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Welcome to Jeffrey´s Trackside Diner in its May 2017 location! This is a place to gather, a place without an agenda or a topic.  It's free to all, to read, to join in, or just to enjoy some virtual food.  Our gracious hosts ask only that we avoid certain hot-button topics like politics and religion that sometimes raise tempers. You'll get to know the friendly staff just by listening.  It's a place to share your day, your concerns, your joys and sorrows.  Welcome aboard! This month, we are located at a special place, 32 miles west of Brigham City and 66 miles northwest of Salt Lake City in Box Elder County, Utah. If you check the place on Google Maps, you won´t see much there, a rather dry and barren stretch of land, but a place where US history was written on May 10th, 1869! On that date, the Union Pacific Railroad met the Central Pacific Railroad at a place later to become known as Promontary Point. The last tie was laid and the golden spike was driven into it, uniting the East and the West and turning the USA into a nation spanning the continent! In 1965, the site has been made into the Golden Spike National Historic Site, administered by the National Park Service.  On the 110th anniversary of the "Golden Spike" on May 10, 1979, two purpose-built replicas of the UP #119 and the Jupiter #60 were brought together on a specially relaid 1½ mile section of track. As the original Jupiter was scrapped for iron in 1901 and No. 119 was broken up two years later, the two replica locomotives were built in California with $1.5 million of federal funds. They were reconstructed using scaled-up measurements taken from photographs of the original engines. The park, which has a visitor center and an engine house, is open throughout the year. Several walking trails and audio driving tours allow visitors to see the old cuts along the permanent way highlighting the effort needed to construct the railroad over Promontory Summit. On every Saturday and holiday between May 1 and Labor Day, the two replica locomotives are lined up to re-enact the "Golden Spike" ceremony. <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/L-5ek5EoSPY" width="425" height="350"></iframe> The diner was renamed in honor of our dear departed esteemed friend, Jeffrey Wimberly. The RIP track is the place for us to pay our respect to our friends and forum members who are no longer with us. <h2 style="margin:0.83em 0px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;text-align:center;">The RIP Track</h2> <a style="color:#055dae;" title="View larger (opens in a new window)" href="http://www.beileid.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Virtuelle-Trauerkerzen-anzuenden-300x200.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="height:auto;" src="http://www.beileid.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Virtuelle-Trauerkerzen-anzuenden-300x200.jpg" alt=" " /></a>     <ul style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 40px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> <li>Barry Arnold aka BlownoutCylinder</li> <li>Jerry Cox aka Cox47 </li> <li>Wolfgang Dudler aka Westport Terminal</li> <li>Bob Hartle aka cmrproducts</li> <li>Ed Murphy</li> <li>Bill North</li> <li>Stein Rypern, Jr. aka Steinjr</li> <li>Andy Sperandeo</li> <li>Jeffrey "Running Bear" Wimberley</li> <li>Alan B</li> </ul> <h3 style="margin:1em 0px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;text-align:center;">"Gone to the Great Roundhouse , but not forgotten"!</h3>
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