Thank you for your remembrance, Bear
IMG_0515 by Edmund, on Flickr
Well, that got us to the top of another page!
With cooler weather approaching many of us how about a spiced hot cider?
hot-toddy by Edmund, on Flickr
Cheers, Ed
Good morning Diners. Tea and toast please, Brunhilda.
Charlie. My pleasure.
Mike Our prayers to you and your family.
Brent Our prayers to you and family, also
Exeter St David's
Thoughts & Peace to All who Require.
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Good morning guys. I appreciate all your thoughts and well wishes. I hesitate to mention it as it's all starting to sound a little unbelieveable, but the whole bad things come in three's stayed true. I was driving my youngest daughter home from soccer practice last night about 9:00 when my brother called. He never calls me. One of my uncles passed away yesterday during heart surgery. Now this one doesn't carry the sting or stress of some of the other stuff going on as I haven't seen him since my dad passed away almost 18 years ago, but it still sucks losing family.
My oldest daughter (the one having medical issues) had to work last night bussing tables. She was in a ton of pain when she got home. I told her to contact her boss today and tell her she can't work this weekend. I feel so bad for her. She's been having this issues since late spring. We thought the end was in sight. Hopefully this ends up a minor set-back, but I'm fearing it's not.
Sorry to unload all this on you guys. I don't know any bartenders to talk to.
Keeping positive, the first game of the NFL season starts tonight. I'm ready, but probably won't watch much of tonights game. Too much sleep needs catching up on, but we'll see.
Dog kennels at a train station? Who knew! That's neat Bear. Thanks for sharing that. Would make for a neat detail on a layout.
Ed, thanks for the cider! I do love cider in the fall, and nothing better to go with it than a good cake doughnut. They're on me today.
Later guys.
Mike
Jane Parker does it best!
Jane-Parker_Donuts by Edmund, on Flickr
Good morning, everybody.
Ed..... It's been a long time since I had Jane Parker donuts from A&P. I recall my mother also bought Jane Parker angel food cakes.
Mike .... I'm sorry to hear about your uncle passing away, and prayers for your daughter and her health situation.
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Stations :
Here is an old photo of the station at Ft. Knox, KY. It was located on the Illinois Central line from Louisville to Paducah. That line is now the Paducah & Louisville Railroad.
Back then, the US Treasury shipped gold to Ft. Knox with armed guards.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Heartland Division CB&QEd..... It's been a long time since I had Jane Parker donuts from A&P.
My dad worked second shift and sometimes he would take me along on his shopping trips to the A&P. I sure wish we still had those stores around still.
How about a station that will tickle the fancy of the LION?
Brooklyn by Edmund, on Flickr
Lots of details to see here!
One of my favorite Delano photos:
Santa-Fe_Albuquerque-3-1943 by Edmund, on Flickr
Lots to see here, too!
Good morning, everyone.
I just finished cutting the grass again. We had nearly 2 inches of rain last week. The grass sure loved it.
I finished one kitchen project and thought I was done. However, with one thing done, another thing comes to the radar, and now that will take some time.
This station is the Amtrak station in Holdrege, Nebraska. The California Zephyr comes through in the middle of the night.
It was the old Burlington station. It looks like many others, but I thought it was neat that the small town put an old Burlington caboose and an old passenger car on the station's lot.
Have a great day, everyone!
York1 John
Hey, John! I thought that was the same caboose Mrs. Pullman visited a few years back but this one is in Brownville:
CBQ_13560_Brownville-Nebraska by Edmund, on Flickr
Close but no cigar!
Ed, thanks for the picture! I've lived in Nebraska over 20 years, and I've never been to Brownville. It's one of those towns that, whenever we travel south, we go on the Interstate on the other side of the river.
Someday...
York1I've never been to Brownville. It's one of those towns that, whenever we travel south, we go on the Interstate
...and you say you're in "Flyover Country" and here you're flying right by some neat sites!
CBQ_Brownville-Nebraska by Edmund, on Flickr
CBQ_Brownville-Nebraska-depot by Edmund, on Flickr
I trained the missus well. She was out here with her sisters and they made a point of stopping by the Depot for a few photos
CBQ_Brownville-Nebraska-speeder by Edmund, on Flickr
The depot is nicely painted and seems to have a new roof. Glad they invest in their heritage.
Regards, Ed
gmpullman Thank you for your remembrance, Bear IMG_0515 by Edmund, on Flickr
Ran this one many times. The last time was on #178, Friday Apr. 18, 2008, Penn to New Haven. 911+932 MU'd together.
On May 13, 2011 the 911 had a fire in Wilmington, that might have been its last day in service...
Good evening everyone. It has been quite a busy day for me. I had to be running errands all day with my wife catching up on a bunch of things we needed to get completed.
We got everything done except one item that we will take care of tomorrow.
The train depot in Chelsea, Michigan in August 2020.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
There certainly are a lot of details in those older station photos, Ed, and while it’s completely irrelevant, I glad the Bear wasn’t around then as I would not look good in a boater hat!
