Depot Diner & Coffee Shop

[jeaton]

Slept late. Got to get rested today. 900 more to go and April 15 looms.

Jay

[cherokee woman]

Joe, thanks again for getting the coffee made, and making the juice. Maybe I should
have come in here first instead of going through my emails!

Sunday brunch is ready: sausage and pancakes, plenty of syrup, and blueberries to
put on the pancakes; also have turkey bacon, scrambled eggs, and toast on the
breakfast warmer bar.

Could any of you give me a few ideas for Sunday Dinner today? Having trouble
deciding on a meal for tonight.

[blhanel]

Good morning Joe, sure is quiet on the forum this morning. Was surprised to see topics that started at the top last night with no posts were still half-way up the list this morning, still with no posts.

I'll take an OJ, gotta loosen my voice up for singing with the choir this morning...

[JoeKoh]

good morning
juice and coffee are ready to go! sarah want to borrow our shovel for all the snow you got?
tina
columbus grove? your getting closer in my territory.its on the toledo sub of csx.the I&O(formerly DT&I) has trackage rights from xn in leipsic to lima so you could see both csx and I&O trains come through.any more questions feel free to email me.
stay safe
Joe

[CShaveRR]

That stuff wasn't trail mix? Dried cranberries, nuts, and chocolate chips.

The brownies sound great. My baby girl used to call them "browndies". If I eat too many I'll get even more roundy!

Have fun digging out tomorrow, Sarah! I hope you get the chance to be a kid again! AMG

[Modelcar]

....Tree, pretty well have you spotted.....Surprised of your elevation, but then I didn't know you were that close to the water....Here in Muncie our airport is 937'...back home in Pennsylvania, Somerset Co...elevation: 2000'.

[locomutt]

QUOTE: Originally posted by blhanel

Hey Mutt, congrats on getting the 12,000th reply!

Brian;Thank you,I honestly had not paid any attention to any numbers.

[blhanel]

Hey Mutt, congrats on getting the 12,000th reply!

[locomutt]

Switch8frg,

This "Diner" is right next to the tracks,so depending on where you
sit,your "view" is going to be what you make of it.
Our house,is about 3 blocks from a semi busy mainline for CSX & NS,
can't see alot,but sure can hear them !!!(horns are loud,house shakes
once in awhile.........but)

I'm not familiar with the Interlake Steel plant in Ironton,only the ARMCO
plant in Russell.(Bellfonte,Flatwoods) Do recall seeing the D.T. & I. switching out a concrete plant outside of Ironton,basically just across U.S. 52.

And I remember the Semet-Solvay plants at both Ironton and Ashland.

It really might have been QUITE interesting if Henry had gotten the line
"electrified";who knows what a D.T. & I. "Electric engine"might have looked like.
(one could hope a bit like the Virginian Rectifiers,or maybe like a Pennsy GG -1.)

[jeaton]

Tina

The article on Bellefontaine is on page 29 of the July 1963 Trains. Mark can probably give you the box number for that issue. [swg]

In 1967 I lived in Chicago suburb Des Plaines which was right in the center of the "BIG" Chicago snowstorm. Dave Ingles wrote about the storm in a recent Trains issue. Chicago and suburbs were shut down. No trains, planes or automobiles, and in those days snowmobiles were rare. When the storm was over, the silence matched that of the high western desert. One could hear the voices of people a half mile away.

My daughter was born between snow storms in the winter of 1978-79. No single storm was a record breaker, but I think the total fall as of the end of February was about 75 inches. Snow banks at intersections blocked any view of cross traffic and getting onto a busy street was like playing Russian roulette.

Delavan has a skiff of snow on the ground. One warmer sunny day and it's gone.

Jay

[switch7frg]

Mutt ;>>>you were right about the T6's. I've wondered about them in past tence.They were a different breed , but served the purpose. From what I have read of D.T.& I. Henry had a good idea to get parts & supplies to his factories.He couldn't get reliable service from R.R 's that ran into the Motor City. The gov't didn't like him or his R.R. By the time gov'tgot thru with him, he won out anyway .Henrygot his way. Back in the early 60's I hauled pig iron to Interlake Iron &steel , @ Ironton. Was that his mill ?? Anyhoo that was long ago.Just got back from round town shopping,& gee Imissed CW's supper menu . Maybe if we hurry we can catch your fine meal , with some CHOCOLATE>{ drool} cake with coffee. Thanks for your reply to my post . Is you folks Diner close to the tracks?? Shirl & I will always remember the Railroad Cafe. We hardly ever had to stir the coffee.>> Here comes another pair of Big E M 1's with a string of coal up from Portsmouth along side of Rt. 23 >>>{ don't I wish} You &your Lady have a pleasant evening as wellas the rest of the page diners. >>Cannonball& Shirl.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by CShaveRR

Had a blizzaed here on New Year's Day 1997; UP was the only railroad still running after that one (and all we got was a lousy sweatshirt!)

