Depot Diner & Coffee Shop

[tree68]

Nothin' like some pizza after a long day on the rails (not to mention two hours one way to get there).

We hauled over 70 riders total on two trips - not a bad crowd for the first day. The regular locomotive for the trip, NYC RS3 8223, is down for parts, so an SW1, painted as NYC 705, did the honors. Struggled a bit on a couple of grades, but we got there and back. The 705 started life in 1941 as L&N 14.

Back at it tomorrow - hope we have just as good a crowd!

[cherokee woman]

Randy, pancakes sound very good for Sunday breakfast!!

The Saturday Pizza Fest is now ready. On the menu tonight:

1. supreme
2. cheese
3. sausage
4. goetta
5. sausage/pepperoni

And for dessert, I have apple pie pizzas made.

And it's all on the warmer bar, so help yourselves, and enjoy your pizzas.[C=:-)][dinner]

[rvos1979]

Gretings from Chocolate City USA!!

Enjoying a nice, but humid, weekend at my parents, got together with some friends last night and went to Chocolatefest, wasn't bad, tried something different in the beer tent (I'm not a very big beer drinker, but this brew tasted really good). Might go down later to catch the hydroplane boat races and other festivities.

I never did say anything about the rain we had on Wednesday night, got an inch and a half of rain in about twenty minutes that evening, was blowing so hard it got wet about 70 feet inside the building at work.

I've heard quite a bit of CN action so far this weekend, but I miss the deep rumble of the Wisconsin Central SD45s, now it's just a low moan across the fields from the V16 power.

If I may suggest something for breakfast tomorrow morning, the local Kiwanis club members are throwing a pancake breakfast, I'll try to divert some of their cooking towards the diner!![dinner]

See everyone later.

[cherokee woman]

Well, I just finished making some fresh lemonade and iced tea. Now, I'm working
on making up the pizzas for tonight's Pizza Fest. I'm only making two extra
large of each of the different pizzas.

So, hope there's some people in here, about 7, 7:30, when the pizzas will be ready
to eat.[C=:-)]

[Anonymous]

Mornin' All

I didn't notice this yesterday but Joe started the 700th page.

CONGRATS Joe. [:D] Keep up the good work there. [^]

In the Model Railroader Coffee Shop if you start the page you buy the drinks for everyone in the shop that day. I think we will do it different here. If you start the next page everyone buys YOU drinks. [:D] [8D] [:D] Now isn't that a better deal? [:D] [:o)] [:D]

Soooooo Joe, what will you have? I have your first one. [:)]

I must say, yesterday's nap was well needed and sure was nice. [^] I don't nap during the day (on purpose [;)] ) but I sure did yesterday.

When Zach gets his photos up I will share a link with you all. I sure hope that tall cotton picker ( 6' 1") didn't get me in many of his photos. I can't be held responsible for breaking his camera if he did. Trust me though, he had a very enjoyable trip and was thrilled to get into some of the places where he normally could not have gone. [;)] Just remember the Beatles song, "With A Little Help From Your Friends." [:D] Or that might be better said, "I Got Friends In Low Places." LOL [:o)]

Well here we are at the end of the month and time to write the "first of the month" checks. [:(] I hear the eagle flew early this time. [:p] Mine did. [:)]

Everyone Take Care

[cherokee woman]

Joe, we watched that episode of T&L Monday night. That was a very good
one! Had steam and diesels in it.

And Joe, thank you for making the coffee and the juice this morning. To go
along with them, we've got doughnuts and muffins this morning. Thought
that would be a nice treat for this weekend.

[JoeKoh]

good morning
coffee and juice are ready and matt is helping with the lemonade.hopefully they have the replay of monday trains and locos on tv as we get ready for G+G to come over.steam and early diesels on the nkp.nice!
stay safe
Joe

[cherokee woman]

Joe, after this very warm day today, that lemonade certainly hits the spot!!
Thank you for thinking of making it. Guess that's going to have to go on
the ole shopping list after the first of the month: we'll certainly need to be
keeping plenty of lemonade on hand.

