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Posted by ChuckCobleigh on Sunday, October 25, 2020 2:32 AM

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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.

A very early memory of mine is visiting a great aunt who lived right under the westbound takeoff path from Lindbergh field. The racket of a four-engine prop airliner passing fairly low over her house was amazing. When the "Wings over Gillespie" event is going on, sometimes there will be two or three WWII bombers in attendance and they will sometimes fly around the area and usually right over our neighborhood once or twice. Definitely a memorable sound.

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Posted by BaltACD on Sunday, October 25, 2020 6:58 AM

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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. 

A very early memory of mine is visiting a great aunt who lived right under the westbound takeoff path from Lindbergh field. The racket of a four-engine prop airliner passing fairly low over her house was amazing. When the "Wings over Gillespie" event is going on, sometimes there will be two or three WWII bombers in attendance and they will sometimes fly around the area and usually right over our neighborhood once or twice. Definitely a memorable sound.

About 40 years ago a car club I belonged to obtained permission to hold a Autocross (driving contest around a pylon designated course against the clock) at Martin State Airport in Baltimore County.  The lot we were permitted on was located such that whenever the Maryland State Police helicopters were moved into or out of their hanger, we had to delay our activities until the MSP had completed their move.  Additionally the Maryland Air National Guard had the complement of four C-130 Hercules aircraft out for their weekend training regimen.  The C-130's would sit at the end of the runway adjacent to our site for a half hour or more running their check lists - running the engines up and down the rev band, then doing some touch and goes and then landing and returning to the end of the runway adjacent to us and repeating the process all afternoon.

After the event, our groups leadership inquired about being able to use the lot again in the future - we were denied, the authorities stated we made 'too much noise'.  All cars in the event were street cars, none with open exhausts.  Dead

So street cars, with muffled exhausts made more noise than a flight of C-130's (4 engines each) with unmuffled exhausts and MSP helicopters also with unmuffled exhuasts??????

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Posted by blue streak 1 on Sunday, October 25, 2020 11:31 AM

Want a noise to shake your bones ?  Grew up near an air force oil burner route.  A low level route for bombers to run bombing practice.  Our burner route was also over Holston mountain.  You can only imagine the noise when a formation of B-36s ran the route.  It shook every house in the city,

Can you imagine the fear in Europe when the 8th air force ran their bombing missions ?

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Posted by tree68 on Sunday, October 25, 2020 1:41 PM

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So street cars, with muffled exhausts made more noise than a flight of C-130's (4 engines each) with unmuffled exhausts and MSP helicopters also with unmuffled exhuasts??????

Sounds like someone didn't want you there...

When I was at Tinker AFB in Oklahoma, there were C124's there.  Known as the "Globemaster," they weren't fast, but they could haul a lot.  They were powered by four Pratt & Whitney R-4360-63A Wasp Major 28-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, and when they did a run-up, you knew it.

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Posted by BaltACD on Sunday, October 25, 2020 4:03 PM

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So street cars, with muffled exhausts made more noise than a flight of C-130's (4 engines each) with unmuffled exhausts and MSP helicopters also with unmuffled exhuasts?????? 

Sounds like someone didn't want you there...

When I was at Tinker AFB in Oklahoma, there were C124's there.  Known as the "Globemaster," they weren't fast, but they could haul a lot.  They were powered by four Pratt & Whitney R-4360-63A Wasp Major 28-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, and when they did a run-up, you knew it.

I am thinking the locals just didn't want 100+ cars using the local streets to get to the site of the lot.  Without having a Db meter - I am certain the noise from our event was a very small fraction of the noise being generated by the helicopters and the C-130's.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Sunday, October 25, 2020 4:12 PM

evening

Cloudy here in Nw Ohio.Watching them play football in the snow in Denver.Saw a friend on one train today on Csx.I think they were also trying to figure out how to combine 2 trains to go east at Auburn.Also saw a lonely high hood in the Ns Yard in New Haven.Not much was going on there.Back to work tomorrow.

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Posted by blue streak 1 on Sunday, October 25, 2020 7:54 PM

C-124s ?  Globemasters better kown as old shaky.  And they were not pressurized.

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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Monday, October 26, 2020 10:12 AM

Weather is beginning to turn bad around here.  A rain-snow mix is falling as I write this.  Temps are predicted to be about 10 degrees below normal for at least the next week or so.

