09-23-2024, 09:42 AM
Good morning.
We have rain this morning but it won't ne enough to soak the ground.
I had a call from my friend that made the trip from Calgary to Mexico City. It was interesting. He said he ran the locomotive about 40 percent of the time. He says it is an impressive locomotive. It was equipped with PTC too, a very expensive add on. The crew was not allowed off the train in Mexico except to perform maintenance. He said the track in Mexico was as good as the high speed track on the corridor.
He said the railroad treated them like Kings. I hope he writes an article about his trip. A once in a lifetime experience.
He also told about meeting an old timer that was maintaining these locomotives when CP operated them daily. He said they did 14000 miles a month so even this trip was 2/3 of normal monthly duty spread over 72 days. Fastest they ran was 80MPH.
I think I got my medication figured out. I was getting leg cramps so bad that I would hit a pain level of 10 with my muscles knotted the size of a soft ball. At first I blamed it on the new arteritis drugs but after discontinuing them I still had the cramps. I discontinued the inhaler that was new for the COPD and that seems to be what was causing it. Now I need to build the strength back in my legs. Worst part is I don't have a bit of trouble breathing and I will not buy into the COPD. I think that is an automatic diagnosis if you ever smoked.
Have a nice week my friends.
Charlie
We have rain this morning but it won't ne enough to soak the ground.
I had a call from my friend that made the trip from Calgary to Mexico City. It was interesting. He said he ran the locomotive about 40 percent of the time. He says it is an impressive locomotive. It was equipped with PTC too, a very expensive add on. The crew was not allowed off the train in Mexico except to perform maintenance. He said the track in Mexico was as good as the high speed track on the corridor.
He said the railroad treated them like Kings. I hope he writes an article about his trip. A once in a lifetime experience.
He also told about meeting an old timer that was maintaining these locomotives when CP operated them daily. He said they did 14000 miles a month so even this trip was 2/3 of normal monthly duty spread over 72 days. Fastest they ran was 80MPH.
I think I got my medication figured out. I was getting leg cramps so bad that I would hit a pain level of 10 with my muscles knotted the size of a soft ball. At first I blamed it on the new arteritis drugs but after discontinuing them I still had the cramps. I discontinued the inhaler that was new for the COPD and that seems to be what was causing it. Now I need to build the strength back in my legs. Worst part is I don't have a bit of trouble breathing and I will not buy into the COPD. I think that is an automatic diagnosis if you ever smoked.
Have a nice week my friends.
Charlie