evening
Mother Nature has settled down from yesterday.Ns had a train in the siding and an eastbound after work today.Going to have supper and relax.Regular work week starts tomorrow.
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").
afternoon
Ns had an eastbound ethanol train in the siding when I left work.Engineers,IT people and bosses buzzing around work.More buttons to turn on and off before we can work.Going to do chores here at home.
Getting "lake effect" showers today - it's snow further aloft, but melts before getting to the ground.
Harbinger of things to come.
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 had a very pleasant day today--I got half of the lawn swept before tiring out (that is one of the side effects of my current medication--sort of a chemo, if you will--and I feel fortunate that its effects haven't yet been more severe).But before that, we--paid bills.--filled the car with gas at $2.599. This was after a trip to Peoria and back yesterday, and it was cheaper here in Chicagoland than we found anywhere along the road.--got haircuts.--checked out a standing manifest freight train for exotic equipment (took notes, but needed nothing).--visted the hardware store.--Chinese food with a view in Elmhurst. A manifest train went by, but a stack train was going by closer.--visited bank.--waited for another train.--visited grocery store.--voted.--took care of neighbor's trash bins and branches in her yard (she found out the extent of her cancer... ).Then I did the yard work (leaves up in front, branches up in back and front, emptied rain barrels in advance of the inevitable hard freeze). Backyard leaves come up Thursday, I suspect.I guess I'm lucky to still be up!
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)
$2.599 is cheap, I put diesel in the semi Sunday, was $3.35 in Beaverdam, OH.........
Break in the Gary, IN, yard tonight, then a Jackson and Meridian, MS, round trip to finish the week. It's doable on paper...........
Randy Vos
"Ever have one of those days where you couldn't hit the ground with your hat??" - Waylon Jennings
"May the Lord take a liking to you and blow you up, real good" - SCTV
rvos1979It's doable on paper...........
But on asphalt?
Carl, there are a bunch of new chip gons running around Oregon. I can try to get reporting info if you want, but I haven't seen one in a couple weeks.
ChuckCobleigh rvos1979 It's doable on paper........... But on asphalt?
rvos1979 It's doable on paper...........
That, my friends, is a secret........
Big unknown is the grocery warehouse on Thursday morning, if I can get out without losing too much time, its possible. All my other stops are drop and hook.........
NorthWest Carl, there are a bunch of new chip gons running around Oregon. I can try to get reporting info if you want, but I haven't seen one in a couple weeks.
I certainly would appreciate that! What would work best for me would be the reporting mark and number (so I can look them up), and a builder and date if possible. If there's an order number, that would be useful. Thanks! Hope you're doing well!
I'll do that when I see one again (it's been a couple of weeks).
I'm doing well, hope you are too!
Ns had a westbound frieght in the siding when I got off of work.Chores to do here.Going to make spaghetti for supper tonight.Need to finish it before the weekend.We use that bowl for the trick or treat candy.
There - bought my losing ticket for the lotto. Two different drawings, actually. One is over $1.6B, the other around $600M.
Cash payout is substantially less, of course (taxes, taxes, taxes), but who's to complain if my checking account is $600M richer? Even splitting it multiple ways would mean I have more money than I have now...
And there are lesser prizes in each drawing - not gonna complain if I score one of those, either.
We've been discussing the thought of going to purchase a few tickets for each, but haven't got it done yet. Between the dismal odds and the terrifying prospect of actually winning, I don't think we're missing out on much.
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
blhanel...the terrifying prospect of actually winning,
Even though I got tonight's tickets at the local convenience store, I would prefer to have purchased them some distance from home. Were I to actually win, I'm sure there would be a lot of media hanging out at the store, waiting for the winner (ie, me) to 'fess up.
I probably wouldn't verify it locally - I'd rather wait a few days, then visit a lottery office unannounced and see how quiet we could keep it. Otherwise, I'm sure I'd have lots of new "friends."
That said, I have some idea of where some of the money I got to keep (after taxes) would go.
