Hello everyone!!
Welcome to Jefferys Diner for July, 2022!
Last month we became virtual honourary Newfoundlanders. I hope you have been able to get the taste off of your lips after kissing the cod. I'm sure thr Newfie Screech helped with that.
We have had several suggestions regarding where to take the Diner for July. California was suggested first by John (York1), and Paul (Lazers) suggested visiting short lines regardless of the location. There were a couple of votes for those. Recently Jim (up831) suggested the grain operations around Kansas City. Let's hear some votes for which location or theme you like the best.
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Thank you for setting up the new diner location Dave.
California sounds good to me.
The World Is A Beautiful Place
-Photograph by Kevin Parson
The picture was taken in Joshua Tree National Park in California.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Good Morning Diners! I'm off to the chiropractor in a moment, then to the meat market, and then.....only what I want to do. It's my birthday, so no work as far as I'm concerned. No opinion on where the diner goes either. You guys decide. It can be your present to me.
Manistee Sunset by Michael, on Flickr
Mike
Happy Birthday Mike!!
I hope you absolutely spoil yourself, or better yet, get someone to do it for you!
Good morning, everyone.
I have a busy day, so I'll check into the diner later.
Dave, thanks for your work moving us. I had thought we were doing short line RRs, but California is neat, too.
Maybe a coin flip will do it!
Happy birthday, Mike!
Talk to everyone later.
York1 John
Happy Birthday, Mike!! Tip back a Faygo.
John
Well, If we can't decide between Short Lines and California, why not just do Kansas Grain as UP suggested... then we have two more months of diner locations already in the queue.
Happy Canada Day!
This won't be on Youtube for long.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Hi Everyone,
Thanks Dave for starting the diner. I think iPads are limited in what we can do on here.
Well, let me see if I can prod this along a bit.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=8gPF4L5NP34&feature=share
Anyway, wheat harvest in Kansas is wrapping up now. I'll have more to say later.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
It's like Arkansas, but without the "AAHHHRRRRR", so pirates can't find it.
Who says there arent any great deals anymore?
CnEI_July-4 by Edmund, on Flickr
Happy Canada Day to those in parts up north!
Canada by Edmund, on Flickr
Cheers, Ed
Regarding the July Diner location, there doesn't seem to be a strong concensus regarding any of the locations, so I'm going to suggest that we do the locations in the order in which they were suggested. That would put California first, short lines second and Kansas third.
Unless someone strongly objects, I think we should start in California. We can do short lines in August and Kansas in September.
Would anyone care to start with some California railroading?
— And here's our diner in Sunny Cali-Forn-I-A:
UP_Diner by Edmund, on Flickr
It's not too late to order dinner:
https://www.yelp.com/biz/carneys-sunset-strip-los-angeles-2
You won't see a sight like this anytime soon!
LAUPT 50th Anniversary.
hon30critterWould anyone care to start with some California railroading?
OK... This is the best I can do... An American 4-4-0 in the California State Railroad Museum:
I did not take many train pictures when I was in California. I was too busy seeing everything else that was so amazingly beautiful.
SeeYou190I did not take many train pictures when I was in California.
I was there in 2003 and shot a little video:
Enjoy, Ed
California is simply incredible.
We need RR Mel, HO-Velo, and other non-diner-regulars to help us out.
Good evening, diners. It's another warm evening outside, so it's time for a big bowl of ice cream.
Kevin, that's a good point. Maybe we can convince some forum posters from California who don't normally eat at the diner to join us.
Fifty years ago some college friends and I took a winter break trip to California. Not sure if I really thought the sea would part:
One of the great stations, this is Union Station in Los Angeles. It served Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, and Santa Fe:
Have a good evening, everyone.
Good Evening,
Hope all my fellow Canucks had a good Canada Day. It was nice here but only about 70F. Did a pork tenderloin on the grill. Was really good.
California sounds nice. I was there once, in 1995 for 4 days in November. We visted San Fransisco.
Nothing much new here.
CN Charlie
SeeYou190 KANSAS! It's like Arkansas, but without the "AAHHHRRRRR", so pirates can't find it. -Kevin
Fun fact we heard from when our club in OK used to go to a meet in Arkansas City Kansas. It is illegal in Kansas to pronounce either the river or Arkansas City as "Arkansaw" conversely it is illegal in Arkansas to pronounce the state as "ArKansas" Anyhow on to CalIFornIA....wait that's not right either.
Jim
Time for bed. I have had a very good day, and I am looking forward to tomorrow.
Good morning, diners. California dreaming.
When I was a kid, quite a few uncles, aunts, and cousins moved to California -- everything seemed better there.
Now, some of them want to leave.
The Capitol Corridor is a passenger line running between San Jose and Placer County. This is the Davis station, one of the stops on the line.
I'm staying in the layout room today. It's hot and humid outside.
Have a great day, everyone.
York1Now, some of them want to leave.
We are losing our retirees at an alarming rate. It used to be "the thing" to retire to Florida. Now very few new retirees are moving here. No where near enough to replace the ones we lose due to normal attrition.
Some of the retirees that are here are leaving, and many of the seasonal retirees are selling their "Winter Homes" and just enduring the Winters back at home.
Maybe today's elderly are better at handling cold weather?
SeeYou190 Maybe today's elderly are better at handling cold weather? -Kevin
Near Pinole, California:
SP_Extra6051_4-27-85 by Edmund, on Flickr
Sunset Limited by Edmund, on Flickr
Just had a great surprise on the way home. I have been craving a good BLT, so I stopped at Publix for the ingrediants.
Smithfield Bacon was $5.00 per pound, buy-one-get-one-free! Yes! $2.50 per pound of bacon. This is great news.
I am eating a BLT, and I am so happy.
I guess we need a Publix store here along with Smithfield Bacon. I'm still paying over $8.00 a pound for bacon here. Of course, we live in a small town with a small grocery store. Everything costs more than bigger cities' grocery stores.
Star Trek is on, and then time for bed.
California —
WP_CZ by Edmund, on Flickr
CZ_domes by Edmund, on Flickr
Regards, Ed