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Re: Anyone Remember the Golden Spike Behind Stanford Shopping Center?

Author: Mark McAllister

Date: 02-01-2007 - 16:18

Yes, I remember having lunch there. I worked in Menlo Park 1983-1994.

The layout was working on my lunch visit. I was impressed. Food was good too, as far as I remember. Seemed to be a popular lunch spot.

I rode Caltrain from Sunnyvale to Menlo Park for about 9 years. Loved those old 1920's coaches in my early years, pulled by SP freight engines. You could actually walk down the steps before the train stopped and lean out and enjoy the view. Those cars went out when the new double-deckers came in.

Anybody remember this? When those double-deckers came in, all the seats could be turned either direction, at first. But people would get on and put their feet on the "opposite" seat, as if claiming that seat as well as their own. This led to unpleasant encounters (I had one myself) so Caltrain fixed the seats so they were not turnable--half went one way, half the other.

Fond memories of the Bay Area!

Mark McAllister
Austin TX

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Subject	Written By	Date/Time (PST)
Anyone Remember the Golden Spike Behind Stanford Shopping Center?	Jim Evans	01-31-2007 - 11:23
Re: Anyone Remember the Golden Spike Behind Stanford Shopping Center?	Mike Anderson	01-31-2007 - 11:48
Re: Anyone Remember the Golden Spike Behind Stanford Shopping Center?	MIkeB	01-31-2007 - 12:59
Re: Anyone Remember the Golden Spike Behind Stanford Shopping Center?	Chuck	01-31-2007 - 16:04
Re: Anyone Remember the Golden Spike Behind Stanford Shopping Center?	Darren Anderson	02-01-2007 - 08:50
Re: Anyone Remember the Golden Spike Behind Stanford Shopping Center?	Chuck Anderson	01-31-2007 - 17:18
Re: Anyone Remember the Golden Spike Behind Stanford Shopping Center?	Alf Doten	01-31-2007 - 20:15
Re: Anyone Remember the Golden Spike Behind Stanford Shopping Center?	Mark McAllister	02-01-2007 - 16:18

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Mark McAllister Wrote:
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> Yes, I remember having lunch there. I worked in
> Menlo Park 1983-1994.
> 
> The layout was working on my lunch visit. I was
> impressed. Food was good too, as far as I
> remember. Seemed to be a popular lunch spot.
> 
> I rode Caltrain from Sunnyvale to Menlo Park for
> about 9 years. Loved those old 1920's coaches in
> my early years, pulled by SP freight engines. You
> could actually walk down the steps before the
> train stopped and lean out and enjoy the view.
> Those cars went out when the new double-deckers
> came in.
> 
> Anybody remember this? When those double-deckers
> came in, all the seats could be turned either
> direction, at first. But people would get on and
> put their feet on the "opposite" seat, as if
> claiming that seat as well as their own. This led
> to unpleasant encounters (I had one myself) so
> Caltrain fixed the seats so they were not
> turnable--half went one way, half the other.
> 
> Fond memories of the Bay Area!
> 
> Mark McAllister
> Austin TX

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