Morning. We received about 1 1\2 of frozen snow overnight. Not much I can do with it till it warms up. Back to painting detail parts I guess
Rain and fog in MI. Warmer is forecast with 2-3 waves of storms, a couple severe in the forecast for today, temps in the 50s could hit 60, time will tell.
Layout work in the plan for today.
Be well all, thanks for opening, Raymo, at least you got the date right. Don't like the sound of the additional snow. Haven't you had enough? ;)
KSinMI
Raymo, any back-story on that picture? Looks like the diner didn't want to sell, and made them build over top.
We got about 2" here, snow and sleet.
dave
Quote from: deemery on March 06, 2026, 09:40:32 AMRaymo, any back-story on that picture? Looks like the diner didn't want to sell, and made them build over top.
We got about 2" here, snow and sleet.
dave
Dave, it was in one of the big cities in the Merrimack Valley, definitely not Haverhill, although there was a similar setup in downtown Haverhill where they stuffed a Worcester dining car in an alley and built over it.
Morning all,
Might make it to 70 degrees here today. Woke up to thunder at 0300. Maybe storms later as well.
Lazy day as I worked yesterday and have the weekend as well. At least it's my last weekend shift.
Jeff
Mornin' All!
My recovery continues, albeit slowly, but there is notable progress, which is Good. And there are indications that I may have found my lawn!! I must have left it outside last fall.... 41 here in the northern mitten, headed for 50, with wet gifts from above arriving in a couple of hours. These may or may not include thunder, so it should be an interesting afternoon.
Make it a great day, All, and stay safe!
Pete
in Michigan
Quote from: Raymo on March 06, 2026, 09:50:53 AMQuote from: deemery on March 06, 2026, 09:40:32 AMRaymo, any back-story on that picture? Looks like the diner didn't want to sell, and made them build over top.
Dave, it was in one of the big cities in the Merrimack Valley, definitely not Haverhill, although there was a similar setup in downtown Haverhill where they stuffed a Worcester dining car in an alley and built over it.
Digital Commonwealth originally thought that diner was near North Station in Boston, but that's all flat. Maybe the North End or the West End, both had hills. Then someone told them it was Haverhill, which they say staff verified. The diner has a National Recovery Administration decal in the window, which I'd expect to be gone by 1940, given the NRA was shut down by the Supreme Court in 1935. But 1935 in a city smaller than Boston is more consistent with the B&M Taxi phone # being just 813 without an exchange.
That was fun, thanks. Thinking about where I could build that on my layout.
Good morning, Dan, Karl, Dave, Jeff and Pete. The mouth of the Merrimack (NH) got 2-3" depending on what surface the snow landed on. I cleared the cellar driveway, my wife and I did the top of the long one and the car parked there. I'm trusting the 50s & 60s forecast next week to do the rest of it. Kid spent the night at his school on last night's forecast of snow continuing through the morning.
Undecided about afternoon activity, depends how tired I feel after lunch.
Not the greatest photo, but this shows one of the diners in Haverhill buried in an alley way. Photo taken during the 1936 flood
Quote from: Raymo on March 06, 2026, 01:03:32 PMNot the greatest photo, but this shows one of the diners in Haverhill buried in an alley way. Photo taken during the 1936 flood
Is that 196 Merrimack St.? Other possibility is 196 Washington St., next to the now-condos Bixby Box Toe factory.
Quote from: jbvb on March 06, 2026, 01:30:38 PMQuote from: Raymo on March 06, 2026, 01:03:32 PMNot the greatest photo, but this shows one of the diners in Haverhill buried in an alley way. Photo taken during the 1936 flood
Is that 196 Merrimack St.? Other possibility is 196 Washington St., next to the now-condos Bixby Box Toe factory.
James, the one in the photo was approximately in the 60 thru 70 block of Merrimack St. I remember they made a big deal about finding the frame of it back in the 1970's. The other one was across Main St on Water St where central plaza is now.