Depot Diner & Coffee Shop

[Limitedclear]

Thanks all for the kind wishes for today!

Mookie, your present to me, promises to be the best:  especially if it's that same little
"critter" that's been terrorizing our attic and railroad room!!
(Although, I haven't seen or heard said critter, for a day or two, hoping I've scared
it off!)

LC

[jeaton]

Walt

Same from here and many more.

Jay

[locomutt]

EVERYBODY!!!! Thanks So Much for All the Great Birthday Wishes!!! It's been a really great day!

Wish the weather could have been better,it was 'warm',but overcast and semi-breezy......................

Train Watching Could Not Have Been Better!!!  The NS in particular is really jumping because of

the "Inspection Train" due through here tomorrow. For this area,it's due to leave Danville,Ky. around

9:00 a.m. and go through here between 11:00a.m. & 1:00p.m.tomorrow on it's way to Kansas City.

(didn't say KS,or MO.)

 

Larry,got the possible fire hazard taken care of;first in Engine Co. (Squirt 17) parked right in front of

the house.

 

Will try to get pictures uploaded sometime tomorrow, and post a few here or start a

new thread.

[Willy2]

Ok, I just have to post this. One of our local meteorlogists issued his winter forecast for Omaha this evening. Let me compare his forecast to the other one from our other local meteorologist that I posted a few days ago. These guys are a total riot!

1st forecaster: December: 1.5 inches, January: 3 inches, February: 7 inches, March: 11 inches, Entire winter: 3 inches below normal.

2nd forecaster: December: Much above normal, January: Normal, February: Normal, March: Much above normal, Entire winter: 6 inches above normal.

I think this proves that our meteorologists have no idea what the weather is going to do. I'm thinking that the first one is going to be right with his slightly below normal forecast. 6 inches above normal for the winter seems rather absurd considering that this is an El Nino winter, but I'll re-evaluate that at the end of December.

Just thought I'd post this for the laughs.

[blhanel]

I'll put my money on you, Willy.

Mookie-
Here's the shot of our long-time family feline, Pepper, who passed away many years ago.  Forgive the discoloration, the slide is from somewhere around 1978.

[locomutt]

I thought I'd go ahead a post a couple of today's pictures anyway.

I had caught this engine earlier,out in the east end of the county with a short train of auto racks waiting

in a passing siding. Now,about 6:30 pm,he's making a "light" move to the 'house at Youngstown yard,

after dropping off that cut.(When I first saw him,he was cab first,now he's running long hood first;looks

like got got turned somewhere in the process.)

 

 

 

[Mookie]

Brian:  Very close to our Mookie.  Your's looks to have better hair - Mook was short on back and body and that length underneath.  I always said she was a hybrid. 

Walt - I'll take that cute one with the striped nose. 

Willy - go with Jim Flowers - he is usually right more often than anyone else!

 

[JoeKoh]

Earl Finckle was the man of weather.heard him all the time on wowo radio in the mornings.they still give the temprature off the fire escape too. today is going to be a good day then more rain moves in.more juice and coffee are on the way.

stay safe

Joe

[tree68]

Way back when, one of the Detroit stations had a weatherman named Sonny Elliot.  He had one bit of business that may not have been uniquely his, but made him unique.   This was in the days before fancy electronic graphics, so his weather map was drawn on a large chalk board shaped like the state of Michigan.

After he finished pointing out highs, lows, and fronts, he would take two words that applied to the days's weather, say it would be frosty in the morning with light rain in the afternoon, and combine them - in this case, it might be "frizzly" - and would write that across the map.

The Keweenaw Peninsula (the "thumb" of the northern peninsula of MI) was held on by a magnet, sticking out of the top of the board.  If Houghton had the low for the day for the state (which it often did), he would take  the "peninsula" off the board and point to it....

 

[cherokee woman]

Good Thursday morning, everyone!  Sorry to be so late this
morning, but right at midnight, we had a house fire just
down the street from our house.  Things were a bit smoky
around here for awhile.  Only one person in the house, and
he made it out safely. 

Joe, thanks for getting the coffee on, and making the juice.

Breakfast is on the warmer bar:  turkey bacon, sausage,
biscuits and sausage gravy, scrambled eggs, pancakes, waffles,
and syrup and fried taters.

Message From:
The Cook

[SactoGuy188]

Good Thursday morning, everyone!  Sorry to be so late this
morning, but right at midnight, we had a house fire just
down the street from our house.  Things were a bit smoky
around here for awhile.  Only one person in the house, and
he made it out safely. 

Joe, thanks for getting the coffee on, and making the juice.

Breakfast is on the warmer bar:  turkey bacon, sausage,
biscuits and sausage gravy, scrambled eggs, pancakes, waffles,
and syrup and fried taters.

