MC, sad to say, you do not have a patent on the burning. There are several fires over here on the west side--including one that began from a campfire that was not properly disposed of. I have not caught all the news on it, but it seems that the idiots were seen and have been described.
Our morning temperatures are about 60, and it is not unbeably hot in the afternoons.
Johnny
Good Morning
Yardwork done.Getting muggy outside.Mother nature might send us some thunderboomers tonight.chores inside to do now.
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").
Muggy day today.Ns had a couple cars uptown to get.Chores to do.
We had a bit of a cooldown today after our official heat wave (three days of highs in the 90s). It only got into the 80s today, but it was still too warm to work very hard in the yard. I used my pole pruner and got a brushpile worth of bare branches out of the trees I have to regularly look at while I'm sitting here.Yesterday we met our young friend and his family in Elmhurst. They bought dinner; I don't think I lived up to my end of the bargain, which was providing a lot of trains. Track 1 was out of service due to some grade crossing work on Myrtle Street; we saw the surfacer and company when they finished. We had a couple of coal trains, and I actually saw some brand-new ethanol tank cars on one of the two ethanol trains that went through.Tomorrow is Train-spotting Tuesday at the Peck Homestead in Lombard. I hope it's worth it, but even if I'm disappointed there should be some good show-and-tell for guests. Forecast for tomorrow is warmer again, with a chance of afternoon showers.
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)
We're supposed to get a break from the heat on Tuesday, but I just got back from an EMS call at 1:30 AM and it's still uncomfortable, if cooler.
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...
afternoon
Ns had an eastbound waiting to go when I left work.Going to keep cool here.Going to G+G's house tomorrow.
evening
Holiday in the middle of the week tricks the body.Ns was clear when I left work.Glad tomorrow is Friday.Going to be cooler this weekend.Deshler fireworks on Saturday.Helping a friend at the village on Sunday.Deshler diamond is still to go in on Monday(as far as I know).Time to get cleaned up.
Ns had a tie train in the siding uptown when I left work.Came home and grabbed my camera.Got to see our niece play softball.Tomorrow it's Deshler and the fireworks.Have sunscreen and bug spray ready to go.
joe
Deshler was nice yesterday.Found new friends young and old.Everyone enjoyed the fireworks.Just after the finale Csx sent a train around the SE transfer to go south.Matt even made the paper this morning.Good day at the village today.Tomorrow is a work day for us at Deshler.Csx has postponed the Deshler diamond until September.Chores to catch up on here.
What happens if one of the castings really breaks in the meantime and is the NOW/Pioneer side a 10-mph raised sheep jump/ flange bearing frog?
Locally, yesterday, found an empty coal train with the MoP heritage engine on the rear end DP hear at North Yard.
JoeKohCsx has postponed the Deshler diamond until September.
By then, the eastbounds will simply jump all the way to North Baltimore...
Csx crosses the CSX Toledo sub at Deshler.(crossroads of the B&O)The ND&W diamond(FC) is in Defiance.
Csx was working at Fostoria and Attica Jct. today.They sent a crew to raise a low spot on the Deshler diamond as well.A rail train crew was having problems talking to the dispatcher how he wanted to move his train into track 4 at west Deshler.We also saw an I&O train come south at Hamler on the way home.
Saw RJ Corman fueling up in Celina Ohio before coming home.Saw Csx's J 715 local going west to Garrett as well.Back to work tomorrow.
Hey all,
Thought I'd dust off the keyboard and say hello. CN has been busy with Maintenance In The Way for the last couple of weeks, but the new ties and tweaked switches have allowed the train speed to get back to the usual 40-50 mph zone. So far, nobody has played chicken because they got used to 20-30 with slow orders. Plenty of color with motive power between the GECX and CEFX leased units...plus BNSF and UP power on the unit sand trains.
New job treating me well. Been here about a year now and I'm finally feeling like I have a good grasp on most of it. Now to tweak and make improvements!
Only about 105 days until snow...I hope.Later!
Dan
Back to work today.Ns had a westbound and an eastbound when I left work.Stopped and saw a railfan buddy.Finally found where his rehab for his leg was,2 blocks from work.Chores to do here.
Ns was clear when I left work.Noticed more cars for scrap from Csx in omni's siding.Also the ND&W had ballast cars and their flat car loaded with ties.I'll have to send Matt to watch.My work is going to be busy busy busy.
Dan - Welcome Back!
Been getting ready for a local festival. I help provide EMS (on my mountain bike), and usually provide communications as well, from my stash of handheld ham radios (programmed for EMS frequencies).
They usually get around 10,000 people, if the weather is good, and the parade is generally worth one's time as well. Especially if you like pipe bands!
Ns had a train in the siding when I left work.Mother Nature might send us some rain maybe Sunday/Monday.Chores to do here.
Muggy here in NW Ohio.Friend called.North Baltimore was out of crews.He gets to take q 171 west to Chicago.He passed Defiance at 7 pm and needs to be at Chicago by 1 am.Going to get cleaned up.
Well, French Festival 2018 is in the books. No major problems, and only a few minor issues (bandaid stuff).
I'm gonna sleep good tonight. Not sure how many miles I put on the bike, but it was enough.
Csx was sending them by this morning.Cars for the safety train were headed eastbound.The sun is out and the humidity is up as well.Going to keep cool.
A farmer near me bales all the land he owns, and can rent, and ships a significant amount of the big square bales to PA for mushroom farms...
Ns sent a train both ways when I got off work.Both trains had CSx leaders.They also have cars for uptown as well.Bob did you know round bales are illegal in Iowa? The farmers want to make sure the livestock gets a square meal each day.
JoeKoh Bob did you know round bales are illegal in Iowa? The farmers want to make sure the livestock gets a square meal each day.
Bob did you know round bales are illegal in Iowa? The farmers want to make sure the livestock gets a square meal each day.
Ha Ha Ha
/sarcasm
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
It's a 4 letter state thing. Johnny will be along to round it out.
mudchicken It's a 4 letter state thing. Johnny will be along to round it out.
Joe,
A square meal. Very good, I like that one.
We lost 90 small squares as well, so Iowa is out-a-luck
Bob
Well the story won me an"extra cheesey" pizza years ago.Ns had an eastbound waiting.They also sent a track inspector west.Matt found the NKP heritage unit earlier in the bay.Chores to do here at home.We didn't recieve any rain so the mower is still on vacation.
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