I remember the Blizzard of 1997 very well took us 4 Hours to dig out. You think UP could of given you an Extra Day of Vacation.

[tree68]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Modelcar
[br.Tree.....What is the elevation at your 20....I see you post much snow fall and pretty severe temps. quite often....Seems you are not getting the advantage of the "mild" winter in your area....Understand possibly you may be in an area of "lake effect" snow fall

I think the high point nearest my place is only around 400'. There is a creek behind my house that is pretty much at the same level as Lake Ontario.

I live on the northern edge of the vaunted Lake Ontario "Lake Effect" zone. A southwest wind will leave us with some accumulation. Otherwise, the sun is out at my place and 20 miles south they are literally snowed in. The big snowmaker is a plateau called "Tug Hill." Find Watertown, Lowville, Rome, Syracuse, and I-81 on the map and you'll see a mostly unpopulated area. That's the place. Hooker, Highmarket, Osceola, Sears Pond - all places commonly cited for high snowfall (sometimes said to be the highest snowfall totals east of the Rockies) - are all on Tug Hill.

I live about 7 miles off both the end of the lake and the St Lawrence River - no colder here than a lot of other places (but cold nonetheless).

As for the Blizzard of '77 - We were living in Watertown then and actually got more snow than Buffalo, but they got the media coverage. The county was closed for a week.

The story goes that a network type called the local affiliate asking for film. Local newsman told them that it wouldn't be possible. The network type says "but I can see an airport on the map."

"Well, if we could get to it, it's closed..."

[locomutt]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Modelcar

...While we're reaching back into bad snow storms I must go back again to home state of Pennsylvania at Thanksgiving in 1950....That's when it started and it lasted a while....Don't have any figures of how much anymore but it was a critical one. Practically had transportation paralized. Had foot upon foot of the white stuff....It required winter tires and chains to move anyplace and then just on main thoroughfares....

Can't quite remember that one,as I was born in Nov. of 1950.
I DO however remember one that hit us in eastern,northeastern,Ky.
during the winter of 1967-68,probably had about a foot of snow that time,
almost caused the cancellation of our high school play.
(people from the area that I grew up in,are NOT used to that "STUFF" !!!)

[Modelcar]

...While we're reaching back into bad snow storms I must go back again to home state of Pennsylvania at Thanksgiving in 1950....That's when it started and it lasted a while....Don't have any figures of how much anymore but it was a critical one. Practically had transportation paralized. Had foot upon foot of the white stuff....It required winter tires and chains to move anyplace and then just on main thoroughfares....

[cherokee woman]

The pizzas for our regular Saturday night pizza fest are ready; here's the
lineup for tonight:

supreme, mushroom, cheese, pepperoni, sausage & pepperoni, pineapple,
special (with hamburger, sausage, pepperoni, mushrooms, onions, green
& red peppers, olives).

So everyone grab a plate, put your pizza on it, sit down, and eat up.

Have some brownies ready for dessert. Carl, I have no idea how you got
the idea I'd fixed a trail mix with cranberries!!

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by CShaveRR

Tina, I remember a Trains article on Bellefontaine from the early or mid-Sixties that had a kind of "then-and-now" ring to it. (I had to do the navigating when my dad and I took a trip from Michigan to near Zanesville, and managed to put the town on the route after being inspired by the article.) Of course, the town has slid a lot further in the past forty years or so.

I will look for the article. I believe we have most past issues. But I will have to be careful. I am lazy and the books/magazines are covered in dust. I will most likely sneeze while I am reading them and spew snot all over them and my husband will think that I have been "snotty-snaughty" while he is gone.

I still have family in Bellefontaine and Columbus Grove and maybe all this talk is a hint from above that I should contact them.

Mr. blhanel, Bella Vista is truly beautiful. We rent, but in the middle of nowhere and have even seen a bobcat walk across our yard.

Model Car---do you remember how the interstates literally had walls of snow? It was a very snowy cold couple of winters.

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