Any Train Enthusiasts Out There?
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Very cool action shot, OH.
Pocket, fixed, machete, axe, it's all good!
You're going to look awfully silly with that knife sticking out of your @#$. -Clint Eastwood, High Plains Drifter
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A fellow YouTuber/train enthusiast did a tribute video to me yesterday, I was shocked.
I've found the train enthusiasts to be a nice, friendly bunch, much like the knife/AAPK group.
I've found the train enthusiasts to be a nice, friendly bunch, much like the knife/AAPK group.
Pocket, fixed, machete, axe, it's all good!
You're going to look awfully silly with that knife sticking out of your @#$. -Clint Eastwood, High Plains Drifter
You're going to look awfully silly with that knife sticking out of your @#$. -Clint Eastwood, High Plains Drifter
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Congratulations redrider. Well done.
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Thank you Sir.
Pocket, fixed, machete, axe, it's all good!
You're going to look awfully silly with that knife sticking out of your @#$. -Clint Eastwood, High Plains Drifter
You're going to look awfully silly with that knife sticking out of your @#$. -Clint Eastwood, High Plains Drifter
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Wow, how incredibly cool! Congratulations on your induction in the Lionel Hall of Fame. OH
Deep in the guts of most men is buried the involuntary response to the hunter's horn, a prickle of the nape hairs, an acceleration of the pulse, an atavistic memory of his fathers, who killed first with stone, and then with club...Robert Ruark
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I rarely take modern train shots, I’m usually alone and railroad areas abound with some sketchy folks and more NO TRESPASSING signs than there used to be. On my way home from Fayetteville a couple weeks ago I drove through Warsaw and saw all this CSX power tied down. OH
Deep in the guts of most men is buried the involuntary response to the hunter's horn, a prickle of the nape hairs, an acceleration of the pulse, an atavistic memory of his fathers, who killed first with stone, and then with club...Robert Ruark
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USAF GE 80 Ton #1686 SJAFB NC, 9-26-88.
Deep in the guts of most men is buried the involuntary response to the hunter's horn, a prickle of the nape hairs, an acceleration of the pulse, an atavistic memory of his fathers, who killed first with stone, and then with club...Robert Ruark
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Thanks, OH, and great shots!
Pocket, fixed, machete, axe, it's all good!
You're going to look awfully silly with that knife sticking out of your @#$. -Clint Eastwood, High Plains Drifter
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N&W Transportation Museum & N&W 1218 Roanoke VA 5-88.
Deep in the guts of most men is buried the involuntary response to the hunter's horn, a prickle of the nape hairs, an acceleration of the pulse, an atavistic memory of his fathers, who killed first with stone, and then with club...Robert Ruark
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I would love to visit that museum sometime, actually just Roanoke in general. Haven't been there since my grad school days, went with a buddy who was in the A.I. program to see a roaming robot that self-docked. Some guy had it in his garage. That was the first time I had Thai food too. It would be about a 4 hr. drive one way for us.
So much railroad history there since Norfolk and Western was headquartered there. It's like the Huntington of Chesapeake and Ohio RR.
So much railroad history there since Norfolk and Western was headquartered there. It's like the Huntington of Chesapeake and Ohio RR.
Pocket, fixed, machete, axe, it's all good!
You're going to look awfully silly with that knife sticking out of your @#$. -Clint Eastwood, High Plains Drifter
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Had the PRR GG1 fired up for yesterday's Three Rail Thursday main event-
Pulling PRR lighted passenger cars, trolley duty and a holding NYC Dreyfus on deck as well. Incidentally, the last GG1 ran in October 1983, Matawan to Newark in Tuscan Red livery. There's a YouTube tribute to it as well-
Pulling PRR lighted passenger cars, trolley duty and a holding NYC Dreyfus on deck as well. Incidentally, the last GG1 ran in October 1983, Matawan to Newark in Tuscan Red livery. There's a YouTube tribute to it as well-
Pocket, fixed, machete, axe, it's all good!
You're going to look awfully silly with that knife sticking out of your @#$. -Clint Eastwood, High Plains Drifter
You're going to look awfully silly with that knife sticking out of your @#$. -Clint Eastwood, High Plains Drifter
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Nice Lionels and enjoyed the GG-1 film Red Ryder. I used to see the GG-1 (always in black paint for Amtrak or Penn Central) when I was stationed at Aberdeen Proving Ground MD in 1976. They didn't stop at the Aberdeen station there and came through under the wire at extremely fast speed. Whichever gate you used to leave or enter APG you crossed the mainline, there were constant safety reminders on post that if you saw that engine you were already dead! I caught a few sitting still in the yard at DC in late 1975. OH
Ps my old slides are deteriorating, scanned them just in time but they are not the best looking, color is gone.