(Grabs sausage, scrambled eggs and frid taters on a plate )

By the way, about three weeks I had a pretty scary situation where a car chase ended up across the street from my house! There were police cars everywhere and even a helicopter flying overhead blaring audio for the "perps" to surrender. Fortunately, they did surrender pretty quickly.

[Mookie]

Earl Finckle was the man of weather.heard him all the time on wowo radio in the mornings.they still give the temprature off the fire escape too. today is going to be a good day then more rain moves in.more juice and coffee are on the way.

stay safe

Joe

wowo?

[cherokee woman]

Well, for your lunch menu today, there will be:

1.  tuna salad sandwiches
2.  ham & turkey w/cheese sandwiches
3.  sliced roast beef sandwiches

All three sandwiches will be served w/lettuce and
sliced tomatoes, and you can have your choice of
tater chips or fries.

Desserts:  going light today with choice of:

1.  Grape Jell-O
2.  Mixed Fruit Jell-O
3.  Strawberry Jell-O

With leftover birthday cake.

Mutt and I just got back from seeing NS' Special Train
go by.  Hopefully, pictures will be following soon.

Message From:
The Cook

[Willy2]

Willy - go with Jim Flowers - he is usually right more often than anyone else!

Jim Flowers was the one who forecasted the above average snowfall, which is what I would like, but I'm not sure that I buy that solution. Also, I think Jim Flowers is a little bit full of himself. I think we'll just have to wait and see what happens.

[locomutt]

Well,are a few pictures of the NS "Special".  It rolled through here about 12:00p.m.today,being led

by a (looks like) freshly washed GP 38-2, and two more units, coach, full length dome car, and

the" inspection car".  It seemed to be moving at about 30 mph.  CW & I got plenty of waves

from the gents on board. 

 

 

 

 

 

The first two pictures are a little bit light,  I was having to shoot into the sun

(eastbound)

[CANADIANPACIFIC2816]

NICE pictures, Mutt. Were you shooting with a digital format camera??

Ray                                                                                         CANADIANPACIFIC2816

[cherokee woman]

Well, since it looks like we've not been very busy this
afternoon, the sandwiches on the lunch menu are still in
the cooler, and you can have your pick of what you want.

Also, in the Crock Pot on the counter, you will find some
Pork Chop Abracadbra, that is nice and hot. 

Message From:
The Cook

[Modelcar]

....Wouldn't you love to ride the rails on one of the several seats facing out the observation window of the inspection car...!

[Modelcar]

....As Jen mentions the Ft. Wayne clear channel station WOWO and the world famous fire escape....I'm trying to think of the elderly announcer who use to be on that station...I just recently have turned to that station occasionally but generally haven't tuned to it much in the last 20 years...I suppose because it's AM.

Know one thing, it can be heard from great distances at night.  Heard it in Florida years ago.

One more thing on radio....Jen, years ago, as a youngster...I had a station from Kearny, NE on a crystal set...That is a small device with no battery, and just a coil of wire and a few things connected to it.....That was from Pennsylvania. And it was the only station I ever heard on it.

 

[louisnash]

Great Pictures there, LM!!

Not  often you get to see one of those "Specials" go through..

Brian (KY)

[switch7frg]

Joe;  I also told the government  my feelings . Some of the drivers I've seen  have been very lucky to make it as far as where they are . The snow  around Denver gives you a chance to use your common sense.   Point>>> I was cruisi'n  along at 50 mph  in an inch or so snow ( empty flat bed)  , here comes Big Rigger Man  Cussin' at me ( goin' to slowfor him) >> if ya' can't go faster  , park it .  Well bout 5 mi. down the road he hit the bar ditch.  I rembered what he said , so I shot back at him , I guess you got scared and parked it .  Made my day.   This old hide got 50 yrs. driving back of me.  No chargable accidents . Every day gets more interesting for me and my bride truckin' on down the road. Yall' take care now. Respectfully , Cannonball

[Mookie]

....As Jen mentions the Ft. Wayne clear channel station WOWO and the world famous fire escape....I'm trying to think of the elderly announcer who use to be on that station...I just recently have turned to that station occasionally but generally haven't tuned to it much in the last 20 years...I suppose because it's AM.

Know one thing, it can be heard from great distances at night.  Heard it in Florida years ago.

One more thing on radio....Jen, years ago, as a youngster...I had a station from Kearny, NE on a crystal set...That is a small device with no battery, and just a coil of wire and a few things connected to it.....That was from Pennsylvania. And it was the only station I ever heard on it.

 

Q - I used to listen to KOMA in OK City - at nite it came in a lot clearer than the Nebraska stations.  Texas was what usually came in the best in the late nite for us, followed by Chicago and even one from New Mexico.  I had forgotten about those great memories - probably because by 7:30 or 8 pm I am in the land of nod and not listening to the radio!

