working on track 2.Trains are going by on track 1.Still cool and damp out.Chores to do here at home.
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").
Well the ND&W was playing catch up today.The de-rail project at Fc is done.They brought 2 trains into town.They took 1 train back west with about 25 cars.Sounded like they were getting ready to take another west.Mother nature sent us some snizzle so I came home.Csx sent a few trains as well.Csx also has MOW in the siding at FC.Going to get warmed up.
BOB WITHORNBalt, If you get a chance, go to youtube and SCOOBY921. My son put up his videos of track time at GRATAN Raceway in his Porsche Cayman GTS.
Nice video editing software - comparative lap times and the best lap 'bug' are interesting. With Revs & Shifts showing the data must, in part, be sourced from the OBD2 port.
evening
Ns had a westbound train in the siding when I left work.Took our gift cards from our anniversary and went to supper.The ND&W had a healthy cut of cars coming back into Defiance.We took the long way back home along rt 2.We looked at NS' yard in Swanton.They had a coal train each way parked in the yard.The westbound had 4 BNSF pumpkins on it.Going to be cold and rainy tomorrow.We are having crockpot chili here at home.Going to watch the ballgame.
Joe
BaltACDWikipedia: A final nail in Reddy’s coffin was the general fall from grace of fictional and animated characters as corporate spokespersons. Modern corporations have tended to favour abstract logos and wordmarks and celebrity endorsers to represent their brands.
Yah, celebrity endorsers can still bite you in the corporate rear after a well publicized 'misbehavior'. In this ultra-PC world, fictional/animated characters are retired lest they offend some micro-demographic.
In the 'failure at the worst possible time dept', during the ~100 degree height of our recent heat wave my only working room fan just died. As somewhat expected, most local brick & mortar stores were completely empty of them and (I predict) will be for 18 months to please the JIT inventory gods. Fortunately I found the one SoCal store that had a few.
Links to my Google Maps ---> Sunset Route overview, SoCal metro, Yuma sub, Gila sub, SR east of Tucson, BNSF Northern Transcon and Southern Transcon *** Why you should support Ukraine! ***
Carl will vouch for this, we didn't have Reddy Kilowatt but we did have Little Bill. He was Commonwealth Edison's spokesbird and looked like an inverted light bulb (threads pointing up).
I'd have to guess that Reddy is sitting around the old toons home with Speedy Alka-Seltzer and Bucky Beaver reminiscing about the old days.
Wikipedia A final nail in Reddy’s coffin was the general fall from grace of fictional and animated characters as corporate spokespersons. Modern corporations have tended to favour abstract logos and wordmarks and celebrity endorsers to represent their brands.[24] In 1979, 140 American utility companies continued to license the Reddy Kilowatt trademark from RCI.[9] By the late 90s, only “a handful” of licensees remained worldwide[25] including Oklahoma Gas & Electric, Kenya Power and Lighting Company and the Southeast Queensland Electricity Board. Deborah Dunagan, Chief Operating Officer of RCI, now based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, insisted that Reddy was still a “natural communicator for the information age.”[26]
A final nail in Reddy’s coffin was the general fall from grace of fictional and animated characters as corporate spokespersons. Modern corporations have tended to favour abstract logos and wordmarks and celebrity endorsers to represent their brands.[24]
In 1979, 140 American utility companies continued to license the Reddy Kilowatt trademark from RCI.[9] By the late 90s, only “a handful” of licensees remained worldwide[25] including Oklahoma Gas & Electric, Kenya Power and Lighting Company and the Southeast Queensland Electricity Board. Deborah Dunagan, Chief Operating Officer of RCI, now based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, insisted that Reddy was still a “natural communicator for the information age.”[26]
Detroit Edison also used Reddy Kilowatt - I suspect he was more of an industry trademark than any individual power company.
No health fallout from the weekend in the Pumpkin Patch - I don't think I picked up any ticks, and the weather was almost too warm, although the heater did get used in my shelter both mornings, as there was frost on the pumpkin, as they say.
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...
Reddy (as he is spelled by Google) was used by hundreds of power companies worldwide, and I remember seeing him in Grand Rapids (that'd almost have to be Consumers Power). He was brought to life in a lightning storm in 1928, and might still be in power somewhere. I do remember him being on the sides of some utility-owned coal cars, but not in the last 50 years or so. He was the star of some promotional cartoons, voiced by none other than Walter Tetley, who had a number of radio roles and also was the voice of Mr. Peabody's companion Sherman.Nicest day in the past week, and I'm recovering from the cold that's been my closest companion since Saturday (can't blame Pat for keeping her distance sometimes!). I'm hoping to be able to get up and do things tomorrow, but alas, it's going to be another cold one.
