It ran five miles derailed before re-railing on a switch?
//shakes head in disbelief
, Jim!
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
Modelcar wrote: M C: That brings up something I've wondered about. Does a derail and as you related, running derailed on concrete ties always automatically ruin them to the point they must be replaced.I would imagine they are not as forgiving as wood ties in that respect.
M C: That brings up something I've wondered about. Does a derail and as you related, running derailed on concrete ties always automatically ruin them to the point they must be replaced.
I would imagine they are not as forgiving as wood ties in that respect.
Generally speaking concrete ties that are impacted by rail wheels shatter to the point that they are no longer suitable for use. Wood ties can staill be used with wheel gouges so long as the damage does not destroy the integrity of the tie.
LC
Happy Birthday, Jim!! Hopefully you can make it in and say hi today.
Let's see... I know I don't dare say this in the penny thread or I'll be flamed to death, so I'll say it in here. I've put pennies on the tracks before and nothing bad ever came of it. So there. Everyone can drive me out of the forum now!
I've got some heritage units and e-units to see this weekend at the Durham Western Heritage Museum. Hopefully I can get good pictures to post. The weather will be nice enough anyway.
Everyone have a good Friday the 13th!
Willy
Happy Birthday Jim!
Yeah, Jim, get your behind in here, cause your birthday lunch is ready!! As you requested, there is Arkansas catfish fillets on the warmer bar, along with cod, hallibut, flounder, perch and rainbow trout; side dishes are fries, cole slaw, and Jim's favorite cake for dessert: white cake w/white frosting (with blue lettering saying "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JIM!!), along with the pre-requisite chocolate cake w/chocolate icing for a few of us who aren't neccessarily fans of white cake (me, I like just about every flavor cake).
So Jim, have a TERRIFIC, BLESSED AND HAPPY 50TH BIRTHDAY from all your family/friends here in the DD & CS!!!!!!!!!!
Happy Birthday Jim! Hope it's good with many returns!
Dan
Willy2 wrote: Happy Birthday, Jim!! Hopefully you can make it in and say hi today. Let's see... I know I don't dare say this in the penny thread or I'll be flamed to death, so I'll say it in here. I've put pennies on the tracks before and nothing bad ever came of it. So there. Everyone can drive me out of the forum now! I've got some heritage units and e-units to see this weekend at the Durham Western Heritage Museum. Hopefully I can get good pictures to post. The weather will be nice enough anyway. Everyone have a good Friday the 13th!
I don't nessasarily condone putting pennys on the tracks....But.... If that's was the worst thing I did as a kid.......................
Willy2 wrote: Let's see... I know I don't dare say this in the penny thread or I'll be flamed to death, so I'll say it in here. I've put pennies on the tracks before and nothing bad ever came of it. So there. Everyone can drive me out of the forum now!
Willy, I imagine amongst the members here you're actually in the majority- let he/she who's not done that cast the first stone. I must confess that as a teenager I've tried it myself. My first attempt was on the main in Mankato, MN near the Honeymead plant (and my grandmother's house), and was unsuccessful as the penny bounced off before the first engine wheel could hit it. My second attempt was successful, as I placed the penny as far underneath a tank car wheel in the siding at the same location- when I came back later, the tank car had been moved and the penny was still there, nice and flat. Looking back on that now, I marvel at how stupid I was- I'm lucky I didn't get injured or killed by a moving railcar.
No doubt we are all going to be hauled into jail for putting coins on rails. Keep an eye out for white box cars with large locks on the doors and lines of rivet heads about 7 feet up the sides.
(It would be interesting for a track/wheel expert to come up with the skinny on the damage potential).
Happy Birthday to the father of the DD&CS. All the best for the next 50.
Jay
"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
JIM !!!!!!
The best for the next 50, as you've just hit "Middle Age"!!
(Or was that "Senior Citizen" Status, I keep forgetting.)
Just for the "halibut", are you "floundering" in presents yet?
(you still have aways to go to catch up to some of us)
Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!
Thanks all for the birthday wishes.
I am now a machinists' helper and loving it. I get nice and dirty but I am learning a bunch.
It certainly is not clean under those locos as every pipe or wire seems to drip dirty water, grease, or oil of some sort.
And don't believe anyone that says you can lay down on the track between the rails and be ok. THAT IS A LIE. The plows on many locos are are close as 4 inches above the rails and who is that skinny ! ! !
Thanks for the birthday lunch, gotta go.
Thanks all.
Jim
Well, that was certainly a fleeting appearance that Jim made!
What a nice day it was today. The high was 83 degrees and the dewpoints never made it above 53 degrees. Next week we're going to have highs in the mid 90s Monday through at least Wednesday and there will be no rain tonight through Wednesday. The crops have survived so far, but I don't know how much longer they can do it. I guess I'm just lucky I'm not a farmer or I would really be worrying right now.
Yeah, Willy, it was a very short visit Jim made today: he had to go to work this afternoon. But at least we've seen him in here!
The supper round of fish, fries, corn on the cob, cole slaw, etc., and Jim's birthday cake are all laid out, and ready to be eaten! Enjoy your supper, whether you sit in the Diner, or go out on the patio!!
Everyone have a good evening!!
Willy2 wrote:I guess I'm just lucky I'm not a farmer or I would really be worrying right now.
Very true. I hope that they all do as well as they can with some of the 'strange' weather we've been having.
My goodness - I don't stop in one night and am gone all the next day, and look what I miss!
Jim - Happy Birthday!
Cool here today - had to wear a jacket while on the train.
