Photographs Czech Stop

[Barbarian]

In West, Texas (not west Texas), there is a Czech bakery called the Czech Stop. The area was settled by Czech pioneers and remains mostly Czech. It's between Hillsboro and Waco on I-35. And the kolaches are just amazing. Not the traditional kolaches, but with filling of various kinds, including jalapeno and bacon, fruit, and cream cheese.

Mrs. Barbarian's image.

That's Mrs. Barbarian in the turquoise cap.

 

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The cream cheese brownies are great, and so are the various wurst they make in the store. Bratwurst is really good as is the jalapeno kielbasa. (hey, it's Texas)

 

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Main Street, West, TX

 

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The old Katy Depot:

 

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The old Katy Depot:

train stations ,no matter where tend to look,like this

 

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train stations ,no matter where tend to look,like this

There's a logic to it. My father was a roadmaster, and I spent my summers in HS and college on track gangs. The station required a small waiting room, and an office for tickets and the signal man. It was set at the level of the floor of boxcars to facilitate loading, and there was usually a standard nest to the office to hang a bag of mail so that the trainman could snag it with a hook without the train stopping to pick it up.

 

[jasonc]

There's a logic to it. My father was a roadmaster, and I spent my summers in HS and college on track gangs. The station required a small waiting room, and an office for tickets and the signal man. It was set at the level of the floor of boxcars to facilitate loading, and there was usually a standard nest to the office to hang a bag of mail so that the trainman could snag it with a hook without the train stopping to pick it up.

oh I know the design ,i have photos of a 1903 train station ,the ticket and waiting area is historical museum and the other half is a former grove equipment repair shop and now a weld shop .

 

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The old Katy Depot:

https://jasoncran.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F635260981337030656

https://jasoncran.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F635260981337030656

 

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https://jasoncran.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F635261144705138688

 

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