Depot Diner & Coffee Shop

[JoeKoh]

I think maybe mookie took a sick day today hope shes feeling better soon.
randy
we had our mr fix hold off on pm our area because we had work to do. we are usually the only shift to do the work unless we get a big load.
cannonball
have been to the new 5/3 field up in toledo last year and had a good time.if you want email me and i'll tell you the rest of the story....
we have some girl scout cookies and milk for a late night snacking so help yourselves
stay safe
Joe

[switch7frg]

Mudchicken::>>>
I wonder if it is the same one seen @ Grand Junction last year.

Cannonball

[locomutt]

Well all,this is one of the reasons CW, Sarah, and I haven't been on the forum today.
We've been entertaining several very,very great people !!!! Gotten to see quite a
few things around our local area,including trains across railroad bridges here,
plus very close hand at the barge that's still stuck against the K. & I. T. bridge.

Will attach a picture of the "Motley Crew";Pat,Carl,Paula,Sarah & Brian;
'mutt's not in picture,as self timer and tripod were being very obstinate
this morning,so he had to take it !![:D][:(]

[mudchicken]

A-Ha! ....source of multiple cases of burning ears - Revealed! Film at 11 even![swg][swg][swg]

[JoeKoh]

yep the diners most wanted!
good morning
juice and coffee are ready to go.pancakes will be ready shortly.going to be a nice saturday today.
stay safe
joe

[cherokee woman]

Good morning, all! Joe, what do you mean "diners most wanted"?[:O][%-)] Do I
need to "turn myself in"? If so, who do I report to?

Thank you Joe, for starting the coffee, making the juice, and starting the
pancakes for breakfast. To help you out, I've got the bacon and sausage on
frying.

We had a very, very great time yesterday with Brian, Carl, Pat, and Sarah. Just wish Brian
could have gone railfanning with us, but he had to get back to work. We all had
a great time yesterday.

It was very interesting to see a big, loooonnng train coming across the old Pennsy
Bridge. (lift) Also saw a train coming over the K&I Bridge, which had an SW unit
dead-in-tow. (This unit is a subject of another forum thread: the one with stripes.)

We even went for supper at the Hard Rock Cafe. Can you imagine all five of
us at the Hard Rock Cafe? Especially four of us middle aged people!! We were
seated right under the Elvis memoralbia.

[Anonymous]

Late Mornin' All

This is Wednesday for me and already I am sooo tired. [:(]

It sounds like the Mothly Crew is having a good time. [^]

I hope that today isn't too busy. I need a cup of motivation, joe just isn't helping so far. [B)] I was reading yesterday that an apple actually was better for "waking up" than coffee. [:0] I never thought of an apple for breakfast, grapefruit yes, apple no. [B)]

Well we had a night back down into the low 40s last night and the night before. The days are pleasant with some wind, but still nice. We are at 52 right now with 61 predicted as a high.

I hope they get those fires out. The one in Oklahoma (out--yes or no) has been destroying houses. They claim it was arson. There is nothing good I can say about whoever started it. There is no punishment fitting for the crime when multiple families loose everything they own. Accidents are one thing, arson is unthinkable. I have not heard if any deaths have occured because of the fire. I hope no animals were lost either. My Duchess may be stubborn and onary but she is still my "kid".

We just had an animal crualty case here in Arkansas. They found at least 5 or 6 dogs wayyyyy undernourished. They said it would take at least 6 months before some of them would be healthy enough to adopt. They showed several of them on the news. One was so happy that someone was actually giving it loving that it was wagging its tail to beat 60. People who would mistreat animals would also mistreat people. The crime should be the same in my book. If you can not care for an animal you should not have any.

OK, I guess I will step off the soapbox and find something to do before I go to work.

Everyone Take Care.

[Anonymous]

Good Afternoon!! I'm back but only briefly!!! Big News

My wife gave birth to a beautiful baby girl - Mar 1,2006 – Katie Sophia.
7lbs 2 ozs – 20 inches. She’s so small!!!
Everybody is now home and going great!

[CSXrules4eva]

Tom, congratulations!!!! [:D] And God Bless!!

Jim, yes the "Crew" had a very good time yesterday. There were very many highlights yesterday, I would say one of the best highlight for me was getting up close shots of the barge that crahsed into the supports of the K&IT Bridge over the Ohio. I also got to see a manifest go over my first ever lift span bridge, that used to belong to the PRR.

