OK, Here are some photos from yesterday (3-24-07) on Hill 582
<>The namesake signal
The new look (plaques)
Acouple of Carl, Pat and my dad
And some of the trains
This one has some classic SF power, aGP60M and a B40-8
Here is a set of SP power (although patched)
final shot
Hi Joe,
Sorry about that, but I couldn't hear a thing on the phone with a train going by, not to mention cell service is hit and miss up there anyway. Heard you and Matt had a good time railfanning in Chicago recently. I sure would like to get out there to Chicago one of these days myself.
Anyway I am haveing problems trying to post pics from this computer (here at home) so it will have to wait till I get a free moment at work.
TTFN,
Chad
chad glad you got to meet carl and pat.pleasure talking to you on the phone(even with a train coming by).we went to our friends in findlay they are running their trains now.csx q508 really gummed things up tonight.csx had one waiting at harris road and one at standley waiting to go west.why they didnt use the crossovers i'm not sure. we didnt see any eastbounds.will take some fruit for a snack.its matts first night of spring break.
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").
Hi Gang,
I haven't had much time to do the forum lately. Hope everyone is doing great. Just wanted to drop by and and say I had a great day on Hill 582 saturday and I met up with Carl & Pat and say they are alive and well on there trip. Just wish they had more time, I really enjoyed meeting them. And thanks again to trains mag and Bergie (and crew) for provideing us railfans with a great gathering place for us to meet such outstanding folks with like interests.
Pictures to be posted when I rest up a bit.
Everyone have a great and blessed day,
Congrats, Dan!
Well, it's pretty warm here today. The temperature is 78 degrees. More of the same is expected over the next couple of days before some storms on Wednesday.
I've got a little last minute homework to do, so TTFN.
Willy
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...
cherokee woman wrote: So everyone fill a plate or two, and head out on the patio, to a table, and watch the trains go by!
So everyone fill a plate or two, and head out on the patio, to a table, and watch the trains go by!
Don't have to tell me twice!
I'm hoping to get back on my bike after work today and catch a train or two (wishful thinking) on the IC line.
Good afternoon! Well, I just woke up from a nap. My throat seems to be getting a tad bit worse. Guess it's time to start gargling with some salt water. The lemon & honey cough drops aren't working toowell today. Oh well.
At least it's a very warm day, about 85 or 86 right now, outside.
I've got burgers, steaks, pork chops, hot dogs & brats off the grill, and they're on the warmer bar: along with baked beans and corn on the cob. On the other end, where I have chopped ice, you will find: potato salad, cole slaw, strawberry cheesecake, cherry cheesecake, and banana pudding (homemade from scratch, I might add.
We just finished feasting on some grilled steaks here, and then sent our daughter and future son-in-law on their way back to Des Moines. It's an absolutely gorgeous day here, 77.5 degrees on the weather station with bright sunshine. Time to head down to the Menards store to get some lawn care items...
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
Dan
JoeKoh wrote: Dan congratulations!!! and good morning.Paula was hollering your way but dont know if ya heard us or not.We had a great time(and skyline chili) and stopped in deshler on the way home.csx was very busy and someone had saved my cheaters(binoculars) for me too.I have some juice and coffee on.going to make some pancakes eggs and sausage for breakfast.Matts sleeping in this morning.stay safeJoe
Dan congratulations!!! and good morning.Paula was hollering your way but dont know if ya heard us or not.We had a great time(and skyline chili) and stopped in deshler on the way home.csx was very busy and someone had saved my cheaters(binoculars) for me too.I have some juice and coffee on.going to make some pancakes eggs and sausage for breakfast.Matts sleeping in this morning.
Joe
Tyler and I had a great time with Joe, Stacey, and Mat also. Cincinnati Union Terminal was really hopping around with visitors. They have the Titanic display going on. The wife and I are planning on going next weekend.
I have forgotten what it was like to have a five year old around. He is a very inquisitive young man. He's as sharp as a tack. And yes, he loves those trains. I'll get to look forward to that in 5 years from now with my daughter.
It was a great time and now I'm getting myself ready to head down towards Lexington. This will probably be the last weekend to explore these abandoned railroads in the state until next fall. The blooms are on their way out now.
Brian (KY)
Good Sunday morning to everyone! Dan, congratulations!
Yes, Joe, I yelled so much, I've got a bit of a sore throat this morning!! But, I'll survive.