Water Level RouteDog kennels at a train station? Who knew! That's neat Bear. Thanks for sharing that.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
4004, which can also be operated by remote control, gained notoriety 12 days later by going for a swim, which I’m sure we’ll all agree is not the usual pastime for a shunter, (switcher).
Hi Bear,
Interesting video! I can think of several easier ways to wash a locomotive!
Do you know what happened? It appears that the ramp leading to the ferry simply collapsed.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Here is what I think is one of the most interesting stations in Ontario:
The Allandale station in Barrie, Ontario.
Unfortunately the station has been mired in controversy for many years. The town of Barrie spent several million dollars restoring the station some years ago. Upon completion of the restoration the city unexpectedly encountered huge problems attracting tenants. The best they could do was a pizza place and a YMCA youth hostel.
Then several problems cropped up. One was the discovery that the station's long use during the steam era had polluted the land around it very badly. To add to the problems, when the process of removing the contaminated soil began, it was discovered that the site had numerous important indigenous artifacts buried under the contaminated soil.
Removing the contaminated soil and excavating the artifacts has taken years and is still ongoing. That has caused many people to question whether or not the station still has any value. At one point it was thought that the best solution would be to just tear the whole thing down! What a loss that would be!
Cheers (I guess?!?),
hon30critterDo you know what happened?
Good Morning Guys. Well, good news, made it through yesterday without another round of bad news. What a relief! My wife's birthday is today, but since we have to go out of town tonight for a soccer game, we did dinner last night. We did take-out from the nice restaurant we had previously placed reservations at, so our oldest could be included. They still allowed my wife to have a free dessert with her meal, so that was nice.
Breakfast is on me today guys. Eat up.
SeeYou190The train depot in Chelsea, Michigan in August 2020.
I became fascinated by the goings-on in Chelsea for a while now. Many photos featured at Shorpy showed the workings of the Glazier Stove Company, across the tracks from the depot in Kevin's photo:
Glazier_Chelsea-Mich by Edmund, on Flickr
Chelsea is also home to the ever-popular "Jiffy" cake mixes!
Amtrak 350 by Craig Sanders, on Flickr
Thanks for the blueberry flapjacks, Mike! Mrs. Pullman just made a loaf of blueberry muffin bread
Kevin, not being nosey but I was wondering how your sister-in-law is doing?
Good afternoon Diners. A busy few days ahead.
Manchester Victoria Station.
Howdy .
There are so many interesting photos posted here in recent days ! I wish I had time to comment on all of them.
Old Engineman .... Good to see you here, and thanks for posting the picture of Amtrak 911.
Dave .... A few days ago, you included a picture of Toronto's station. I went there by train several times in the 1970's and 1980's. Last time, we were there, it was part of our long train trip home after being stranded in Nova Scotia by the 9/11 attacks. Across the street was the Royal York hotel which I stayed at a few times.
John York 1 ..... Among your photos was the CB&Q station in Lincoln, NB. I recall Lincoln was sort of a hub for the Burlington. Of course, the main line between Chicago and Denver went through there, but there were other lines going in different directions. There were two daily Zephyrs between Lincoln and Chicago in addition to the Denver Zephyr and the California Zephyr which stopped there. From Lincoln, there were three daily trains to Kansas City via Omaha and one daily train to Billings, MT via Alliance NB. CB&Q had large shops there too.
Ed .... Nice photos of CB&Q way cars (cabooses) on display.
Mike ... Happy Birthday to your wife.
Running out of time to post now.
Have a good day, everybody .
Good morning, diners. Bacon, eggs, and black coffee, please.
It's fairly cool out right now for my walk, but we are in for a heat wave the next several days. Over 90° today and 98° tomorrow.
My wife tried a home improvement project in the mainfloor bathroom. Now she wants me to make it right. She watches too much HGTV.
While the Glacier National Park train station is not really too amazing, its setting sure is.
When you come out of the station, this is the hotel across the road you walk to:
Have a great day today.
Hi there, I'm in kind of a hurry. I'll have a Diablo sandwich and a Dr. Pepper!
Below is a photo of the Menlo Park, CA station taken by myself around 1981. Espee power and commuter fun. Hope you enjoy it!
Jeff B.
gmpullmanKevin, not being nosey but I was wondering how your sister-in-law is doing?
This has been a terrible roller-coaster ride for the family.
She was admitted to the hospital after my niece found her unconscience in her bed at home. She had suffered a siezure, and was positive for Covid-19. She spent more than a week in the hospital. While in the hospital she had three strokes and a heart attack, then her kidneys and liver shut down. They tried dialisys, but it did not work, and they moved her to hospice.
While in hospice she had another stroke, and my niece was told her mother was going to pass very soon. My niece wrote an obituary, did some legal things with her house and estate, and even made arrangements with a funeral home to retrieve the body when her mother passed away.
Then, she began to recover. She returned to consciousness, her kidneys began to function, and she was able to breathe. In about a week she was able to sit up, and a few days after that she could walk with a walker.
They needed to move her out of hospice, but no rehabilitation center would take her. This began a new ordeal for my niece. She tried for days to find a facility that would take her mother, but no place would because she had Covid-19.
