Altamont Press Discussion Board

03-20-2019 - 17:38

Ella Mental

Former? Foamier? Which is it, Doofus?
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01-22-2019 - 10:24

Bob Anderson

32. Re: Roseville The Next Chapter...CalRailFans Is ON THE CASE

> And let this be a lesson to anyone who would trespass against us or on railroad property Whew! Don't worry, I promise to NEVER... EVER set foot on railroad property again, no matter how remote th
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07-23-2018 - 22:16

Dr Zarkoff

33. Re: Caesar Salad, Genuine LA French Dip,, Panaoma RR, and CA...... .

> A colleague and I used to debate the proper plural of one of our bosses favorite words "dufus", was it dufus's, or maybe "dufi" (like when you're dealing with a herd of "dufi"), turns out that it's
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09-09-2017 - 13:12

Webster

34. Re: TROLL ALERT - NOTHING TO SEE HEAR

jst3751 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Move along It's "Nothing To See "HERE", not HEAR. You must be a product of our public school system. Doofus!
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09-06-2017 - 21:45

Pdxrailtransit

35. Re: The sky is not falling!

Back At Ya Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Vern Moore Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > People see someone carrying somethin
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09-06-2017 - 20:22

Back At Ya

36. Re: The sky is not falling!

Vern Moore Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > People see someone carrying something besides a > point & shoot camera and they start imagining the > worst. In the 198
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08-08-2017 - 19:31

espee2472

37. Re: Maybe best not to fly one's drone over Yermo/Daggett

Norm Schultze Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > CPrr, I'm certain you wouldn't be so foolish. > > But, there are plenty of Doofus' and other folks > who either la
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08-08-2017 - 14:23

Norm Schultze

38. Re: Maybe best not to fly one's drone over Yermo/Daggett

CPrr, I'm certain you wouldn't be so foolish. But, there are plenty of Doofus' and other folks who either lack sense or think the rules don't apply to their entitled self. One of them landed thei
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03-28-2017 - 21:07

Doofus

39. Re: Oh super!

By golly that's me Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > By Golly, Gee Wilikers Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Frisco. There al
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06-09-2016 - 16:06

Novatoan

40. Re: Scratch the surface and...

Clipper don't bring yourself down to the level of this agitator. Obviously a shill for the commuter lobby trying to steer SMART away from providing Downtown Novato, Napa of Marin, with shoppers, wine
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07-12-2015 - 21:36

WebDigger

41. Re: How not to be a doofus with a camera

4449 was making a workday run from SJ to SF, scheduled to pass Lawrence Station in the early afternoon. I took time off to go over and watch it. The usual wait-an-hour-for-a-thirty-second-event thing.
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07-12-2015 - 13:46

Jim Fitzgerald

42. Re: How not to be a doofus with a camera

Happens all the time. Photo, case in point. Original post link brings up the fact that "Lens size does matter." http://www.pioneer.net/~fitzrr/AFTSL22.JPG
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07-12-2015 - 10:33

Al Stangenberger

43. Re: How not to be a doofus with a camera

On July 22, 1992, UP 3985 was pulling a special train back from the NRHS convention in San Jose, CA. We stopped and unloaded for a photo runby going over Altamont Pass. Some chasers set up their e
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07-12-2015 - 02:30

Railpax71

44. Re: How not to be a doofus with a camera

It works both ways. I was already at the end of a platform in San Jose with my kids setup for a shot on one of the 2472 last century. Some dufus came behind me pleading authority I was in his shot an
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07-11-2015 - 23:07

Chas

45. Re: How not to be a doofus with a camera

I do not think doofus is a proper word to describe some of these individuals. Back in the 1980's there was a steam trip behind the Southern Pacific's 2472 and 4449. There must have been twenty of us
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07-11-2015 - 17:38

Negin

46. Re: How not to be a doofus with a camera

My cousin was a volunteer for a railway museum and was engineer of a train one afternoon when some stupid idiot did something similar. She told me that some dude plopped himself about 3 feet from the
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07-11-2015 - 16:34

Pdxrailtransit

47. Re: How not to be a doofus with a camera

Bruce Kelly Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > PDX, what a hoot! Wish that video ran longer. > Short of that bit about developing film in the > "portable darkroom" an
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07-11-2015 - 16:19

Bruce Kelly

48. Re: How not to be a doofus with a camera

PDX, what a hoot! Wish that video ran longer. Short of that bit about developing film in the "portable darkroom" and the group spin on the turntable, I think I've witnessed railfans performing every o
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07-11-2015 - 16:19

Webber

49. Re: How not to be a doofus with a camera

Any caliber .22 or higher will work. Tom McCann Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > OK, fellow railfans, tell me if you've heard -- or > seen -- this before... >
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07-11-2015 - 16:14

Tom McCann

50. Re: How not to be a doofus with a camera

OK, fellow railfans, tell me if you've heard -- or seen -- this before... You're set up for a still or video of a special or your favorite (steam locomotive, heritage diesel, passenger train...fill
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07-11-2015 - 15:26

Pdxrailtransit

51. Re: How not to be a doofus with a camera

Maybe goes back a long way: https://youtu.be/mUxzjdfhMys
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07-11-2015 - 14:29

WebDigger

52. How not to be a doofus with a camera

I found this post on a birder's website, but I think it might have some railfan parallels. Have you ever had someone do something like this?: "And along comes a photographer, walking up the access
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09-27-2014 - 17:22

E

53. Re: UP 4014 is cover photo on UP corporate 2015 Calendar

Let's see here, you have an extra train displaying green signals instead of white, and some doofus with a hayburner lantern that was long obsolete and replaced by battery powered lanterns before the
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08-23-2014 - 09:12

hepkema

54. Re: Why Can't the United States Build a High-Speed Rail System?

It's an easy cop-out to blame one party. BOTH parties do nothing and then blame the other--and the media has clearly taken sides (make that one side). The U.S. will NEVER construct a system like Europ
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11-03-2013 - 12:36

Doofus

55. Re: Sons of Anarchy Season 5 Port of Oakland

We used that location about 3 times for season 5. Been there twice for season 6.
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11-03-2013 - 08:25

a doofus reply

56. Re: Sons of Anarchy Season 5 Port of Oakland

Doofus, found location on google earth. Definitely Pacific harbor lines.
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11-01-2013 - 14:03

Doofus

57. Re: Sons of Anarchy Season 5 Port of Oakland

That was filmed in Wilmington/Terminal Island, Port of Los Angeles. The rairoad used was Pacific Harbor Lines. We have filmed there a number of times.
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11-27-2008 - 18:04

OPRRMS

58. Re: AMTK vs. Tri-Rail incident [link]

John Bruce Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > And where are the supervisors? OPRRMS claims > they're out there, but as soon as the FRA shows > up, we catch a real
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11-27-2008 - 13:33

John Bruce

59. Re: AMTK vs. Tri-Rail incident [link]

One commenter on the TO thread said, "Finally, I'd like to ask a question. In the recent past, there have been a considerable number of reports of crew missing red signals. Is this due to fatigue? Is
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