Thanks so much for putting the coffee on, making the juice, and breakfast! Sure does look and smell very, very good! Think I'll help myself to two pancakes, and two sausages, and a little bit of the eggs.
Sounds like you all had a terrific time in Cincy yesterday. Wish we could have made it up that way, but things just didn't work out that way.
Going to be an even warmer day today, supposed to get to 86 here today. So think I'll warm up the grill on the patio for Sunday Dinner today. So I'll be in the kitchen, preparing all the side dishes, along with preparing the meats to go on the grill.
Not to be cliche Willy...
...but it sounds like you had your cake and got to eat it too! Cool! Sounds like your day was great. I had a good day too! Found an engagement ring for 80% off and it's sweet. I also got 4 engines in today from eBay so the fleet is growing! Time to retire some more EMD's...need more widenose GE's! Now...where is that cold pizza....
&&&*)*((^_ _ _ _*&^%$*%(^& AHA!
Excellent day, today. We did experience some pretty heavy rain on Intersate 80 between Omaha and Lincoln, but things cleared out about the time we reached the symposium. There were some excellent presentations and also some very exciting storm chase videos from 2006. One presentation was on climate change and another on winter storms. There were also several others that I enjoyed.
We left the symposium at about 1:30 and spent a little over an hour with Mookie and The Driver at Camp Mookie. Five trains wenty by: four were coal and one was a manifest. Finally, we had a very nice dinner.
Overall, today was a very enjoyable day. It's too bad more days can't be this much fun.
.....66 degrees as we near sundown. Partly cloudy...Finally, not raining and kinda nice. Woe for people here in Indiana in low lying locations. We have had a lot of rain and river is over banks and into the flood plain most places.
Upcoming week forecast is for 5 days of hi temps of 78 degrees and just a chance of rain each day. Bushes and some some trees are now ready to sprout out green. My lawn will have to be mowed this coming week.
Winter has gone....{might not be quite dead, but for now, gone...}.
Rare we have any bad Winter consequences this late in the season.
But with wild weather swings now happening everywhere one never knows.
If we can stay away from the wild Spring nasty weather this is my favorite time of the year upcoming into the real Springtime....
Quentin
I will take a whole Hawaiian pizza, please! Mmmmmmmmm...
I did some biking today and mosyed around the old IC line through Champaign. I found a really nice place where a parking lot sits right up against a siding (3' off the edge of the tie). You can see from the Amtrak station to the north all the way to the south of town off towards Tolono. It is too bad there aren't more trains per day on that line.
Hi everybody, back from a little bit of railfanning, and getting ready to go out to eat. But first, I wanted to post the SATURDAY NIGHT PIZZA FEST menu:
1. anchovie
2. cheese
3. Hawaiian
4. Pepperoni/sausage/mushroom
5. Goetta
6. Supreme
Desserts: apple pie, peach pie, and strawberry, chocolate, vanilla milk shakes.
Message From:The Cook
STarted out nice this morning, then Mother Nature (or was that Willy's machine?) decided we needed a quarter inch of rain. It's stopped now.
Emma - Nice show on your events! I ran track and cross country in high school. One track event that was part novelty, part serious, was the shot put relay - essentially a half mile relay (800 meters) run by shot putters carrying shot puts instead of batons. I helped them with handoff practice once - not as easy as it might sound....
Off to dinner with a neighboring FD...
Congrats on shot and disc Emma. I played with those implements of destruction back in HS and that was a blast!
Willy I hope the weather holds (read that either way!) for your convention. I'm sure you guys wouldn't mind too much a live example of what's being talked about...within reason.
Off to the jewelry store today...going to buy a certain sparkly ring for a finger on the left hand...
Good Saturday morning! Joe, thanks for putting on the coffee, making fresh juice, and thanks for the rolls this morning.
I believe that you should be very dry while you're at Tower A and CUT today. Enjoy your time there, and HAVE FUN!! Look a little towards the southwest, and yell "Hello Louisville!!"
morning
juice coffee and rolls are ready to go.need a place to see trains and stay dry.tower A and CUT come to mind.mattmobile is loaded and we are ready to go.
emmar wrote: I got first in the discus and second in the shotput.emmar
I got first in the discus and second in the shotput.emmar
Congrats on the first and second places. My youngest daughter used to throw those heavy objects. Again, congrats.
Does it ever not rain here?
