Eastern Railroad Discussion > Cinco de Mayo, Deshler style

I'm hoping the trains will be running good that day and the 2 days before and after. Looks like a good number of TO members will be in town, so I took a few days off of work. THERE WILL BE DERF ON SATURDAY! Now the big question is how much chicken do I need. TO members chime in if you'll be here!

Links to help you understand Derf:

http://www.trainorders.com/images2/view.php?102537

http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/attachments/fullsize/102000/41211.jpg

Been 6 years since a Cinco De Mayo in Deshler:

http://members.aol.com/deshlerrailfan/report567.html

Even Scooby was in town!

BTW I did a quick train count from 0001 on Thursday to 2359 on Saturday for the last weekend. There were 216 trains in the 3 day period. Doing the math that is exactly 3 trains per hour all 3 days. Hope the traffic keeps up! Keep in mind a train in this count is anything that shunts the track and gets a signal better than stop. Any train talked by a Stop or on track equipment that doesn't get a signal is not counted. Just the way the program works...

Bring your WiFi laptop too!

GF aka DRF & TGF

Which weekend GrampaFrosty ?

M-636 Wrote:
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> Which weekend GrampaFrosty ?
I get off work Wed May 3 at 0700 and have to be back at 2230 on Sun May 7.

PS working on the camper today...

Sounds good ..... let me know what kind of contribution I can make to the festivities !!

I'll be there...

Shoot...I'll be in Denver.

:(

Hey GrampaFrosty Paul C will be down that weekend.

Just please don't call Cinco de Mayo Mexican Independence day.

Cinco de Mayo= Jose Cuervo Holiday

Anyone know where I can find some towels to help pick up the Drool already. Corona in 1 hand, Chicken in the other and the camera sitting next to me, for just incase a train comes... What would else would be a perfect day in Heaven... mmmmmmmmmmm Chicken... mmmmmmmmmmmm Beer...

Ian
Windsor, Ontario
http://www.trainweb.org/swontariotrain/index.html
http://www.trainweb.org/wmrc/index.html

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Hmmm this would make a nice video shot with the grill going as a CSX freight passes, and some fans chowing down on grilled chicken. All we need to do is add the aroma of the grill and chicken to the DVD!!!
Might see you there that week. Luckily they have a Subway in town...I live on Subway when I travel.
Greg Scholl
http://www.gregschollvideo.com

GF... WTF is a DERF?

Gateway97 Wrote:
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> GF... WTF is a DERF?


http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/attachments/fullsize/102000/38315.jpg

It's whats on the grill! I have much bigger grills now so I can serve more railfans and RRers too. Usually I bring 50 pounds to BBQ.

doubleheader Wrote:
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> Hmmm this would make a nice video shot with the
> grill going as a CSX freight passes, and some fans
> chowing down on grilled chicken. All we need to
> do is add the aroma of the grill and chicken to
> the DVD!!!
> Might see you there that week. Luckily they have
> a Subway in town...I live on Subway when I
> travel.
> Greg Scholl
> http://www.gregschollvideo.com

For one day, should you stop by, you'll live on Derf. We have actually in the past served goodies from the grill to as many as 20 train crews. They had multiple "Stop and Flag" crossings in town.

The guy with the plate in this pic, http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/attachments/fullsize/102000/41211.jpg is a crew member from a dead train. The van driver got lost and we helped him find the train. They got stuck by blocked crossings and wheeled in for a quick bite while waiting for other trains to move.


Once in a while you get a thank you over the radio too: http://members.aol.com/Deshlerrailfan/Thanks.wav

Go south alittle ways to Putnam County. Lots of people there gonna be celebrating Cinco de Mayo.

Tony

Then again - there's a lot of people in Putnam County that don't need a reason/excuse to celebrate....

Ster2Block Wrote:
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> Go south alittle ways to Putnam County. Lots of
> people there gonna be celebrating Cinco de Mayo.
>
> Tony

The legal drinking age is still in the teens in that county.