Oh and CW the Hard Rock Cafe was my idea. hehehehehe [:D]

[JoeKoh]

tom
congrats to you and yours.going to be a busy time.whos ready for pizza tonight?
stay safe
Joe

[locomutt]

QUOTE: Originally posted by talbanese

Good Afternoon!! I'm back but only briefly!!! Big News

My wife gave birth to a beautiful baby girl - Mar 1,2006 – Katie Sophia.
7lbs 2 ozs – 20 inches. She’s so small!!!
Everybody is now home and going great!

CONGRATULATIONS TOM !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bow] [bow]
I KNOW That You Are One Proud Papa !!!!!!!!!

Sarah,I believe we had already figured that one out;whom else
but a "younger person" would do that to four middle-aged persons !!![:D][(-D]


Jim;what exactly are you referring too,as "Mothly" [%-)] !!
The older ones of the "Crew" Ain't THAT Old !!!!!!![:0]

[locomutt]

QUOTE: Originally posted by JoeKoh

tom
congrats to you and yours.going to be a busy time.whos ready for pizza tonight?
stay safe
Joe

Joe, CW just said that the pizzas are ready. Said she's made all the regular
kinds that she does each Saturday.

Carl, you definitely have the pineapple and ....................! Hope you guys have
made it back safely today. Enjoyed having you.

[railfan619]

HI everyone and happy weekend how are we all doin today fine and dandy. Well I did work today but it was fun cause got to have some fun with the two way radio on all of the buses. But anywho winter is coning back to wisconsin tomorrow we are suppose to get like 4 inches of snow which. I really don't like cause I really want spring to come but then again I would really rather deal with rain then snow. Cause then I can go spalishing though puddles which is always a fun thing to do. Oh well that's really bout it from this end hope everyone has a good night and I will be talkin to you all later.

[JoeKoh]

I'll take some pizza tonight. matts a tuckered out little guy tonight. must have been all the fresh air today.
stay safe
Joe

[CShaveRR]

First things first...congratulations, Tom!

Next, thanks again, Mutt and Cher, for being such great guides. My apologies for all of that cold air we pushed down ahead of us.

I felt very much at home in Loovul, folks--the last couple of times we ventured from our hotel I didn't even bother with maps. When Pat starts being able to recognize things and figure out where we have to be, that's scary! MC, we didn't get up to Corydon to see the neat-sounding stuff. As Mutt said, we found a crack in the floodwall in New Albany that enabled us to get pretty close to the sideways barge against the K&IT bridge.

It was great to meet Walt (again), Paula, and Brian (LouisNash) on this trip. And to see my dear friend Sarah again. Jen, sorry you've been under the weather--all hugs were delivered per your request. We ate very well in the Land of the Depot Diner--probably too well! And Sarah, the Hard Rock Cafe was a great idea--Ellen says she's proud of us for going along with it. (As for the chips, I'd reciprocate, but I don't think Jay's makes salt and vinegar chips. Yours are pretty good!)

Coming home, we actually found a coal mine south of Danville, and stopped to check out a string of gons therein. At Danville itself, we saw two groups of brand-new aluminum gons at Freight Car America. The NS's ex-Wabash main line was extremely busy as well: two westbounds went by one right after the other (merger rumor: both had UP power in their consists), and we saw an eastbound Roadrailer train a few minutes later. A southbound CP train was waiting on CSX's tracks for the whole parade to clear.
I was also amazed to see a TP&W train, near Crescent City.

Time to get to the freight-car research, before I crash completely.

[tree68]

Goodness - skip out for the day and look at what I missed!

Tom - Congrats, especially to mom! Hope you have plenty of extra sleep saved up!

Apparently local law enforcement didn't have a problem with a big herd of railfans out in the Ohio valley watching trains - nothing on CNN today about it! That is a pretty motley looking crew! At least you saw trains - I heard the crews and DS talking, but don't think I'd have caught the ones I heard during the day, and didn't feel like waiting for the northbound to finish his drops at the local year.

Two weeks till the barbeque...