Just a few days ago, she was moved back to her house, and a nurse visits her every day. Family members are taking turns staying with her because she cannot be alone.
She is listed as a Covid recovery in statistics, but she is not recovered. She does not recognize pictures of her grandchildren, she does not know where she is, and most of the time she does not know the family member that is with her. She cannot do anything by herself, and she cannot get into a rehabilitation center that might be able to help.
Her medical team believes she will not make it another 90 days, but we will see. If she does pass, she will not be counted as a Covid death because she was released and has tested negative, even though all the continuing problems are from complications when she had Covid.
It has been very ugly, and now I find myself doubting all the "recovered" statistics. This disease is brutal and completely destructive. It is nothing like the "bad flu like symptoms" that I had believed before. Once it gets going, it will take a horrible toll.
I am so glad I was vaccinated at my first opportunity.
Hi Kevin,
I am so sorry to hear what your sister and you and your family are going through. I think you spoke very eloquently about how badly the statistics fail to represent the reality. I hope that you and your family can get through this without too much emotional damage.
Our thoughts are with you. Stay strong for your family.
Kevin, I want you to know that I too, am so sorry to hear of the ordeal you and your family are going through. Dan
Good morning Diners. Tea and toast please, Janie.
Kevin. Thank you for the update on your SIL. Our thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family.
We have all our grandchildren visiting us today for our eldest grandson's birthday.
Should be chaos.
Stations. Manchester Piccadilly. Whereas I have been to Manchester Victoria many times, I have never been to Manchester Piccadilly. An interesting film redevelopment through the years.
Good morning, diners.
That's bad news Kevin. Praying for you and your family.
It's going to be hot today, near 100°. I don't know if this qualifies for what's called Indian Summer. Normally I think that's more in October or November. This is just summer not wanting to let go yet.
I believe Garry has a model of this:
Omaha's Burlington station is another of those beautiful old buildings that fell on hard times. Over the years several different groups bought it with hopes to renovate it, but each time nothing happened. Several years ago it looked like it had reached the end of the line and was going to be torn down.
The local ABC TV station finally bought it and did a complete renovation. It now houses their offices and studios. It is one block from the Union Station, now the Durham Museum.
Then:
Now:
A beautiful old building that was saved.
Good morning ....
Kevin ..... I was very sad when I read your post about your sister-in-law. Continuing prayers her her and your family.
September 11, 2001.
Each year I post our story about 9/11.
We were in Halifax, Nova Scotia. We arrived there on September 9th, and we stayed at a hotel on the waterfront. We turned on the TV to watch the news early on 9/11. At first, nothing interesting was being reported. Next: Breaking News. We spent the day watching horrors on the TV.
About 50 trans-Atlantic flights were diverted to the Halifax airport. The planes full of people were parked there. We quickly realized we would not be able to fly home, and we would be stranded in Halifax for an unknown amount of time. People of Nova Scotia were very accomodating to the thousands of stranded travelers. Many invited them into their houses to stay until they could find a way to get to the USA.
We inquired with the car rental company for a one way rental to Nashville, TN airport where our car was parked. It would have cost about $3,000, and we declined. We did, however, have a rental car for local driving, and we used it for sight seeing.
Eventually, we made reservations on VIA Rail departing several days later. The trip home was to be VIA Rail to Montreal. Another VIA Rail train to Toronto. Then we would spend a night in Toronto and take another VIA Rail train to Windsor, ON where we planned to take a Taxi Cab to Detroit.
The train to Montreal was The Ocean which had 100% refurbished Budd cars. We had a very nice bedroom in a sleeper ahead of the dome/observation car. The overnight trip was about 21 to 22 hours. In Montreal, we immediately boarded the train to Toronto which departed an hour later. It also had Budd cars.
We checked into the Royal York Hotel across the street from the Toronto station. Watching the news, we learned of very long back-ups at the borders. Our planned taxi ride from Windsor to Detroit was not an option because the border there had a 12-hour back up. We spent a second night in Toronto, and the next morning we boarded Amtrak's International. That train crossed the border at Port Huron, MI, and it crossed Michigan on its way to Chicago.
I thought, it would have a quick trip through the tunnel at the border. That did not happen. The train stopped at Sarnia, ON which is across the river from Port Huron. We were instructed to get off the train and board buses to take us to Port Huron. The train would wait for all buses before continuing its trip. The bus trip over the bridge took hours. Eventually, we were back on the train, and we rode it to Flint, MI. There, we rented a car for a one-way trip to Nashville airport at about $50.00 per day. When we got to Nashville, we retrieved our car and drove to our home in KY.
I took the pictures below in Nova Scotia from the dome/observation of The Ocean.
We will always be thankful to Canadians who kindly took care of thousands of stranded travelers.
John York 1. .... Yes, I do have Walthers "Union Station" which is a model or the CB&Q station in Omaha . The wings were shortened, but otherwise looks like the real thing.
I call my city "Heartland" instead of Omaha. It can represent any of the large Midwest cities served by CB&Q.
Greetings all - This is John (aka JP to the older members). Hope all is well with everyone.