Recent content by RobS

Sorry, no pics but I just saw what I think is the longest train I have ever seen. It was parked so I noted the start and end locations then scaled from Google Maps. 3 head units and 2 DPU for ~2.5 miles total length! For those in the area, it stretched along US33 from Oxbow crossing SE to...

Cincinnati style chili the other day. 5 way for me!

I live not far from there and that's what was reported on the local news. Weather and roads in the area were a mess that day with accidents all over the place.

Sitting by my local grocery store (blocking a crossing). I’ve never seen one of these. Is it simply a calibrated weight?

SS Badger is back in Ludington!

A little oops in Michigan Saturday. High winds brought some power lines down and a train found them!

Hey, speaking of South Shore, and getting this back on track... Are they still talking about a re-route and/or station location change in South Bend? Plus the double track. Plus the west lake corridor extension. A lot going on!

Sorta related and proud parent brag buried within: Our younger son graduated from UofM (Go Blue) in the spring. Finally landed a good job. He'll be relocating to Dallas and is immediately disappointed in the public transportation options. He's a car guy (we just finished watching the F1 race)...

Cool video of the Badger being towed into Sturgeon Bay where she is now being worked on in drydock.

Good stuff, thanks Moss! Yeah, I think the reason I brought this up is that I made spaghetti sauce last night with Red Gold tomatoes and sauce.

Yep, that's a tomato truck! Interesting that they use a dolly to pull the road trailer right through the field with a big, articulated tractor. Harvester loads directly into the road trailer. Sure makes for messy roads in the area, and they even have signs indicating such!

I have a question of curiosity about tomatoes, and this likely applies to many other seasonal crops. Not far from me are a lot of tomato fields (SW MI). A few weeks back, I was driving by and saw the harvesting. Interesting process, I should have taken a couple of photos. Bottom line, the...

This is one of the more ridiculous ones that I have seen lately... https://unofficialnetworks.com/2021/09/15/beater-buick-towing-portland/

I watched that series as well. Fascinating. And in spite of the classified stuff, I was surprised at how much they did show. Very well done series.

The Badger is in dry dock! Plenty of pictures on the book of faces, here's a link to an article: Badger heading to dry-dock Wednesday.