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Anonymous
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April 2003
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Friday, August 24, 2001 12:44 PM
alright, who's been fanning in my yard, i never see anyone here?!!!! just kidding, no the town is a little bigger than the yard, but not much.
hey dru, i think I saw you there one night a few weeks ago at canton, the middle crossing, had a car load of people waving like heck, i thought at the time it might have been you. where ya moving to? if either of you wanna drop me a line it's
brady@ikansas.com
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Anonymous
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April 2003
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Thursday, August 23, 2001 7:51 PM
Dru,
Don't know when a good time would be. Maybe next weekend. Also, if you can get to Herrington you can't miss the yard, it's the largest feature there. If I'm not mistaken, it's probably as large as the town itself.
Drop me a e-mail sometime - sd90matt@prodigy.net
Matt
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favuprailroadfan
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June 2001
From: US
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Posted by
favuprailroadfan
on Wednesday, August 22, 2001 4:37 PM
Matthew, Give me some time and I'll be up there to railfan also. Getting ready to move into a new house, so money is real tight right now. I drive a tan Chevy 4 door, if you ever see it there then that is me. I want to get up there but don't have the resources to do so. Then it will be OUR yard. Hope to see ya there.
Dru
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Anonymous
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April 2003
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Saturday, August 18, 2001 5:42 PM
Thanks, guys for all the info !!!
No, Matt - they aren't "moveing in on yer territory", just "passing thru" !!! ;-)
They saw the trains from the road, and wondered what they were - and because they know of MY interest .....
They are not railfans - YET !
But who knows ???????
Maybe we've started something !!! :-)
Keep yer eyes pealed, Matt !!!!!!!!!
Thanks, again folks !!!
- George
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Anonymous
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April 2003
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Friday, August 17, 2001 9:41 PM
George,
Those are GP38-2's leased from Helm Leasing to the Kansas & Oklahoma RR (ex-Central Kansas RR). The K&O's own power is painted black & yellow.
Who's been railfanning in "my" yard? I never see anyone else there.
Matt
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dmoore74
Member since
January 2001
From: MA
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Posted by
dmoore74
on Friday, August 17, 2001 9:40 PM
Both of the locomotives are property of Helm Financial Corp., a major lessor of locomotives.
If you run into other odd reporting marks try:
www.trainscan.com. They have a fairly thorough listing of AAR reporting marks both by company and
alphabetically.
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Anonymous
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April 2003
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Friday, August 17, 2001 9:28 PM
George,
Those are leased locos. But I couldn't tell you what those markings stand for.
John
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Anonymous
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Unknown Loco Markings
Posted by
Anonymous
on Friday, August 17, 2001 9:21 PM
My Kansas relatives saw some unusually marked locos in the Salina, KS yard - two were marked
as HLCX and one as HATX (no use trying to ask them the loco make/model - being a newbe, I have trouble enough myself with this !!!).
The only railroad I know ending in "X" is CSX.
I know that an "X" ending on cars means private ownership - could this apply here, or was there railroads with this "name" ??????????
Any knowledge or ideas ?????????
- George
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