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See this New Scientist article: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg14820042-200-the-ww2-bombs-dumped-off-western-scotland-washing-up-on-beaches/ Not everything is definitely in Beaufort’s Dyke. According to this: https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121018180851/http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/712B6133-E353-4030-9DD0-F677DC3B6F38/0/bgs_beauforts.pdf there were 47 underwater explosions recorded by the British Geological Survey seismograph network “in the area of Beaufort’s Dyke” between 1992 and 2004.

Where do you put the (presumably) hose to drain the engine? I had the same problem of not being able to get a car up on ramps , and it was just a compact sedan, unlike yours. I ended up just using a “quick lube” place, which I felt bad about, having changed oil and filters myself for many decades.

And when it would be much cheaper to bore a tunnel under the Bering Strait?

A bit later than your dates, and would it have worked through to Edinburgh? https://www.transporttreasury.com/p634370857/hd722b407 There are also pictures of it on the down Scotch Goods at Grantham. Same question though - did the engine on that work through?

Funny - our son was talking about that yesterday. He was in Ecuador at this time last year on business. He drove through areas with nothing but flowers growing in the fields. At Quito airport, there was almost no space on the tarmac - air freighters everywhere. Most of the Valentine’s Day flowers in North America come from South America. He remarked to someone that it must be pretty good for the country’s economy. Apparently not - while there is a trade in flowers all year long, it’s only like that for the two weeks before Valentine’s Day.

The southernmost point of Canada (it’s in Ontario) is further south than the northern boundary of California.

Not actual wildlife, but signs of it. We have snow on the ground, and there were tracks in it in the back yard this morning: These are raccoon tracks, which is a bit of a surprise. Raccoons used to be very common around here, but it's many months since I've seen one, and it had been even longer than that since the sighting before that. (The disappearance of raccoons coincided with the appearance of coyotes in the neighbourhood!)

It wouldn’t be needed. Traffic from Scotland to Europe could sail directly from ports on the east coast such as Leith or Aberdeen across the North Sea. Fishermen are already doing this, sailing to Denmark to land catches, rather than facing the congestion around the southern English ports.

“Return of the Port Road!”

I’m confused - I thought it looked like an Athearn model, but couldn’t find it on their website. Now, even with the catalogue number, I still can’t find it!

Results of recent research: https://mobile.twitter.com/bestie_art/status/732142585993699328

Michael, even if the final part of your distribution network is underground, it’s likely that at some point ‘upstream’ it’s overhead. Even if the whole distribution network is underground, transmission lines will be overhead. That ice accumulation does not look nice, for trees or power lines. I hope you’re right about it melting soon.

Done! And it’s snowing again!

I’m about to go out and shovel this. I may be some time.

‘Bubble’ was our oldest son’s first multi syllable word, too. Different reason, though - I had a fermentation going in the airing cupboard.

Nice - is that a repaint of the Athearn model? By coincidence, I saw the prototype today. It's reasonably common around here - I believe it's allocated to Port Coquitlam. I took a couple of pictures but, as you can see, vegetation management isn't great around the tracks. Here they are anyway, in Port Moody this afternoon (February 12): It doesn't show up well, but the unit is labelled as a GP38-2, under the cabside number. That's what it is internally, though the carbody is still that of a GP40X. (Note the auxiliary snow-clearing equipment on the side of the battery box.) I believe it was rebuilt to GP38-2 by National Railway Equipment before it was acquired by CP: https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,926741

This isn’t an e-bay complaint - I have no problems with the site or the seller. I won an item on February 5, paid for it on that day, and the seller got it into the hands of the US Postal Service in Maine on that day. It made it into New Jersey on February 8 - not very efficient, but at least it had made it into another state. As of midday local time today, February 12, it hasn’t made it out of NJ. It has been to 6 different locations, some of them several times! The initial expected delivery date was “February 23 to March 23” - I wonder if it will make it.

Interesting choice of name for the terminus of the line: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokopelli

Any examples showing these trains?

The TV news has just reported that it’s going to be a great year for icewine in the province.

For only the third time since 2000, every weather station in Canada is currently reporting subzero temperatures.

Great prototype, though!

The lighting here makes the units look very toy-like: https://www.railpictures.net/photo/762671/

CN#2199 (C40-8W) and #8951 (SD70M-2) on tanks in Port Moody this afternoon: #2199 was originally ATSF #864, later BNSF #864. Here it is in its original colourscheme: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1074481 2199 did not sound good moving off!

My, Bear does have an active imagination!