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Re: Kicking Cars @ SP’s Desert Yard 1990
Author: HUTCH 7.62
Date: 04-27-2018 - 07:32
OPRRMS Wrote:
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> Margaret (SP fan) Wrote:
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> > >
> > > OPRRMS --
> > > Although the switch crew does "tell" the
> > engineer
> > > to speed up or slow down by the signals they
> > give
> > > to the engineer, he still has to be able to
> > figure
> > > out the exact right speed to run the engine
> at,
> >
> > > and know the peculiarities of each engine --
> and
> >
> > > know how the car(s) he is shoving will act --
> in
> >
> > > order to be able to get the car(s) to roll at
> > that
> > > perfect speed to make good, solid joints the
> > first
> > > time. That still amazes and impresses me. As
> > > does the sill of the switch crew.
> >
> > OPRRMS wrote --
> > > And you say this because of your years of
> > employment
> > > as a locomotive engineer, right?
> >
> > OPRRMS,if that is really you, and not a troll
> (who
> > can ever tell sometimes?), you know darn well
> that
> > I have never worked for any RR, and was just
> > expressing my enjoyment from watching a job
> well
> > done. What is your problem with that?
> > Geez.....if it is really you, OPRRMS, why put
> me
> > down when ALL I was dong was appreciating what
> you
> > guys did back then.
> >
> > If it is not you, and just a troll, well...I
> guess
> > I "took the bait".
>
> Why? Because as has been pointed out by both Dr.
> Zarkoff and myself, you don't know what you're
> talking about. There's a big difference between
> standing by the tracks waving at the choo-choos -
> aren't you the woman we used to see doing that in
> Jack London Square, often accompanied by a child -
> and actually working for a railroad.
Jeez OPRRMS. Don’t be a dick. We wake up on the wrong side of the bed this morning?
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> Margaret (SP fan) Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > >
> > > OPRRMS --
> > > Although the switch crew does "tell" the
> > engineer
> > > to speed up or slow down by the signals they
> > give
> > > to the engineer, he still has to be able to
> > figure
> > > out the exact right speed to run the engine
> at,
> >
> > > and know the peculiarities of each engine --
> and
> >
> > > know how the car(s) he is shoving will act --
> in
> >
> > > order to be able to get the car(s) to roll at
> > that
> > > perfect speed to make good, solid joints the
> > first
> > > time. That still amazes and impresses me. As
> > > does the sill of the switch crew.
> >
> > OPRRMS wrote --
> > > And you say this because of your years of
> > employment
> > > as a locomotive engineer, right?
> >
> > OPRRMS,if that is really you, and not a troll
> (who
> > can ever tell sometimes?), you know darn well
> that
> > I have never worked for any RR, and was just
> > expressing my enjoyment from watching a job
> well
> > done. What is your problem with that?
> > Geez.....if it is really you, OPRRMS, why put
> me
> > down when ALL I was dong was appreciating what
> you
> > guys did back then.
> >
> > If it is not you, and just a troll, well...I
> guess
> > I "took the bait".
>
> Why? Because as has been pointed out by both Dr.
> Zarkoff and myself, you don't know what you're
> talking about. There's a big difference between
> standing by the tracks waving at the choo-choos -
> aren't you the woman we used to see doing that in
> Jack London Square, often accompanied by a child -
> and actually working for a railroad.
Jeez OPRRMS. Don’t be a dick. We wake up on the wrong side of the bed this morning?