Meanwhile, I'll stay inside, as I have a better chance of getting hit by lightning that winning...
tree68 blhanel ...the terrifying prospect of actually winning, Even though I got tonight's tickets at the local convenience store, I would prefer to have purchased them some distance from home. Were I to actually win, I'm sure there would be a lot of media hanging out at the store, waiting for the winner (ie, me) to 'fess up. I probably wouldn't verify it locally - I'd rather wait a few days, then visit a lottery office unannounced and see how quiet we could keep it. Otherwise, I'm sure I'd have lots of new "friends." That said, I have some idea of where some of the money I got to keep (after taxes) would go. Meanwhile, I'll stay inside, as I have a better chance of getting hit by lightning that winning...
blhanel ...the terrifying prospect of actually winning,
Were I to become a winner (you've got to play to lose), there would be a word in my vocabulary that would be used much more frequently than it has in the past - NO!
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
I've seen that somebody actually holds THE winning ticket. I would not want to be in his shoes for any number of reasons.
Larry, the odds are discribed as equivalent to rolling one die and getting a 1..... 11 times in a row.
CSSHEGEWISCH I've seen that somebody actually holds THE winning ticket. I would not want to be in his shoes for any number of reasons.
Agreed - I wonder if they will allow anonymity.
Bob Withorn Larry, the odds are discribed as equivalent to rolling one die and getting a 1..... 11 times in a row.
Indeed - I saw it described as one in what amounted to the population of the US, but even that isn't accurate, as no one won the previous drawing. I think I saw something about running out of potential unique number combinations as well.
OTOH, I have a piece of scrap paper now...
I have scrap paper as well.Ns was still in the siding when I left work today.Ran errands in town.Saw 3 trains on CSX and a MOW truck.The ND&W was coming into town when I came home.Have chores to do here.The sunshine is nice eventhough it's chilly.
JoeKohI have scrap paper as well
Look on the bright side. You guys now have a little more to contribute to the recycling effort.
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"A stranger's just a friend you ain't met yet." --- Dave Gardner
Paul of Covington JoeKoh I have scrap paper as well Look on the bright side. You guys now have a little more to contribute to the recycling effort.
JoeKoh I have scrap paper as well
And all that scrap paper may be headed to a landfill now that China has required paper to be 99 percent clean, which is near impossible with today's single sort method. Lot of places now paying the mills to take the scrap paper..........
Every day I don't play, I have two dollars that I didn't throw away in the hope of getting something I didn't earn. Dreams don't build wealth. If you ever take a course in statistics and probability, you would not play the lottery. But you pay for those that push the qust for riches. And what have you to show for it? Scrap paper.
Got to play to lose!
Ns sent an eastbound after work.It had some "southern" lettered ballast cars on the end of the train.Csx also sent an eastbound stack train when we got into Defiance.Need to do chores.
Ns sent a westbound stack train after work.Wind from the east with sprinkles.Guessers say rain on our parade for tomorrow night.Matt and youth group are making breakfast on Sunday at church.
Looks like you're getting rain right now. Can't tell if that's wind or thunder on the Deshler web cam...
Every time I go into the yard in Council Bluffs I can't help but see turkeys everywhere along some of the tracks used for arriving and departing trains. Lots of deer, too. They feast on grain that has leaked out of cars. I like to call them the yard clean up crew.
Today there is one less turkey in the yard. It wasn't hit by a train or vehicle. It wasn't even a meal for the coyote that has taken up residence in the brush. No, it left town. Last night while waiting to get in to set-out some stack cars, we had to wait for a train to depart. While it was passing, we saw on a single level stack car said turkey on top of the container along for the ride. Last seen, it was headed west.
Jeff
Yesterday went ok.Ghosts and gobblins were able to get around Deshler for trick or treat.Csx is storing cars for SDI in Defiance as they work on the factory yard track.Matt's breakfast went well.Mother Nature is sending a downpour.The Sp 1996 is going to be in the area.The conductor reports a clogged toilet.Need to get stuff around for tomorrow.
Carl: PFPX 156715, 156718 and 156720 went south on what I think was the QPDRV this morning. I found a STB filing for PFPX 156700-710, but not these cars.
A lot of the old ratty ones are also market PFPX.
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