The Shed 26

Thought I'd knock on the door of The Shed to see if anyone was home ...

Cheers

a reply to: F2d5thCavv2

I am answering the door.

"G'day mate! Come in, take a pew, I'll get ya a cold one!"

"The fairies poured all of the Bud Light down the toilet ... so ... will a Cascade Light do ya? It's an Aussie beer!"

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a reply to: pheonix358

Thanks for the offer Have a cold one yourself!

Cheers

Hey Guys it was Nightstars Birthday yester day. Let's give her a little shout out.

Happy Birthday my dear friend or should I say on behalf of all of us, 'Our Dear Friend'
It has been a little rough her way the past week.

a reply to: WalkInSilence

Happy birthday Nightstar.

In my books, they celebrate their conception day as apposed to birthday.

Conception parties ... lol.

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Hey Nightstar,



Cheers!

originally posted by: Moon68

Yes a few of us. LOL

Thanks for the Birthday wishes my Lovelies!

Mark was in the hospital for almost a week. I won't get into the long details, but he was pretty bad off with sepsis. He ended up coming home on my birthday in the evening.

I am soooo sorry I keep going missing, but when I'm going through stuff, I tend to just stay in my own little bubble.

I love and have missed you all. Spring has finally sprung and the trees finally have their leaves back, flowers are blooming and it's warm and sunny. Seems I have waited forever for this.

Now lets have that rum or beer or whatever seems good for today. Cheers my Loves!

a reply to: Night Star

Cocoons are great to help your stress levels. Keep yours close and use as needed.

Welcome back from your short break.

Sending waves of love your way.

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a reply to: Night Star

Hoppy late birdie.
Cant tlk, 2 mny cuckies in me mouph...

a reply to: Night Star Hi. Happy birthday!!! 🎂🍰❗️

Happy late Birthday!!!!

Sorry I missed it, glad Mark was able to come home, and I hope the worst is past.

Nice bit of work today, put wood stain on a wooden frame that will hold firewood outside. Pleasant spring day, warm but not too warm.

Back in the house, I realized I had gotten stain on my hands, grrr. Soap and water were no good, but smeared the stain with petroleum jelly and was able to wipe it off with a tissue. Household hint!

Cheers

There is a whisper upon the wind calling Sheddites home from near and far. Some will come by magnificent ships upon the sea, some by mighty dragons through open skies and some through magical portals scattered throughout the lands.

Pesky with hands on hips and tiny foot tapping with impatience arrived. "This will never do, we are not properly prepared!"
Night grinned at her pixie friend. "We are always prepared with magic and love little one."

With gentle Elven words, she spoke and flowers appeared in the great halls, atop the dining room tables and scattered petals in each person's room. candles were lit throughout the entire Shed Castle. Outside, the enchanting sounds of chimes echoed in the air and all was peaceful and calm.

a reply to: Night Star

Good to "see" you, Night Star

Cheers

a reply to: F2d5thCavv2

Good to see you as well!

*kicks the door dwon*

I'M BAAAAAAACK!!!!

I'm still up to my old tricks and watching the trains like I do. Just don't get out much anymore as I find some of the railroad power that runs by my house kinda boring for the most part. When I have been able to get out it has usually been when I get word of something coming or when I just feel like it. Up until yesterday, it had been just about a month since I really got out to really enjoy the weather and snap a few pics.

With that being said and what not, I think it is time that we get into what I have shot and what not. I think we should start off around the first of April. Had a railfan friend come in from out of state around the first of last month. He told me a few days before he came in that he wanted to see an ass load of CSX trains. So myself and my friend RJ happily obliged to help him find some so went to one place where we knew where we would find some. At least we hoped that we would find something moving. Started off Saturday with catching a loaded coke train coming west through Ashland, Kentucky. Taken just a few minutes after leaving the Kanawha River Terminals yard at Ceredo, West Virginia. CSXT 5291 thunders west with coke train B43730 past the small Amtrak station at Ashland, Kentucky before changing crews on the passenger main at Russell.


After catching the coke loads coming west through Ashland. We moved on down to Russell to see if we could catch anything coming out or moving about the yard. We get down there, hung around for a bit and got rewarded by a yard job switching cars for the Marathon Refinery Catlettsburg out of a cut of cars.


As we were watching this yard crew kicking cars in the yard. We started to hear a train getting ready to leave coming east. So we decided to move up to Big Sandy Junction at Catlettsburg and we didn't have to wait long on it. I think we waited maybe thirty minutes tops. Bound for a crew change at Shelby Yard just outside of Pikeville, Kentucky. Eastbound manifest M65301 is seen making its way onto the Big Sandy Subdivision at Catlettsburg.


After catching a few trains over on CSX, we decided to move east over to Kenova to see what we could catch on the Norfolk Southern. Well, once we got over there and got every thing set up. We had to wait nearly an hour for traffic to move due to a report of power lines being down on the tracks somewhere around Kenova on the Norfolk Southern side. Once the track inspector had checked everything and cleared out of the way. The dispatcher for the Kenova District opened everything up. Starting up from a stop signal after being held at Kenova. Here we see westbound loaded coal train J14 making it's way towards the coke plant at Wheelersburg, Ohio.


This was another one of the victims of waiting on a track inspector to come along a check everything. The rear-DPU on 18W glides over the former Chesapeake & Ohio mainline on its way towards Roanoke, VA and eventually Winston Salem, North Carolina.


After having to wait on both the J14 and the 18W to clear up. Here we see the lone locomotive of J13 returning back to Kenova Yard after making a run to either Portsmouth or Wheelersburg earlier in the day.


After waiting for three other trains to get out of the way. The third eastbound in fifty minutes behind the 18W and the J13 comes east. Loaded grain train 50Z rolls east over the Kenova District and the former Chesapeake & Ohio mainline on its way to somewhere in the Carolinas.


After grabbing a bite for what is supposed to be sustenance if you can call Taco Bell that. The fifth NS train in an hour shows up as Chicago bound UPS/Amazon hotshot 29C glides west roughly ten hours after passing the railfan cams at Roanoke, Virginia.


Okay, with the five trains in an hour over at Kenova due to high winds knocking some power lines down. You would have thought that we would have ended the day and went home. Nope! In fact, we went back over to Catlettsburg to catch two more on CSX before heading home. Seen just after getting a re-crew and setting between Pikes and Big Sandy Junction all day. Eastbound coal train C00701 slowly glides along the Kanawha Subdivision before stopping at Kenova to let L211 slide by. Just a few minutes later, said L211 came hauling ass by us on a somewhat long, long and very windy day. CSXT 4587 rolls east on the Kanawha Subdivision as it passes through Big Sandy Junction at Catlettsburg, Kentucky.



Went back down on the following Monday after staying mostly home on Sunday with the exception of running a few errands. Started off Monday doing nearly the exact opposite of what we did on Saturday. Instead of starting off on CSX we started off over on Norfolk Southern. Slowly making their way back to Old Yard just off the Kenova District mainline. NS 3372 glides over the town of Kenova, West Virginia as it brings local freight J12 east.


After getting the J12 coming back into the yard at Kenova. We went over to Catlettsburg after hearing M653 leave Russell again. Seen about fifteen minutes after leaving the yard at Russell, Kentucky. CSX CM44AC 7223 leads Rocky Mount, North Carolina bound manifest M653 east by the former Chesapeake & Ohio depot at Catlettsburg, Kentucky.


To be continued.....