Tina
Boy am I glad this week is over. I havn't stopped by the diner because I have been going to school then sports practice then another sports practice and then going home to study for tests and work on presentations for school. All this left me with out any time for the diner. Now I need some . At least I did well at my track meet yesterday, I got first in the discus and second in the shotput. Thanks for the fish CW, it is nice to come back here and read up on the goings on in the diner. Maybe next week won't be so hectic. Tomorrow I am spending all day judging 4-H public presentations then on Sunday I have sports practice again, but hopefully I will be able to stop and look for some trains on the way. If I see anything interesting I will stop in and tell everyone. Hope you all have a good weekend.
emmar
Oh Ed,
Just today I was looking at ropers and Lucchase boots and was instantly transported to the land of wide open spaces, FAA shows and pick-up trucks with rifle racks against the back window for the fishing poles. I noticed on this boot website the current shirts being available to purchase for showing. My children showed sheep and hogs. Getting rightly dressed for "show" was almost as important as having your animal look its best. At least for my daughters; a little glitter in her hair, a little glitter on the lamb.
I passed a funeral possession today and pulled over. I was promptly passed. That bugged me. You can the girl out of Texas (I claim it as home,) but you can't take the Texas out of the girl. GTT- like some dream where Cowbows ride into the sunset with their girl and live happily ever after..wait, maybe the cowboy rode off with his girl to another state and the story still has a happy ending. I guess it isn't too bad. I have my cowboy, worn out boots and all.
Been wanting to go two-steppin. Tried to teach that cowboy of mine and he's good. Now to explain why that leg of mine is swelling again. Swells everytime I try to be active. But I can't sit still when there is a good country song on.
So, everyone here in the diner, I'm putting music in the jukebox, (do we have one?) and courtesy of John Michael Montgomery, here's one of my favorites.
Tina,
One of these days, if you guys are as smart as I know you are, you can carve GTT on your door post and head back home.
The door is always open, and we'll leave a light on......
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mbkcs wrote: jeaton wrote: Crawling out of the trenches and taking tomorrow off from getting vast sums of money from the government for my select clientéle. I will be at Lake Forest College for the annual program of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art. An interesting day of presentations by some of the top people in the field and a chance to see many friends who share my interest on the topic.Far, Far away in a land that no way looks like Texas, one woman wonders, what fun it would be to be at Lake Forest tomorrow. I don't know if many of you have met Jay, but he is truly one of the nicest people I've ever met. And as far as that annual program presented by the Center for Railroad Photography and Art, it is class 1 all the way. A lot of the people involved in this conference got their start being published in TRAINS. Check it out. http://www.railphoto-art.org/ I hope this doesn't violate any forum policy, but this is a non-profit entity that celebrates and seeks to elevate the photographer who has railroads and railroaders as his/her focus. Enjoy the day, Jay. Tina
jeaton wrote: Crawling out of the trenches and taking tomorrow off from getting vast sums of money from the government for my select clientéle. I will be at Lake Forest College for the annual program of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art. An interesting day of presentations by some of the top people in the field and a chance to see many friends who share my interest on the topic.
Crawling out of the trenches and taking tomorrow off from getting vast sums of money from the government for my select clientéle. I will be at Lake Forest College for the annual program of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art. An interesting day of presentations by some of the top people in the field and a chance to see many friends who share my interest on the topic.
Far, Far away in a land that no way looks like Texas, one woman wonders, what fun it would be to be at Lake Forest tomorrow. I don't know if many of you have met Jay, but he is truly one of the nicest people I've ever met. And as far as that annual program presented by the Center for Railroad Photography and Art, it is class 1 all the way. A lot of the people involved in this conference got their start being published in TRAINS. Check it out. http://www.railphoto-art.org/
I hope this doesn't violate any forum policy, but this is a non-profit entity that celebrates and seeks to elevate the photographer who has railroads and railroaders as his/her focus.
Enjoy the day, Jay.
I wouldn't be too sure about the rest of it but you do have the part about the Center correct. And I will enjoy the day.
"We have met the enemy and he is us." Pogo Possum "We have met the anemone... and he is Russ." Bucky Katt "Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future." Niels Bohr, Nobel laureate in physics
jeaton wrote:Crawling out of the trenches and taking tomorrow off from getting vast sums of money from the government for my select clientéle. I will be at Lake Forest College for the annual program of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art. An interesting day of presentations by some of the top people in the field and a chance to see many friends who share my interest on the topic.
I was going to see if the DD&CS could cater the affair, but there might be contracts and unions to deal with, besides our cook and crew already work to hard.
Enjoy the weekend.
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