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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.

Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west
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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 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 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 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 BaltACD on Thursday, August 22, 2019 5:42 PM

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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 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 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 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

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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 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 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 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

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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 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 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 Thursday, August 29, 2019 7:02 PM

Got the hostas in - have to go out and soak them down good with the hose tonight - and it'll probably rain.  

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Posted by jeffhergert on Thursday, August 29, 2019 8:50 PM

Today, the wife and I returned from our vacation trip to Hawaii.  We visited the Hawaiian Railway Society and rode their train.  A remnant of the Oahu Railway and Land Company.  

On our flight to Hawaii, the man sitting next to my wife was a navy officer moving to a new assignment on Oahu.  He had been assigned to submarine, and while still being a submariner his new assignment didn't have him assigned to a specific Sub.  He said he would still have to go out to sea, but only for shorter evaluation type cruises.

Anyway, my wife told him that I worked for a railroad and that I'm a railfan.  He said his last assignment had been to the USS Scranton.  He gave me a decal that had the Sub's crest on it.  A picture of a Submarine with a steam engine pulling a train imposed over it. 

www.combatindex.com/hardware/detail/sea/ssn756_data.html 

He said it was chosen because of Scranton having the Steamtown National Historic Site. 

While at the Hawaiian Railway Society, I was talking with one of the volunteers in model railroad display.  He introduced me to a couple of other guys.  One of them, whom I didn't get a chance to talk to for too long (he was leaving for the day) looked familiar.  After he left, the volunteer I'd been talking to said he worked, or had worked, over for the US Park Service at the USS Arizona Memorial and was one of their experts on the subject.  Then I realized who he was.  I've seen him on the History Channel (back when it had history on it) on documentaries about Pearl Harbor and the Arizona.

You never know who you'll run into.

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Posted by ChuckCobleigh on Thursday, August 29, 2019 11:18 PM

jeffhergert
I've seen him on the History Channel (back when it had history on it) on documentaries about Pearl Harbor and the Arizona.

Well, that was so long ago, I don’t think anyone would blame you for not making the connection right away!

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Posted by mudchicken on Friday, August 30, 2019 6:56 AM

(at least Daniel M. still keeps investing his time and helping out with the mind candy)

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Posted by JoeKoh on Sunday, September 1, 2019 7:24 AM

Morning

Yesterday in Deshler was good.Worked outside in the park and inside the museum.Csx cleaned up ties on the Nw wye.Sent a westbound with a brand new Up engine on the point.Also had a railfan who brought his own MOW truck.He went to Montana to get it and it was BN green.Mookie was smiling .Mother nature cancelled Matt's group carwash for today.Stuff to catch up on here.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by switch7frg on Monday, September 2, 2019 10:33 AM

Huh?Morton our friend  ask me, if water restrictions are in place, and it rains , can we still water ??.                             Morty is just 13 yrs. He will be a Rhodes scollor some day.

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Posted by tree68 on Monday, September 2, 2019 7:13 PM

Nice day on Sunday to help out (amateur radio) with a running race (two simultaneously, actually - 18.12 miles and a half marathon).  Spending over four hours standing in the road was tiring though.

Basically took today off, completely.

No problem with water here.  Got 1.61" of rain overnight and this morning, and the lake and St Lawrence River are still above normal...

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Posted by mudchicken on Tuesday, September 3, 2019 6:06 AM

100 degrees here yesterday (football weather?)...no rain for the last three weeks - think we are about due.

Off to BLM today to look for filing map for Boise, Nampa & Owyhee RR (OSL) ....Odd that local Idaho BLM office can't find record of it and the railroad was there 15 years before anyone homesteaded or took out a patent.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, September 4, 2019 3:36 AM

Morning

Had errands and chores to do yesterday. Mother nature came through overnight and boomed and banged.Work calls.Soon it will be time to give more hugs.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, September 4, 2019 2:25 PM

afternoon

Ns was uptown working after work.Chores to do.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by JoeKoh on Thursday, September 5, 2019 4:28 PM

Evening

Ns was clear when I left work.Went into town to run errands.Saw the csx local with a big six axle locomotive helping to switch.Also saw work crews on the ND&W working on the new yard track.The station restaurant is now re-open as well.As for me hugs,hugs and more hugs all weekend.Maybe Mookie and Ed will talk to my Dad.It will have to wait until his dance with Mom is finished.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by CShaveRR on Thursday, September 5, 2019 11:29 PM

Our condolences to you and your family, Joe.

Carl

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Posted by JoeKoh on Friday, September 6, 2019 8:17 PM

Good Evening

Thank you Carl.Work and Errands done.Saw a few Ns and Csx while we were running errands.We stopped in Defiance and gave hugs.Neighbors were telling Stacey"Joey" stories.Noticed the ND&W still switching when we were coming home.Tomorrow more things to do.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by JoeKoh on Sunday, September 8, 2019 9:04 PM

evening

Saw 1 Csx eastbound on the way to Celina.Had to borrow a blue ray player from nephew for Dad's pictures.Poor Matt.He lost a coin flip with Stacey for the last piece of peach pie.I got the last piece of peanut butter(Buckeye) pie.So he got a piece of cherry pie.Tomorrow more hugs.

stay safe

Joe

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