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tracker7Woke up to about two inches of snow, the puffy powdery kind. Dutchmans and Cannons Lanes were messy, slushy and rutted. I-64 was just wet, with more traffic than there should have been. We watched the weather throughout the day, checking forecasts obsessively. Around 1PM, the light snow switched to sleet, making a mess but seemingly reducing the amount of snow by quite a bit. On the drive home, I-64 was slushy and rutted; the surface streets packed with snow. The Canyon handled things well, and it seemed happy to switch from 2WD to 4WD-High whenever I pushed the appropriate buttons.
Very little snow or sleet or anything since I've gotten home. Most forecasts call for my area to see about six inches of snow by midnight or so.
I did get to play with trains for a couple of hours yesterday, mostly stuff I had picked up in the last year. Fun, relaxing, and I learned and/or discovered a few things. My lovely C&O Kanawha runs and pulls like a dream, and I'm glad I stumbled upon it instead of ordering one of the smaller steamers that Walthers regularly has on sale. Prototype 89' cars are just too big for my little semi-portable layout - one or two aren't so bad, but a full train of five or six 89' autoracks would just look ridiculous. Also, while it looks fantastic, the same goes for my Amtrak collection, if all ran together - four Amfleet 1 cars, a sleeper, and a MHC overwhelm things. On the positive side, my Atlas B40-8 and FVM GP60 (both in Norfolk Southern colors) look fantastic and run really well together, so there are my appropriate four-axle workhorses. Man, Fox Valley makes some great models.
Looks like our snow's over for the night. More in the forecast for Wednesday and Thursday, but I'll deal with that when and if it happens.
Very little snow or sleet or anything since I've gotten home. Most forecasts call for my area to see about six inches of snow by midnight or so.
I did get to play with trains for a couple of hours yesterday, mostly stuff I had picked up in the last year. Fun, relaxing, and I learned and/or discovered a few things. My lovely C&O Kanawha runs and pulls like a dream, and I'm glad I stumbled upon it instead of ordering one of the smaller steamers that Walthers regularly has on sale. Prototype 89' cars are just too big for my little semi-portable layout - one or two aren't so bad, but a full train of five or six 89' autoracks would just look ridiculous. Also, while it looks fantastic, the same goes for my Amtrak collection, if all ran together - four Amfleet 1 cars, a sleeper, and a MHC overwhelm things. On the positive side, my Atlas B40-8 and FVM GP60 (both in Norfolk Southern colors) look fantastic and run really well together, so there are my appropriate four-axle workhorses. Man, Fox Valley makes some great models.
Looks like our snow's over for the night. More in the forecast for Wednesday and Thursday, but I'll deal with that when and if it happens.