Depot Diner & Coffee Shop

[Anonymous]

My sirloin quality meatloaf is topped with mozzerella and tomato soup for 'icing'. No fried processed potato stuff, no thank you! The doctor never issued a prescription for me to raise my trans fatty acids. I'll have genuine mashed potatoes ONLY - garlic flavored mashed with a cream corn mixed in and a dozen well ovened biscuits (dark bottoms) for mush. You could cut them open too and shovel in a good chunk of the loaf, then dip.

[Anonymous]

I'm looking to load the lunch box with some meatloaf and steakfries that I can reheat on the sidewall heater later. I could really use some green beans and some Pennsylvania Dutch hard sourdough pretzels too. I have my 6 pack of orange crush in bottles too. We eat GOOD on my crew... My conductor will bring the portable coffee pot and the beef stew I hope. We usually get stuck by the DS somewhere, plenty of time for a quick bite...

LC

[switch7frg]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Switch8frg

Mutt & CW ::
So glad to see Sarah made it back { home } . Guess the lads in the driver's seats of the aircraft were happy to set the bird down . We hope the empty nest syndrome don't set in now , 5 times the kids flew out the nest for us . Sometimes it ain't easy to let go . >>>>> Walt I got your e mail now got to unscramble MIME .Thank you very much . Sure hope the barge is right up before the water get's higher & the ice floe's hit the barge . BYE BYE bridge & any thing else in the way. Unthinkable. Old man river can get nasty @ times. Hope Kozzie & the folks are OK in the land down under. Ready to lay up ffor the night @ home 20. Till a.m. see ya'll Cannonball

I see no problem, the switch is closed, RIGHT????

[switch7frg]

Mutt & CW ::
So glad to see Sarah made it back { home } . Guess the lads in the driver's seats of the aircraft were happy to set the bird down . We hope the empty nest syndrome don't set in now , 5 times the kids flew out the nest for us . Sometimes it ain't easy to let go . >>>>> Walt I got your e mail now got to unscramble MIME .Thank you very much . Sure hope the barge is right up before the water get's higher & the ice floe's hit the barge . BYE BYE bridge & any thing else in the way. Unthinkable. Old man river can get nasty @ times. Hope Kozzie & the folks are OK in the land down under. Ready to lay up ffor the night @ home 20. Till a.m. see ya'll Cannonball

[Anonymous]

Hi All

TIRED, worked today on my Saturday. [8] [B)]

Just when Springs officially gets get Winter decides to give us one last hurray.

H U R R A H

OK, now go away winter. [;)]

It is suspose to get below freezing tonight. [:(]

Funny how gasoline took a nice jump last week right before this "event". [:(!]

I WANT COOKIES. [:0] <with icing [:D] >

Will share with Matt. [;)]

Going to bed now. [B)]

Byeeeeeee All.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by locomutt

QUOTE: Originally posted by jeaton

QUOTE: Originally posted by cherokee woman

Well, just dropped back in to let everyone know: have it on very good authority that
Sarah did make it home a-o.k., albeit quite a bit later than scheduled: her flight was
delayed here for several hours. It was quite late when she called here, to let us
know she had made it home.

And everybody complains when Amtrak is late!!!
Jay

If Amtrak still had a connection to Louisville;that was the way that she
had wanted to make the trip. And I seriouly doubt that she would have
complained too loudly about any delays there !![:D][:D]

Would of been a very slow trip they did 30 MPH from Indy to Louisville[V] Just watching the evening news as I type this.

[locomutt]

Mudchicken;thanks for that link,I had been wondering about them,especially since that
thread awhile back on places rebuilding engines,etc. Hadn't heard if LNAC was still
in the business of refurbing RDCs and switchers or not.

