morning
The fall weather continues.College boy is at an Odot semiar in Columbus again today.Odot is looking where to put the new overpasses on US 24 in Defiance County.L 318 had a broken pipe issue yesterday.They got it secured and dropped the bad car and others off at a recycling place in Leipsic.Asked the boss nicely for some chili for this weekend.Need to check on my brother too.Time to go get my flu shot.
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
Had a meeting this morning.Going to regular hours starting Monday.Matt worked on the layout.He needs a couple different turnouts to finish the main loops.Csx traffic was decent.Going to get to bed.
Gonna be a wet day in the "Punkin Patch." Fortunately I'll have shelter (other than my truck) and heat.
Some part of the patch "kit" turned up missing, so I spent part of yesterday cobbing things together. It'll do.
Talk of snow tomorrow, which may add to the issues we have to deal with for the trip to Tupper Lake.
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
Had some frost this morning.Csx has been hauling used locomotives and going east at Deshler.Better weather is this week along with the peak colors.Next week..Brr.
Time for eye doctors appointment.
The weather at the "Punkin Patch" was miserable - cold, rainy, windy. At least I had a shelter with heat...
Sunday I rode along on a trip to Tupper Lake as back-up crew in case the crew ran out of hours (they didn't, and I got to go home early). On our way up the hill to the highest point on the old New York Central (Big Moose, 2040 feet) on the return trip, we saw snow in the air, but it wasn't even close to sticking.
Today, after a slightly below freezing start, it's up into the fifties...
Got out on Sunday to exercise the camera. Sunny and in the 60's all day. It's supposed to get close to 80 today with mid-70's over the next few days.
Took camera out after work.The Ndw was shuffling at Fc with the 2 former sante fe engines.Csx sent I 191 west with UP power.Not as much color because plenty has fallen on the ground.Have more to take care of in our yard.Going to get some chores done inside.
Winter has arrived in Denver and it seems to be in a bit of a hurry. Weather-liars have gone from predicting just a dusting of snow to now up-to-14-inches here in town. (first hard freeze was only Thursday).
Our wonderful spell of mild weather is coming to an end. The sun is out (which means the rain has at least temporarily ended) but that also heralds some cooler weather.
A look at temps across the country last night showed much colder in the upper Midwest, headed this way.
30 degrees this AM in Lawence, KS but at noon the KU-OK football game was halted for- lightning warnings.
Morning
Rain here in Nw Ohio.Matt has the mainlines operational on the layout in Deshler.Csx ran some trains by.They even sent an engine up the NW connection to Custar to help pick up a grain train.A friend in engineer trainning eventually came west on B 158.They had to fuel at Willard.They also had to wait for traffic at North Baltimore(north bottleneck).Plenty of leaves to clean up this week.
This Sunday is turning out to be a bit different from last Sunday (see my prior post). Right now, it's cloudy and colder (low 50's). Fall is slowly turning toward winter.
The next few days should see highs in the 70's along the coast and 80's inland. One downside is this is from a mild Santa Ana, with winds and low humidity raising the fire danger. Forecast wind speeds in San Diego county don't look that bad, but other parts of SoCal are going to see stronger winds.
Snow finally stopped here in the southern burbs of Denver. 7 inches officially where I'm at. Fortunately, the warm ground whittled some of that down.
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[/quote] Somehow we got the nasyness overnight here; late evening (Sat PM).ed were visiited by ;heavy thunder storms, later by a burst of light thunder snow, followed early AM by sleet and light freezing rain....Temps in the daytime were in the middle thirties. Was a good daqy tostay in and watch football....THe KC- Bronco's game was a bust for Chief's fans...... :-(
No snow here today - but it probably would have been better than the wet rail and leaves we slipped on all day.
Last trip to Tupper Lake for this season. Long day, but mostly enjoyable. There's something to be said for running a train through the Adirondack wilderness at speed.
The forecast for tomorrow is snow showers with highs in the mid-30's. Lynn will like this prognostication as she is not too fond of trick-or-treaters.
Are we all frozen up on this first cold snap?? There has been no activity on this Trains site for several hours.
Took care of leaves after work.Mother nature sent snow.Chores to do inside.
diningcar Are we all frozen up on this first cold snap?? There has been no activity on this Trains site for several hours.
Nothing real controversial on the agenda....
And, I know I've been busy.
Bag of candy by the door - we'll see if anyone shows. Last year I might have had a half dozen kids...
Interesting charter on the railroad yesterday. Apparently, the modus operandi of the bus tour is that it's all a mystery to the riders. They had no idea they were riding the train yesterday. Had lots of questions, one of which was "Where's Remsen?", which is where we went.
Had my giggles for the day.
BNSF 5271 had a crankcase/sump fire coming into Denver (Headed for Texas) with a unit grain train in tow on the Brush Sub. ... When reporting on the locomotive roast, did you know "train engines run on coal"?
mudchicken...did you know "train engines run on coal"?
I do get that question from time to time...
On that topic, I recall reading in one of my back issues of TRAINS from the mid-1950's that CB&Q tested a diesel being fueled with a distillate extracted from coal, or something like that.
tree68 mudchicken ...did you know "train engines run on coal"? I do get that question from time to time...
mudchicken ...did you know "train engines run on coal"?
Must be one of those engines equipped with a steering wheel.
mudchicken tree68 mudchicken ...did you know "train engines run on coal"? I do get that question from time to time...
Well, they are ALCO's - eg, "honorary steam locomotives..."
Nice weekend coming up here.College boy should be in Deshler working on the layout.He has the switches he ordered.Need to check on my brother sometime this weekend.Chores to do here.Going to check what the boss wants to do for supper.
Took care of things around the outside this weekend.Checked on brother as well.Did see some csx and ns trains.Had to re-order the switches for the Deshler layout.(need lefties not righties) Errands after work this week.Time to get ready to go.
joe
The big train show in Syracuse went well - some 2,500 in attendance on Saturday. I haven't heard the Sunday attendance.
Off to a Skywarn class tonight - winter version. We don't get severe thunderstorms in winter (usually), but we get lots of snow.
Seems like the hamsters were given partial rations over the weekend and could not keep the Forum Site running and responding before most browsers timed out. Tried accessing it multiple times over the weekend and would ultimately end up with a '504 Gateway Time Out'.
Feed the Hamsters so they can keep the power wheels churning and the bits and bytes flowing!
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
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