morning
Ran errands in town.Saw one of the NDW units out west of town.Csx did bring the local in.Omni was full of cars for scrapping. The grain elevator was loading a train for csx too.Chores to do.
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").
Our Firefighter Safety Seminar was generally a success - one speaker facing a four hour drive AND some nasty road conditions rightfully backed out. But I got a replacement for another that had other plans. Still left us short an hour from what was planned but no one complained about leaving a little early.
Everyone ate well. A local restaurant provided lunch.
I still have to do the certificates, but that's the easy part, comparatively speaking.
I'm glad it's over for another year.
The no-show was going to speak on solar systems. He offered to come in later and do a presentation, and I will be taking him up on it.
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...
afternoon
Ns still has a intermodal in our siding at work from Friday.Had one pass him after work as well.Did errands in town.Going to do some chores here at home.The snow is melting quite nicely.
Nasty fire in Watertown this morning - dispatched as "fully involved," which is really unusual for a fire at 11 AM in a house three houses off a main drag.
Turns out it was most likely arson. Haven't heard a cause otherwise, but I'm guessing there was some accelerant involved, which resulted in the rapid spread. The first engine out reported heavy smoke as they left their station about six blocks away.
Ns was clear when I left work today.Ran some errands in town.Time to do some chores.
Ns sent a westbound manifest after work.Mother nature is working on the snowmelt.Guessers say rain tonight.The swamp is still very swampy.Chores to do.
Our away from motel has developed a mouse problem. I had heard about it, but hadn't seen one until a couple of trips back. I was sitting in the room's easy chair, my cooler (lid closed) next to me. I heard something, and thought I saw some movement in the shadows under the night stand. A few minutes later, Mickey jumped up on top of my cooler. We both were startled and he took off. I was only there a couple of hours before being ordered and I didn't see any more of him.
One co-worker was putting stuff in his room's refrigerator (I leave my stuff in my cooler) when he started to reach in for another item and discovered a mouse in it. I know leave all my bags zipped and closed unless I'm actually needing to get into them.
Jeff
Sounds like the finest in crew hotels.Ns has a manifest parked in our siding at work.Local company uptown was looking to see if their boxcar has arrived.(it's tomato paste we unload the boxcar and send it over on their trailers).With the manifest there it can not get to our dock to unload.Have been plenty on trains parked the past few days.Guessers say spring fever this weekend.Probably will get a few things out of the shed.
jeffhergertOur away from motel has developed a mouse problem. I had heard about it, but hadn't seen one until a couple of trips back. I was sitting in the room's easy chair, my cooler (lid closed) next to me. I heard something, and thought I saw some movement in the shadows under the night stand. A few minutes later, Mickey jumped up on top of my cooler. We both were startled and he took off. I was only there a couple of hours before being ordered and I didn't see any more of him. One co-worker was putting stuff in his room's refrigerator (I leave my stuff in my cooler) when he started to reach in for another item and discovered a mouse in it. I know leave all my bags zipped and closed unless I'm actually needing to get into them. Jeff
Well it could have been 'Hand the Tank' brown bear that has been mentioned in the news recently.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Did the I-95 rumba - back in Maryland - temps in the 50's all the way from Florida to Maryland.
Ns was clear after work.No boxcar yet on our dock.Cleaned up in the shed.Matt helped through part of the swamp to put the swing up.Know its early but getting spring fever.Need to check on a few things.Might go with Mr. Matt and find some trains tomorrow.Seems the NKP heritage unit wants to do a grand tour of Csx.He was on Q 507 southbound today.Chores to do.
evening
Did chores this morning and Matts laundry.Went to Deshler.We did some work around the trainpark.Front end of one of the mowers will need new tires.The banners are still in good shape.Csx ran some trains as well.Q 353 had a NS/cp combo.Going to check on my brother tomorrow.Time for supper.
Ns was quite busy after work today.Sent an eastbound tanker train and a coal train behind it.They also sent a grain train west.Looks like the boxcar our friends uptown need is in with other cars.Ns just has to spot it on our dock.Matt went back up to campus to get a couple things.He said the cafeteria is closed for spring break.Most likely be hungry when he gets home.
Ns delivered a boxcar overnight.It was unloaded and contents were delivered uptown.They have a few more cars to move around as well uptown.Had to contact local trustees about a property.The person is deceased.However his animals are wandering over here.Hope it gets resolved soon.Chores to do.
Ns still had a boxcar on our dock after work.It has more cars uptown as well.They sent a westbound stack train after work.Matt reports areas of the new track for the ND&W are starting to sink in the mud.Matt and I cleaned up in the swamp after work.Guessers say snow Friday into Saturday.Time for supper.
Enjoying some relatively mild weather - just about perfect for syruping (maple) - below freezing overnight and above during the day.
Piles notwithstanding, most of our snow here is gone. There's still plenty at higher elevations.
