afternoon
Ns had some cars uptown.Csx had what looked like q 352 waiting at hire road.Got my truck back(tires).People were busy today bending fenders for some reason.Mother nature is sounding like she wants to add to the swamp again real soon.
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").
Got ours mowed for the first time this season yesterday. Didn't feel too bad after recovering from knee replacement surgery two months ago. Mother Nature added another inch of water to it last night, so I anticipate mowing it again real soon...
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I was finally able to get the lawn mowed on Saturday just ahead of the rain. It was getting pretty shaggy since dry spells weren't coinciding with time available.
After the abortive attempt to raise the ham radio tower Sunday, I picked up couple of 4x4's and winched the thing up high enough to get the mower out. The lawn wasn't all that ragged, but it did get mowed.
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(Still have not fired up the mower...That may change after the long overdue rain (0.88 inch) showed-up last night. (We only had 0.03 inches in April))
evening
Ns was clear after work.Went and did errands in town.Saw a Csx train at hire road probably waiting for a crew.A friend of mine got to taxi to Chicago to be a yardman for Csx too.Got the swamp mowed.Mother nature sending rain tomorrow.
Well, the tower raising didn't go as planned. Not that we didn't try.
Morning
Mother nature filled some ditches with rain last night.Went into town.Saw a few CSX trains.Looked at the sites where old factories will be coming down.One is between CSX and the ND&W.I look for the ND&W to expand their yard some more there.Working around the swamp outside as well.Back to work tomorrow.
Ns had some cars uptown after work.The crossing is Archbold has been repaired.Went to Hicksville after work.Mamma has a new ride.Csx had an intermodal each way.Stopped at the "Iron Horse" in Sherwood for supper.More things to do this weekend.Farmers are out getting stuff in or out and around too.
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...
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.
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.
Electroliner 1935Watch out Larry, start posting about the birds and the bees and someone might get the wrong idea.
Or an ear worm...
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)
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.
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.
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.
Second hummingbird feeder destroyed in the last week...
-Do squirrels get cavities?
Ns had a westbound after work.Mother nature sent rain today.Matt might get his refund tomorrow.We will see.Chores to do.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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