In the know Wrote:
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> Mike Stimpson Wrote:
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> > > "a locomotive that can't even pull its own
> > weight unless its on flat territory and even
> that
> > might be giving it to much credit."
> >
> > Right...
> >
> > You're sure not here to ask an honest question
> or
> > to have an honest conversation. You're here to
> > rant about 4014 in the disguise of asking an
> > honest question.
> >
> > For someone who doesn't like the 4014, you seem
> to
> > spend an incredible amount of time obsessing
> about
> > it and posting hate about it. You might be
> > happier finding something else to do with your
> > time.
> >
> > As for the "substance" of your comment... I was
> > trackside when 4014 when up Archer Hill. It had
> a
> > diesel behind it and 21 (empty) freight cars.
> > Yes, not much for a Big Boy, but I can tell you
> > that the diesel was doing nothing. It was just
> a
> > paperweight. (Well, paperweight with dynamic
> > brakes when they got to the other side of the
> > hill...)
> >
> > So: Factually, you are full of it.
> Emotionally,
> > you are something like the obsessed
> ex-girlfriend
> > that is still stalking her ex years after the
> > breakup. Let it go. Move on with your life.
> If
> > you can't enjoy watching 4014, maybe it's time
> for
> > a different hobby. Go watch airplanes or
> > something.
>
> Actually know that Hail the 4014 has more steam
> operation and knowledge of steam repair than you
> do Mike. And besides, we all know that the dismal
> going up Archer hill was no way in neutral. Run 7
> or 8, just like going up Cajon, or out of Yermo
> yard.
>
> But throwing insults back and forth will not fix
> 4014. You watch, as soon as the push 4014 around
> the Midwest Tour is over, Wasactch Rail will be
> over at the shop trying to figure out what Ed and
> Co did to her. More money down the @#$%& of the
> steam shop.

Among the things the current manager hates the most
are the previous crew members, the 3985, and Wasatch
Railroad Contractors.