Welcome to Jeffrey's Trackside Diner for January 2020: New York, N.Y.

Hi Everyone,

Garry: Does it seem to you that in recent years there have been more violent storms and tornados in recent years than in the past. It sure seems that way to me. I just don’t remember all of this winter damage in the South when I was young.

If anyone still wants to do song trivia, here’s a lyric:

And around the lake,

Mountains come out of the sky,

And they stand there…

Twenty four before my love and I’ll be there

Enjoy!

Got top of the page. Gastronomic enhancement is on me.

Henry, In November of 1966 I was in first year at Uni and I heard Simon & Garfunkel do that song live in the gym. We all sat on the floor. They were truly amazing with Paul Simon providing the only accopianiment.

Dave, Sorry to hear about your problems at the club. I just operate alone and never joined the local club. The Diner is my club.

CN Charlie

Yes

Here’s one

I have no means to show identification

I have no paper to tell you what I am

You’ll have to take me just the way that you find me.

There’s commies coming and I do not give a damn

This is a tough one, good luck.

Ahhh a drink of water. I’m going back to the rack for a while.

TF

Welcome to the New York City Subway:

Do you feel — Lucky?

I hope everyone is doing well this Sunday.

Today it was 70°F and as I write this it is 27°F maybe six hours later.

The real United Aircraft Turbotrains are now but a memory. Even the Rapido models are considered “Vintage”:

Turbo_PC52-Amtrak50 by Edmund, on Flickr

I rode one of these from Pennsylvania Station, NYC, to New London, Connecticut back in 1971. Vintage? I remember we had the friendliest, funniest conductor I’d ever encountered on the Penn Central back then! I remember, too, when the Turbotrain toured the country and came to Cleveland. Back in the day, Oh my! These were going to be the future of passenger service.

Penn-Central_Turbo by Edmund, on Flickr

Weather or No, Go New Haven!

Cheers, Ed

Good morning, everyone. It’s 17° and clear. It’s a nice morning to walk the dog. We didn’t get much snow.

Ed, thanks for the subway video. The subways look much nicer and cleaner than when I rode them in the 70s. New York has done a great job cleaning and running the system.

I don’t know how some of you remember song lyrics. I don’t remember my own name half the time. I’m impressed.

Time for church now, then a whole day with nothing scheduled – my kind of day. Have a good Sunday, everyone.

A few years back I was taking a phone interview for a long-term medical policy. They asked me what day of the week it was. I had to laugh, tell them that I was retired and didn’t really know or care.

Now, it’s important. I have to know what the dinner specials and happy hours are every day.

You and I have some things in common!

Extra strong Italain Roast coffee in a UNION PACIFIC mug, please and thank you.

Hope everyont is doing well.

Still working sporadically on the build to the back of the house in order to open up the train room. This year FOR SURE the old railroad will be resurrected.

Cheers! [C):-)] Rob

Kind of ironic you answered the music trivia twice in one paragraph without even knowing you did.

The song is I Don’t Remember by Peter Gabriel, I guess it’s your turn[(-D]

TF

Unless it’s something by The Doors, I’m out of this game! I was a hippie, but did not learn (or pay attention to) very many lyrics.

Got any pictures of the progress?

John, I do, but don’t remember how to post pics on here. [*-)]

This should take you back to your hippie days[(-D]

Oh come on come on touch me babe

Can’t you see that I am not afraid

What was that promise that you made

Oh please tell me what she said

What was that promise that you made

Oh I’m going to love you till the heavens stop the rain

Or I’m going to love you till the stars fall out of the sky for you and I

There you go, as a frequent flyer in the Diner I can facilitate your request of familiar music trivia[(-D]

Do you know that one[swg]

TF

Good afternoon from the cooling West Coast, it is 6c and should be -6c this time tomorrow. The weather guessers are saying we will have the coldest week in 30 years.

I am one of those guys that like to watch the trains run. When I get home too exhausted to do anything else, give me a glass of wine and turn on a train.

The Canucks are on in an hour, playing Minnesota today. Two games in two days really test a teams metal. They got creamed by the Panthers and Lightning in Florida but the flu was going through the team supposedly and by the reaction of management to the wipeouts this is probably the case. They dispatched Buffalo yesterday so we will see.

I keep going back to my Royal Hudson that I have made inoperable, it is a little frustrating as fixing it should not be rocket science yet I don’t know where to start. I am not ready to wave the white flag and send it to Rapido yet. I have been scouring the internet/YouTube but can not even find a start to repairing my blunder.

We had a 5 night trip to Vegas given to us but it is hard to squeeze it into our schedule. Both the wife and I have been retired for years yet the calendar has a lot on it.

Well, I think I’ll run my good Hudson for a bit before the game.

All the best to all.

My name is John too so l’ll answer your question. You go to that little sun above the mountain picture and push it.

Then you go to your posting host site and come back and hold and post.

Hope that helped

Very user-friendly on Imgur

TF

Brent, I would bet when you’re too exhausted when you get home to just run your train and drink some wine (red) you put on some good music too… before you play your guitars later… and before you have a shot of Glenfiddich[(-D] [:-^]

If you don’t mind me asking? … In the midst of all this, where do the Rum and Cokes come in[:-^]

TF

Soft Parade album. Touch Me, Babe.

Not one of my favorites, but still … the Doors.

My favorite album? LA Woman. Favorite song? Probably “The End”.

Oh, … You’re one of those guys, … nothing wrong with that. You will fit in just fine here[swg]

And I get you Sweetheart[Y]

TF

York 1: Uuuhh, The End is on the first album. Oh well, Riders on the Storm, a great song, is on LA Woman. But then I imagine you knew that.

But for you…

Music is your special friend,

Dance on fire as it intends,

Music is your only friend,

Until the end, Until the end…

Enjoy!

Aren’t pictures fun

A bridge is what always does it for me

There is nothing in the world more relaxing than a good Bridge

TF

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That is a great bridge picture. Beautiful.

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-Kevin

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