Trains version of Never Ending Story

[wcfan4ever]

look for other rail lines around the country to start doing this too just like RailAmerica or Pioneer Railcorp would do. He found a 7 mile line in the state of Wisconsin. The line ran from Manitowoc to Two Rivers. He purchased the line from CN for $100 cause they had no use for the line. He called the this tourist railroad...

[Noah Hofrichter]

Scaggy wasn't becomming rich at all this though, he still had all those expenses of running a railroad. That wasn't his purpose though, to turn much of a profit. He would still occasionally take about 5 locomotives of the 15 alco locomotives and two SD45 locomotives out of his roster, and take them around the country, bringing smiles to peoples faces. At Christmas time, he decided to call CP, and ask if they'd like an ALCo or two to lead the holiday train. There imediate answer was yes, and he sent two of his C424's to lead the train. As part of the deal, he got to "barrow" the train for one night, and ran it up his line and back again.

By this time his pike had grown with another twenty-two point two mile line, this one including a mine branch that was five miles long, with only one industry at the very end, with the mine now being abondoned. He decided that, because this line had very few industries, he would turn this mine branch section into a tourist line. He bought two more ALCo's, both RS3's, to help expand his roster so he'd have room to barrow two locomotives a day from frieght runs for the tourist pulls. This became a big succsess, and he decided that he should....

[espeefoamer]

The road was an immediate sucess, bringing in much needed cash.It was also the subject of a feature article in Trains Magazine,with one of thier maineline trains on the cover.

[Anonymous]

Makes no sense...

[Noah Hofrichter]

re-install them, and re- lube every thign out. As this was done, Scaggy realized it was the salt from the water fouling up everything. He decided that he should air blast everything out of the moving parts. Well, about the time he finnished that, he noticed he was running short on money. He decided that he should figure out a way to raise some more, and he decided to put the engines too work. He decided he would form his own shortline. He found some track(quite a bit actually, 20 miles of main with a large town with many industries, including a branch line through town) in Maine. He decided to call his railroad The...

[espeefoamer]

dismantle the prime movers completely to let everything dry out.Then they could...

[wcfan4ever]

around the US. After touring for a while, the ALCO's has started to act up. This might have had something to do with the water. The only way to fix the problem was too...

[Noah Hofrichter]

Scaggy imediately called a team out to pull the alcos up if they could, and they did, but they were thoughly damaged. He spent the next year or so with a team of twenty alco buffs and lovers repairing them all, and finally they all working again, but they needed quite a bit of work. Finnaly he went on tour again,

[bnsfkline]

Oh yeah......Only 1 soul was lost....the soul of Mr. Mime.

[bnsfkline]

that the barge struck an Iceburg.......and was starting to nose dive in to the water. The captian yelled "ABANDON SHIP!" and every on scurried off the boat. Down went the car ferry....down into the murkyness of the deep ocean depths, to become the first entire manifest train to ever end up on the ocean floor. The barge's name: "UP TITANIC"

[Anonymous]

so he slapped the mime and engaged in a battle, who knew a mime could be so strong?But then realized...

[Noah Hofrichter]

(who boy, here we go again with my really bad poems)

When outside the cab there arose such a clatter,
That he jumped from the stand to see what was the matter
away to the deck he flew like an ace,
Tripped over his grip, and fell flat on his face.

He stifled a curse meant for the bag,
picked himself up, and wiped his face with a rag.
As he ran out the door (with out tripping this time)
What should he see but a silly old mime!

"Why, what would a mine be doing on a sea going ship?"
He asked as he asked as he stood there, biting his lip
On the front porch of the old ALCo he stood,
And up came wind, and he pulled up his hood.

He sat and he puzzled, and puzzled some more,
The mine couldn’t tell him, he mimed and nothing more

[espeefoamer]

settled down for a long winter's nap

[Anonymous]

the engineer went back down to the engine and then he

[wcfan4ever]

he has studied the timetable. After making sure that he did,

[Anonymous]

the engineer went up to see the captain to make sure that

[wcfan4ever]

parked the train and every loco and car was put on the ferry for the trip over the ocean. After the train was situated on the ferry...

[Noah Hofrichter]

Of a Car ferry installed at the port of Los Angeles. They arrived at Los Angeles bright and early one morning, to the dawning of the smog. Thy headed for the water front, where they....

[Anonymous]

Hawaii.....this is possible because

[jabrown1971]

Turn the train over to CSX,, for the remainder of the trip to

[Noah Hofrichter]

headed to Northern Indiana, where they would...

[wcfan4ever]

which is known as Detroit Lakes, MN. From there they...

[Anonymous]

For that junction on the other side...

[wcfan4ever]

After getting everything fixed and ready to go...

[Noah Hofrichter]

He stifled a curse meant for the darn air hose
And boy was he freezing, and blowing his nose.
But what to his wondering eyes should appear,
but a Sleight on a flat car and eight reindeer.

I gleefully hoped that it was good Saint Nick,
to help out the Brakeman, and help him out quick.
As he pulled up beside, to fix it with a snap,
the brakeman stood in awe, and took off his cap.

No sooner did he do this, then the cold got his ear,
and he put his cap back on, and stood back in the clear.

[bnsfkline]

because he was
freezing his nards
off in the
Northern Minnisota Winter....

[jabrown1971]

the air had set up and the brakman was fussing

[Noah Hofrichter]

That I jumped from my caboose to see what was the matter.

[jabrown1971]

Out on the siding there arose such a clatter

[Glen Ellyn]

Said Santa riding his HELM LEASING sleigh.