afternoon
Ns had some cars uptown after work.Had some rain last night. Got an announcement that Marion will be holding a slideshow night on Saturday.Have other things going on.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").
Ns was clear after work.Came home and took care of the leaves for now.Guessers say rain and a cool down coming.Time to get cleaned up.
Looked like some Mow was looking at the track uptown on Ns.Ran errands before coming home.Cool down is here.Going to be able to visit face to face with brother tomorrow after work without a window between us.Another friend asked me to do some detective work on the ND&W.Wanted a frame number for one of the sante fe's.Off to do chores.
evening
Followed a couple Ns stack trains west after work.Visited brother with proper spacing enforced.Heard a few trains.Saw a couple on the way home.Ns Mow was working on a yard lead switch in Bryan.Looked like the local was waiting to get in.Going to do chores tomorrow and do some research as well.Hope to get a closer look at the sante fe's at the ND&W.
Had a pretty good day today.The Sante Fe engine we were looking at had the emd builder plate taken off.We couldn't see on the other side of the loco without tresspassing so that project is on hold.Went to Deshler.Csx was still log jammed.Did get some pictures and documents in frames in the museum.Some of the pictures were gluded to poster board(ugh).Friend finally got a call for a westbound.We'll see how long it takes him to come west.
Friend left his coat at our house yesterday.Gave me a chance to go up along the Chicago line.They were single tracking near Delta. 56 K (Ns grain train) had to hold at Wauseon due to the maintainers hitting a shunt on a crossover.It also had the N&W unit 8103 on the point.Came home and neighbors had made some spooky cookies for being on leaf patrol.Tomorrow its back to work.
I spent a good deal of Saturday on the radio - amateur radio - for the New York QSO Party (QSO means conversation). The intent is to contact all 62 NY counties. I got 21 counties, as well as 11 states and Quebec. Several I contacted on different "bands" so they count as extra contacts.
No record breaker, but it was fun. Heard one fellow say he'd contacted all 50 states during the contest. Conditions weren't all that good for contacts within NY during the day, but picked up in the late afternoon, which is when I got most of the NY counties.
Ham radio is fun!
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CSX PSR strikes again. We have an empty northbound Hertzog train including a single loco parked on our siding. It has not been split and has blocked one grade crossing. The kicker ? parked here since late Tuesday afternoon. It is now Sunday evening.
blue streak 1CSX PSR strikes again. We have an empty northbound Hertzog train including a single loco parked on our siding. It has not been split and has blocked one grade crossing. The kicker ? parked here since late Tuesday afternoon. It is now Sunday evening.
Have suitable complaints been registered?
When I got to Jacksonville just after Christmas 2019, the FEC had a Herzog empty ballast train parked on a track under the Baymeadows Road overpass. When I headed back North on March 2, the train was still parked there and had not turned a wheel in over two months.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Damp and cooler today.Ns sent a stack train after work.Another note from yesterday the I&O had equipment and material around Delta for the yard expansion.Also saw switcher MVPX 1202 for the steel mill.Chores to do.
At this time snow just started falling in Rochelle IL as seen on the webcam. Meanwhile three more days of 90F weather are forecast here without any rain in sight.
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blue streak 1 CSX PSR strikes again. We have an empty northbound Hertzog train including a single loco parked on our siding. It has not been split and has blocked one grade crossing. The kicker ? parked here since late Tuesday afternoon. It is now Sunday evening.
Still parked. 2nd hand was told the city mannager was told that loco had a broken part that was hard to find ( CSX #561 ). Going to talk to him this evening and confirm that is what was told. Can you believe ?
blue streak 1 blue streak 1 CSX PSR strikes again. We have an empty northbound Hertzog train including a single loco parked on our siding. It has not been split and has blocked one grade crossing. The kicker ? parked here since late Tuesday afternoon. It is now Sunday evening. Still parked. 2nd hand was told the city mannager was told that loco had a broken part that was hard to find ( CSX #561 ). Going to talk to him this evening and confirm that is what was told. Can you believe ?
WAG - seized traction motor. Loco facility at Tilford was probably closed when Tilford was closed. I would have thought loco people from Waycross would have been relatively 'johnny on the spot' within a day or two along with Cranemasters or some other contractor to change out the traction motor and at the very least install a idle axle (wheel set without traction motor) in place of the defective one.
