Evening
Well Ns had a Carl special in the siding after work.Ns also came and picked up the empty boxcars as well.Came home and played in the sawmp.Mother Nature did not want to give up the fence posts easily.Plenty of water in the holes after I was done.Going to relax.Glad tomorrow is Friday.
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").
evening
Ns has dropped off 2 boxcars in our warehouse.Only 3 weeks late.The rest of Ns was clear after work.Worked in the shed inside and a bit outside.Talked with Mrs.Happy (neighbor)about what flower beds she wanted out.Got my mud boots a workout.More tomorrow after work.Time for supper.
Started our morning at around +4F. Lots of wind overnight, and around 7:30 last night we got a burst of snow along with the wind. The snow ended up being just a dusting, but while it was coming down - wow!
Never got above +24F today, but the sun shown bright!
Standing by for my evening net. I run this one and Thursday night.
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...
Left Florida at 11 PM yesterday 66 and getting ready to rain - made Maryland 11:40 AM today - 30 and brilliant sun.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Little cooler today.Guessers say 70 next Tuesday??? Ns actually had some boxcars in our siding uptown.The main line and the siding by where I work was clear.Ran errands and didn't see anything on Csx.Worked a little more in the shed.Little by little its coming along.Time for supper.
Ns has another EB coal train in the siding at work.Came home and took care of the old shed.Then put things in the new shed.Have some things to do as far as outlets and such but we'll get there.They crew left some tracks in the swamp but not too bad.
Did errands this morning.Ns was busy in Stryker Ohio.Came home.Shed demolition is complete.Will take care of that Monday after work.Going with sis tomorrow to see brother in Edgerton.Have to schedule an appointment but it will be inside.Snowmelt continues.
Ns was clear after work today.Came home and started tearing apart the old shed.Brother in law brought a trailer to haul the debris away.Sister waitied for him to come in on our road and was watching me start the demolition.Mother nature might give us a little rain but tomorrow afternoon we should be good to go.Going to be able to go inside and see brother again on Sunday.Hopefully soon we can take him back out the road to watch trains soon.College boy wants to come home and eat then hang with his friends.(surprise surprise).Pizza should be here soon.
Ns still has a coal train in the siding at work.An eastbound stack train passed it after work.Did errands after work.One of them was retiring a flag down at the local VFW.Understand some special Up power came by Deshler today as well.Chores to do.Glad tomorrow is Friday.College boy Matt comes home this weekend too.Going to put him to work.
The hardest part of using my snowblower is hauling the extension cord out of the garage. The pull starter is broken.
Finally got my bathroom drain fixed, I think. There was a very persistant clog that affected both the tub and the sink. I ended up shortening the snake and chucking it into the drill, which allowed me to grind through the clog. I just hope I worked in a big enough opening to prevent this from happening again, at least while I'm living here.
Promised 2"-6" of snow last night. Got 14" of powder + 24" drifts that turned wet when Mr. Sun arrived this morning....
Discovered some new muscles. (note to self: no more blood donations right before a big storm arrives. Wow...)
Ns still has the coal train in the siding.It was joined by another coal train beside it as a stack train passed.After I helped a friend I looked and the coal train was just in the siding.Another good snowmelt day.Chores to do.
BaltACD tree68 Never mind what the trucker did - what was he hauling? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56117353
tree68 Never mind what the trucker did - what was he hauling?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56117353
My fire feeds didn't mention anything about what the truck was hauling. Sounds like he wasn't hauling anything.
I was picturing something like that load of steel that got hit in Illinois a while back.
afternoon
Ns has an eastbound detroit edison coal train in the siding at work.A Carl special went east and a stack train went west as well after work.Good snowmelt day today.Chores to do.
tree68Never mind what the trucker did - what was he hauling?
Never mind what the trucker did - what was he hauling?
Sounds like BNSF is having a bad day at Cameron TX on the Red River Sub. - what the heck did the trucker do? (The newsworkers in the media are, as usual, screwing-up)
edit1: (Now they are saying Hoyte, TX [pop: zilch] SE of Cameron)...the newsworkers are obsessed with the conductor, but nothing on the locomotive engineer)
edit2 : most likely location is MP184.13 gated crossing on BNSF Galveston Sub (FM-2095 Rd) .... 55MPH CTC 12-16 Trains/day (old ATSF Temple-Galveston)....Broadsided the train thru the gates?
Ns placed another wb stack train in the siding today as I was at work.We are to get 2 boxcars in sometime this week.Chores to do here.Mother Nature can keep melting the snow.
I listen to some of the screen-jockeys for our weather. We must be on the right groove (channel) because they've been reasonably accurate through all of this stuff we've had for the past month or so.For tonight, they're forecasting two or three inches of heavy, wet snow. So far, though, we've only had occasional drizzle, as it might be a little too warm to snow. It isn't supposed to drop below freezing until the wee hours in the morning. We're okay--no need to go anywhere until Tuesday.Hey--remember Quentin ("Modelcar" on the Forum)? He's 90 today. Happy birthday!
