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05-10-2018 - 10:58
Margaret (SP fan)
Yes, Richard Anderson really IS trying to kill Amtrak long-distance trains, and he is using the very same tactics the SP used in the 1960s when they wanted to discontinue their long-distance passenger
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05-09-2018 - 02:07
Margaret (SP fan)
HUTCH --
I absolutely love your dream! Would that it could happen.....
My idea would have been to have 3 UP steam locomotives and a diesel from the east going west to Ogden, and 3 SP steam locomo
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05-04-2018 - 11:03
Margaret (SP fan)
Oh, Argonaut -- your thread title is superb!! Thread Title Of The Year! LOVE it!
SO glad you got to see and photograph those Santa Fe semaphores back then! And I am very glad that you have an a
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05-01-2018 - 17:01
Margaret (SP fan)
This emperor has no clothes on, and is a real rip-off artist. CA HSR is really a very effective Money Train that has transported billions of dollars from the public to wealthy consultants and real-e
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04-29-2018 - 15:33
Margaret (SP fan)
It sure is!
Thanks, Nick, for the nice photo of that wonderful WP survivor. So glad she is on home rails. I love your prose; very well-written, sir!
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04-26-2018 - 23:25
Margaret (SP fan)
>
> 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 rig
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04-26-2018 - 15:40
Margaret (SP fan)
Margaret (SP fan) Wrote:
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> I really enjoyed the great skill of the engineer
> in that SW1500, who shoved those cars at just the
> ri
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04-25-2018 - 21:57
Margaret (SP fan)
BOB R Wrote:
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> You gotta wonder how many of the "twelve to zero"
> have actually been there. I'm guessing "zero".
They do not even need t
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04-25-2018 - 20:25
Margaret (SP fan)
Thanks, HUTCH! That is a really interesting video. SW1500s -- love them! -- and a number of cars of now-fallen flags -- Southern, Great Northern, Conrail, MKT, and, of course, my beloved SP.
I
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04-25-2018 - 19:52
Margaret (SP fan)
This silly proposal is by a politician who represents the area that trail would be in, and who is angling for votes in this election year. And maybe so are some of the members of the California Senat
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04-13-2018 - 14:11
Margaret (SP fan)
Jim G. Wrote:
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> Question about 4449's operation: How come the
> smoke from the engine is not black from combustion
> ?????
>
> Sincerely
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04-09-2018 - 22:40
Margaret (SP fan)
Thank you very much, Chuck for the very kind words. I am very touched.
The old guy at LAUPT you wrote of probably did have tears in his eyes...... I know when I first saw her in her glorious Dayl
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04-09-2018 - 18:42
Margaret (SP fan)
BNSF and the SP 4449 crew, and all --
THANK you, THANK you, THANK you from the bottom of my amazed and very grateful heart for this!!
BNSF -- You are a class act for doing this. Thank you!!
SP
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04-09-2018 - 13:19
Margaret (SP fan)
Thanks so much, Jack, for the compliment. Much appreciated!
VR and RailStream are fun to watch, and I like to watch the VR La Plata (Missouri) webcam, but the chat in no way substitutes for a foru
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04-08-2018 - 16:30
Margaret (SP fan)
As many of you know, I am a member of Trainorders, and I enjoy the photos and videoas and discussions.
No chatroom can ever be any competition for any discussion forum, for the simple reason that c
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04-02-2018 - 10:40
Margaret (SP fan)
Congratulations, sir, to you and your family on 27 years of excellent service to your customers and for your kindness and support of the Oregon Railroad Heritage Center and ORHF. We are all very fort
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03-28-2018 - 22:14
Margaret (SP fan)
Wow!! Those photos are stunning! You really have an artist's eye. What you did worked very well. Your photos look as though they were taken around 70 years ago. they are timeless.
I am not a p
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03-21-2018 - 13:33
Margaret (SP fan)
Drew ---
I am so glad you are feeling good enough to post this detailed report on what happened to you and your current condition, and I am very glad you will not need surgery. Hang in there, and j
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03-15-2018 - 17:22
Margaret (SP fan)
This tragedy happened at 1:30 pm Eastern Time today, Thursday, March 15, 2018.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/pedestrian-bridge-florida-international-university-collapses/story?id=53774444
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02-25-2018 - 01:08
Margaret (SP fan)
This link works:
http://www.pbase.com/campgus/image/167051166
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02-25-2018 - 00:57
Margaret (SP fan)
This YouTube video is titled:
"Early Amtrak, Rainbow to Bilevel"
It was posted July 30, 2015, and is 25 minutes 59 seconds long.
This link to it works:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7GZ
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02-18-2018 - 18:21
Margaret (SP fan)
Thanks, everyone, for the info! Those "Valley Malleys" sounded like incredible little engines. Baldwin really had a great design for them, and whatever the SP did did not get in the way of their ama
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02-09-2018 - 00:45
Margaret (SP fan)
HUTCH --
Thanks for starting this wonderful thread. There are some very impressive feats of engineering that I had never heard of. I really enjoyed the photos and stories. In Graham Buxton's post,
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01-21-2018 - 01:50
Margaret (SP fan)
55. Re: 747 - RIP
All Hail the Queen of the Skies! Ave atque vale!
RIP, one of the most beautiful aircraft ever made.
A beautiful and elegiac song that mentions a 747 (second verse, first line), is C W McCall's "M
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01-06-2018 - 17:17
Margaret (SP fan)
Happy Birthday, Jim, and many best wishes for a
great rest of your day, and a wonderful year ahead!
Here is something I found that is appropriate for today that I hope you will like:
"Happy Bi
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12-24-2017 - 23:00
Margaret (SP fan)
George Andrews Wrote:
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> It's snowing here also, in Auburn, Washington. As
> one who has to drive a tractor - trailer in the
> stuff, I am NO
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12-20-2017 - 17:54
Margaret (SP fan)
Thank you very much for the compliment, Dmac844.
That means a lot to me. I try to do my best to
be logical and practical and to get ALL the facts --
"Just the facts, ma'am," For those young-uns
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12-20-2017 - 13:16
Margaret (SP fan)
Have any of you who are criticizing the engineer
and claiming that two people in the cab is not
necessary ever operated a Talgo train over that
new track -- and in the dark, with a lot of pressure
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12-20-2017 - 10:52
Margaret (SP fan)
Thank you VERY much for the link. I was very worried
about Drew, because an early article about the derailment
said he was "badly injured". Seems as though he will
recover completely, which is gr
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