What is your favorite food to
indulge in while watching trains?[dinner][dinner][dinner][dinner]
Wherever you can take a quick break on the side of the road while chasing! Culvers’, KFC, Taco Bell
Corn, Apple Citer, Rice, Bread (espeacilly cinnomon), honey wheat pretzels, cookies, kit-kats, sheperd’s pie, shrimp…this is all I can think of for right now. If I had the choice I would be eating a good meal and watching trains at the same time. I guess I would have to rush and throw the utensals down, to get a train on film when it comes by. That would be an interesting din din. [:D]
Anything that isn’t natural. The more preservatives there are the better it is.
Years ago when there were real trains to watch such as the Twighlight on the NYC or a trip to North Judson when there were four railroads to watch with passenger trains thrown in our group developed a special sandwich.
A sack of these were prepared by an Italian delicatessan on 95th Street in Evergreen Park, on the southwest side of Chicago. It was cold roast beef, pickles, lettuce, tomatoes, and onion on white bread with mayonaise and mustard. Along with a huge bag of chips, and a case of Mountain Dew we were set for the whole day.
On days that the sandwiches were not available we used White Castle exclusively.
Mitch
any thing that would be really good to watching trains with
Hot Dogs, French fries, pizza, candy, chesse bugers, popcorn and well anyhting else that I could take along with me in a cooler or in my car,[dinner][dinner][C=:-)][C=:-)]
Hmm, some home fried chicken, homemade biscuits, and potato salad.
That sounds like a good meal to have while out railfanning. And if it happens
to be early morning (like around 6:30, 7:00, sausage biscuits from Mickey D’s!!
Well, food! Anything from a picnic lunch trackside to a cany bar on a cold day!
Matthew
Long John Silvers, love those chicken planks. 2 or 3 of those and a Coke. When a hot meal isn’t possible, bag of Peanut M&M’s and a Coke. Might as well be wired on chocolate and caffeine, what the heck.
Keith
well pizza is good especially when you just have to say at the railroad park for delivery.the are on my speed dial between csx and ns.
stay safe
Joe
How 'bout a nice cheeseburger or some tri-tip or ribs at the Apple Shed in Tehachapi…get a table next to one of the windows in the dining room and watch the BNSF or UP freights tool by.
Then, when you are filled up, find the Woodford-Tehachapi road and head back down to the loop for even more watching. Make sure to buy some local Fuji apples in the fall to take along to munch on.
When my father-in-law used to go to Brooklyn Dodger games with his friends, he would
bring a whole roasted chicken and a bottle of rum into the bleachers, but I can’t see
being able to successfully chase trains on that food group…
In my hometown of Burlington, WI, they opened a Charcoal Grill and Rotisserie a few years ago right next to the railroad tracks. They made a mistake when they put the kitchen closest to the tracks, but there are still good seats with a view.
It’s usually on my places to eat at list every time I go home.
Randy
Just about anything that will keep the energy level up and not produce too very much in the way of biproducts that will cause nature to call at the most inopportune of times [xx(]
Don’t know why, but at Rochelle I’ve become addicted to Dr Pepper. Hadn’t drunk it since I was a little kid in Texas but now it has replaced “Classic” Coke as my decadent caffeine-laden soft drink of choice.
When i watch in Palmer Lake, CO. Theres this little sandwich and ice cream shop, and me and my dad eat ICE CREAM!! YUM!!
I take a 24 pack cube of Mountain Dew, and have one whenever a train goes past. Luckily Rochelle has good bathrooms!
Good Lord, I wouldn’t be able to hold the camera still after about the sixth train…
My favorite train watching spot is the Fullerton, CA Amtrak station. The station houses the Santa Fe Cafe, which has a nice patio on the track side of the building. The Santa Fe Express Burger is my usual choice, but they serve a lot of other light meals, including some prepackaged to take on the train. If you want more variety, across the parking lot are two Italian restaurants, a sushi joint, another burger joint, a steak house, and the Rail Restaurant
When trainwatching in San Diego, near the Convention Center, the Tin Fish, right next to the tracks, can provide me with all the deep fried greasy delectables I need as I watch slow BNSF trains and the San Diego Trolley clog up downtown traffic.