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 tree68 on Monday, October 26, 2020 11:50 AM

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C-124s ?  Globemasters better kown as old shaky.  And they were not pressurized.

My barracks was every bit of two miles from the end of the 10,000 foot runway 31 at Tinker, probably more.  There was no missing a C124 winding up.   And we weren't that far off the flight path for the planes taking off, either.  Runway 13/31 is now closed.  The northward departure takes aircraft over a heavily populated area.

 

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Posted by JoeKoh on Monday, October 26, 2020 2:27 PM

afternoon

Ns was clear after work.Stacey is running errands in town.Have chores to do here.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 10:09 AM

Lynn and I got to the polling place and VOTED yesterday.  It was about 45 minutes from getting in line to getting out of the voting booth.  Remember, every vote counts.

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 tree68 on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 10:13 AM

CSSHEGEWISCH

Lynn and I got to the polling place and VOTED yesterday.  It was about 45 minutes from getting in line to getting out of the voting booth.  Remember, every vote counts.

I have to open up the polling place here - I'll vote then.

But, yes, vote.  Don't let polls or news stories make you think things have already been decided.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 2:48 PM

afternoon

Rainy day here in Nw Ohio.Ns was clear after work.Stacey and I already took care of the voting chore.Have chores to do here at home.

stay safe

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 4:58 PM

Winter has arrived - it's snowing as I write this.  

It's sticking on cold surfaces but melting on the roads.

Dug the snow shovels out of the garage, just in case.

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Posted by CShaveRR on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 9:28 PM

We had snow in the morning both yesterday and today.  As in your case, Larry, nothing stuck on pavement, and TruGreen was still able to treat our lawn with what was falling today.  And you're right--time to move the shovels out to a place of prominence in our garage.  

I have been dealing with lots of work without the benefit of a printer for the past couple of days.  The replacement arrived today, and has been set up and checked out.  Downside...I have to print my pages full-sized (when doing reports I used to fit two pages on one side of the sheet).  Upsides:  it's supposed to have a less expensive appetite for ink, it holds a lot more paper in the tray, and it seems to be more quiet.  It also has a wireless connection to the computer here, which thinks of it as a "printer in range".  Kind of neat!

I haven't been out for days, beyond normal errands (and buying the new printer), so I'm getting a little cabin fever.  The gray skies don't help things.  I want to change that tomorow, and the weather is supposed to cooperate.

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Posted by mudchicken on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 10:45 PM

For the second time this year, shovelled 7.5" of the white stuff on Monday. Fortunately it was powder this time. (slowed down, but did not put out the fires west of here with 18" of snow)

The snow hurt the railroad museums festivities (Halloween Train) on Sunday with RGS-20 pulling two coaches and a caboose. At times there were more shutterbugs chasing the train than people riding on it.

Joe's ditch-hunters were out in full force.Confused

(CS - Hope your remote printer works better than ours. Lots of walking over to the printer only to see it didn't get the message here ... The sneaker-net  is reborn. )

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Posted by Paul of Covington on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 9:14 AM

   This year we had six storms take aim at us, putting us in the middle of the cone of uncertainty then turning left or right in the last couple of days.  I got accustomed to constantly monitoring weather reports with their cones and spaghetti tracks and fried egg wind strength graphics.  Now, the seventh storm, ZETA, is gonna get us.  The weather people seem to be confident about that.  We'll probably be without power for a couple days at least.  If we're lucky, that'll be the worst of it.

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Posted by JPS1 on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 9:24 AM

tree68
 Dug the snow shovels out of the garage, just in case.  

By the time I was 33 I had lived in PA, NYC, and Connecticut.  I had enough of the snow and ice. 

I dug the snow shovel out of the closet, put it on top of the car, and headed south.  When I got to Dallas someone asked me what it was for?  I knew I had arrived at the right place.

Oh, I made a mistake.  I should have put an ice pick up there with the shovel!

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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 10:13 AM

Carl is right about today's weather.  So far it has been sunny with clear skies, a welcome relief from the last few days.

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Posted by tree68 on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 10:37 AM

JPS1
Oh, I made a mistake.  I should have put an ice pick up there with the shovel!