Not moving a locomotive that has a frozen traction motor is SOP. Letting a locomotive sit there for a week in such a condition WAS NOT the norm when I was working.
Ns had a stack train go east after work.Had our final meeting for the year in Deshler.Csx was asking if we were interested in the depot and where would we move it .It is too far gone for us or anyone to move and fix up.Museum pieces were put back in place but always more to be done.Need to get cleaned up.
It would be cool to save some of the bricks for future projects.
Used brick is not that unusual in new construction. In the area around the office building where I usually work, I observed bricks being salvaged as part of a building demolition. They would be sent to a yard where they were prepared for resale.
CSSHEGEWISCH Used brick is not that unusual in new construction. In the area around the office building where I usually work, I observed bricks being salvaged as part of a building demolition. They would be sent to a yard where they were prepared for resale.
With Deshler, there are a couple of projects planned for the area of the rail park. Re-using the bricks would preserve a bit of history.
Ns was clear after work.We are drying out.Chores to do.
Used brick are important especially for restoration, repair , and in historic districs. Often a brick style is no longer baked due to brick refactory out of business. Also some manufacures may have exhausted one or more sources of clay. All clay is not the same in color, impurities, chemical composition, ect
Thursday Morning (about 08:30 AM) was looking out my window, and saw a 'move' ! Looked like 3 GE's in custody of a pair of new Siemens Chargers; headed West. (Their tops were painted black,wonder if they might be a coupe of the new 4400hp models? )
Ns was clear after work.Mother nature is warming us up a bit.Too much rain last night to clean the leaves from the swamp right now.Do have other projects to do.Glad tomorrow is Friday.
Ns was clear after work.Mother nature sent us a little shower so far.Went from 80 to 71 in the car on the way home.Helped neighbors next door turn on their new monitor.Also adjusted the angle as well.Got the crock pot out for chili for tomorrow.Going to do some inside chores.
BaltACD Sometime after yesterday afternoon train finally left. Balt. Thought you might be correct but there is no indicsation that a crane was around to loco 561 to lift it. As well the train was parked at exactly jusst south of the island circuit of the next crossing where all trains wait for clearance to proceed to CP and gain the main line.. No excuse for leaving the train blocking the next crossing for over 10 days, Complete brake test would be required anyway. blue streak 1 blue streak 1 CSX PSR strikes again. We have an empty northbound Hertzog train including a single loco parked on our siding. It has not been split and has blocked one grade crossing. The kicker ? parked here since late Tuesday afternoon. It is now Sunday evening. Still parked. 2nd hand was told the city mannager was told that loco had a broken part that was hard to find ( CSX #561 ). Going to talk to him this evening and confirm that is what was told. Can you believe ? WAG - seized traction motor. Loco facility at Tilford was probably closed when Tilford was closed. I would have thought loco people from Waycross would have been relatively 'johnny on the spot' within a day or two along with Cranemasters or some other contractor to change out the traction motor and at the very least install a idle axle (wheel set without traction motor) in place of the defective one. Not moving a locomotive that has a frozen traction motor is SOP. Letting a locomotive sit there for a week in such a condition WAS NOT the norm when I was working.
Sometime after yesterday afternoon train finally left. Balt. Thought you might be correct but there is no indicsation that a crane was around to loco 561 to lift it. As well the train was parked at exactly jusst south of the island circuit of the next crossing where all trains wait for clearance to proceed to CP and gain the main line.. No excuse for leaving the train blocking the next crossing for over 10 days, Complete brake test would be required anyway.