Jen

[CANADIANPACIFIC2816]

Good morning everyone! The coffee is ready and I've mixed up a fresh batch of orange juice and I've got the hot chocolate out. Breakfast this morning will consist of oatmeal, scramble eggs, bacon, sausage, blueberry pancakes and banana nut muffins, and cinnamon coffee cake.

I woke up about a half an hour ago and we have just a trace of snow on the ground here in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The temperature here is at 32 degrees and our maximum high today will be around 44. I will be off to a job interview with Sam's Club at noon.

Ray                                                                                       CANADIANPACIFIC2816

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[cherokee woman]

Good Friday morning everyone.  Nice and comfortable here this
morning, the temps are in the low to mid 50s right now.  Made
for very pleasant sleeping. 

Ray, thanks for getting breakfast ready for me.  Good luck on
your interview at Sam's Club. 

Think I'll take a bowl of oatmeal, a slice of toast, and a
couple slices of bacon. 

Mookie, do you manage to pull in a radio station from Louisville?  One of our local radio stations, 84 WHAS usually
has people from quite a few northern and midwestern states
calling in to their talk shows. 

Wondering this morning, how our friend Dan Harmon is:  haven't
seen him around any of the forums for awhile.  Guess that means
he's back out at sea.  And speaking of MIA friends here, has
anyone heard from Mark, Tina, Josie, and Kevin?!?!

[JoeKoh]

modelcar

Bob sievers was the gentlemans name.i grew up listening to the station because thats when the still played music back in the 70s.I can also recall how sometimes hed give the weather reports for ships at sea as far as hurricanes too.I guess thats why I'm an early bird sometimes.that 5 am rooster in "the little red barn" was neat too.I dont listen to wowo anymore because its all talk radio now.

going to go chat with matts teacher then we are going to be off to find some trains.tommorow our weather goes downhill.have a great friday.

stay safe

Joe

[doghouse]

Coffee, and lots of it.  And real cream, none of that powered stuff.

Thanks in advance.

[tree68]

Q - I used to listen to KOMA in OK City - at nite it came in a lot clearer than the Nebraska stations.  Texas was what usually came in the best in the late nite for us, followed by Chicago and even one from New Mexico.  I had forgotten about those great memories - probably because by 7:30 or 8 pm I am in the land of nod and not listening to the radio!

Jen

KOMA - Used to listen to that when I was in OKC!  Their DJs were always doing live shows (dances, IIRC) in Colorado, where they apparently had a big listener base.  The OKC TV stations had the tallest transmitter towers I've seen.

re: Skip - My father told us that one year, while riding patrol (he was a reserve police officer) on New Years Eve, he listened to the new year come in in each time zone...

 

[Modelcar]

.....Joe:  You are so right....Bob Sievers....That is the name I was trying to relate to and "The Little Red Barn", yes had forgot about that.  Thanks for the answer.

I agree with your comment of now it being all "talk radio"....I don't understand why a station would go to a total format of such....They alienate roughly half of the audience out there.

Anyway, the comments here on radio does bring back some memories of evening and late night radio...Especially the "clear channel" 50,000 watt stations.  When I was coming across the Pacific Ocean on a troop ship many years ago the first contact with the good ole USA was a 50,000 watt {can't think of the call letters right now}, from Des Moines, Ia...It made a lasting impression on me...just such a small happening....but that was over 50 years ago and it still sticks in my mind.

My home was not too far from the first commerical radio station on the air in the USA...KDKA, Pittsburgh, another "clear channel" station that could be heard from great distances at night.  And one of their announcers from way back in time...Ed Shauncey...{sp ?}, comes to mind.  Just my

[CopCarSS]

Morning All,

Well, got my new toy yesterday. The UPS man delivered my new Pentax K100D kit, plus the DA 21mm f3.2 (a lens that I believe I'm head over heels in love with after only one day). Decided to try it out last night down by Union Station. Alas! the "Union Station" sign is not being turned on at night currently due to roof work, or something to that effect. Oh well, guess the picture came out OK anyhow:

I'll be taking the Pentax stuff on my next trip to IL, and I'll post some thoughts on it when I get back (at which time I'll be selling off the Canon stuff if I like the Pentax stuff enough).

Meanwhile, speaking of IL, has anyone seen Carl lately? Haven't seen him in the diner for awhile.

Well, must be on my way. Hope you all have a great day!

[Modelcar]

.........Oh, how I love that shot....Two of my favorite items.  Photos taken at dusk and the subject being a railroad passenger station...Not many of them left that project the image of back when, etc.........

Just 5 oclock in the evening and no wind...Flag hanging limp.