Brian and Cannonball, there will be plenty of chocolate cake and ice cream
on hand this weekend. Along with iced tea and lemonade.

[blhanel]

Fish and "chips" sure do sound good right now- I'll take a plate! And I'll try some of your lemonade, Joe!

[switch7frg]

CW: Am confirming your invite to be at said Diner today & next week . with the hope of Chocolate cake & ice cream.
Such a sad event about the toddler and his mother . Water is still the most powerfull force on earth. We will take care & see ya'll later . Cannonball & company .

[JoeKoh]

ahh jim is relaxing in the hammock. will take some fish and fries for outside.I made some lemonade for tonight.tastes real good.
stay safe
Joe

[chad thomas]

Well this is going to be a looooong friday. I'm counting the hours till early saturday morning when I will be leaving on a weeken railfan trip. The SoCalrailfan.net is haveing a railfan gathering up at Bealville (Tehachapi pass) and 25-30 railfans will be camping out and watching trains and shareing slide shows and all kinds of stuff. I am stoked as I am finally getting the ATCS monitor software for my laptop.

Anyway, everybody have a great 3 day weekend and stay safe !!!!

[cherokee woman]

YES!! Everyone PLEASE remember to pay homage to our veterans, and current
servicemen/women. They definitely need our prayers. And please, be very care-
ful, so you will back here with us next week.

Lunch today: have some fried fish, and am also baking some fish for lunch today.
Also, we have the fries to go with the fish, and cole slaw.

[CopCarSS]

Morning All,

Brian, thanks for the recipe for the pizza burgers. Will be sure to try that one out!

Kathi, good to see you in here! Stop by for breakfast more often.

CW, I'll be out for the weekend. Headed up to Steamboat Springs for the holiday. If I have time, I'm going to try and stop at the Georgetown Loop to see if I can see #9 on her home rails. Also might do a little looking around the Moffat Line on the way up.

Hope you all have a great weekend. Remember to stop a minute to remember those who have given all that we may enjoy the freedoms that we do.

TTFN!

[Anonymous]

Mornin" All

I was up early to see the 844 depart. It is now gone. [^] [:(] <Mixed emotions>

Zach and company are back in Missouri and they had a very enjoyable trip and time. Now I can take it somewhat easy for a few days and get some rest. I will have to work and am "Forced" to work the holiday day. [:(] So that nixes my planned trip to see the parents. [:(!]

Well I am "thinking" about a quick nap before lunch. [;)] Is the hammock available?

Everyone Take Care

[Kathi Kube]

Morning, all!

Thought I'd pop my head in here for breakfast. Mmmmm! Yummy stuff.

Although I missed the festivities at Rochelle, I did have an opportunity to meet Eric (kenneo) and his wife at GorgeRail. Very nice people, and it was a pleasure to have lunch with them!

This weekend my husband and I are off to Indy. Something about powerful engines that just appeals to me... Go figure, right?

Anyway, I'd better get back to work or you won't get your August issues on time. Have a wonderful holiday weekend!

Kathi

[blhanel]

CW,

Glad to hear that you made it through the night unscathed. I'll be hanging around this weekend, as we have nothing more than a few graduation parties to keep us occupied. And, as a bonus, even though the Mookster is still MIA, I'll even bring in the chocolate cake on Sunday, complete with Birthday candles on it!

52 of 'em.[:D]

[tree68]

A lot of people here are turning the three day holiday into a four day event, so today should be nice and peaceful here at work. Rain in the forecast today (with thunderstorms), and in a new development - rain in the forecast tomorrow now. The rest of the weekend should be decent. Hopefully lots of folks will want a train ride through the Adirondack forest and I'll have plenty of reason to volunteer there this weekend.

