Re: Dixie Cups
Author: Larry G
Date: 10-08-2019 - 16:45

Rick in Sonoma/Larkspur Wrote:
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> In the old days when driving down the freeway in
> Marin I would always crane my head to catch a
> glimpse of good ole NWP 2472 rusting away on the
> sleepers (in Larkspur) and then quickly crane my
> way the other way to catch a glimpse of the Dixie
> Cup Factory at Corte Madera where the
> aforementioned Dixie Cups were manufactured for
> the entire country. If you had a soda at a
> baseball game, or an orange juice at a hot dog
> stand, back in the 70's, you were drinking it out
> of a Cal Northern Green & White-delivered paper
> cup. I always hoped to catch 2472 switching out
> the plant but it was always one of the G&W's blue
> engines with the red noses. Rudolphs I liked to
> call them. Or Pinocchios I called them as well,
> because of the red nose.
>
> These days we all spend our time staring at our
> phones while driving down the freeway but in the
> old days you could railfan your way home! I still
> do that sometimes. The other day I discovered an
> old NWP branch to Tiburon! It fascinated the
> Network when I shared it with them. First they had
> heard of it.

Cannot anything be done to boot this guy and all his aliases?



Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  News Flash Walter Cronkite 10-08-2019 - 16:20
  Dixie Cups Rick in Sonoma/Larkspur 10-08-2019 - 16:29
  Re: Dixie Cups Larry G 10-08-2019 - 16:45
  Re: Dixie Cups Larry OG 10-08-2019 - 18:03
  Re: Dixie Cups Tom H 10-08-2019 - 18:38
  Re: Dixie Cups Ex-Marinite 10-08-2019 - 19:40
  Moderator Sonoma Rick 10-08-2019 - 19:59
  Re:Moderator - Poor troll can't stand the truth! Ex-Marinite 10-08-2019 - 22:30
  Re: Re:Moderator - Poor troll can't stand the truth! Sonoma Rick (the Wine Guy) 10-09-2019 - 07:49
  Re: Re:Moderator - Poor troll can't stand the truth! Walter Cronkite 10-09-2019 - 14:13
  Re: News Flash Chet Huntley 10-09-2019 - 08:52
  Re: News Flash # Cups Nudge 10-09-2019 - 18:47


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