bighomer wrote: ↑Thu Mar 13, 2025 3:52 pm
The boss wanted to visit her dad's grave yestiddy as we were in the neighborhood.
Trains run right through the National Cemetery in Madison Tn. his grave is right by the tracks about 5 or 6 graves from the big tree.
Very nice Pictures Big Homer.
I always love the Blue sky days and trains that adds to the whole thing.
Glad you took the better half for a visit to her dad.
Side note some folks get wigged out about the Cemetery we have one in our back yard. Some of our quietest neighbors live there. I would like to take down the fence and make it a extensions of my yard. My better half won't have it. The wind blew down couple sections a number of years ago and we had three deer in the yard when I came down in the morning.
Steve
bighomer wrote: ↑Thu Mar 13, 2025 3:52 pm
The boss wanted to visit her dad's grave yestiddy as we were in the neighborhood.
Trains run right through the National Cemetery in Madison Tn. his grave is right by the tracks about 5 or 6 graves from the big tree.
Very nice Pictures Big Homer.
I always love the Blue sky days and trains that adds to the whole thing.
Glad you took the better half for a visit to her dad.
Side note some folks get wigged out about the Cemetery we have one in our back yard. Some of our quietest neighbors live there. I would like to take down the fence and make it a extensions of my yard. My better half won't have it. The wind blew down couple sections a number of years ago and we had three deer in the yard when I came down in the morning.
Steve
Glad you enjoyed the photos Steve, my dad was told when he bought this old farm that there was some graves on it, but no one knew the location, there were some of the older neighbors that claim they were native Americans.
bighomer wrote: ↑Thu Mar 13, 2025 3:52 pm
The boss wanted to visit her dad's grave yestiddy as we were in the neighborhood.
Trains run right through the National Cemetery in Madison Tn. his grave is right by the tracks about 5 or 6 graves from the big tree.
Very nice Pictures Big Homer.
I always love the Blue sky days and trains that adds to the whole thing.
Glad you took the better half for a visit to her dad.
Side note some folks get wigged out about the Cemetery we have one in our back yard. Some of our quietest neighbors live there. I would like to take down the fence and make it a extensions of my yard. My better half won't have it. The wind blew down couple sections a number of years ago and we had three deer in the yard when I came down in the morning.
Steve
Glad you enjoyed the photos Steve, my dad was told when he bought this old farm that there was some graves on it, but no one knew the location, there were some of the older neighbors that claim they were native Americans.
I don’t have any cool history like that Big Homer. My father in law had the property in town built around 30 houses and gave one to each of the kids at cost. He owns the apartment building at the end of the street. My Bride manages it for him. We have people come to look at one of the units and they see the cemetery and won’t move in because of it.
True story you might enjoy speaking of cemeteries:
Atchley Childers was a friend , who like a lot of young people during the depression era, found entertainment at church meetings, outdoor activities, and all the sorts of mischievous endeavors young minds imagine.
Their buddy Les was courting a gal up the holler from the cemetery. Atchley and the boys followed after Les one full moonlight night anxiously awaiting his return;hidden behind a hump at the edge of the cemetery.
As Les tenuously approached the cemetery, Atchley lightly pinched the string on the dumb bull and pulled towards himself. A sound , like the low bellow of a dying creature crawled across the cemetery, echoing throughout the holler. Les stopped, frozen in his tracks for it seemed like five minutes, finally he began to move again. Atchley lightly pulled again, repeating the hideous sound. Les stopped briefly this time,looking nervously this way and that. The last they heard from Les was this:
“I don’t see nothin’ but me and my shadow and shadow if you’re going with me you better come on”, as he raced past the cemetery towards the mouth of the holler.
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LKSKNIVES wrote: ↑Tue Apr 01, 2025 2:26 pm
Nice picture Ike.
I have a question is that photo taken on north bound route 47 south side of Sugar Grove Il?
Now that I take a second look the foliage looks too green for this far north
Steve
I had to look up Sugar Grove, no, been a while since I have been in the Aurora area.
LKSKNIVES wrote: ↑Tue Apr 01, 2025 2:26 pm
Nice picture Ike.
I have a question is that photo taken on north bound route 47 south side of Sugar Grove Il?
Now that I take a second look the foliage looks too green for this far north
Steve
I had to look up Sugar Grove, no, been a while since I have been in the Aurora area.
Ike
I will try and pull a picture off google earth it has been a while since I did that route but 5 days a week for 16 years
BNSF Local 9 WB on the Ark City Sub
SKOL 5902 GP-59 locomotive built by EMD
Only 36 originally built for the Norfolk Southern now working for the SKOL out of Winfield, Kansas
Thank you Santa Fe,
Great to hear from you. Have not seen you post anything in a while.
We have all been kind of short on train pics lately. I was just about to take a picture of the empty tracks today to post.
As always nice pictures and love the blue sky day as a backdrop.
Steve
Santa Fe wrote: ↑Sun Apr 13, 2025 5:19 pm
BNSF Local 9 WB on the Ark City Sub
SKOL 5902 GP-59 locomotive built by EMD
Only 36 originally built for the Norfolk Southern now working for the SKOL out of Winfield, Kansas
Santa Fe wrote: ↑Thu Apr 17, 2025 12:43 am
SKOL WB light power meets EB empty Red Rock Coal Drag
Headed back to Wyoming for another load of powder river coal. 4/16/25. Udall Kansas
A couple more really nice pics, thanks for posting
A quick stop by the SKOL yard this afternoon
SKOL 3874 is former Southern Pacific GP-35 built in 1965
SKOL 4135 is former Burlington Northern 7260
4/17/25 Winfield, Kansas
Santa Fe wrote: ↑Thu Apr 17, 2025 10:20 pm
A quick stop by the SKOL yard this afternoon
SKOL 3874 is former Southern Pacific GP-35 built in 1965
SKOL 4135 is former Burlington Northern 7260
4/17/25 Winfield, Kansas
More quality pics, appreciate the history as well. I usually search any locos posted on "Railroad Pictures Archive", some interesting info/pics there.
C-WADE7 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 17, 2025 2:19 am
On the line behind the shop
Thanks for taking a little break from work to get a pic for this thread. Looks like early morning?
We get 8-15 trains a day by the shop. This was early, I clock in at 6:45 or so and I bet this was around 7:25. Never fails that a train goes by whenever I get a phone call and it’s loud because there is a crossing right there.
