QUOTE: Originally posted by eolafan QUOTE: Originally posted by oltmannd They're big. They're powerful. They move. They're fast. They make noise. You can get near them. They're historically and economically relevant. Nothing else I can think of is all of this. And they're not as messy as fish. (apologies to fishermen....) Good explanation as to "WHY TRAINS?". I could not have put it any better myself. Thanks
QUOTE: Originally posted by oltmannd They're big. They're powerful. They move. They're fast. They make noise. You can get near them. They're historically and economically relevant. Nothing else I can think of is all of this. And they're not as messy as fish. (apologies to fishermen....)
-Don (Random stuff, mostly about trains - what else? http://blerfblog.blogspot.com/)
QUOTE: Originally posted by talbanese Better then taking drugs. Why baseball? Why gardening? Don't know, its who I am.
Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!
Mechanical Department "No no that's fine shove that 20 pound set all around the yard... those shoes aren't hell and a half to change..."
The Missabe Road: Safety First
QUOTE: Originally posted by espeefoamer Maybe we need a 12 step program of some kind. " Hi my name is espeefoamer and I am a railfan"[;)].
"We have met the enemy and he is us." Pogo Possum "We have met the anemone... and he is Russ." Bucky Katt "Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future." Niels Bohr, Nobel laureate in physics
Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub
Quentin
QUOTE: Originally posted by Modelcar ...Mitch, I loved that railroad and art discription.....My interest in railroads starts in early childhood and it just happens to be I love architectual art too, even studied it a bit many years ago but went no farther with it.
QUOTE: Originally posted by snakespol [^]This is what me wife often asks me,'I don't get it with this TRAIN sttuff'!
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