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[quote]QUOTE: It was your above made statement that brought me back home to Prodigy's railroad forums that turned me into the adversary that I became! Help him, don't badger him![/quote] <br /> <br />Keyword here is Prodigy's railroad forum. Not, Trains forums. Before AOL, just after regional bulletin boards, came Prodigy. It was the nation's first nationwide computer service. <br /> <br /> <br />[quote]QUOTE: Lest not forget, "we turned him into an adversary."[/quote] <br /> <br />Again, please read Prodigy's railroad forum. <br /> <br />[quote]QUOTE: Before little Jim was corrupted by us, he was a gentle young lass who would open doors for little old ladies and help the blind to see. But, due to our corruption, he is now throwing his Nobel Peace Prize at people.[/quote] <br /> <br />Actually, the corruption was first done in Dan Crews's train store in Sparks, NV. A discussion of cab forwards came up and a fellow that seriously read Bob Church's work on the subject couldn't believe someone like me had something to offer which was over and above what Mr. Church wrote. <br /> <br />What this fellow didn't realize was that I'd just gone through most of Espee's Employee Timetables and Special Instruction on a specific Espee line. I'd also interviewed some operating employees and been given documents which proved beyond a reasonable doubt that classes of this type of locomotive operated over that branch. He shouted me down. <br /> <br />[quote]QUOTE: To think, one of his first posts he was so nice and polite (that is when he scurrilously criticized Mark’s photography in Mark’s article about the demise of the Southern Pacific). But, we had to corrupt him.[/quote] <br /> <br />Mr. Hemphill's choice of photos, or Trains choice of photos, for that article, were at best lame. In this day and age, with so many good photographers around, some with histories over 30 years why was the article not supported with the best the railfan community could offer, that was the *** . <br /> <br />Anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking to it! Sorry, I set you off, I'll try and be a better poster. Hopefully less adversarial. <br /> <br />Your Friend In Reno, <br /> <br />Jim
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