 | The Person Below Me (TPBM) Pt. IV| OFF-Topic / Misc. Discuss The Person Below Me (TPBM) Pt. IV in the Current forums; Yes, I do, but I prefer steam.....
TPBM has never seen a steam train high-balling down the main line..
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08-25-2008, 01:29 PM
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#3811 | | Older Than Dirt
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia
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Country:  | Yes, I do, but I prefer steam.....
TPBM has never seen a steam train high-balling down the main line..
Charles
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08-25-2008, 01:31 PM
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#3812 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Glasgow, Scotland
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Country:  | Seen and fired on one, on several occasions, not a US steam though (sulking)...
TPBM will tell us about the times they saw steam at high speed on the mainline....
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08-25-2008, 01:52 PM
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#3813 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Minnesota
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Country: | Saw one steam engined passenger trian chugging up a Mountain in Colorado once. Was not moving very fast, but it was laying down a thick stack of smoke. Looked like a pretty old engine.
TPBM would have liked to been on that ride.
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08-25-2008, 02:35 PM
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#3814 | | Senior Member
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Country: | Yup...
TPBM has heard about Casey Jones....
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"I´m going back to the front to relax"
"THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT"
"Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!"
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08-25-2008, 02:46 PM
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#3815 | | Older Than Dirt
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia
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Country: | Havn't we all ? "....found in the wreck, scalded to death by the steam".
TPBM knows about trains with names....
Charles
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08-25-2008, 11:11 PM
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#3816 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Victoria
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Country:  | yeah one or two....
TPBM is a trainspotter........
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08-26-2008, 01:03 AM
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#3817 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Queensland, Australia
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Country: | yep
TPBM has been on a cross country train trip before
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08-26-2008, 04:32 AM
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#3818 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Glasgow, Scotland
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Country: | Nope, not here in the UK....
TPBM has heard about the Hiawatha, Empire Builder, North Coast Limited and the Daylight....
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"I´m going back to the front to relax"
"THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT"
"Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!"
"When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!" | |
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08-27-2008, 01:28 AM
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#3819 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Queensland, Australia
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Country: | I have heard of a couple
TPBM will tell us their favourite locomotive
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08-27-2008, 04:48 AM
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#3820 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Victoria
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Country: | Probably the 4MT mixed traffic loco 2-6-4
TPBM has a model railway............
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08-27-2008, 07:37 AM
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#3821 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Adelaide Sth. Aust.
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Country: | No....but my son has one stashed away somewhere....
TPBM is into slot car racing....
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08-27-2008, 07:40 AM
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#3822 | | Older Than Dirt
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia
Posts: 5,318
Country: | Nope.... I stick to model airplanes....
TPBM missed breakfast this morning...
Charles
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08-27-2008, 07:41 AM
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#3823 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Victoria
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Country: | Ya got up and had lunch 
TPBM will tell us their ideal breakfast......
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08-27-2008, 09:40 AM
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#3824 | | Older Than Dirt
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia
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Country: | Couple of scrambled eggs, ham or bacon or scrapple, toast
and maybe some type of fried potatoes. Good cuppa hot coffee.
TPBM disagrees
Charles
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08-27-2008, 10:35 AM
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#3825 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Minnesota
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Country: | Sounds good to me. Sure beats the Cheese and Peanut Butter crackers and milk I had this morning.
TPBM has big plans for the upcoming Labor Day Weekend.
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