Ps my old slides are deteriorating, scanned them just in time but they are not the best looking, color is gone.
Deep in the guts of most men is buried the involuntary response to the hunter's horn, a prickle of the nape hairs, an acceleration of the pulse, an atavistic memory of his fathers, who killed first with stone, and then with club...Robert Ruark
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Congratulations John!1967redrider wrote: ↑Fri Jan 27, 2023 3:08 pm A fellow YouTuber/train enthusiast did a tribute video to me yesterday, I was shocked.
I've found the train enthusiasts to be a nice, friendly bunch, much like the knife/AAPK group.
David
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Thanks, David.
Those are awesome shots, OH! The GG's ran under wire as far south as Alexandria, but I didn't arrive until 1989 and they stopped running in 1983. I can only imagine how cool they were to see in operation.
Those are awesome shots, OH! The GG's ran under wire as far south as Alexandria, but I didn't arrive until 1989 and they stopped running in 1983. I can only imagine how cool they were to see in operation.
Pocket, fixed, machete, axe, it's all good!
You're going to look awfully silly with that knife sticking out of your @#$. -Clint Eastwood, High Plains Drifter
You're going to look awfully silly with that knife sticking out of your @#$. -Clint Eastwood, High Plains Drifter
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Thank you John and David.1967redrider wrote: ↑Mon Feb 13, 2023 12:13 am Thanks, David.
Those are awesome shots, OH! The GG's ran under wire as far south as Alexandria, but I didn't arrive until 1989 and they stopped running in 1983. I can only imagine how cool they were to see in operation.
John, a quick story - the GG-1 running through Aberdeen MD was impressive. I used to go have Saturday morning breakfast with a buddy at the dinner across from the station. One morning I heard the horn in the distance, so ran from the diner to the covered station platform just in time for the train to pass. Too late I realized it was on the inside track, it dropped into the curve and barreled by, I backed up to the wall, wind tunnel effect felt like I was going to be sucked in! My fatigue cap flew off never to be seen again. My buddy had to take me straight to the PX after breakfast to buy a new cap and butterbar. What power!! OH
Deep in the guts of most men is buried the involuntary response to the hunter's horn, a prickle of the nape hairs, an acceleration of the pulse, an atavistic memory of his fathers, who killed first with stone, and then with club...Robert Ruark
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David, where are the BNSF engines? Kansas City? OH
Deep in the guts of most men is buried the involuntary response to the hunter's horn, a prickle of the nape hairs, an acceleration of the pulse, an atavistic memory of his fathers, who killed first with stone, and then with club...Robert Ruark
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Scary story, OH!
Nice pumpkins, David.
Nice pumpkins, David.
Pocket, fixed, machete, axe, it's all good!
You're going to look awfully silly with that knife sticking out of your @#$. -Clint Eastwood, High Plains Drifter
You're going to look awfully silly with that knife sticking out of your @#$. -Clint Eastwood, High Plains Drifter
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Arkansas City, Kansas. Block and a half from my apt as the crow flies.
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How handy to live so close (for pictures) but it could be bad as in East Palestine - but lets hope and pray not. OH
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I think UP never had a thought of a strike.
I could get pics if i tried.
I could get pics if i tried.
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Great shots everybody!
I've posted a number of pictures of these German E-LOK'S that I took in the Gemünden am Main train station. Well yesterday there was a documentary film about them being built in Munich, Bayern, Germany. So I took a few pictures off the TV that have some facts about them if anyone is interested in that.
I've posted a number of pictures of these German E-LOK'S that I took in the Gemünden am Main train station. Well yesterday there was a documentary film about them being built in Munich, Bayern, Germany. So I took a few pictures off the TV that have some facts about them if anyone is interested in that.
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Few more.
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Wow! Cool! Congrats Buddy!1967redrider wrote: ↑Fri Jan 27, 2023 3:08 pm A fellow YouTuber/train enthusiast did a tribute video to me yesterday, I was shocked.
I've found the train enthusiasts to be a nice, friendly bunch, much like the knife/AAPK group.
TOM - KGFG - (Knife-Guy-From-Germany)
I believe..., every knife is a soul, looking for a soulmate.
Weebit-Nano https://www.weebit-nano.com/
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US - ARMY - COMBAT - ENGINEERS - 1990 - 1993 - God Bless Our Troops!
I believe..., every knife is a soul, looking for a soulmate.
Weebit-Nano https://www.weebit-nano.com/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weebit_Nano
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