Good Morning All. Clear and 42°. Finally got some rain last night along with severe weather nearby. We were under a tornado
watch for an hour or so, just after dusk, when this system moved through. It's coming at you folks in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and the rest of the Southeast. While the highest winds here were around 30 mph, as reported by the Weather Underground station a mile away, they were recorded at 65 mph about 15 miles south in Krum TX. Damage from winds occurred further south in Dallas and Ft Worth. After all was done, I had .35" in the rain gauge, enough to settle the dust here. Looking at the extended forecast, we might hit freezing Sunday night and a couple more nights afterwards..
Not a particularly good day yesterday for me, as I suffered the ordeal of a kidney stone for a few hours. It wasn't a big one and passed from the kidney without pain, but took a few hours to finally expel it. Looked like about 1/8". Meanwhile the dog-sitting goes on. We went for the walk without the leash both of the past two days without incident.
A pair of sunny side up eggs with a pile of sausage patties and a toasted English Muffin for me this morning Flo.
Thank you to all who liked or commented on yesterday's post;
Sherrel, Troy, Karl, Tom O, Hughie, Patrick, Curt, Ken, Guy, Phil, Tom, Garry, James, Jerry.
Minimal activity yesterday out in the train shed. Too many other things going on, especially housework! I posted a few days ago that I would post some tank car pictures, so here they are.
First is a tanker for corn syrup. These are generally smaller as corn syrup is heavy. This has a 19,600 gallon capacity and it is from Intermountain.
And now a molten sulphur tanker. Looks to be the same size, but it has heating coils inside the tank, and its capacity is just 13.900 gallons. It's a Walther's RTR model.
Here is an ethanol tanker. These are generally 30,000 gallon capacity. This is an Athearn RTR model.
An acid tanker. This one is also an Athearn RTR.
Here we have a LPG tanker. These are the largest on my layout at around 33.900 gallon capacity. It is an Athearn model.
And not all tankers are black or white. It is stenciled for 23,431 gallons and is made by Walther's. It's pressurized as is indicated by the fittings on the top of the car, but I am unsure what it hauls.
I wish that I could give a bit more information about these cars, but I haven't loaded that database on this new computer yet.
Never mind, I just hooked up the backup drive and got my info.
Patrick - I'd let the city manager handle the police parking as well. No use painting a target on your backside.
Willie: We have a lot of banners and flags for probably the same 2 candidates here as well. All others have been removed.
There were no others to be removed anywhere around here during the whole contest.
Sherrel - That's one sharp looking Frisco steamer. Sorry to read that your daughter won't be coming. Must have been a difficult phone call to make.
Joe - You aren't going to be the only one having a quiet Thanksgiving. I think many of us are also going to have a quiet holiday. I am really going to miss our family's traditional gathering of 40+ relatives since it has been cancelled. I'll actually be alone with the two doggies this year since my wife is vacationing with all of our kids and their families.
Willie: I wonder who that may be...Let the 2024 Campaign begin
They won Texas.
Curt - Best wishes for your daughter.
Ken - Am I putting too much detail in my posts?
I just get carried away sometimes!
Good luck with the solar panel company.
Alan - That's the first time that I have read of that method of treating white metal parts. Very interesting results. I have always just hit them with a few shots of gray primer from a rattle can.
Today is Drinksgiving Day, otherwise known as National Tie One on Day. If you celebrate, do it responsibly and do it at home where you don't have to drive or wear your mask. They do tend to get in the way.
Everybody have a great day and stay safe.