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Very interesting Bob. Apparently all 19 of those cars are now sitting in Council Bluffs, which just happens to be the western end of the IAIS (Iowa Interstate), so instead of those cars sitting in the eastern edge of the BNSF yard they are actually in the western edge of the IAIS yard. The two...

I have train club tonight, so I'll ask around and see if I can find out any more information. I'm curious as to why they are here, of all places, and what they are to be used for. We don't have a big scrap yard here in CB, but we're only 5 miles from Omaha and that may be their destiny, a trip...

Yesterday I noticed a number of passenger cars stuck back away from normal public view and too far away for me to get a picture, but I did some checking and discovered that there are 20 coach cars that were formerly a part of the Montreal transit system. All of the cars seem to be numbered in...

4 degrees here.

Van Buren County, just above the Missouri line. Know exactly where you are !

ozzy; where in SE Iowa? Keokuk, Ft. Madison, Burlington???

We're having a heat wave, a tropical heat wave. Up to 30 already........well it seems like a heat wave after single digits and a biting wind for the past several days sign1

I wonder why I am suddenly unable to directly access this thread when I am notified there is a message. It has not happened about three times and each time it is in response to a message from Chief Eagles:curse: I can get on otherwise, just not by a direct reply to the notification:cry:

Just hold your horses, the "cool" is on the way:) It was 68 here yesterday and 18 when I left the house at 6:30 this morning to go to my Rotary meeting. That's hard on the old systemsign1

We are into a cycle of strange weather. Suppose to be in the 30's all day today, warm inro the 50's tonight, mid 60's tomorrow and then into the deep freeze on Wednesday with the possibility of snow. :cry: The good news is that the snow blower is serviced and ready to go, if needed. Doubt...

Going to be a warm and toastie 65 here today with lots of sunshine:) :) Will wander down to my model train club later this morning and help get things set up for the holidays. We have open house and operating sessions every weekend between Thanksgiving and Christmas. A couple of those...

There are betwwen 50 and 70 coal trains a day through here, either crossing the UPRR bridge in Omaha or across the BNSF bridge at Plattsmouth, about 15 miles south of here, so no shortage of coal trains to watch. Additionally, you have the chance to see a lot of grain thrains right now as we...

Do I understand you to say you have been here in my area stocking the new Cabela's? Did you have the opportunity to do any railroad sightseeing while in the area? This is a trainlovers paradise.:D :D Several excellent railroad museums, including Railswest here in Council Bluffs where we have our...

Where is your deerstand set up, in the median of Interstate 24sign1 My son totally a car a couple of years ago on that interstate between Clarksville and Nashville when he hit a deer. Fortunately no one was injured. They are a menace on the roads here as well. Has even been talk here about a...

Ah, but the temp here is in the high....................................teens, and that tends to make the frosting on your donut brittlesign1 At least no wind this morning. It has been blowing steady for the past 3 days. Actually it is bright and sunny too, just a little nippy. This is a...

Looks to me like a good weekend to stay off the highway between Columbus and Ann Arbor. A little windy, but otherwise a beautiful sunny day here in the Omaha area. Leaves are all down and raked, flower beds all mulched, snow blower all gassed up and I'm ready for winter :rolleyes: Seems...

Thanks Gil. All I ask is you be cafeful where you dig as I have lots of relatives (actually ancestors) buried in WVA. I think most of them are in Pocahontas County, but who knows. I can track them back to pre-Revolution, which means long before there even was a WVA, by God:thumb:

Gil Finn Your posts don't tell us where you are located, so I have no clue where the weather is only ggod for ducks. Enlighten us please!

Hello Mikey, long time no see. :cry: I should really be well motivated as I attend the local model railroad club here in town every week I am in town. Maybe that's the problem as I get to run the trains there and they even let me toot the whistle from time to time if I am a really good boy:D :D...

I haven't been posting for a spell and this looks like a nice active thread so I'll jump in here and see what's going on in the railroad world. My layout sits gathering dust as I haven't worked on it for at least 6 months.:cry: Maybe I can generate some motivation getting active on the Gauge...