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)
Buffalo weather says we can expect several inches of the white stuff on Monday. Given their past accuracy, we may see a dusting.
Did go out and watched csx this morning.Local had problems with Gm security opening the door and frozen switches.Guessers say mixed bag of stuff to come for tonight.Tomorrow its back to work.
mudchicken Hmmm....Light snow mixed with aircraft engine parts?
Hmmm....Light snow mixed with aircraft engine parts?
I've heard of raining cats and dogs, but that doesn't usually mean bulldozers and buses...
Gives keeping an eye to the sky a new meaning...
I've had email exchanges with both of the friends in question...the one in Austin was just asleep, and the one outside Taylor just got his Internet back just before he wrote me. They're okay, but I doubt that they've dealt with all of the probable repercussions yet. (And their electric bills are reportedly going to be tres, tres outrageous!)
Got a message this morning that a friend was coming west on K 182.While waiting for him I saw q 192 with UP 8447 in the lead go east.Well it made a quick turn at North Baltimore and took Q 191 west with another friend.The sunshine was nice today and snow was melting slowly.Going to relax inside now and keep warm.
Balt: Your three PPPs evidently was a big part of the problem in Texas. As it turns out when the electric utility started rolling blackkouts that included the oil and natural gas pumping stations. So natural gas pressure declined until some natural gas thermal power stations had to go off line for not having any thing to burn.
Even though most facilities now have power it will take time for standard rate production to return for the oil and gas distribution. Guess that is why the sudden jump in the price of oil although it declined some today.
Still unable to contact any one in Texas.
We took advantage of a bit of sunshine today to do some banking, grab some seafood at our favorite deli (as well as some lasagna for a future meal), and some other things. While at the deli, I watched three stack trains go through in well under an hour.
We got some gas, at about 20¢/gallon more than we paid at the end of last month (that was about three weeks to go through eight gallons), then went to the hardwre store in Elmhurst. Sure, we have a hardware store in Lombard, but this one has a main line nearby. And an inbound manifest was there for the entire time that we were...got two pages' worth of notes off him.We got more snow today, but not much compared to what's already down. Our driveway is clear, thanks to a guy who's been doing it for us (or for the money, I guess). We're supposed to get a bunch of wet snow come Sunday, and that will be a challenge...it'll be hard to lift up and over the piles that are already there! Sunday will also be the first day of a solid week where the highs go above freezing.I was trying to call a friend in Texas (Austin) just now, and not getting through. One of my carchaeologist friends lives out in the boonies near Taylor (that's where he goes to shop and watch trains); I haven't heard from in a couple of weeks...sent an email last night. Further north, a friend in OKC is doing just fine, it would appear.
Ns still had the stack train in the siding after work.It was passed by another westbound stack train.Found some things for the train park in Deshler and took them over.Our favorite place to eat was having a good special for supper.Mamma is enjoying her pie for dessert right now.Saw q 171 and q 016 on Csx but that was it.Going to relax.
blue streak 1The situation in Texas is amazing. Unable to contact any of my Texas friends. Are any of our Texas posters able to communicate here ? Not winterizing the systems has had bad consequences. Another pay now or pay more later. Under stand that the electric grid came within 5 minutes of completely shutting down the whole state. Can understand solar not working. The windmills well not having deicing equipment on the equipment --- Any prop pilot will tell you that icing of props can always be a problem. Flew some that had additional "iron" on the prop plane to prevent ice from entering the fuselage. Understand 4 refineries are going to have start up problems due to freezing of water vapor in some pipes and cat converters. Wonder how much warning time the refineries had for electricity loss ? If the refineries had sudden loss of electric power damage may be worse. Some media reports are that west Texas may have a gasoline shortage in the coming weeks. Maybe the El Passo RR refueling facility will be short of diesel ? Does the New Mexico facility get diesel from Texas ? The RRs should be able to refuel with some difficulty outside of Texas if diesel become short in Texas ? Someone explain why natural gas lines freeze up. Is it well discharge before the water is separated from the gas in lines above ground ?
Can understand solar not working. The windmills well not having deicing equipment on the equipment --- Any prop pilot will tell you that icing of props can always be a problem. Flew some that had additional "iron" on the prop plane to prevent ice from entering the fuselage.
Understand 4 refineries are going to have start up problems due to freezing of water vapor in some pipes and cat converters. Wonder how much warning time the refineries had for electricity loss ? If the refineries had sudden loss of electric power damage may be worse. Some media reports are that west Texas may have a gasoline shortage in the coming weeks. Maybe the El Passo RR refueling facility will be short of diesel ? Does the New Mexico facility get diesel from Texas ? The RRs should be able to refuel with some difficulty outside of Texas if diesel become short in Texas ?
Someone explain why natural gas lines freeze up. Is it well discharge before the water is separated from the gas in lines above ground ?
Texas isssues boil down to the 3 P's. Piss Poor Planning. Nothing more and nothing less.
My co-workers in the Houston area are all back online they are all also on boil orders.
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