I have a Great Lake about 6 miles from my door. Or can go muskellunge fishing about 8 miles from the house. I don't even fish much any more.... I did used to sail a lot on that lake, though. Just don't have the time any more.
Today's funny on the railroad - I wasn't scheduled to work, I finally figure out (got my days off calendar out of synch), but I went down and rode anyhow. I'm trying to refine the profile drawing of the railroad (at least what we run) using a GPS, and also looking at the possibility of using a GPS to help cue our narration of the trip. So I'm standing in the baggage car (doors open, with gates on them - our "open air" car), GPS in hand (connected to an outside antenna), watching for mileposts and landmarks, when a passenger asks me "are you steering the train?" Unfortunately I couldn't come up with a clever answer, so I just told him no....
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...
tree68 wrote: GPS in hand (connected to an outside antenna), watching for mileposts and landmarks, when a passenger asks me "are you steering the train?" Unfortunately I couldn't come up with a clever answer, so I just told him no....
GPS in hand (connected to an outside antenna), watching for mileposts and landmarks, when a passenger asks me "are you steering the train?" Unfortunately I couldn't come up with a clever answer, so I just told him no....
Larry, you should have said yes; by "Remote Control"!
Dan, I'm not too shabby at doing the mudding, but............
..........Happy Birthday Jim. Miss seeing your comments on the forum.
Quentin
Good morning! It looks like I'm the first one in the Diner this morning, so I've got the coffee brewing and I've mixed a fresh batch of orange juice. I've got two big jars of solar tea brewing out on the patio, and I've brought in a pretty good assortment of rolls and donuts from the local bakery for breakfast this morning.
I got out of bed this morning at 4:00 and I am getting ready to go to work at Wendy's this morning, will be starting work at 7:00 and will probably work until 2:00 or 3:00 this afternoon. We have 68 degrees here in Sioux Falls and the humidity is at 76%. I've noted that the weather conditions in Louisville where Walt, Paula and Sarah are, are not much different. I think the humidity in Louisville is a wee bit higher.
I hope the rest of you folks out there have a pretty good day!
Ray
Good Saturday morning, everyone! Ray, thanks for putting the coffee on, making the orange juice, and bringing in the rolls and doughnuts!!
Yeah, our weather hasn't been too bad this week. Humidity has been down, so it's not too bad, comfort wise.
I received my instructions from the orthopedic doctor yesterday. Go into the hospital 6 a.m. Monday, Sept. 17th, surgery scheduled for 8 a.m. Should be in the hospital for about three days, then come home. Do have to go to the Pharmacy Monday morning, and get a prescription filled for iron, that I have to immediately start taking. They're going to do the total knee replacement on the right knee first. Also found out that I will be on an antibiotic for about two years, after the surgery.
Think that's about all the news on this end for now, anyway. Everyone have a good day, and please be sure you make it back in around 7 p.m. tonight, for our SATURDAY NIGHT PIZZA FEST.
CW I will pray that all goes well for you. I know it's early but I'll still get that in there!
Ray I hope your humidity goes down a bit. That makes things so much harder on everything and everyone when weather is like that. We've been lucky lately, low 60's or 50's in the AM with RH in the 40-50 range! I was actually chilly the other day going in to work at 4 AM. I hope your day at work goes well.
I gotta get some OT in today and then help my dad remodel his house so I'll take a plate to go and try to stop in here later.
Have a splendiferous day!
CW: By the time you return home, you will be saying, "I Can't wait to get the other one fixed."
God Bless.
CW -
All the best for a successful surgery and a speedy recovery. I suffered a severe trauma to one knee a few years back from an accident which resulted in two reconstructive surgeries and just under 18 months on the beach in rehab. At first they told me I would lose significant mobility and range of motion (30%+) in the knee joint. I worked hard at rehab the entire time and at the end was able to walk out with less than 3% loss of range and mobility that seems pretty much original condition. I'm sure you can do the same or perhaps better since I don't have any "Bionics" (although the cost must've been a $Mil or so) and your surgery is planned and not an emergency like mine.
All the best,
....C W: Have friends and aquaintinances who have had knee replacement and they are so much better now than pre surgery.
We wish you a quick op and fast recovery.
I too, am a candidate for knee surgery, but I am a long way from seeing that actually happen. A former doctor of mine once told me that I would be better off waiting until I can no longer tollerate the pain in my knee joints. So far, I've been doing good. My chiropractor once recommended that I see an orthopedic surgeon and have both knees scoped, but after seeing the specialist that she had recommended in my initial consultation, he told me that I don't need this type of operation, and that it would not necessarily eliminate the grinding in my knee joints. He told me that he thought I was maintaining my knee joints just fine.
I got home from work at Wendy's within the last 15 or 20 minutes and I had worked nearly seven hours today. I had a bit of a mishap at work, I didn't get hurt, but it really made me mad. We keep four eight-gallon buckets lined with heavy plastic bags underneath the grills where we fry hamburgers, and this is what we use to catch the drippings of grease. Every morning we take the grease out to the dumpsters, and because of it's density, a bag of grease can weigh quite a lot. I had nearly reached the dumpster with one bag of grease when the bottom of the bag burst, and I had this slimy, greasy mess all over my trousers, half of my work apron, my shoes, and even my underwear was soaked with grease!! Once I was home I immediately stripped off my cloathing, washed my legs down with soap and water. I have to work the same hours tomorrow, so I will make sure that everything I need to wear to work goes into the washer in my basement.
I will be going in to work for my other part-time employer, Howes Oil Company at 4:00 this afternoon, and thankfully, I don't have situations like the above to have to contend with!
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