Comments on: A little bit of spring – L524 arrives from London with a cut of manifest freight, tanks on the head up and one of the ex ATSF Warbonnet C40-8W’s in the lead. Note for those who visit the berm, watch out for ticks – they are strong this year. You are being severely warned, DEET will be your friend and long pants. No shorts. Sadly I have my doubts it will ever get better…

By: snake

snake — Sun, 05 Jun 2016 23:11:32 +0000

Stephen I personally haven’t seen any….frankly I wouldn’t know one if I saw it though….

By: ngineered4u

ngineered4u — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 20:52:53 +0000

@ SNAKE…thats why we have fire departments

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 19:59:49 +0000

hey “snake” heheheh seriously how are the ticks in residents yards? Curious.. my neighbour is a naturalist and is concerned the ticks are already this far north – usually confined to Lake Erie.. but now Ontario!

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 15:16:46 +0000

now what about the residents of the home near the “berm” – there may be snakes in the grass but the ticks………

By: snake

snake — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 15:13:13 +0000

@ngineered4u….HEY HEY HEY PHIL…watch it with the sparks…with my luck you’ll end up burning my house down

By: ngineered4u

ngineered4u — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 14:23:20 +0000

Nice shot with the flowers Stephen. Sorry to hear about the ticks on the berm. I will do my best to send some sparks over that way the next time I go by and burn those pesky insects off the berm.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 12:16:31 +0000

Also: This was shot with my 50mm f1.8 lens.

By: Daniel Odette

Daniel Odette — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 11:54:53 +0000

Last year I was attempting to get a picture of a SOO SD60 in Welland Yard in the middle of the night. I couldn’t see very well, and ended up falling right down into the creek next to the road. I had to pick a burs off one of my socks, and that was not the only thing latched to it. Luckily the tick didn’t pierce through my sock, and I pulled it off with a small hedge clipper I had with me. Controlled burns are the way to go in my opinion. The smoke is not toxic, and actually gives other plants nutrients. People may not like it, but I’d prefer that than poisonous weeds and insects. In dense populated areas, just use weed spray. Of course the Ontario government banned the sale of it because of ‘toxins.’

By: Alex Sanders

Alex Sanders — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 04:24:49 +0000

Before the leaves were out on the vines I got poison ivy so watch for that too :p

By: Ryan Gaynor

Ryan Gaynor — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 02:11:02 +0000

Pardon my embarrassing spelling error….*lyme disease*