As far as what you mentioned for Joe and their city,maybe Louisville should do something
like that for the one we have. Seems nobody pays any attention to the "Low Clearance" signs !!!
(and maybe the city wouldn't have to keep shelling money out for more signs)

No comment on the other !![:D]

[mudchicken]

QUOTE: Originally posted by JoeKoh

well just looked at the paper tonight and the viaduct has claimed another truck.I wonder if we should start putting hash marks on the side.the last ones have been close to school time.someone could get hurt.
stay safe
joe

Paint big teeth and a tongue![bow][bow][bow]BRIDGE MONSTER AHEAD[bow][bow][bow]

[(-D][(-D][(-D]

[mudchicken]

Mutt: Watch your local papers. LNAC got sold to a shipper on line (Lucas Oil)....

http://www.stb.dot.gov/filings/all.nsf/6084f194b67ca1c4852567d9005751dc/cc0eae144f383f11852571380063d4c7?OpenDocument

Chew on that for a while. Keeping a good eye on the feathered-one's liver.

[banghead][banghead][banghead]

[BMRR]

The beef stew and peach pie sure sounds good. [:)]

Stan.

[espeefoamer]

Woo hoo! I staart work on friday. I will be driving cars through an auto auction.Finally I will have money again[:D][:p][8D][:)].

[cherokee woman]

Hope you're enjoying your supper tonight, whether it's the beef stew, chilli or
tuna casserole. But here at home tonight, Mutt and I enjoyed one of our fav-
orite meals: c______livers. Sure was good.

For dessert tonight, help yourselves to some home made apple or peach
pie w/vanilla ice cream.

[locomutt]

Joe;when are they going to learn about things like: moveable object meets
immoveable object ??!! We've got one of those here in the city that hasn't
lost yet either.[:D]

And then we have this bridge over the river that like to stop barges also !!![(-D]

But you are very correct about it being a safety concern,especially around that
time of day,the school busses,etc.

[JoeKoh]

well just looked at the paper tonight and the viaduct has claimed another truck.I wonder if we should start putting hash marks on the side.the last ones have been close to school time.someone could get hurt.
stay safe
joe

[locomutt]

Joe;

We did have Amtrak service several years ago,for about a year,or so.
The Kentucky Cardinal;that's the reason they built the "new" spur
into Union Station,so it would terminate here instead of Jeffersonville,In.

I believe the main reason for annullment was the track conditions between
here and Chicago,seems the track wasn't in good enough condition for
passenger speeds. (I'm very sure that there were other reasons also.)
I'm sure ridership was another concern,but every time CW and I went to see
it arrive or depart;there were more than several people using it.

[JoeKoh]

mutt
thats so strange a city the size of louisville not being on an amtrak route.its cold and breezey but we have sunshine today.will take some chili for work tonight.
stay safe
Joe

[locomutt]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jeaton

QUOTE: Originally posted by cherokee woman

Well, just dropped back in to let everyone know: have it on very good authority that
Sarah did make it home a-o.k., albeit quite a bit later than scheduled: her flight was
delayed here for several hours. It was quite late when she called here, to let us
know she had made it home.

And everybody complains when Amtrak is late!!!
Jay

If Amtrak still had a connection to Louisville;that was the way that she
had wanted to make the trip. And I seriously doubt that she would have
complained too loudly about any delays there !![:D][:D]

[cherokee woman]

Well, everyone, the stew, cornbread and chilli are ready to eat!

Our current temp out is 31, and from early this morning, have a little bit of ice on
our garbage can. Been dropping wet stuff off and on all morning. So light that
you can't tell if it's rain, sleet, freezing rain, or snow. Or just plain rain.

I'm in the process of cooking up another batch of beef stew and chilli for supper
tonight. Won't start the cornbread for supper until about 5:30, so that it will be
hot. If you don't want stew or chilli, I've also got some tuna noodle casserole
prepared for supper tonight.

[Modelcar]

Lots of locations west and some south of us...got hit with the white stuff, including wind following it...It's real bright here now and not snowing so I believe we've received all we will get today....37 degrees now. Total looks like perhaps an inch or so here and that's it.

[blhanel]

Boy, we barely dodged that bullet here- absolutely no snow. Just 30 miles south of us, though, it starts becoming measurable.

