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12-11-2017 - 15:34
Margaret (SP fan)
I thought the video was really going to be of a
Pan Am jet, but found it was an incredible video
of 3 SD-40s pulling 138 cars up a grade, and almost
not making it!!!
The SOUNDS those big SDs m
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12-01-2017 - 14:00
Margaret (SP fan)
62. Thanks, wsabo!
Thanks much for the speedy reply and the info!
I see that what you meant by "recent" depended on the
time span you were comparing the almost one year since
January of this year to. No problemo
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12-01-2017 - 11:50
Margaret (SP fan)
wsabo --
Please give us more details about the *recent* protest
against Caltrain that you mentioned in your post. Thanks!
Thanks, WebDigger and Nudge. But wsabo wrote "recent",
so I thought h
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12-01-2017 - 00:35
Margaret (SP fan)
wsabo --
Thank you very much for your very informative and
well-thought-out post. You are truly a breath of
fresh air here.
Please tell us more about that Caltrain protest you
mentioned: when
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11-23-2017 - 23:53
Margaret (SP fan)
OPRRMS --
Thank you very, very much for posting the link to
this beautiful video! That F unit has a gorgeous
classic horn set, and it makes beautiful music.
This is one of the best railroad vi
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11-19-2017 - 23:57
Margaret (SP fan)
Wow! that is a really nice video! Those
"alligators" really do deserve that name. (grin!)
And the area they all run through is beautiful.
But talk about SMOKE -- oh, MY!!! Yup -- those
things
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11-13-2017 - 03:15
Margaret (SP fan)
67. Re: No One Listened To Dwight Eisenhower -- They should have! And to Major General Smedley Butler
Thanks you VERY much, "The Unprofessional Iconoclast".
Your words of wisdom are much appreciated -- by me, and
buy others, as we have seen.
Remember - fear is a very powerful tool that tyrants lo
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11-08-2017 - 22:40
Margaret (SP fan)
68. Thank you, Ted!
Hey, THANK you, Ted!
Wow....... That does mean a lot to me --
especially on here. Wow.....
Were you, perchance, referring to what I posted
this evening on RYPN?
BTW -- as was pointed out
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11-05-2017 - 17:06
Margaret (SP fan)
The developer of the area being discussed -- "Universal
Paragon" (interesting initials!) -- does not have the
money to completely clean up this polluted site before
they build anything on it.
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11-05-2017 - 01:54
Margaret (SP fan)
This interesting video was uploaded on Aug. 15, 2014, and seemed to be some kind of special event about steam locomotives, at least until the high-speed train appeared at the end. I noticed the annou
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11-01-2017 - 17:23
Margaret (SP fan)
That is one very impressive video!! I had no idea
that those locomotives even existed, much less that
they sounded and ran so well! And no smoke at all!
That was wonderful! Yes -- coal-burners c
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10-31-2017 - 10:51
Margaret (SP fan)
Earl Pitts Wrote:
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10-30-2017 - 10:07
Margaret (SP fan)
And isn't what Boatright did exactly what is to
be expected in a "business-friendly" state?
Can't have all those pesky government regulations
such as inspections getting in the way of making
lots
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10-28-2017 - 22:14
Margaret (SP fan)
Pdxrailtransit Wrote:
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10-28-2017 - 08:48
Margaret (SP fan)
Oooooh.....those are great photos, pdx!
The drama in the second one is very impressive!
I did not know it was so windy up there. Wow.....
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10-26-2017 - 00:37
Margaret (SP fan)
Commenter Wrote:
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> The younger generation is definitely into tattoos
> and various body perforations. If anyone here has
> an offspring that
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10-22-2017 - 22:50
Margaret (SP fan)
Good grief!! The Washington Post is REALLY into
propaganda by the trucking industry! More lies
fro the ignorant to swallow -- such as it being
"safer" to allow 18-wheelers to tailgate each
oth
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10-22-2017 - 15:02
Margaret (SP fan)
But wouldn't that hazmat be put into gons
on a train? So -- why should it matter
if the disposal site is not in California?
Think "dirty dirt" trains from San Francisco
to some place out of s
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10-21-2017 - 14:07
Margaret (SP fan)
OldPoleBurner Wrote:
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> And Margaret is definitely a class act.
Thank you, OldPole Burner!! Wow.....
And thank you very mu
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10-20-2017 - 13:53
Margaret (SP fan)
Toad Cluck Wrote:
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> We love ya Maggie!
Wow! Thanks, Toad Cluck!
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10-20-2017 - 11:28
Margaret (SP fan)
Hunky Dory Wrote:
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10-19-2017 - 22:02
Margaret (SP fan)
M. Harris Wrote:
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> Margaret, you are a class act.
Thank you very much for the compliment, sir!
That means a lot to me.
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10-19-2017 - 15:56
Margaret (SP fan)
George Andrews Wrote:
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> My understanding of the pay is that the drivers
> are paid a flat rate for an eight hour shift. If
> they finish ear
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10-19-2017 - 15:44
Margaret (SP fan)
84. Re: However
Steve Thompson Wrote:
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> Back in the 80s, I had a friend who worked in
> Tacoma, unloading automobiles from rail cars. He
> and several othe
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10-19-2017 - 15:34
Margaret (SP fan)
Thanks SO much, Dr Zarkoff! I believe you.
You provided CONTEXT and DETAILS -- which are
VERY important! Sure looked phony -- because
of the very high speed those cars were driven
at. Good gri
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10-19-2017 - 13:08
Margaret (SP fan)
Toad Cluck Wrote:
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> No Maggie... It's real.
Prove it.
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10-19-2017 - 10:23
Margaret (SP fan)
Video is obviously sped up a lot. Fakery!!
"Nothing to see here, move along."
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10-13-2017 - 21:32
Margaret (SP fan)
Gosh -- where do I start? I miss a lot of things --
in no particular orer:
1. The whole SP, and its great people.
2. Rails like Lee B., Tony B., and Gary B., who worked
the SP's Broadway Lo
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10-11-2017 - 18:09
Margaret (SP fan)
That is a very beautiful area they go through.
Thanks so much for posting this video here!
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09-25-2017 - 16:30
Margaret (SP fan)
The Roseville Deli.
In Roseville, CA, just across the street from the
former SP, now US, Diesel Shop, on the geographic
north side of the tracks.
The walls are covered with small framed color
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