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Re: Anyone else hate this "Living Legend" crap?
Author: Fan of North Star railroads
Date: 05-06-2019 - 20:10
Yankingeorgia Wrote:
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> What is it with the recent need to hoke and hype
> everything up. Is it to appeal to the
> daisy-pickers?
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> First we had "Spirit of Roanoke" and now this.
>
> Bad enough the idiot media has to label every
> locomotive as "Old number XXXX".
Why do you make this kind of comment when it can so easily be refuted? Not all media labels "every locomotive as Old number XXXX."
Here are two examples from the Duluth News Tribune[i][/i]:
Article about Soo Line 2719
Article about Duluth & Northeastern #28
You have the same amount of access to information on the internet as I. Try taking time to perform some research before posting inane generalities.
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> Must we in the hobby succumb to the same level of
> insipidity?
If I came out to watch or ride behind 844, the last thing that would be on my mind is the "Living Legend" name. Good grief, don't you have more significant things to think about?
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> What is it with the recent need to hoke and hype
> everything up. Is it to appeal to the
> daisy-pickers?
>
> First we had "Spirit of Roanoke" and now this.
>
> Bad enough the idiot media has to label every
> locomotive as "Old number XXXX".
Why do you make this kind of comment when it can so easily be refuted? Not all media labels "every locomotive as Old number XXXX."
Here are two examples from the Duluth News Tribune[i][/i]:
Article about Soo Line 2719
Article about Duluth & Northeastern #28
You have the same amount of access to information on the internet as I. Try taking time to perform some research before posting inane generalities.
>
> Must we in the hobby succumb to the same level of
> insipidity?
If I came out to watch or ride behind 844, the last thing that would be on my mind is the "Living Legend" name. Good grief, don't you have more significant things to think about?
