afternoon
Ns sent a westbound train with all kinds of cars Carl would have liked.They also sent a geometry train"brick" eastbound.apparently both of them met at Elkhart today.Cews were still busy going through the mud uptown for the new crossing signals.Matt has to do dishes tonight.I have chores to do as well.
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").
The Georgia Rain forest is going to be alive and well. More flood warnings in west central Georgia. A new creek has formed in my back yard. Lifted a weighted spike up and dropped from 2 feet . It went about 4-1/2 inches into the ground. Had dead tree finally fall over but did not hit anything but the divots are big and deep.
Ns had a westbound sand train with 3 CN units go west after work.Contractors were playing in the mud at the crossing uptown.Guessers are on high alert for how much snow is to come tomorrow night into Thursday.Matt is working on some paperwork for school.Chores for me to do.
A spike dropped here will likely bounce.
Was supposed to meet someone at 10 AM today to hand off some mis-delivered stuff. They finally showed up (after much prodding) at 1:15 PM. I was not pleased.
Winter weather on tap for tonight. Probably another bust, the way things have been going lately. The snow board (for measuring snowfall) is all cleaned off and ready to go.
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...
Ns sent a westbound stack train after work today.Crews were uptown again.The flashers and rather long gates were installed as well.Didn't see any operation yet.Guessers backed off some of the accumulation but we will see.Have things ready in case other wise.Matt has to go do dishes tonight.Chores to do as well.
mudchicken . . . All a roadmaster needed to know was drainage/drainage/drainage until it was beyond your control.
- PDN.
Ns sent a westbound stack train after work.Roads were much better too.Matt was delayed 2 hrs.Chores to do.Glad tomorrow is Friday.
About a half inch of packy snow this morning, and it's snowing again, lightly, now. The big news is the big chill tonight. It's supposed to reach pretty far south, too.
tree68About a half inch of packy snow this morning, and it's snowing again, lightly, now. The big news is the big chill tonight. It's supposed to reach pretty far south, too.
A full foot of 84 and Sunny in NE Florida.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
We're only looking at -4F or so, but then there's the wind chill, which may reach -15F or less.
It's 41 F. here now, with rain expected this weekend.
Johnny
Here in Chicagoland, we're expecting our first foray into the subzero--maybe 5 below--tonight...down in the single digits above zero now. It will be a cold one tomorrow during the day, but will warm up by the weekend.
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)
Here in the Land of Ah's, Hays KS to be exact, it's -2 right now.
Broke the truck near Salina and limped westward into Hays...coming home from Kansas City (euphoria there will take a while to wear off)
It was -12F when I opened the "Rooster Roster" ham net this morning. It's warming rapidly (already -4.1F an hour or so later), but with an anticipated high of only +5F today, brrrrrrr.
OTOH, there's not a cloud in the sky, which is rather cheering.
Still recall my days of living in NE Ohio - walk outside on a 'beautiful' -20 degree morning and that first breath would freeze in your throat as you tried to inhale it...eventually you adjusted and could breathe 'regular' but those first serveral breaths were truly 'breathtaking'.
MC, I remember Kansas City Euphoria from last month. It is definitely a thing.(Sorry about the truck--hope it's a quick fix!)We're back above zero now and for the foreseeaable future. I'm still not gonna go out there today.
Broken wheel bearing - headed out about 9:30 AM. Good I quit when i did - It could have failed spectacularly if I had driven any further. Giddyap!
Ns was clear when I lefy work.Matt has to do dishes.Last night csx had a W837 special move.One engine,depressed center flat,3 boxcars,depressed center flat and a caboose with passengers.They also decided to hold up Ns at leipsic by sending 3 southbounds as q 508 held the diamond.We'll see what Csx does tonight.Hope everyone got a hug today.
Don't know when it will hit the newswire at CheesePicker Central, but it now looks like the PSR dumbsizing is gonna hit the shortline industry, especially the larger holding companies. G&W just got savaged today. Wonder how long it is before the FRA and the STB start monitoring the sure to fail reporting requirements that have not been met? ... The people doing the cutting have signed their own pink slips. (Circular firing squad?)
Just sat in a meeting involving multiple railroads and the gallows humor is distressing to watch.
Went to take pictures of the new crossing by work.Ended up following 14n into Toledo.Waited for it at Vickers on the east side.He had plenty of Big red combines on the train.Saw some other trains as well.Typing while I can.Have a tech coming for our internet issues.Matt has to do dishes.
Ns was clear after work.Chores to do.
Stay safe
What happened to winter? Come out to nUtah; it's 35 right now.
Snow here this morning, rain in the afternoon, and March winds all day. Up to 42 here at 3 PM.
Snow tomorrow, cold. The wind on the plains makes it seem worse.
York1 John
Ns was clear after work.Gusty westerly winds after work too.Matt has to go do dishes tonight. Way to wet in the swamp yet to play pick up sticks.Chores to do here.
Deggesty What happened to winter? Come out to nUtah; it's 35 right now.
Keep the moisture coming!
No biz where I wanted it on UP, either. After a trip out to Winfield for medical appointments, we decided to head west, since Pat could knit in the car, and I hadn't really been out in a while. Wheaton--an eastbound manifest.(Winfield--I'm sure everything imaginable went through while we were in for our appointments).West Chicago--nothing.Geneva-Elburn--nothing.Meredith-Cortland--nothing.Lunch at Sam's, in full view of the tracks at Cortland--nothing.Cortland-Rochelle--nothing.Rochelle--one stack train on BNSF, a light yard and no action on the City tracks. On the UP--nothing.Rochelle-DeKalb--one train of westbound coal empties.DeKalb, at the quilt store: two stackers and an auto-rack train.We left the tracks for good at DeKalb.I'm feeling especially furustrated because many of my colleagues have seen for themselves some freight cars built in 2020. Me...nada. I used to win the first-car-of-the-year competition fairly regularly. One reason for going all the way out to Rochelle was to see whether any of the new Cryo-Trans cars (6525-6549) or ARMN 112000-series reefers had shown up. Nope.Joe, our back yard is a bit mushy as well, and there are also sticks to pick up.
mudchickenKeep the moisture coming!
Take ours..... Please!
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Ns was clear after work.Need to run errands in town.
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