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He actually did it

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 1, 2007 10:41 AM
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Posted by vsmith on Monday, July 30, 2007 3:26 PM
 EMPIRE II LINE wrote:
 Capt Bob Johnson wrote:

Looks like old Flatbottom has to find himself a new engineer, the old one's decertified!

Don't know about that for sure, at least he was definitely D-termined.

Had to be trick photography, no one in their right mind would think to do that today with L G B trains......WOULD THEY??

Byron

 

Yes they would....read on another forum, apparently after the dip, they simply dried out the engine for a day or so, and kept right on running it....

   Have fun with your trains

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Posted by canoncityxp on Monday, July 30, 2007 2:32 PM
Maybe Wifey just got hold of some disturbing news about the Mr. and she wanted to assist his departure by " rinsing out a few things " ?
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Posted by EMPIRE II LINE on Monday, July 30, 2007 2:12 PM
 Capt Bob Johnson wrote:

Looks like old Flatbottom has to find himself a new engineer, the old one's decertified!

Don't know about that for sure, at least he was definitely D-termined.

Had to be trick photography, no one in their right mind would think to do that today with L G B trains......WOULD THEY??

Byron

 

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Posted by Capt Bob Johnson on Monday, July 30, 2007 9:44 AM

Looks like old Flatbottom has to find himself a new engineer, the old one's decertified!

Did he fall asleep at the throttle?  Have some girl in the cab joining the rolling thunder club?   Get so absorbed in an arguement with the fireman that he wasn't paying attention to what he was doing?   Was he so likkered up that his relexes wouldn't let him stop in time?

The press is pressing for the answer to this horrible incident!   They can't sell papers without some definitive sort of headlines like "drunken engineer runs train off end of line!"

Will the wrecking crew be able to salvage the equipment?   Surely the sudden uptake at the end caused damage!    Is the RbFSRy going to suffer irreparable financial damage due to this incident?

The world has a multitude of questions about this disaster!

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Posted by FJ and G on Monday, July 30, 2007 8:18 AM
too funny!Big Smile [:D]
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Posted by GearDrivenSteam on Monday, July 30, 2007 7:51 AM
That was a real hoot.
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Posted by EMPIRE II LINE on Monday, July 30, 2007 4:23 AM

 

William,

He's got to have a headache by NOW !!!!

Byron

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, July 30, 2007 2:12 AM

Thumbs Up [tup]I would say that "IS" a statement. Hope no one was injured making that film Confused [%-)]

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He actually did it
Posted by ttrigg on Monday, July 30, 2007 12:39 AM
He did it!
He actually did it!
I cannot beleive he did it!

Here are a few frames from a video posted on You Tube!



He must have been in a foul mood that day!

Vid Here

Tom Trigg

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