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Posted by JoeKoh on Sunday, March 22, 2020 12:13 PM

afternoon

J 715 was early this morning.Dropped off some more cars for scrap at Omni.They also took some tank cars further east to the elevators at Standley.Sounded like Ns was having signal outages around Toledo.Going to see what mother nature brings tonight.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by rvos1979 on Saturday, March 21, 2020 4:20 PM

SD70Dude

And let me guess, CN is all out of boxcars.

The Broadway mill had all the tracks ripped out last year. The Day mill (Old Northern Tissue mill) is down to one track in the old shipping dock, rarely do I see CN in there..........

Randy Vos

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Posted by JoeKoh on Saturday, March 21, 2020 5:59 AM

Good morning

Wating for daylight.Already have front porch carpet pulled out.It was a good idea for about 7 years.Need to pull out the rest of the staples and such.Matt will finish up wiring the yard on the layout today.Going to be chilly but sunny this weekend.Hopefully those old solutions provide the answers for this new bug.

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").

 

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Posted by mudchicken on Friday, March 20, 2020 11:02 PM

SD70Dude

 

 
rvos1979

I'm going to be one tired SOB when this blows over, the two Georgia Pacific mills in Green Bay are running flat out at 120 percent capacity. Only so many trucks can be loaded in a day, and so many loads run. Not gonna complain about the money, though..........

 

 

And let me guess, CN is all out of boxcars.

 

SD70Dude

 

 
rvos1979

I'm going to be one tired SOB when this blows over, the two Georgia Pacific mills in Green Bay are running flat out at 120 percent capacity. Only so many trucks can be loaded in a day, and so many loads run. Not gonna complain about the money, though..........

 

 

And let me guess, CN is all out of boxcars.

 

No, but the new grocery warehouse is nowhere near a spur or crossdock.

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 SD70Dude on Friday, March 20, 2020 8:02 PM

rvos1979

I'm going to be one tired SOB when this blows over, the two Georgia Pacific mills in Green Bay are running flat out at 120 percent capacity. Only so many trucks can be loaded in a day, and so many loads run. Not gonna complain about the money, though..........

And let me guess, CN is all out of boxcars.

Greetings from Alberta

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Posted by rvos1979 on Friday, March 20, 2020 7:52 PM

CSSHEGEWISCH

Working from home until further notice.  At least I'm still working, which is better than a lot of people.

I'm going to be one tired SOB when this blows over, the two Georgia Pacific mills in Green Bay are running flat out at 120 percent capacity. Only so many trucks can be loaded in a day, and so many loads run. Not gonna complain about the money, though..........

Load of paper plates goes to Joliet tomorrow, then I go home until Monday. Next week will be junk, as the truck needs to be serviced, and I have a list for the mechanics..........

Randy Vos

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Posted by Deggesty on Friday, March 20, 2020 7:46 PM

I was scheduled to have my second cataract surgery this morning--and the response to the latest virus canceled that. I did have the postponed followup of the first eye with my opthalmologist this afternoon--and he decided that my left eye called for soon action, so I am now to go back to the Eye Center this coming Tuesday afternoon (no breakfast or lunch, even though I did not need general anaesthesia two weeks ago (morning surgery back them).

The great uproar over the earthquake has more or less died down; now there has to be general examination of the damage, and then repair or demolition.

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Posted by tree68 on Friday, March 20, 2020 5:05 PM

The rate of new infections is apparently dropping, and they're finding existing meds that will treat the virus.  We'll see how long it takes to start relaxing the restrictions.

What they aren't making a big deal of is the number of the recoveries.  And that's something like 98% of the infections.

 

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Posted by JoeKoh on Friday, March 20, 2020 2:51 PM

afternoon

Ns was clear after work.California closed so I got to unload 2 containers that we were sending to them.Stacey is getting groceries.Reported case of bug in Defiance county.Not a good way to start a vacation.Have plenty of stuff to do here at home.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by Erik_Mag on Friday, March 20, 2020 2:41 PM

I did see a bright spot this morning, swung by B&N to pick up some reading material (Closed - ugh), then to Target for coffee and TP. The aisles for paper towels and TP were cordoned off with employees handing out packages to enforce the 1 package per customer rule - nice! With reports of TP substitutes clogging up sewers, it was nice to see some proactive measures being taken.

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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Friday, March 20, 2020 12:06 PM

Working from home until further notice.  At least I'm still working, which is better than a lot of people.

The daily commute is part of everyday life but I get two rides a day out of it. Paul
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Posted by Erik_Mag on Friday, March 20, 2020 1:24 AM

Looks like we have a few more days of rain coming up, which hopefully won't be contributing to a nasty fire season this fall.

Not really sure what to make of the edict from Sacramento, can do a little bit of work from home.

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Posted by tree68 on Thursday, March 19, 2020 5:52 PM

Ah, spring.  At least it's not snowing...  In fact, we may hear some bumps and rumbles here in the next couple of days.

FP popped up with a "remember this" post of mine from seven years ago.  There was a lot of inches of snow on my feeders...

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Chatterbox Spring 2020
Posted by JoeKoh on Thursday, March 19, 2020 4:26 PM

afternoon

First day of Spring.Mother Nature sent us showers.Ns was clear after work.Had to go to town for errands.Did see Csx send two eastbounds.Did get supper of Stacey's choosing for carry out.Not exactly what we had planned but it is what it is.Tomorrow is Friday and Stacey's birthday.Chores to do here.

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").

 

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