Railfan1 wrote:We're supposed to hit 70F around Friday or Sat. I see some railfanning in my future.
On Saturday, when you're going to be nearing 70 degrees, we might be preparing for a snowstorm here in Omaha. There's a pretty interesting storm system in the offing that looks like it has great potential for sever weather in the southern states and rain changing to snow up here in Nebraska and Iowa. There is never a dull moment when it comes to weather.
Willy
Good afternoon, folks. As promised, I'm back and have fixed Sunday Dinner.
On the menu today: Boneless pork tenderloin roast, with roasted potatoes, and carrots, along with homemade dinner rolls and crescent rolls, cole slaw, garden salad, and for dessert: pecan rolls, chocolate cake, yellow cake w/cherry frosting, and apple cobbler.
There is another pork tenderloin roast, ready to be put in the oven around 5 p.m. for supper tonight.
Larry, have a safe trip to Virginia, and take care.
Message From:The Cook
Good late morning everyone.
By the way, today is Chinese New Year (Year 4705, the Year of the Pig). Gung Hay Fat Choy everyone on this forum!
Dan
Okay, I've got the next pork tenderloin in the oven, and it will be ready at 6:30, so I'm hoping we'll have more in here tonight to eat!! And, of course, we can discuss anything and everything, especially trains. No one has to go out to the garden, to sit and discuss/talk trains, and watch the trains go by. Although, that is nice when it's warm outside.
I'm wondering how many of our patrons will be around tomorrow, with the PRESIDENT'S DAY HOLIDAY tomorrow.
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CNW 6000 wrote:Kinda quiet in here today...everyone must be outside enjoying the heat wave of 20's and 30's! I know I am! We could use some more snow, however. Where did Willy disappear to....
I'm around. If you'd like some snow, wait for next weekend. You could have a pretty decent chance at it then. It looks like a big storm system will move from the central plains to the Great Lakes and that would be your chance. I'll keep you updated.
Datafever - I like the new avatar!
......Yes, on the Chevrolet truck commercial. Some trickery photo work on that one.
Quentin
Sheesh - 10+ hours on the road. At least once I got south of Binghampton the roads mostly dried out, although I did hit squalls all the way down.
Supper out of the way (good stuff!) and I'm dead tired. 'Nite, all!
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...
Datafever wrote:Thank you, Willy. I've always liked yours too, and wondered if it was photoshopped. I appreciate all the wonderful work that you are doing on the weather machine.
Actually, I found that pic on Google and thought it looked neat, so I decided to use it as my avatar. I didn't see any kind of a copyright, so I figured it was ok to use it.
I see on FoodNetwork.com schedule, they have a show on Monday that features a chef cooking on a dinner train. Might be interesting for someone here. I stick to the 3 food groups.1 meat and taters2 pizza3 cake
Race on the Rails: Dinner Train: ImpossibleChef Robert Irvine races against time--and a moving train--as he tries to prepare five courses for 160 passengers on the Sierra Dinner Train. Can he keep his balance in the smallest kitchen he's ever seen, or will it be Dinner Impossible? Apple Betty "Granola" with Banana CremeFlatiron Steak with Herbed Red Bliss Potatoes, Red Onion Marmalade and Red Wine Demi-GlaceSalad of Mesclun Greens with Dried Cranberries, Mascarpone Dumplings and Champagne VinaigretteNew Zealand Rack of Lamb with Sweet Potato Mash and Three Bean RagoutRoasted Corn Chowder with Lime Cured ShrimpStuffed Mushroom Caps with Blue Cheese SouffleSun-Dried Tomato Pesto-Crusted Chicken *** over Creamy Herb PolentaTenderloin of Pork Hongroise with Crab Risotto and Tri-Pepper SauceVegetable Napoleon with Grilled Portobello Mushroom and Tomato Basil Bisque
CShaveRR wrote: good morning from Chicago Land!matt and I had a good time on amtrak eventhough it was very very late.we are going to church with Pat and then carl wants to show us around some other areas too.we know the differance between a "scoot" and a "dinky".stay warmstay safeJoe and Matt
good morning from Chicago Land!
matt and I had a good time on amtrak eventhough it was very very late.we are going to church with Pat and then carl wants to show us around some other areas too.we know the differance between a "scoot" and a "dinky".stay warm
stay safe
Joe and Matt
Unfortunately, we didn't get to Eola Saturday night, because it was dark before we brought our guests out of Chicago (sun was setting roughly dead ahead of us on the Stevenson). Then today I had to desert Joe and Matt to go to work (Joe found out a little about the dungeon here!). Even worse, they didn't get to see any humping operations when they came to pick me up. But we took them back to Chicago by train, and they are presumably headed back to Ohio as we speak. Late edit: their departure was delayed by over an hour--still at the station after 9:00 p.m. Matt got to see plenty of trains, of all colors, and switches and diamonds (don't know if he noticed, but there were some diamonds with switches in them, too!), and a long string of "highball greens". I know they got a bunch of good pictures.
