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Posted by edbenton on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 3:45 PM

What cargo makes the prettiest picture after you run thru it at 60MPH. The picture calander.

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Posted by route_rock on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 9:53 AM

  Oh my! Well one of mine from jsut about any line I have been on. Trackside ladies flashing,oh and the less popular ones,Trackside kids mooning.Seen both and well only two were picture worthy lol.

  Hmmm hot Railfan chicks?  Train masters in the weeds? RFEs with radar guns?OHHH I know one for trainmasters! Which weeds will make you itch and ow to avoid them!

  

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Posted by AlcoRS11Nut on Sunday, November 15, 2009 10:21 AM
I like all those ideas. Id buy anyone of those!
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Posted by CShaveRR on Sunday, November 15, 2009 5:37 AM
carnej1

You forgot the RAILS TO TRAILS 2010 Calendar!

I just got an ad for this one. But the OP is right--you won't see one here!

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Posted by tree68 on Saturday, November 14, 2009 6:31 PM

selector

On a related note, a how-to titled, "Safe Texting in the Cab."

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Complete with a 1-800 number you can call for tech support....

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Posted by selector on Saturday, November 14, 2009 2:37 PM

On a related note, a how-to titled, "Safe Texting in the Cab."

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Posted by Paul_D_North_Jr on Saturday, November 14, 2009 5:35 AM

Good one, Larry !

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Posted by mudchicken on Saturday, November 14, 2009 1:13 AM

tree68

"Bumpers I have known, and run through"

Don't go there.

The track department will want the offending train crews mugs on wanted posters on another calendar. Neither calendar will sell. (some old roadmasters will have to be treated for emotional distress)....

 

You forgot the RAILS TO TRAILS 2010 Calendar!

- only if it comes with a daily fallacy, screw-up or wives tale created by their dingbat pro-trails people or equally nuts NARPO opponents.SoapBox

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Posted by tatans on Friday, November 13, 2009 6:16 PM

Newest New York fashion designs for today's Railroad Engineer, fireman and rail crew, spandex, high-heel boots, silk scarves, matching caps and gloves. Vanity Fair and Train Stuff.

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Posted by tree68 on Friday, November 13, 2009 2:51 PM

"Bumpers I have known, and run through"

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Posted by Paul_D_North_Jr on Friday, November 13, 2009 7:56 AM

Ulrich
  train crew swimsuit calendar..is (perhaps mercifully) never going to happen.  

Laugh

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Posted by Mookie on Thursday, November 12, 2009 7:51 PM

espeefoamer

Female Amtrak engineers, the swimsuit edition.

well, there's one I am not going to buy! Disapprove

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Posted by espeefoamer on Thursday, November 12, 2009 7:13 PM

Female Amtrak engineers, the swimsuit edition.

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Posted by mmartian22 on Thursday, November 12, 2009 6:29 PM

hi everyone, do the all above. it 's a great change pace i think  maybe we  can get kalmbach to do a  train wreck calender or other .i would buy it.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Thursday, November 12, 2009 5:13 PM

Umm 2 basic rules with a truck..know your load and know how to read.GPS or not

stay safe

joe

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Posted by Ulrich on Thursday, November 12, 2009 4:36 PM

train crew swimsuit calendar..is (perhaps mercifully) never going to happen.

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Posted by Kootenay Central on Thursday, November 12, 2009 3:48 PM

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Posted by K4sPRR on Thursday, November 12, 2009 3:45 PM

Moose Hunting along the Alaska Railroad with Sarah Palin.

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Posted by CShaveRR on Thursday, November 12, 2009 3:42 PM
spokyone

Interesting variety of empty center beam cars.

Doable, but might have to be two months per shot. There is variety in builders and designs out there.

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Posted by Deggesty on Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:32 AM

JoeKoh
The local mow guys and local crew of the Y101 say I should include a stuck truck at the viaduct picture in my calendars

Joe, are these drivers relying on GPS to direct them to your favorite viaduct?

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Posted by carnej1 on Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:15 AM

Boyd

Trains at Play

Train Derailments 2010

Mudslides and Mayhem

DM&E and Mayo, One Happy Family

Train Crews at Play on a 14,000 Ton Train

Hooters Girls Intern on CSX Trains

This Track Needs Work

Guess The Chemicals In These Drums

Drivers Stuck at Crossings 365 Day Calendar

 

You forgot the RAILS TO TRAILS 2010 Calendar!

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Posted by Mookie on Thursday, November 12, 2009 10:03 AM

zardoz

"A profile of freshly-minted Trainmasters that were willing to admit that they knew hardly anything about how a railroad works".

 

ah!  A calendar with no pictures?

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Posted by john_edwards on Thursday, November 12, 2009 8:30 AM

 Grafiti, the best of 2010

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Posted by spokyone on Thursday, November 12, 2009 7:58 AM

Interesting variety of empty center beam cars.

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Posted by zardoz on Thursday, November 12, 2009 7:50 AM

"A profile of freshly-minted Trainmasters that were willing to admit that they knew hardly anything about how a railroad works".

 

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Posted by tree68 on Thursday, November 12, 2009 7:23 AM

JoeKoh
I should include a stuck truck at the viaduct picture in my calendars.

Sounds like a good calendar in and of itself...  "Viaduct 12, Truckers 0"

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Posted by JoeKoh on Thursday, November 12, 2009 7:07 AM

I got a cranemasters calendar while I watched them clean up q 381 last January.The local mow guys and local crew of the Y101 say I should include a stuck truck at the viaduct picture in my calendars.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by tree68 on Thursday, November 12, 2009 7:04 AM

Mudslides and mayhem sounds interesting.  Especially with background footnotes.

This Track Needs Work has possibilities, too.  Not sure you'd want to get too specific with locales, though, unless you featured mostly fallen flags.

And I had a calendar of attractive women on trains a few years ago - I believe all of them were RR employees, and all of them were suitably attired for working on the railroad.

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Posted by zugmann on Thursday, November 12, 2009 5:56 AM
william6

I think train derailments and wrecks would make for a real good topic for a calendar...really!

Already exists. Either Cranemasters or Hulchers (I think the former) had a calendar full of derailments.

It's been fun.  But it isn't much fun anymore.   Signing off for now. 


  

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