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Re: Kicking Cars @ SP’s Desert Yard 1990
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 04-27-2018 - 08:36
HUTCH 7.62 Wrote:
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> 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?
Nope, not at all. (Apparently you didn't notice that this was written last night.) Just answering the woman's question, since she asked.
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> OPRRMS Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > 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?
Nope, not at all. (Apparently you didn't notice that this was written last night.) Just answering the woman's question, since she asked.
