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Unfortunate Inactivity

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This entry was posted on 11/10/2009 5:41 PM and is filed under uncategorized.

As the regular visitor might have noticed, I am not updating the website as frequently as I normally do. According to the previous blog post, I took a long break over summer while I tended to a busy life. Once summer was over, I was able to start posting regularly again, which I enjoyed.

But now, activity on the website has slowed down to almost nothing again, but this time for a different and unfortunate reason.

Without getting too specific, a member of my family was recently diagnosed with cancer. And since my wife and I are the only family around (others are in California and Georgia, while we're here in Texas), it has been up to us to tend to her care during her treatment and recovery. As anybody who has cancer or who has cared for somebody with cancer knows, this is a full time job. And since my wife and I both already have full time jobs, I'm sure you can imagine that there just isn't enough time for much else. So we've each had to put on hold our respective lives so that we can care for our afflicted.

I would ask that you please keep my family in your thoughts and prayers during this time; cancer notwithstanding, keep checking back to the website, because, every so often, I might actually have time to post something!

 
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    • 12/5/2009 8:01 PM railfan2010 wrote:
      I have just discovered this website (through the american railroads site). It is unfortunate not many people are visiting this site.

      I come from the south Chicago (Chicago Heights) area, and there are a number of abandoned lines now:

      The Michigan Central NYC line from Chicago Hts to Joliet.
      The Milwaukee Road line from Chicago Hts to Terre Haute (although some portions are used by short line roads)
      The B&O Chicago Ternminal (ex Milwaukee Road line from Chicago Heights to the yards in Chicago) from Glenwood to Chicago Heights. North of Glenwood is used as an industrial spur. The line was abandoned south when the Milwaukee Road went out of business.
      I hope to contribute in the future some articles about those and other lines now gone.
      Thank you for this site,

      LB
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    • 12/5/2009 8:05 PM railfan2010 wrote:
      As my father passed away from colon cancer, I do know what you are going through. It is very tough on family members to care for someone who has cancer, especially in the terminal stage. I will keep you and your family in my prayers to give you the strength, both physical and emotional.
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