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Jeffery’s Trackside Diner for August 2023 Locked

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Posted by Track fiddler on Tuesday, August 22, 2023 6:34 PM

Gotta tell ya, "Love" that bridge so much, that It's been made into my HomepageYes

 

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Posted by Track fiddler on Tuesday, August 22, 2023 6:58 PM

POST HOG!  POST HOG!

Sally fits in at the Milwaukee lift bridge too.

  (Old Pic)

She's quite pleased to finally have her motor mounts replaced for FallStick out tongue

 

TF

 

 

PS   As soon as it cools off,  I'm going to romp her hard again, cuz it's funner, and one never learnsLaugh...Whistling

 

TF

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Posted by Track fiddler on Tuesday, August 22, 2023 8:12 PM

No?

Take another train ride again then.

 

When the grades continue to get a little steeper my Freinds, continue to say no matter, no matter, and stick with itSmile

 

TF

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Tuesday, August 22, 2023 11:58 PM

Nice to see things are working again.

I will see you all tomorrow.

-Kevin

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 12:01 AM

BroadwayLion
Anybody want to play king of the mountain with us. The highest point on our land is 2400' above sea level.

I am 0.25% of that!

-Kevin

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Posted by Track fiddler on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 12:41 AM

Late evening

Another one for the Bear.  Nothing wrong with an instrumental when it's done right.

Joe's a tough act to follow

 

Where's Wayne?

 

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 6:19 AM

The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.

Here there be cats.                                LIONS with CAMERAS

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Posted by York1 on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 6:46 AM

Good morning, diners.  No breakfast today in the diner -- I'm going to eat on the road.

I'm driving a friend to a hospital about 90 miles away, and will sit around for the day until he is dismissed.  Not an exciting day, but a necessary one.

We have two more days of 100°+, and then we have a cool front come through with highs in the 90s!  That's what the weather people call a cool front.

At 5429 feet, this is the highest point in my state.  This is an impressive peak!  Stick out tongue

 

This UP station, no longer there, was in North Platte, Nebraska.  It had over six million servicemen stop there at the canteen during WWII.  It's too bad it got torn down in the 1970s.

 

 Union Pacific Railroad Station, North Platte, Nebraska by Rick Horne, on Flickr

 

Have a great day, everyone.  I hope that after the service interruption, we hear from all the diners again.

York1 John       

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Posted by ROBERT PETRICK on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 9:34 AM

York1

At 5429 feet, this is the highest point in my state.  This is an impressive peak!  Stick out tongue

Hey John -

I live in one of those big square states just to the left of you on the map. This image looks pretty much like our eastern border. The lowest point in my state is about elevation 4000 feet. I live at about 6000 feet. One of the great things about living in the high desert where it hardly ever rains is that you end up with crystal blue skies. Millions of stars at night. If you go in for that sort of thing.

Robert

 

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Posted by AEP528 on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 9:47 AM

Earlier this year there was flooding in the Adirondack Mountains. Blue Moutain Lake (altitude 1824 feet) and Long Lake (altitude 1906 feet) are a couple of places that suffered significant damage.

Places that rarely flood are more likely to suffer extreme land damage than places that flood more frequently. Those more frequent floods changed the landscape long ago.

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Posted by Tin Can II on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 10:45 AM

Good to have the diner back up and running.  Hope Dave is doing well; glad Dawn had a good day.  Kevin, your house looks great. Good to have the Lion posting again.

Just returned last night from a quick two day business trip to Chicago.  We left Dodge at 3:00 in the morning to make a 5:30 flight; got in last night at 11:00, it was 1:30 am when we got home this morning.  I am tired.  But a big two days at work; two board meetings.

My wife has finished painting the basement train room in my absence.  It looks good.  

Nothing to report on the train front.  

 

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 11:51 AM

York1
At 5429 feet, this is the highest point in my state.

The highest point in my state is only 350 feet. Supposedly Florida has the lowest High Point of any state.

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I won these HO scale generators on eBay... then the seller refused to send them to me and cancelled the sale.

He said his terms plainly state that he does not ship outside the USA, and he does not consider Florida to be part of the United States.

WHAT?

-Kevin

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Posted by Track fiddler on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 12:11 PM

Good afternoon

Dont matter how high you are, just as long as one can adjust their own elevation.

.

 

Kinda like Nap Time! Wink

 

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Posted by Track fiddler on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 12:28 PM

BroadwayLion

Smile

Purr-fect! DinnerDinnerDinner

 
 
 
Well,  I'll see your Bloody, and raise you another one my freind!
 
8 that one, and wanted another one.
 