Thursday is packing day, and Friday travel to Vermont for a train show. When I signed up to do the show, gas was a lot cheaper, but we'll tough it out.
My trusty waterbed decided to spring a leak, and in an impossible to patch spot (corner seam). The new mattress is on it's way. Last night I was about to climb into the bed when I noticed more water than I should have, so the thing got drained in the middle of the night. As I was trying to get comfortable in the recliner, it occurred to me that right over my head there was a perfectly good king sized regular bed in my "guest room." I'll be sleeping there tonight...
Ns still had a boxcar on our dock after work.They have more cars uptown and sent a westbound stack train.Got a tip that the former power station for and interurban line was taken out.We went to Stryker to check it out.Even with the spike in gas prices curiosity got the best of us.We went through Bryan and saw a big hook and some track panels for a crossover.We got to county road 6 and the other building(whats left of the walls) was still there.Matt and I also saw an eastbound Loram railgrinder.Did have a waterbed with foam backing too.Back did not like it after awhile.Fun draining that and setting it out for the garbage man.Time to get cleaned up.Tomorrow is Friday.
JoeKohDid have a waterbed with foam backing too.
Mine have all been full motion - no baffles. It doesnt take long for them to settle down.
When I was living in California, there was an outfit that was selling waterbeds with both a heater (I have a heater) and a vibrator (I don't have that). Somehow they apparently aroused the wrath of some folks who thought that was obscene. Somewhere I have a pin from that kerfluffle (a radio station got involved) that say's "I'm for Sensuality..."
OOOooooo, too many images that I can't unsee.
Ns had an eastbound stack train after work.The boxcar is gone.They still have cars uptown as well.Matt went to go see some GP 30's that are still being used.Chores to do here.
Drove six hours today (seven actually...) - two to pick up the show materials and four to get to the site of the show in Vermont.
Except they postponed it a week because of the storm.
My FD is doing a chicken BBQ next weekend, so I can't come back over.
My room is non-refundable, so I'm "enjoying" a mini-vacation, except with the forecast storm, I can't even go out sightseeing.
Oh, well. I was looking forward to meeting Harrison, too.
The extra hour was the wild goose chase my GPS sent me on. The poor darling wanted me to take a ferry that's not running right now, and after I did a quick check of a paper map and figured out where I actually wanted to go, "she" spent the next 20 minutes trying to get me to turn around and go back to the ferry slip.
Ironically, the trip planner I accessed before I left had me going over the bridge I needed to actually go over, although the route (all surface roads) was a bit convoluted. "Turn onto the Old Corderoy Road..." It's just hard to read instructions going down a winding country road. And pretty much my entire trip was on such roads...
60's and sunny yesterday
Started to rain overnight and began to snow about 8 AM
Snow plow just made a pass on my street.
Nice being retired - I don't have any place I am required to be.
BaltACDNice being retired - I don't have any place I am required to be.
Unless you want to, of course. That's my problem...
Snowplow is doing the lot outside my hotel window right now. Still snowing, but I don't know as they will get the forecast amount.
Had some serious snow squalls going to see my brother today.I replaced one of his pictures.Did see the Wabash unit lead an eb stack train on Ns.It had the Nkp unit for a dpu.Saw a Up unit take NS 181 across the diamond with csx at St.Joe.Saw a few trains on csx before coming home.The depot in Deshler is being reported to come down on Tuesday.Have not seen any big equipment arrive yet.Dont forget to spring ahead tonight.Also change your smpke detector batteries.
At 8 AM it was 34 and snowing - at 4 PM it is 24 and wind is blowing the snow, that has stopped, all over the place.
Haven't been watching the temperatures, but it was pretty obvious when I cleaned off the truck to go after some supper that it started off with ice last night. Probably 3" to 4" of snow, and still snowing as I headed into town from the hotel.
Hopefully it'll all be done snowing and I'll have decent roads for the drive home tomorrow.
Winter's last gasp here in ATL. Coldest night of year with temps going below 20F. All my fruit trees bloming right now. Oh well not any this year.
blue streak 1Winter's last gasp here in ATL. Coldest night of year with temps going below 20F. All my fruit trees bloming right now. Oh well not any this year.
Good thing I decided not to race at Road Atlanta this weekend.
Nice, bright sun here in northern Vermont this morning - good for the trip home. Report from the home front is for the same thing there, so hopefully the roads are in good shape.
It'll be a much better ride than the trip over - which was over some very winding roads, not to mention rough.
The weather here wasn't as bad as forecast, but it was still pretty nasty. They probably could have held the train show, but...
Ns had some cars uptown after work.Ran errands here at home and didn't see any trains on CSX.Nice today.Opened the shed up and did a couple things here and there.Need to get supplies to prep the mower.Swamp is still way to swampy to work on it.Time to get cleaned up.
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