[Modelcar]

...Kozzie...{Dave}, checked with your email address a day or two ago inquiring if that Cyclone would get to your area....and this morning I see on your post you are fine. Good news. Did see some video of Australian storm damage...Looked severe.
Jen.....I saw reports of Omaha on the news of up to 25" of snow this latest storm dumped there....We here in Muncie, have been catching forecasts of up to 11" of the stuff heading to us...Didn't happen, at least not yet. It was to start last night about midnight and continue until late afternoon today with this massive band sweeping across here...But, it didn't even do ANY snowing here until about 8:30 this morning and now we have perhaps a half inch or a bit more, with some wind. Snow is very dry. And, it is to wind down this afternoon so we may have dodged a bullet.
Just 50-60 miles south of us..{Indianapolis}, much earlier, they were blasted with snow up to 4" or so for the morning rush hour traffic causing slide offs, etc.... Temp here now is 29 degrees. Sunny weather is forecast for tomorrow with warmer temps...Perhaps this will be about the end of this stuff this season. Hope so, even though we've gotten away with a rather bland winter here.

[Mookie]

Unofficially 13 inches of snow. Driver has huge snowblower, we had no trouble getting here at 5:20 am, then find out at 7:30 am that the building is closed for today. So - I have a fridge, a powder room, big screen tv, radio, hot coffee/tea/hotchocolate and lots of telephones to play with! And......a puter to the world! Ah - home sweet home! Even the furniture is comfy! Beats staying home and watching UGH - daytime TV!

Our street dept has done a nice job and public schools are closed this week for spring break. So while it is a little quiet in the building - it is just close to purrfect! Can't beat this with a stick!

Contented Moo....

[jeaton]

Have been quite busy and only able to check in for a lurk or two.

Lincoln makes the big time, a hot time in the old town-Louisville- and a big fire, too. Safe travel home for Sarah, Kozzie reports in that he is well, but the Queensland farmers suffer severe damage...AND, it is noted that Kevin checked in on something about starting locomotives.

I must be back in the regular universe.

Jay

[jeaton]

QUOTE: Originally posted by cherokee woman

Well, just dropped back in to let everyone know: have it on very good authority that
Sarah did make it home a-o.k., albeit quite a bit later than scheduled: her flight was
delayed here for several hours. It was quite late when she called here, to let us
know she had made it home.

And everybody complains when Amtrak is late!!!
Jay

[cherokee woman]

Well, just dropped back in to let everyone know: have it on very good authority that
Sarah did make it home a-o.k., albeit quite a bit later than scheduled: her flight was
delayed here for several hours. It was quite late when she called here, to let us
know she had made it home.

[tree68]

Gee - I turned on the TV last night (I always leave it on the Weather Channel when I shut it off), and there they were - Live from Lincoln! "Must be a pretty significant weather event, if they sent someone there," I says to myself. And apparently is was. I don't know why they are complaining about a foot of snow, though - that's just a dusting!

[JoeKoh]

good morning
well if you go to school in cincinnati its probably closed today.glad to see mookie could make it in today.now matt can come out with you and make snowmen.
stay safe
joe

[cherokee woman]

Kozzie, glad to hear from you!

Mookie, glad you could make it in today.

Breakfast is on the warmer bar. You've got your choice of bacon, sausage,
scrambled eggs, biscuits & gravy, pancakes or waffles.

I fell back asleep, after waking at 5:30. Now, I've got people ringing the door-
bell, to sign up for Produce this morning.

We've had a little bit of snow this morning. Not too sure what it's doing out
right now, if anything. Supposed to be getting a mix of rain, snow, sleet later
on this morning.

Will be back in time to dish out the beef stew or chilli for lunch.

[Mookie]

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* * * * * * * * * * * * mmph.. ^~^ .......i hate snow!

[Kozzie]

Mudchicken

Thanks for your thoughts.

Cyclone (Hurricane) Larry grew to a category 5 storm with 290 kph (170mph) winds as it crossed the coast up in far north Queensland. Hundreds of homes severely damaged/destroyed in the city of Innisfail and other smaller towns.

30 people injured but no fatalities - everyone is shaking their heads in wonder about that.

Power cut to much of the area affected. State Emergency Service volunteers and 150 of the Army have been mobilized to help.

The Queensland State Premier has declared a State of emergency for the area affected which then releases State and Federal funding.

Huge areas of banana, avacado and paw paw (papaya) crops have been absolutely flattened. Going to hit the farmers up there real hard.

One of the biggest storms to hit the mainland in many years.

I'll try to keep you all posted for more details.

Dave