Seems to me, I've always liked my Prime Rib Wildebeest exactly like that as well, ...just as long as it's not wellPirate
 
 
 
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Posted by Track fiddler on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 1:14 PM

Good afternoon

Don't mean to  be disruptive or anything...

but, has anyone seen my good freind from Vancouver lately?

His Dog mows the lawn up there for cripes sakeLaugh

 

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Posted by Track fiddler on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 2:15 PM

Which also makes me wonder why my good ol' burly construction friend, SaronaTerry from NW Wisconsin hasn't stopped by lately? 

Terry's good people.  A man of few words is always liked.  Kinda miss that Good Ol' Soul, stopping by here once in a whileHuh?

 

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Posted by up831 on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 3:40 PM

Hi Everyone,

Dropping in to say hello.  Not much going on here.  It is hot today - mid 90s with humidity.  Funny, I grew up in Kansas which is warmer than Chicago, but I don't seem to handle the heat as well as I used to.  I think airconditioning has something to do with it. My old neck of the woods has had up to 107F lately.  That's hot by anyone's definition.

Our association is in the midst of replacing the roofs n the property.  They just finished our building yesterday.  Roof looks nice. 
speaking of roofs, Kevin, your roof looks very nice.  I hope it gives you many years of enjoyment, if that's the right word.  I also like the stone work on your house.  Really looks better than plain stucco.

Less is more,...more or less!

Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)

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Posted by saronaterry on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 4:46 PM

Track fiddler
Which also makes me wonder why my good ol' burly construction friend, SaronaTerry from NW Wisconsin hasn't stopped by lately?

Still on the right side of the dirt!!

Terry

Terry in NW Wisconsin

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Posted by Track fiddler on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 4:49 PM

NO! That'll never work.

Quit screwing around and start acting like you have some Roman architecture in your bloodLaugh

 

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Posted by Track fiddler on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 5:07 PM

CoolYes  Green side up and six feet above TerryLaugh  Good to hear you from the sunny side my Freind!

 

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Posted by Attuvian1 on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 5:10 PM

SeeYou190
 

He said his terms plainly state that he does not ship outside the USA, and he does not consider Florida to be part of the United States.

WHAT?

-Kevin

 
I strongly suspect that he is making a politcal statement, Kevin.  Bummer that it is at your expense.  Sorry that you are the current lightning rod.
 
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Posted by gmpullman on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 5:22 PM

You just know it's going to be one of those days —

 Broken draft gear on Napavine Hill by Lee Bishop, on Flickr

 Broken draft gear on Napavine Hill by Lee Bishop, on Flickr

Next time they will use screws in the draft gear and dispense with the glue.

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 5:54 PM

saronaterry

Still on the right side of the dirt!!

Terry

Glad to hear that!

My next checkup is in a few days.  I always check this thread to make sure I haven't made the RIP track yet.

It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse. 

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Posted by Track fiddler on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 6:11 PM

Time to cease the silence and play a good one for Terry.

Did you know Bob Seger and Ted are friends and go deer hunting together in Michigan.  Neither one of them have time for deer huggers, as they're mighty tasty on the table.

 

TF

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Posted by BigDaddy on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 6:57 PM

SeeYou190
He said his terms plainly state that he does not ship outside the USA, and he does not consider Florida to be part of the United States.

Outrageous.  I would complain BITTERLY to Ebay and post the sellers name on every MR forum I could find.

Apart from movies, did you know staged train wrecks were a thing?

Henry

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Posted by Water Level Route on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 7:27 PM

Evening diners.  Flo, I'll take a cold one.

Well, the truck is all packed up and ready.  Taking my oldest back to college in the morning.  So far she is doing better than last year.  Fingers crossed.  It's going to be a long day tomorrow, and I don't mean the amount of time it will take.  Wish me luck!

Mike

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Posted by "JaBear" on Thursday, August 24, 2023 6:04 AM
Travel well, Mike.
 
This evening at work
 
“Red sky at night, Shepherds delight.”
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 1754 hrs by Bear, on Flickr
 
Thoughts and Best Wishes to All that need them. Kia Kaha.
Cheers, the Bear.Smile

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Thursday, August 24, 2023 9:25 AM

The Bee Line 

The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.

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Posted by maxman on Thursday, August 24, 2023 11:01 AM

SeeYou190
He said his terms plainly state that he does not ship outside the USA, and he does not consider Florida to be part of the United States.

I didn't know that Kalamazoo was part of the United States.

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Posted by maxman on Thursday, August 24, 2023 11:02 AM

gmpullman

You just know it's going to be one of those days —

 Broken draft gear on Napavine Hill by Lee Bishop, on Flickr

 Broken draft gear on Napavine Hill by Lee Bishop, on Flickr

Next time they will use screws in the draft gear and dispense with the glue.

Cheers, Ed

 

That's almost like pulling teeth.

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