This one is dedicated to my friend Errol (kettlestack)...
Errol's place is in what some people might consider the "seedy" part of town.
A lot of folks have tried to convince Errol that he should sell the place, & move out to some strip mall in the suburbs.
But he's not having any of that. He's got his regular daytime lunch crowd, from the local factories, & the occasional train crew coming in for "beans". At night, he's got the local guys that come in to shoot some pool, & have a few beers. All Errol's customers know him as being quick with a cold beer, a hot lunch, a good joke, & it's rumoured that he can be quick with a "hog leg" he keeps behind the bar, in case things get a little too rough.
But out side of all that, the thing that's really keeping Errol here, is his love of trains. Right outside is a busy industrial branchline of the K&I RR...All that rumbling & clanging of the switchers going about their work is music to Errol's ears.
And Errol lives in the apartment above the bar, so he's never very far from work, or the trains that he loves!
Errol's place is in what some people might consider the "seedy" part of town.
A lot of folks have tried to convince Errol that he should sell the place, & move out to some strip mall in the suburbs.
But he's not having any of that. He's got his regular daytime lunch crowd, from the local factories, & the occasional train crew coming in for "beans". At night, he's got the local guys that come in to shoot some pool, & have a few beers. All Errol's customers know him as being quick with a cold beer, a hot lunch, a good joke, & it's rumoured that he can be quick with a "hog leg" he keeps behind the bar, in case things get a little too rough.
But out side of all that, the thing that's really keeping Errol here, is his love of trains. Right outside is a busy industrial branchline of the K&I RR...All that rumbling & clanging of the switchers going about their work is music to Errol's ears.
And Errol lives in the apartment above the bar, so he's never very far from work, or the trains that he loves!