eolafan wrote: CShaveRR wrote: The UP runs three or four trains through here...per hour! Metra adds a couple.Rumor has it that CN runs along the northern edge of town.There are also a couple of former rights-of-way that make good bike paths.Similar to Carl, we have very many BNSF, Metra and Amtrak (with occasional EJ&E and an appearance each day by RailNet) trains here PER HOUR so you are almost always in for some sort of action when going trackside at just about any hour...day or night. I have not ever counted the train traffic in 24 hours but my guess would be that we have about 100 plus train movements a day.
CShaveRR wrote: The UP runs three or four trains through here...per hour! Metra adds a couple.Rumor has it that CN runs along the northern edge of town.There are also a couple of former rights-of-way that make good bike paths.
The UP runs three or four trains through here...per hour! Metra adds a couple.
Rumor has it that CN runs along the northern edge of town.
There are also a couple of former rights-of-way that make good bike paths.
Similar to Carl, we have very many BNSF, Metra and Amtrak (with occasional EJ&E and an appearance each day by RailNet) trains here PER HOUR so you are almost always in for some sort of action when going trackside at just about any hour...day or night. I have not ever counted the train traffic in 24 hours but my guess would be that we have about 100 plus train movements a day.
Omaha, Nebr. - Thursday, 11 Sept. 2008
Hey Carl and Eolafan!
Last month I had the good fortune to have dinner at the 100 South Chop House located in downtown Elmhurst, Ill. My table was outdoors and no more than 75-ft. south of The Overland Route mainline. The amount of train traffic I saw early that weekday evening was an incredible mix of rush hour commuter "scoots," double stacks, mixed merchandise manifests, some maintenance of way business, and a few sets of coal buckets running in both directions. The food was terrific and the wide variety of entertainment was first rate. It sure brought back some pleasant memories of my youth spent along the C.& N.W.'s Harvard Subdivision commuter zone.
You guys might want to check out that place and have a meal outdoors there before the weather turns cold.
Cheers! /s/ Bob
Hey, Bob,
Elmhurst is already like a second home to me--I prefer watching our trains there, because they're moving more slowly and because there are signals there to interpret.
As for the chop house, we haven't been there yet--Pat and I like Two Brothers from Italy, which also has outdoor tables and a similar view of the action; it's about a block and a half west from where you were. We used to like your spot when it was the Paradise--you could get fantastic window seats then; that's the back of the bar now.
More my speed: I was in Elmhurst for several hours on Tuesday--bought a double-decker from Hamburger Heaven and ate trackside, doing some editing work while a steady stream of trains went through. Saw a bit of everything, including the two Olympic units.
Carl
Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)
CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)
My original hometown Hanahan, SC has the CSX Charleston Sub (formerly the old ACL A-line).
My current "hometown" Lilburn, GA has the CSX Abbeville Sub (formerly the old SAL G-line) between Atlanta, GA and Greenwood, SC. No shortage of trains, about 25-40 a day, mostly mixed freight but one daily autorack and one daily intermodal plus occasional unit grain & coal. We are about 2 miles from the tracks in the current house; today we looked at a house in a neighborhood that actually backs up to the tracks (oh please, oh please, oh please!)
Jamie
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CShaveRR wrote: Hey, Bob,Elmhurst is already like a second home to me--I prefer watching our trains there, because they're moving more slowly and because there are signals there to interpret.As for the chop house, we haven't been there yet--Pat and I like Two Brothers from Italy, which also has outdoor tables and a similar view of the action; it's about a block and a half west from where you were. We used to like your spot when it was the Paradise--you could get fantastic window seats then; that's the back of the bar now.More my speed: I was in Elmhurst for several hours on Tuesday--bought a double-decker from Hamburger Heaven and ate trackside, doing some editing work while a steady stream of trains went through. Saw a bit of everything, including the two Olympic units.
Omaha, Nebr. - Friday, 12 Sept.
Carl,
"Two Brothers from Italy" ... I know about it but haven't tried it yet.
Inside the 100 South Chop House at the west end of the bar, one evening I found an empty chair and cracked open a narrow set of blinds - ostensibly to get a wee bit more light in order to enjoy my newspaper. But everytime I heard that synthetic crossing gate bell activate, my attention was diverted to outside the window. It was a quiet weekday evening, so the lady bartender didn't seem to mind. When it was time to get dinner, I paid-up first, politely returned the blind to its original position, and then my entourage (Charlie Tanqueray, his friends Martini & Rossi, and their girlfriend Olive), joined me outside the restaurant for a memorable dinner.
/s/ Bob
Hi SSN-760,
I have a table at the New England TCA meet, Sept.21 at Marlboro.
Hope to see you there.
Don U. TCA 73-5735
I plan on being there.
As long as the Navy approves my leave chit to ensure I have that weekend off, I will be set to go. (I am not sure if they will, as I have been repeatedly punished for trying to seek outside help for my present medical condition. The CO of the base clinic has already said that she thinks that I am faking being injured, and she has said that the damage shown on ultrasound does not mean anything.)
I just hope that the hernia cooperates and does not cause the pain to flare up more than it is now.
At least there is ample seating if the damaged area flares up and causes more pain.
That and having Nicholle with to carry stuff helps. (Right now lifting 15-20 lbs. is asking for trouble.)
I was actually thinking of getting a table and just simply setting up a simple Marx layout, but then comes the issue of who is going to do all of the work to set it up, as I am not able to do that.
If I was able to, I would bring #42, my large scale "tinplate" steam loco. (Rides on 8 3/4" gauge track and is about 8' long, loco and tender.)
I will be there, it provides an excuse to escape from CT, at least for a while.
So many scales, so many trains, so little time.....
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