afternoon
Not much I could see on Ns after work.Mother nature is blowing things around.Still going to take brother out tomorrow.Will be for supper.College boy not sure when he is coming home.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").
Spring cleaning here at home.Mother nature wants to put more sticks in the yard.Had some powerlines down near CSX at Indo.Did see the local on csx today.Looked like they had a load for nucor in St.Joe.They will have to switch them out on the way back to Garrett.Sis should be here in a bit.
Stay safe
Evening
Brother had a good time for his birthday.Went to Deshler today.Helped some people out with some information.Heard on the scanner a local was coming to deliver 1 car to the Iams plant in Leipsic.Found a unique blue switcher down there as well. Also local paper said the new fertilizer plant will be served by the NDW.Hope everyone has a safe and Happy Easter.
A wierd supply chain issue has popped up in my area of the SFBA - most stores are out of facial tissue. At least I have plenty of the round roll kind. I wonder what Mr. rvos1979 knows about this ....
After watching a few loud, rough looking domestic freight cab ride videos, I've found the relaxing views from Swedish and Norwegian electric locos. Every one I've seen is on higher speed (>120kph) track that is astoundingly quiet.
Links to my Google Maps ---> Sunset Route overview, SoCal metro, Yuma sub, Gila sub, SR east of Tucson, BNSF Northern Transcon and Southern Transcon *** Why you should support Ukraine! ***
Spent most of the afternoon on the radio, making contacts throughout the province of Ontario. It's a contest. There's no way I'll win, but it's fun seeing how many people I can contact, and where they are.
Michigan had a similar contest. Make some contacts there, too.
Easter at the daughter's house.
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...
Mother Nature brought a surprise gift for Easter morning here - snow. I double checked the date - it's not April first, so...
Kinda sucks having to wear a winter coat over your Easter finery.
Mike: Missing supplies keep rotating at our local Kroger. Last time there almost no TP or paper towels. Sometimes almost no dairy especially frozen items. Wife had a ice cream craving in February that was only filled at the 3rd store.
evening
Ns was clear from what I could see after work.Mother nature sent some snow here as well today.Guessers say 80 by the weekend?? As for groceries and other items its just a guess on what they have or do not have. Found some jeans I might like at a store.Oops they took out the dressing room when they did a store remodel.Chores to do.
What snow didn't fall in the Midwest is due here tonight. Some areas (higher elevations) may see a foot... I think 3 or so inches is our outlook. It'd be a heck of a note to finally use my snowblower in April.
The bum ankle kept me from snow removal all winter. Fortunately, a friend kept me plowed out.
Ns had some cars uptown after work.Had our first meeting in Deshler.Projects to do.Csx ran some trains as well.Time to get stuff for tomorrow.
Our forecast was a bust, but the weather prognosticators were spot on to the south and into the Adirondacks - upwards of a foot of the white stuff, and a couple of power outages to boot.
The rain gauge is showing 0.81" of water - some of it was the snow we did get (maybe an inch) that melted and ran through the gauge.
Busy studying for the drone license test. There is a LOT of information there.
Ran through a patch of horizontal sleet on a trip to Westminster in the afternoon. Temps at 39 and wind approaching the same number.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Didn't see anything on Ns after work.Came home and took care of the swamp.Plenty of projects to do at the trainpark.Going to go see what is for supper.
Looked like Ns had a train in town after work.Went and ran errands.Shorts won't work at the job I am at now.Finally found some work pants in my size.While I was there got some jeans too.Was able to try them on before I took them home.Mother Nature is being nice today.Glad tomorrow is Friday.
Ns looked clear after work.Heard Csx running while doing errands.Went to look at items for a project in Deshler.Was in sticker shock.Called our president and we are going with plan "B".Mother nature going to warm us up.Hope to take brother out sometime too.
Went for a walk this morning.Saw the contractors working on the NDW and an eastbound grain train on CSX.Went to Deshler to work on some projects too.Saw the 1776 unit lead 560 around the wye.They were almost 14000 ft long.Going to get cleaned up.Taking my Brother out tomorrow.
We're having the usual yo-yo weather where Ma Nature can't decide what season it is. Sunny and warm some days, showers at night, 15F drop the next day, oh well. Even with the recent rain the adjacent hills are rapidly turning brown, but the mustard flowers and California Poppies are in full bloom!
No outside railfanning engaged in so I finally 'pulled the trigger' on a serious computer upgrade - from 'economy' to 'midrange'. The low cost Fractal Design case arrived first and I am astounded at the high design and build quality; all my other cases are beige boxes from 2010-ish. If you want more details on the build please PM me here.
Heard csx this morning while we walked the trail.Checked on my brother.Ns ran a couple trains.Sdi in Butler had their switcher out too.Went over to Garrett and the yard looked like a ghost town.That goes with what a friend told me that csx will only come over to Defiance 3 days a week.Came home and took care of the swamp.Mother nature is sending rain.Time to get stuff ready for work tomorrow.
It's +70F here right now, down from around +72F. Sunny - got some work done outside. Unfortunately, the prognosticators say tomorrow will be cooler.
Off to the white coat tomorrow.
Western Colorado = Roads closed, near blizzard conditions
Eastern Colorado = Roads closed, range fires & flying dirt (no rain)
Pick your poison, just don't try to get anywhere.
Ns had a westbound after work.Mother nature sent rain today.Matt might get his refund tomorrow.We will see.Chores to do.
Second hummingbird feeder destroyed in the last week...
-Do squirrels get cavities?
Squirrels aren't usually my problem with hummingbird feeders. It's the bees.
There's a debate going on in some areas about taking down feeders due to a bird flu that's going around. I just emptied my sunflower seed barrel. Might get more, might not. I kinda like the goldfinches, and had a red-breasted woodpecker today (not as big as pileated, but close). Usually all I see are downy and hairy woodpeckers.
Didn't see anything on Ns.We do have boxcars in the building that I am in now.Have freeze warnings out for tonight.Chores to do.
tree68Squirrels aren't usually my problem with hummingbird feeders. It's the bees.
Watch out Larry, start posting about the birds and the bees and someone might get the wrong idea.
Dinning Car and Mud Chicken. Here is an article about corner crossing. It also mentions that the varioous RR grants can be involved. Never knew about that as causing possible public land access.
Corner crossing report: inaccessible public acres now 8.3M (msn.com)
Electroliner 1935Watch out Larry, start posting about the birds and the bees and someone might get the wrong idea.
Or an ear worm...
Didn't see anything on Ns after work.They do have the crossing closed in town for repair.Got a message that a too big truck hit a viaduct in Hicksville.Held up trains for Csx for a bit.Another freeze warning for tomorrow.
Ns had some cars uptown.Came home and took care of the swamp.Going to be here there and everywhere this weekend.College boy is coming home sometime.Needs to move from one dorm to a summer dorm for his internship.Time for supper.
Mother Nature can turn the heat up any time, now. I think it hit just above freezing overnight, although the high here at the house was +52F. Back down to the low forties right now.
First session of a weekend EMS conference down, now two long days. Hope the speakers are interesting, or they're gonna be l-o-n-g days...
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