Recent content by fizzball

Hey, so Rail Baron is getting a reprint! Rio Grande is putting it out under its original title, Boxcars. I didn't get to play it at GenCon, but the board looks lovely-- AND it's double-sided, with a Britain map & companies included.

Union Depot's facebook page has been well-tended. It seems CP isn't in a huge hurry to build the connecting track.

I don't recall getting my card particularly late, but I, too, had trouble getting approved initially. I got denied for not having enough active credit (despite having very good credit). I had to call them and explain the error of their ways -- plus gave them the business for treating an existing...

Pretty sure this was addressed even if you didn't ask, but I can see where it might have been lost in the shuffle. Yes, you can temporarily check carryons at CUS's Met Lounge. It's one of the few, if not the only, Met Lounge with this service.

My criterion is: Purchase and/or consume something in the state, and it counts.

The Berghoff isn't entirely gone. www.theberghoff.com

The big VA hospital in/near Tomah makes it a great HSR candidate. Perhaps some differing government departments could work together to make that happen. What?? Stranger things have happened.

A friend's husband and toddler were on the rear-ending train, about three cars back. They "bounced around" but walked away unscathed. The kiddo, nearly 3, came home and began reenacting the incident while "ignoring momma, who keeps coming over every few seconds and hugging him tightly." She...

Historic/Nostalgic food: The Berghoff. German food. Received Chicago's first liquor license after Prohibition. The Billy Goat Tavern. Underneath Michigan Av. Frequented by crusty journos such as Mike Royko back in the day, it's the original "cheeseburger! cheeseburger!" place that inspired the...

1. Yep, CTA is bus and "El", but not Metra. 2. X28 is a weekday, rush hour bus (and ironically, hopstop.com is giving me a longer travel time on this "express" bus than on the #10 local).

IMO I'd rank them: (tie) Burt's Place and Pequod Pizza. Two tiny, cozy pizza places within blocks of each other in the suburb of Morton Grove. Both are very near the Morton Grove Metra stop on the Milw. District North line (to Fox Lake). This guy Burt started Pequod's in the early 70s, sold it...

Hey Longford, I've tried to preach the virtues of non-Giordano's pizza here before, to no avail. Chicago's fourth-best deepdish reigns supreme amongst the railfans. :lol:

And my point is there would not be a stage production at all for you to get all scoldy about...without the earlier filmed version. The stage versions are a couple of beats too slow, IMO. I noticed that in the "We're in the Money" clip that followed in the playlist too (and why stage *that* song...

The version I had in mind was from the 1933 film (used to be up on YT; couldn't find it today). But those stage versions may make me rethink the pick entirely. Yeesh!

"I Often Dream of Trains," Robyn Hitchcock