Guessers are calling for rain Mon/Tuesday.Plan accordingly.
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").
Murphy Siding It is August in Houston, so take a guess, and the first two don't count... Guess #3- the leaves are turning?
It is August in Houston, so take a guess, and the first two don't count...
Guess #3- the leaves are turning?
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afternoon
Car wash did good.Did see a few things on Csx.Q 368 stopped by the yard to pick up some sand hoppers.Tuesday and Wed in Deshler? Matt has to work on Tuesday.We are going to my nephews after church tomorrow then to Deshler.Our big trip will be next weekend in Marion Ohio for Summerrail.
Since I've been dog-sitting for the past week, I've been doing more walking than riding - she does love to go get the mail with me...
We're still in for hot and muggy today, too. And I've got stuff to do outside...
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...
We are supposed to get to the middle 90s today and tomorrow. But that's okay, they say, because it won't be as humid as the last time we got there. Our lawn is beng challenged, but it least I don't have to cut it. I've had a gimpy leg for the past two weeks.I do expect to break out the bike in a little while to run errands while it's relatively cool. The first errand will take me trackside.(I brought the bike out of storage yesterday. It's amazing to me that yesterday was the first time I rode it this year--I used to do thousands of bicycle-miles a year.)
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)
edblysard It is August in Houston, so take a guess, and the first two don't count...
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
Over the last 21 days - 14 days with masurable rain (17+ inches over the 20 days) 6 days considered Cloudy and 1 day considered Sunny. A line of T'storms this evening.
If the rain quits sometime tonigh - I migh be able to cut the grass tomorrow afternoon
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Hot and Muggy...
Changed out the shocks on the front of the truck today. I'm drenched. The truck handles a little better, though. I'd have done the rear shocks, but I don't have the necessary wrenches in the toolbox. They aren't hurting the handling all that much, though.
Still getting ready for the trip west. Deshler next Tuesday and Wednesday, then on to Michigan.
evening
Ns was clear when I got off work.Matt got most of his back to school stuff today.Going to relax.
Ns Mow was working when I got off of work.They had a cp/up combo take a taker train east.Matt mowed and trimmed uptown today.I mowed and trimmed when I got home.Glad tomorrow is Friday.Saturday Matt and his church group will be washing cars for next years workcamp trip.
Ns had a tie gang on track 1 today.Waiting to see if Matt needs to mow uptown tomorrow or not.More rain maybe tonight?? Then hot and sticky.
Ns had an eastbound in the siding.The local was uptown and they sent a westbound as well.Someone had a bad day south of Archbold.Csx had a bad day in Sherwood yesterday.We did get some rain.Chores to do here at home.
Waiting on some rain here, too, but there's none on the radar, at least for us.
Working on a new console for the truck - the old one has outlived its usefulness, and I've got a new radio to add. The fun part is when I take the old one out and start fitting in all the parts and pieces...
Good evening
Ns was clear when I got off work.Chores to do here.No rain here at home yet.
Good Morning
Saw a few trains on Csx.Ran errands.A lady bought a new coffee maker but about left the coffee at the checkout.More errands to do.
Matt passed a friend of ours as he was taking a train to Garrett.He will be coming back east today.We have time between events.Camera will be busy today.
Ns had a westbound waiting when I got off of work tonight.Matt checked out Csx in Garrett and it was plugged as usual.We are now under a moderate drought according to the guessers.Tomorrow it's a wedding reception and class reunion.
tree68House guest is here - daughter's black standard poodle.
So much better than the sub-standard poodles, IMHO.
If that was a scottie, you would be tested mui-pronto to see if the human had changed any since last time.
Right now, i'd take the dog over the municipal civil engineer trying to put a force main under the Canadians in Illinois.
CShaveRR tree68 She's no stranger here, and knows me well, so problems are anticipated. Is that what you meant to write, Larry? The things we put up with for our kids, huh
tree68 She's no stranger here, and knows me well, so problems are anticipated.
Is that what you meant to write, Larry? The things we put up with for our kids, huh
Oops - left a word out.... She's no problem.... Good Pup!
tree68She's no stranger here, and knows me well, so problems are anticipated.
Is that what you meant to write, Larry? The things we put up with for our kids, huh?
House guest is here - daughter's black standard poodle. She's no stranger here, and knows me well, so problems are anticipated.
Ns sent a westbound as I left work.It started raining North of us but it fizzled out by the time we got home.Chores to do.Tomorrow is Friday.
Afternoon
Ns has an eastbound coal train in the siding.Matt is getting ready to wash dishes.Maybe more rain tomorrow.
Rained off and on here all day, but we're not complaining.
Ns sent a westbound tanker train with Bnsf/cp power combo when I got off work. Even with last weekends rain the swamp is still kinda dry.Going to call uptown and see if Matt needs to mow some weeds this week.He has dishes to do tonight.
CShaveRRi see that the video of the 844 incident has been removed. I guess that seeing this once is enough, though I'd like to have seen more of what she was doing before she was hit. I supose anyone in the area would assume that she'd get out of the way.
IIRC, it did look like some folks across the tracks may have been trying to get her attention.
We've gotten occasional showers, but not enough rain to grow the lawn out too much. Good thing, because I'm right now laid up with a wonky lg that doesn't appreciate being walkeed on. Still waiting on results from the CT scan I had taken last week. Apparently I now need an MRI to check out a dark spot near where the prostate used to be.
i see that the video of the 844 incident has been removed. I guess that seeing this once is enough, though I'd like to have seen more of what she was doing before she was hit. I supose anyone in the area would assume that she'd get out of the way.Sad--the at-fault person was probably killed instantly, so the only ones who were really traumatized by this are the ones who saw it happen in real time. And they bear no blame.
I actually sent in a report to NWS because I had a rain rate of up to five inches per hour - for about ten or so minutes. Total rain for the day yesterday was just a half inch. A nearby neighbor got a fraction of that, and others on this morning's radio net reported sprinkles and not much more.
Fire danger hasn't really been mentioned here, but there have been a lot of brush and grass fires.
And there was that osprey nest on top of a power pole that apparently caught fire...
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