[JoeKoh]

morning
just checking to see if everyone is ok. we had thunderstorms and heavy rain last night too.also have more rain this morning but they say sunshine for the weekend.if you are going trainwatching or somewhere else this weekend please leave the fast driving to those at indy and charlotte. want to see a full diner by next week.
stay safe
Joe

[cherokee woman]

Good Friday morning, everyone! Well, it's the Holiday Weekend. Will need to
take a head count, and see who all will be with us this weekend. May have to
have our Saturday Pizza Fest tonight, instead, if most everyone is going to be
elsewhere over this long weekend. So, please, let me know how many of you
I need to cook for this weekend, okay?

Coffee is ready, and juice is made. Have orange juice, pineapple juice,
and orange tangerine juice available this morning.

Breakfast this morning: turkey bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, hash browns,
sausage gravy, and the last of the fresh strawberries.

Had some wild weather here last night. Lots and lots of thunder, lightning, and
tons and tons of rain. Some of our water rescue people are now on their way
down to a litle town called Irvington, in Breckinridge County, to search for a toddler,
who got swept away in the waters last night. They found his mother out in a field.
People need to watch, and stay away from raging water in severe thunderstorms!!


There are about 22,500 people without power this morning. Thankfully, our lights
never flickered once.

[tree68]

Steak? Baked Potato? Where's my plate?!?!?

Visited a favorite restaurant last weekend - a specialty there is their "Baked Potato Soup," which is one reason we went there in the first place. They were all out ....[V]

[JoeKoh]

mamma makes those kind of pizzas all the time. its good stuff.will take some for work tonight.its friday and the holiday weekend to boot coming up.
stay safe
Joe

[blhanel]

Those pizzas sound yummy. I'll take three or four of 'em with supreme ingredients. Chris, a recipe that I like to throw together once in a while that's simple but tasty- browned hamburger, grated-up Spam (yes, Spam), grated cheese, and your favorite spaghetti sauce mixed together and spooned onto half-buns, put onto a cookie sheet and baked in the oven for, oh, 12-14 minutes. Makes GREAT pizzaburgers!

[cherokee woman]

Chris, like the sound of your pizza recipe! So for anyone who would like a pizza tonight,
we'll have that. And Dan, for you and anyone else who wants steak and baked potato,
I'll fix that also. They'll be ready at 6:30 EDT.

[CopCarSS]

Post Scriptum:

Following the above recipe but substituting pie filling (apple is my fav) for the pizza sauce and icing for the cheese yields a great dessert pizza that usually receives high acclaim when I bring them out for guests.

[CopCarSS]

CW,

A favorite recipe from a bacehlor's perspective (e.g. easy to make and not to bad to eat, either):

English Muffin Pizzas

Get a pack of English muffins, slice them in half and place them on a cookie sheet. Add pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese (or provolone or whatever your prefer on your pizzas) and whatever other toppings you would prefer.

Place in an oven pre-heated to 375*F and cook for about 10 minutes.

Voila! Little personal pizzas that are delicious and so fantastically easy to make that even this bachelor can handle it! Need a hand in the kitchen tonight?

[CNW 6000]

Two words:

STEAK AND POTATOES!

Please even...lol.

[cherokee woman]

Brian and Joe, sorry that I forgot to mention that the coffee was ready, and had
the juice made. Wasn't quite awake this morning, when I posted breakfast.

Lunch today will be: open-face roast beef sandwiches w/mashed taters and
beef gravy. Side dishes will be green beans, corn, cole slaw and applesauce.

Does anyone have any requests for supper tonight?

[CopCarSS]

MC,

Thanks for the info. I've been waiting a long while to see that bugger running "over the loop." The Hawaiian Prairie is cute, but just doesn't seem to fit.

CW, the fresh strawberries on the cereal were wonderful!

Well, have to get to work. Hope you all have a great day.

[Anonymous]

Mornin' All

I am waiting on a call from Zach and company to say they are up. We have some unfinished sight seeing from yesterday to do. I hope they call soon.

The weather is hot and sunny. I think that is better than cold and rainey especially since the 844 is here.

I need more coffee. [B)]

Everyone Take Care