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)
Yes, I grew up with Reddy Kilowatt in South Carolina. At the time, I thought he was a Duke Power Company (the supplier of power to my home town) thing--and when I lived in west central Alabama, I discovered that the Alabama Power Company also used him. I do not recall seeing him at all since moving out here 43 years ago.
Johnny
mudchicken(My memories are centered around the old Redi Kilowatt sign at the DP&L Power Plant and Memorial Hall downtown.)
Poor old Redi Kilowatt, we don't see or hear much from him anymore. There used to be a animated Redi Kilowatt visible when entering Akron, OH from the North on the RT 8 Expressway.
(My memories are centered around the old Redi Kilowatt sign at the DP&L Power Plant and Memorial Hall downtown.)
switch7frgAs I recall there is still two land marks still there , the 4 stacks of DP&L and the Carrolon bell tower
I remember the DP&L plant but my memory is that it is gone replaced by gas peaker units. Carillon bell tower is still there. Aee https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dayton,+OH/@39.7270946,-84.2102236,273m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x884080d5aedd1403:0xa640e392f20e4ce4!8m2!3d39.7589478!4d-84.1916069
About a mile North of the power plant is a junction (between S Edward C. Moses Blvd & W. Washington St under I-75) where the former lines of the PRR (from Indianapolis, the B&O (from Cincinnati) and the NYC (from Cincinnati) came together to enter Dayton Union Station.
The former PRR track now is just an industrial spur that ends at an industrial plant (Stratacache) about 6 miles west of the junction. Used to be a main line w/cab signals and the St Louis-New Youk fleet. Back in the fifties, I rode all three routes.
Errands done.Chores done.Ns Local was going around it's empty cars when I left work.Going to get cleaned up.
Bob, glad you had a great time at "Wright Pat". This what the place was designed for. Dayton sure has a lot of history on avaition. It all started at the old "Macook Field air station in the 1900s. Respectfully, Cannonball
Y6bs evergreen in my mind
Joe, thank you for the return post. As I recall there is still two land marks still there , the 4 stacks of DP&L and the Carrolon bell tower . All these are in south Dayton just north of Miamisburg. Am now returning from "memory lane"
Respectfully, Cannonball
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Joe your young lad has made a good choice for his future. On another note does trains still run into and out of Dayton east and north? We used to live in Dayton in the last century until 1969. Have not been there since and heard the city is almost a shadow of its former self, is that so??
Cannonball,
Spent several days in downtown Dayton about a month ago at the 380th Bomb Group reunion looking down at the East/West line through town. Quite supprised by the number of trains, both CSX & NS. They are doing a pretty good job of bringing the area back.
Bob
Mookie JoeKoh Needmore rd(CSX). A good, practical name!
JoeKoh Needmore rd(CSX).
A good, practical name!
And about a block or two east of the yard on Needmore Rd. is Dayton Tool Crib...wonderful place which made me wish I wasn't flying into town to play with radios on the air base. A good thing, though, as it limited what I could pack back to SD.
JoeKoh evening Rain here in Nw Ohio.The local was uptown for Ns.Chores to do.As for now our young lad here at home wants to be the engineer on bridge projects and such.Will try to keep him on that path. stay safe Joe
Rain here in Nw Ohio.The local was uptown for Ns.Chores to do.As for now our young lad here at home wants to be the engineer on bridge projects and such.Will try to keep him on that path.
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
JoeKohNeedmore rd(CSX).
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Local was uptown when I got off work.We have a frost/maybe freeze for tonight.Cannonball yes Csx still runs on the Toledo sub through Dayton.NS has the Dayton district.They come together just south of Miamisburg Ohio near the old DP&L plant.Last I knew there locals from Moraine yard(NS) and Needmore rd(CSX).Have not ventured into the city limits to look around.The construction on I-75 seems to be done for now.Chores to do.
Damp and chilly today in Nw Ohio.Ns had a stack train go west.Local has cars uptown.Chores to do.
Raining cats and dogs here (according to my weather station). Rain rates have been up over an inch an hour, which sets off an alarm on the console.
The temperature dropped a solid ten degrees in no time about 5 AM. Very unusual to see +70F at oh-dark-thirty at the end of October here... Down to +59F now.
Gotta take the fire department computer in for a look by someone smarter than me on those things - it's not working and will either get fixed (if it's easy/cheap) or replaced. If it's replaced, I get to reload all the appropriate software...
Got a fair amount of rain out our way, too. Fortunately, the Oak Lawn station has large eaves so I can stay relatively dry until about a minute before train time.
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