Morning
Happy first day of Summer.Went for our walk.Didn’t see anything on Csx or the ND&W.Guessers say record heat today.Odot is laying out more construction on US 24 around Defiance.Saw a news article that says that inflation is affecting project costs as well.Was told yesterday how much it costs to fill a tamper for the railroad.Tomorrow going to wish my Sis a Happy Birthday.She has had to share it with me for a long time.
stay safe
Joe
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All our posters" It has not yet been a warning but there is the possibility of a Carrington event. There is a large sunspot growing that is facing the earth. Do not panic but keep watch. Biggest problems if it hits the earth will be PTC and credit cards working ( No gasoline )
Death Rays from the Sun? The Carrington Event & Coronal Mass Ejections. - EMP Shield
afternoon
Got our walk in early this morning.Csx is still jammed up.Dispatcher said he had no crews.Was able to go check on my brother in Edgerton.We were able to call and talk to Sis about her birthday.Ns ran the Pennsy heritage unit 8102 by after our visit.Went along csx on the way home.Sherwood west was a parking lot.Going to mow the weeds tomorrow.
stay safe
Joe
afternoon
Went over to Deshler to help at the park.Csx ran some trains.M 560 came around and had 4 gp 38-s in tow.A grain train for Custar sent a trainee to the store to get snacks while they waited at Marion street to go north.Met some new folks at the park as well.Young man said he is moving to the area for school and liked our park.Hopefully another volunteer.Time for supper.
stay safe
Joe
evening
Warm day today.Csx had more parked train delays as usual.They also wanted to get the ballast cleaner out east as well.Friend was callled to be a conductor on 191.He got stopped at Garrett to wait for I 016.Tomorrow going to Deshler.Will have a cooler full of water.Matt will meet me there.I can give him his license that came by mail.Guessers say rain on Sunday.The corn and beans around here can use it.
stay safe
Joe
ps also found out Grain elevator(apex) needs to get track out of the swamp before csx will bring them more cars.
Visits to the white coat and vampire today. Now getting ready for this weekend’s ARRL Field Day - 24 hours of seeing how many other similar stations we can contact.
We’ll be running four stations most of the time. This year, our club even got a special call sign (K2I) for the event.
A key feature is that we operate “off the grid” for this event. Generator, solar, battery, anything but plugged into the wall.
evening
Went to Deshler.Csx was the usual.They ran what they could including some combo trains as well.Made some new friends too.Also found out that we need to give more hugs this week coming up.College boy wasn’t sure what time he was going to leave Deshler.
stay safe
Joe
I see you made today’s VRF Grab Bag, too! At least I believe it’s you. Way to go, Joe!
Good Morning
Went for our walk.Csx was running regular trains from what we saw.Went to the grocery store too.Yep guilty as charged on the grab bag.Our one friend lives an hour away from the guy I was with on the grab bag.Small world.Back to work tomorrow.
stay safe
Joe
Sitting here waiting on more info on the SF Bay area (Martinez?) Amthrax crossing incident that involves fatalities. As per usual, the newsworkers are short on facts on long on unsubstantiated accusations. [2c]
A long day on the radio for the ARRL Field Day - I stayed awake for most of it, spent a lot of time with the radio.
Today is recovery. Finish unloading the truck and maybe catch up on a little more sleep.
I did get a few nice shots of the sunset and the next sunrise with the drone. Have to get them downloaded and maybe posted on-line.
afternoon
Back to work today.Boss welcomed me when I showed up.Have some more catching up to do.Saw the Ns local move around our building as I was working.Heard Ns send a train after work and saw one west of town waiting.Time to get cleaned up.
stay safe
Joe
A Carrington event will have a much larger effect on the eastern US/Canada that wester US/Canada due to the much higher conductivity of the deep rocks in the west. The higher conductivity allows for more eddy currents to flow which partially counteracts the fields generated by currents flowing in the ionsphere.
One other saving grace is that the magnetic north pole is further away from the populated ares in North America than it was in 1859.
afternoon
Ns had a train on the main uptown after work.Csx had some ptc issues around west standley the other day.Signal would be green but the train would be put into suppression or emergency.All set to give hugs later this week.Yard is turning a shade of brown now.Wouldn’t surpirse me if we had extra fire calls for fireworks.
stay safe
Joe
Here’s what I could find in local papers:
https://pioneerpublishers.com/amtrak-train-crashed-into-semi-truck-near-brentwood/
The incident appears to be near here: https://www.google.com/maps/place/37°56’28.2"N+121°37’29.0"W/@37.9411712,-121.626922,558m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x290f2faec2ffebba!7e2!8m2!3d37.9411672!4d-121.6247275?hl=en
As far as ‘Carrington events’ I would hope to get good predictions directly from this woman whose reports appear on the Ham Nation podcast.
THis is why many amateur radio operators store radios in “Faraday cages” (metal garbage cans and similar containers), so they can communicate when every other comunications device is toast…
Most folks actually have a protective device right in their home, ready to use at a moment’s notice. It’s their microwave oven, which is nicely shielded to keep the radiation in, so it will also keep the radiation out…
evening
Ns had cars uptown and a train as well on the main.The NKP 765 is hanging out on the Indiana Northeastern.They are going to be doing various excursions up here.Here at home a small tree stump did not like my shovel.I had to get out my sawzaw(mr Happy) to take care of it.Could use some rain.Tomorrow after work we are giving hugs.
stay safe
Joe
Space weather for Carrington event. Appears sun hascalmed down. PProbably no event now.
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evening
Ns looked clear when we left work.Went to Deshler to give hugs.Csx was working at east Hamler.Trains were backed up big time.College boy is back home.Getting ready for tomorrow.
stay safe
Joe
More warnings about Li Ion batteries. This time charging. This poster is moving my items that are being charged to a concrete block enclosure. Main idea is do not charge if battery has just been used . Also wait until battery has completely cooled before charging and then after charging cooled.
Have not decided on my computers and cell phones except do not charge phones for least hour after using.