Carl
Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)
CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)
Hi everyone I'm back. My trip was for a track meet and had nothing to do with trains, but i still managed to see a couple of ag trains in the Palouse region of Washington. Unfortunitally I forgot my camera so i don't have any pictures.
I got lucky on the drive over because the weather was pretty good. However the weather today on the way back was pretty bad. When I left it was raining and about 32 degrees with a little wind. Then it got bad with pouring rain/snow and wind that was strong enough to almost blow my truck off the road. Seeing an old BN engine in green and white with safty strips was nice though. There a still quite a few of them around, but this is the first one I have seen in a while being used in tandam with other engines for a main line train.
I arrived home a little late for dinner but I am looking forward to breakfast tommorrow.
Washington
Lincoln
good morning
amtrak pulled into bryan at 5 am(5 hours late).makes me wonder when the 49 is going to stop in bryan to go west.ns put us on the side and we had to wait for trains.one train was just 10 cars long or so.matthew has crashed and I got stuff unpacked and the washer is running as we speak(yes pat I do laundry).thank you very much to carl and pat.next time we come we will bring mamma and will probably be in the matt mobile.mookie matt has a special train pic for you that we will be sending from chicago. I started the juice and the coffee but now i need a nap too.
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").
Good Monday morning, everyone. Emmar, glad you made it back all right, from your track meet. And Joe, glad you and Matt made it back from Chi-town, and glad to know you both had a great time.
Thank you, Joe, for making the coffee and juice.
On the warmer bar, you will find: bacon (turkey), sausage (patties & links), pancakes, apple & cinnamon muffins, blueberry muffins, homemade buttermilk biscuits w/sausage gravy, hash browns, tater tots, oatmeal, grits and toast.
Everyone have a great day, and hope you all will be as warm as Louisville is to be: a high of 48 to 50.
So much to say, so little time.
Joe and Matt - welcome back and thanx for picture. Love that color red! Should do the Norange in Red instead....
Tree - VA for? Hurry back - I know I will need something that only you and Brian can reach and Brian isn't always here.
BC - Didjahavefries?
Weather nice enough to trainwatch Sat and Sun both. Ran coal trains like they were on sale.
Willy - they say there is trouble a-brewin'. I don't think I am going to be happy having to use the periscope to see outside this weekend.
CW - how about a cup of coffee out on the porch swing. Keep knudging me so I stay awake!
Happy Prez Day! No mail which is sad, but no bills which is glad!
Groan - I need coffee.......
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Mookie wrote: Tree - VA for? Hurry back - I know I will need something that only you and Brian can reach and Brian isn't always here.
Work - Inspecting a new radio system. Wish I could have been here in Lynchburg "back in the day." N&W, C&O, Virginian.... NS now - and I intend to do a little trainwatching, given time. Might even be able to get away long enough to visit the VA Museum of Transportation in Roanoke - current home of N&W 611 and 1218, not to mention a Berk that may be headed north in the not-too-distant future. I want to take in the Link museum as well.
Time to get ready for the day! Isn't life in a hotel fun?
There normally isn't a day where I don't at least scan the diner thread to keep up on things. If you ever need anything, mookie, just go over and pounce on the recliner. Chances are you won't be landing on an empty chair!
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
***YAWN***
Long weekend and getting longer. One of the dogs (Doogie) started having an ugly set of seizures yesterday morning in the middle of a long walk. After a frantic trip to the emergency vet (and big $$$) he got left for overnight observations and tests. Blood work was negative. We're still not sure what we are dealing with. Gotta go spring him from the vet later this morning and take him to BossHen to watch in her office during the day....
55 Gallon diet Coke, IV drip-to go please...
Quick mornings greetings before I am off to the mines. Plenty of "overtime" scheduled for six days in my branch office near Rockford. Don't have a 'net hook-up there so I can't get in to comment on things here until I get home in the evening.
Temps are supposed to get above freezing today, but we shall see. After below freezing for 35 of the last 37 days, the heat arriving in the air mass moving in will have much work to do.
I'll take coffee and a bacon and egg sandwich to go, and a bib, so I can snack in the car on the way to work.
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
Jay - we warmed up to almost flood stage over the weekend, so it will head your way eventually. Then a biggie next weekend!
Sir Chicken - my well wishes to Sir Doogie. Hopefully it is just that he got too far away from his dinner bowl and was having withdrawals? Maybe he ate some yellow snow?
Brian - tee hee. Flatten you and the recliner?
Moo.............
SJ, just about at every meal!
I think both Matt and Joe prefer crisper ones than are customary around here, though. We should have gone to Portillo's for those. Meantime, they all had cupcakes (with a whistle!) at Two Toots in my absence.
Something comical about you making a reclining person sit up and take notice!
Going out into the garden, with trains. Anyone?
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know it's President's Day, but it doesn't mean much to me. I have a few friends who work for the U.S. Postal Service, so I will try not to badmouth them, but it's just one more day for the Postal Service to goof off and not deliver mail. And it's just another holiday that people who lack a good solid work ethic don't need.
Currently we have a temperature of 37 degrees ABOVE 0 here in Sioux Falls, and that is a nice change for once.
Ray CANADIANPACIFIC2816
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