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Posted by JoeKoh on Thursday, August 29, 2019 4:15 PM

evening

Ns had a westbound when I left work.Errands are done.Not sure of any weekend plans as of yet.Mother Nature might send some rain.Dogs vs Cats out at the Defiance high school tonight.Chores to do.

stay safe

Joe

 

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Posted by tree68 on Wednesday, August 28, 2019 4:22 PM

Much needed rain overnight - .85" so far today.  My yard has a lot of clay - there are cracks I think a small child could disappear in...

Too wet today to finish planting a hosta I got from my daughter.  They're having a patio put in to replace a deck and two of them had to go.  So they're mine now!

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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, August 28, 2019 4:13 PM

evening

Ns was clear when I left work.There was an electrical truck working near the power lines across the road from our parking lot.Came home and took care of the yardwork.Chores to do inside.This nice weather can stay as long as it wants.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by JoeKoh on Tuesday, August 27, 2019 2:29 PM

afternoon

Ns had some cars uptown after work.Swamp is drying out.Cooler days ahead.Chores and projects to do.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by CShaveRR on Tuesday, August 27, 2019 10:34 AM

Just checking in quickly after having been to the Land of No Internet for a week.  It was lovely up there, and the party we went to on Saturday was the best ever (not exactly a high-school class reunion; we just got together to celebrate everyone turning 70 or thereabouts...yes, there was cake!).

The Land of No Trains had plenty of freight cars for me this time.  What looked like a train ready to go (needed power and an EOT, but was on the main line) was sitting at Baldwin, Michigan.  I walked it and was able to check out some cars very closely (there are stamped numbers on some cars that give a good clue as to their precise origin).  Plenty of freight cars, but not much out of the ordinary, at Ludington.

A day later, we went down to Grand Rapids for a quilt show.  Going home, we passed through the junction known to the railroads as Fuller (back in the day it was where the GR&I/PRR and C&O/Pere Marquette used to cross the Grand Trunk Western...now it's Marquette Rail and the Mid-Michigan Railroad, and the crossing has been automatic-interlocked).  There were a lot of cars there, too, and I got some good data off some covered hoppers (not as close-up as at Baldwin, but still usable).  Muskegon had plenty of UTLX T108 tank cars in storage, awaiting upgrading.

Back to civilization yesterday, I found a new series of flat cars for the Lake Michigan  & Indiana (LMIC), and some information on some new-but-already-reported UTLX tank cars.  So for the "no-trains" trip, I'm going to have about a 12-page report in a couple of days.

Tomorrow I have my one-month-post-TAVR checkup.  I'm expecting no complications and the lifting of most of the restrictions I'm still under.  One of my medications (I assume) is giving me an annoying rash; maybe we can get that resolved as well.

Today I will be hopping on my bike and running errands around town:  drug store, bank, and post office.  All three are close to the tracks, so my fingers are crossed.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Monday, August 26, 2019 2:31 PM

Afternoon

Rain here in Nw Ohio.Ns had an eastbound top gon coal hopper train waiting.Chores and projects to do.Tomorrow Matt starts school.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by JoeKoh on Sunday, August 25, 2019 8:52 AM

Good Morning

Beautiful weekend outside.Spent a little time in Deshler yesterday.Q 560 was stuck coming around the wye.Think the crew ran out of time.Met some new folks as well.Matt is getting ready to go help at a local shelter.He also has a bonfire with his youth group tonight as well.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by JoeKoh on Friday, August 23, 2019 2:51 PM

afternoon

Ns was clear when I left work.Matt got his schedule for his Senior year.Yes that's right Senior year.Paid the bill for the class fees too(whew).I know wait until we start filling out the college forms.Chores to do here.Tomorrow going to scout out photo spots for the DT&I excursion train in October.Of couse being Ohio we could have rain or snow by then too.Matt is off doing dishes.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by tree68 on Thursday, August 22, 2019 6:16 PM

BaltACD
There are welds in making car repairs - then there are GOOD WELDS.  Guess the car got the first.

Based on third hand observations (listeners to the scanner at Deshler who then posted comments posted on the chat), there may have been several repairs done on the car, based on the welding that was seen...

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Posted by ChuckCobleigh on Thursday, August 22, 2019 6:06 PM

mudchicken
Wasn't quite empty, strapped down over the rear axle was a large yellow Tonka-Toy dump truck. Somewhere,, Mookie was smiling.

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Posted by BaltACD on Thursday, August 22, 2019 5:42 PM

tree68
 
JoeKoh
Yesterday Csx q 560 had a boken coupler while turning to go to North Baltimore.Jammed things up a bit. 

Actually, it was an end beam on the car itself, one that held the coupler in place.  Took them a while to sort out how to deal with it...

Apparently, the car had been repaired before...

There are welds in making car repairs - then there are GOOD WELDS.  Guess the car got the first.

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Posted by tree68 on Thursday, August 22, 2019 4:09 PM

JoeKoh
Yesterday Csx q 560 had a boken coupler while turning to go to North Baltimore.Jammed things up a bit.

Actually, it was an end beam on the car itself, one that held the coupler in place.  Took them a while to sort out how to deal with it...

Apparently, the car had been repaired before...