[locomutt]

QUOTE: Originally posted by CShaveRR


I felt very much at home in Loovul, folks--the last couple of times we ventured from our hotel I didn't even bother with maps. When Pat starts being able to recognize things and figure out where we have to be, that's scary! MC, we didn't get up to Corydon to see the neat-sounding stuff. As Mutt said, we found a crack in the floodwall in New Albany that enabled us to get pretty close to the sideways barge against the K&IT bridge.

Well Carl,even though you all were here for a reasonably short time,I think you could have passed for a native Louisvillian,especially in the driving department.
(Sarah says "chirping tires", indeed !!!![:D]) I think you fit in with the rest of the ones that live here,and have to do things like you did,to survive !![:O]

We would like to thank you two for being here,and hauling us around to the various places. WE really did get lucky,and see several interesting things while we were out. A GREAT time was had by all !! 'tho,I think I must be slipping in my "older age",I actually enjoyed doing the "Hard Rock Cafe" !!![:O][:D][8D]

[JoeKoh]

good morning
juice and coffee are ready to go.larry 2 weeks until a bbq? im putting on my tablecloth bib now!
stay safe
Joe

[BMRR]

Morning all...... thought I would stop in and have some coffee. Getting ready to go outside and do some yard work. It's suppose to warm up some today. ( I hope ).

Take care.

Stan.

[locomutt]

Thanks for getting things started Joe;I think CW will be in later.
For some strange reason,this entire household seemed to play
"Sleepless in Louisville" last night/morning.[|)][*^_^*][zzz]
(including house guest)

I will help put some of the "brunch" items out in/on the warming tables.[|)]

[cherokee woman]

Joe thank you for getting the coffee and juice ready.

Mutt, thank you for putting out the breakfast of pancakes, sausage, and
scrambled eggs. I just made some biscuits and sausage gravy and am
putting that out on the warmer bar now.

TOM: Congratulations to you and wife on your baby girl!! Might be a
good idea for the two of you to "nap" whenever she's sleeping. That will
be one way to not become zombies.

[Anonymous]

Went Railfanning Friday and Saturday didn't see a lot expect a Amtrak Surfliner F59PHI , WC SD45 and a KCS AC4400CW.

[jeaton]

Congratulations to Tom and Family.

Does Mookie have a bad cold? If so the virus must have traveled through the Internet to get to me. I guess I need to upgrade my security package.

Nice photo of the traveling DD&CS crew. Maybe the folks at the Hard Rock Cafe would give us a license to set up one of our dining rooms just like theirs.

Back to the recovery room for more sleep.

[cherokee woman]

Supper tonight will have a Mexican flavor to it: tacos, enchiladas, etc. Figure there
might be some who are interested in watching who gets oscars tonight. With
this menu, you can fix what you want, and not worry about a big meal to take you
away from watching all the pretty actresses and good looking actors get their
awards.

[JoeKoh]

well we are watching the busch road race in mexico so matt and I will take some tacos porpavor.
stay safe
Joe

[locomutt]

QUOTE: Originally posted by JoeKoh

well we are watching the busch road race in mexico so matt and I will take some tacos porpavor.
stay safe
Joe

Not a problem at all,and You're Welcome !! [:D]

[CShaveRR]

No time for Oscar tonight. Have a backlog of freight-car research now.

Sarah, could I entice you up this way by saying that we have a couple of inches of snow on the ground now? It's been falling all day. Better hurry, though--it'll be gone by midweek.

[Anonymous]

Tom,
Congrads on the new Baby. No Oscars for me I can't sit thru the whole thing.

[CSXrules4eva]

Carl, I personally would love to come over to Chicago....especially to see some hard core rail action but, in terms of snow..... Humm yes I am a bit jealous but, Illinois doesn't have any good snowboarding runs, it's all flat land out there. hehehehehehehehehe

[tree68]

QUOTE: Originally posted by CSXrules4eva

Carl, I personally would love to come over to Chicago....especially to see some hard core rail action but, in terms of snow..... Humm yes I am a bit jealous but, Illinois doesn't have any good snowboarding runs, it's all flat land out there. hehehehehehehehehe

Not entirely - While it's no comparison to the Alleghanies, or even the hills of SE Michigan (I was so glad to get home while in the AF and actually see some!), I recall a long grade headed southbound into Rantoul, and there's a town between Rantoul and Kankakee where the rails are actually about 20 feet below ground level...

But you're right about the snowboarding thing, although if you could find somebody with a ski rope and an ATV, you could probably have some fun!