blue streak 1 BaltACD Sometime after yesterday afternoon train finally left. Balt. Thought you might be correct but there is no indicsation that a crane was around to loco 561 to lift it. As well the train was parked at exactly jusst south of the island circuit of the next crossing where all trains wait for clearance to proceed to CP and gain the main line.. No excuse for leaving the train blocking the next crossing for over 10 days, Complete brake test would be required anyway. blue streak 1 blue streak 1 CSX PSR strikes again. We have an empty northbound Hertzog train including a single loco parked on our siding. It has not been split and has blocked one grade crossing. The kicker ? parked here since late Tuesday afternoon. It is now Sunday evening. Still parked. 2nd hand was told the city mannager was told that loco had a broken part that was hard to find ( CSX #561 ). Going to talk to him this evening and confirm that is what was told. Can you believe ? WAG - seized traction motor. Loco facility at Tilford was probably closed when Tilford was closed. I would have thought loco people from Waycross would have been relatively 'johnny on the spot' within a day or two along with Cranemasters or some other contractor to change out the traction motor and at the very least install a idle axle (wheel set without traction motor) in place of the defective one. Not moving a locomotive that has a frozen traction motor is SOP. Letting a locomotive sit there for a week in such a condition WAS NOT the norm when I was working.
Finally left sometime after yesterday afternon. D not think frozen traction motor as no evidence of crane there to replace a motor. As well train parkked just outside of next crossing's island circuit where all trains wait to ge clearance to proceed to CP and access the Main. Still no reason for some other train to pull the back of Hertzog train off the blocked siding.
Friday PM...Had a stacker parked out back for some time now...Supposed to get below freezing tonight..Honey-do, Moving plants into the garage, in advance of that. Kept hearing 'heavy engines' ! Looked up, and saw our resident war bird up , 'Doc" [a B-29]. There is no sound like four of those multiple recip engines climbing...Hard to forget, once you've heard them.
Seventy nine degrees here today. And the last nice day for a while. At least it was a dry 79.
Hopefully the oncoming band of rain will be past us by the time I go out for the "Pumpkin Walk" with the grandkids tomorrow night. High tomorrow is supposed to be +51F, with below freezing overnight.
Winter makes its way in...
samfp1943 Kept hearing 'heavy engines' ! Looked up, and saw our resident war bird up , 'Doc" [a B-29]. There is no sound like four of those multiple recip engines climbing...Hard to forget, once you've heard them.
Kept hearing 'heavy engines' ! Looked up, and saw our resident war bird up , 'Doc" [a B-29]. There is no sound like four of those multiple recip engines climbing...Hard to forget, once you've heard them.
Aluminum Overcast, one of the last operating B-17s, is currently flying out of the Cedar Rapids airport, giving rides. Too bad our budget has been a little tight lately...
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blhanelAluminum Overcast, one of the last operating B-17s, is currently flying out of the Cedar Rapids airport, giving rides. Too bad our budget has been a little tight lately...
I had a chance to do a "self guided" tour of a B17 some years ago at an open house. As big as they look in movies, they aren't. My 6'5" frame had some trouble getting into the nose...
A C5 crewman at the same open house said they'd carried a B17 (sans wings, of course) in their cargo hold...
I'd love an opportunity for a ride, too.
tree68 blhanel Aluminum Overcast, one of the last operating B-17s, is currently flying out of the Cedar Rapids airport, giving rides. Too bad our budget has been a little tight lately... I had a chance to do a "self guided" tour of a B17 some years ago at an open house. As big as they look in movies, they aren't. My 6'5" frame had some trouble getting into the nose... A C5 crewman at the same open house said they'd carried a B17 (sans wings, of course) in their cargo hold... I'd love an opportunity for a ride, too.
blhanel Aluminum Overcast, one of the last operating B-17s, is currently flying out of the Cedar Rapids airport, giving rides. Too bad our budget has been a little tight lately...
Visited the Combat Air Museum in Topeka several years ago. Most plane displayed were various fighter aircraft from WW I through some of the early jets. It is amazing just how small they really are - especially the WW I aircraft.
While I have been to and through Pooler, GA many times I have yet to tour the 8th Air Force Museum there - they do have a B-47 posed alongside I-95.
My daughter's neighborhood tried a new idea this year - a "Pumpkin Walk." Residents carved pumpkins and put them out for folks walking around the neighborhood to view. Others had more extensive displays as well. All in all, it was very nice. We fell in with some of the daughter's friends, which made the walk that much better.
Daughter lives in a pretty good sized development - we didn't cover the whole thing (the 5.5YO granddaughter wouldn't have handled it well), but there was plenty to see in areas we didn't walk through as well.
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