Based on reports out of Oklahoma, you'd need the ice pick there...

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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 3:44 PM

afternoon

Ns was clear after work.Got outside and took care of some leaves.Matt decided since he has online classes on Friday he's coming home a day early.Stacey has the pantry ready to go.Time to get cleaned up.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by SD60MAC9500 on Thursday, October 29, 2020 1:33 AM
 

Enjoying this busy semi-retirement of mine. I haven't been out to watch trains in over a year. Finally got my chance last week. After delivering some bagged duck feed to a home outside of Memphis up here in Michigan. I wasn't to far from I-69. So I headed up to the farming village of Emmett where a large parking lot abuts CN's Flint Sub to see if anything was coming. Only a Hi-Railer and some new track ready to be installed. Aftert that. Hopped on I-69 to Port Huron. Caught CN 397 a Toronto, ON-Memphis, TN manifest. Power was two 70M-2's and a Dash-9. 

Today while on a delivery got stopped by a CN local with ex-EJE SD38-2 #676 long hood forward pulling a nice string of Hi-cube boxcars and a few empty centerbeams..

 
Rahhhhhhhhh!!!!
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Posted by BaltACD on Thursday, October 29, 2020 12:23 PM

This week has been Doctor Week for me.  Monday was my Endocrinologist appointment - was held by teleconference.  Today was with my 'family doctor' for my racing physical.  Was called prior to the appointment time to inquire if I had Covid sysmptoms by answering a a questionaire of them Yes or No.  Arrived at the office and the door was locked - had to 'buzz in' with my name and appointment time.  Mask was required while in the office.

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Posted by tree68 on Thursday, October 29, 2020 12:36 PM

I"ve been across that stretch of I-69 a few times.  Usually it's either at the beginning or the end of an eight hour drive, though...  Not really doing a lot of trainwatching.

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Posted by MikeF90 on Thursday, October 29, 2020 2:52 PM

JPS1
I dug the snow shovel out of the closet, put it on top of the car, and headed south. When I got to Dallas someone asked me what it was for? I knew I had arrived at the right place. Oh, I made a mistake. I should have put an ice pick up there with the shovel!

Too funny. Reminds me of when I was on business travel to DFW during winter months - absolute total denial of weather fronts that regularly come southeast via the panhandle. Got to see plenty of ice driven demolition derby on the I-20 overpasses.

Looks like we're into faux winter here. Highs above 80F, lows in mid 40s. Cue the annoying sounds of returning Canada geese ....

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Posted by JoeKoh on Thursday, October 29, 2020 2:56 PM

afternoon

Ns was clear after work.Matthew came and picked me up.Matt has already been busy with things on the layout here at home.Chores to do here.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by mudchicken on Thursday, October 29, 2020 3:15 PM

Looks like the KCS had its day ruined in Texas (ouch)

Hope Uncle Pete's crossing frog survived the carnage.

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Posted by rvos1979 on Thursday, October 29, 2020 7:20 PM

Seems like we are barely keeping up with the consumption of toilet paper, local stores' aisles are still kinda low. This is after GP closed two mills about a month ago to reconfigure lines........

Dropped off a scrap load from Chicago at a local pulp mill in Green Bay today, tomorrow morning I pick up a load of corestock for Monday delivery in Muskogee, then running toilet paper to DFW area and near Lawton, OK.......

Can't argue about the paychecks, though..........

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Posted by tree68 on Thursday, October 29, 2020 8:20 PM

I'm finally seeing more fully stocked shelves in that section of the supermarket, but the name brands are still kind of scarce.

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Posted by SD60MAC9500 on Friday, October 30, 2020 12:45 AM
 

tree68

I"ve been across that stretch of I-69 a few times.  Usually it's either at the beginning or the end of an eight hour drive, though...  Not really doing a lot of trainwatching.

 

Before EMD shutdown GMDD in London. You could see SD70ACe Hood, Radiator sections, and Cabs on lowboys heading to Canada. I-69 is the preferred high wide route through Michigan. M-14, I-275 to I-696 is the other. A few low bridges on I-94 through Detroit.

Going down I-94 the other day quite a bit of steel on the move. I must have passed 10 curtain sides, and 6 B-trains of coils. Lot of dimensional loads too. Good economic signs.

 
Rahhhhhhhhh!!!!

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