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Posted by JoeKoh on Thursday, August 22, 2019 2:27 PM

afternoon

Ns was clear when I left work.Yesterday Csx q 560 had a boken coupler while turning to go to North Baltimore.Jammed things up a bit.Mow working all around Deshler.Chores to do.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by mudchicken on Thursday, August 22, 2019 12:06 PM

DC: Long Island, KS (ex-CB&Q) along KS-383, largely above Norton Dam & Lake

Decatur/Norton/Phillips Counties (and Harlan, NE)

AB-1032_2(x)....sort of (and it's sort of a circular firing squad action if you dig into it - nobody is gonna get all of what they want )

and I ignored LIRR in June, thinking it was in New YorkEmbarrassed

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Posted by diningcar on Thursday, August 22, 2019 10:26 AM

MC, location of KS railroad PLS. 

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Posted by mudchicken on Thursday, August 22, 2019 8:41 AM

Followed a semi with an empty heavy equipment lowboy up I-25 yesterday. Wasn't quite empty, strapped down over the rear axle was a large yellow Tonka-Toy dump truck. Somewhere,, Mookie was smiling.

Watching western Kansas with some interest. There is a fight in the courts and STB pitting Kansas Law, Federal Law, local land owners and trail advocates against each other with national implications. The abandoning railroad's real estate arm and its lawyers apparently also have to learn a lesson.

1.5 -2  inches of rain and hail yesterday - about 10% of our yearly total. Think it's safe to take the water wings off the scottie today.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, August 21, 2019 3:45 PM

afternoon

Ns was clear when I left work.Came home and mowed the swamp.Guessers say highs in the 70's and lows in the 50's for the next couple days.Bring it on.More chores to do.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by mudchicken on Tuesday, August 20, 2019 9:43 PM

tree68

There was a train of windmill blades through Deshler this morning - pretty impressive.

Gotta move some video files from my kayak trip last week over to the "big" computer so I can edit them and splice them into one or two videos.  That'll probably be done by next week.

Wednesday, it's "Princesses and Super Heros" on the railroad.

 

Her highness, Captain Fomite?

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, August 20, 2019 7:51 PM

There was a train of windmill blades through Deshler this morning - pretty impressive.

Gotta move some video files from my kayak trip last week over to the "big" computer so I can edit them and splice them into one or two videos.  That'll probably be done by next week.

Wednesday, it's "Princesses and Super Heros" on the railroad.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Tuesday, August 20, 2019 7:24 PM

good evening

Ns had an eastbound autorack train with Up power.There was also a westbound stack train waiting when I left work.Went to our monthly Deshler meeting.An empty ballast train came and parked in the east siding.There were plenty of trains on the way home.Need to get cleaned up.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by BaltACD on Monday, August 19, 2019 3:31 PM

CShaveRR
I saw...what are the odds of CSX not messing it up?

About the same odds as any other railroad - especially with newly touted CSX Safety Improvements.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Monday, August 19, 2019 2:33 PM

afternoon

Ns had some cars uptown after work.Muggy out today.The 1995 was on the point.It was the 2nd unit with a bad battery(also a Up engine).Chores to do.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by CShaveRR on Sunday, August 18, 2019 11:20 PM

I saw...what are the odds of CSX not messing it up?

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Posted by tree68 on Sunday, August 18, 2019 9:41 PM

Hey, Carl - the CNW commemorative unit went through Deshler today...

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Posted by CShaveRR on Sunday, August 18, 2019 8:04 PM

Church and Dwight is known for, among other things, Arm & Hammer products.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Sunday, August 18, 2019 7:58 PM

The Industry is called Church and Dwight according to Goggle maps.Have no idea what they make.There is also a LP gas facility to the east.

The rain did stop.Did get to see the CSX local go back to Garrett.Q 368 had some nice tractors going east.Also K 603 had the CNW 1995 on the point.Crew was reporting problems with the 2nd engine.Sounds like mother nature is getting ready to release round 2 of rain.Time for bed.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by Deggesty on Sunday, August 18, 2019 7:56 PM

Come, come, now; if you are driving south on 81, Virginia does end a just a little west of Bristol.Big Smile

My worst experience in driving in Virginia came in 1989 when I drove from Greensboro, N.C>, to Culpeper on a Sunday afternoon. The big rigs would pass us going downhill, andwe would pass them going up hill. I had felt a lot safer driving on various highways in West Virginia--including one had  only one paved lane.

In 2010, we visited my sister-in-law who was living in Lewisburg, W. Va., and she had advised us not to take 81 because of truck traffic. SOmehow, there was little truck traffic where we used 81.

How do like the section near Wytheville where you are going south on 81 and north on 77 at the same time?

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Posted by tree68 on Sunday, August 18, 2019 7:30 PM

zugmann
81 through Virginia is torture.  The state never ends.

That's how I've always felt about PA...

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Posted by zugmann on Sunday, August 18, 2019 7:09 PM

BaltACD
Virginia too

81 through Virginia is torture.  The state never ends.

It's been fun.  But it isn't much fun anymore.   Signing off for now. 


  

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Posted by Convicted One on Sunday, August 18, 2019 6:47 PM

JoeKoh
Saw the local working Gm when I came home

 

Hey Joe, being the well traveled Buckeye that you are, can you identify which business or buisnesses are in operation at this location on NS's Fostoria District, due south of Fremont OH?

http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=41.24482,-83.11745&z=16&t=SL

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