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QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon It's Guilford's new service offering First and Business class to the upscale hobo.
Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub
Originally posted by dharmon Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 21, 2005 10:06 AM dharmon, I'm glad someone else knows where the center of the known universe is... mike Reply Edit dharmon Member sinceAugust 2003 From: Bottom Left Corner, USA 3,420 posts Posted by dharmon on Monday, March 21, 2005 10:13 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by spbed Tks so we live in different corners of the USA. I was in your corner last Sept. [:D] Originally posted by dharmon Well actually, I used to live in that corner too.....and the top right and left also. Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24 AM Well the way you look at it I lived 3/4 of the ways towards the top right corner. Never though lived on the left side as you see it. [:o)] Originally posted by dharmon [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply jeaton Member sinceSeptember 2002 From: Rockton, IL 4,821 posts Posted by jeaton on Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24 AM What about the middle corner. "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 Reply dharmon Member sinceAugust 2003 From: Bottom Left Corner, USA 3,420 posts Posted by dharmon on Monday, March 21, 2005 10:40 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by jeaton What about the middle corner. Jay.. I didn't know you took geometry in a Texas public school too...cool....... ...but no, I haven't lived in any of the square flat states. Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 21, 2005 1:57 PM Well the car did have easy slide open doors and was painted in a brand new paint sceam with the Pan-Am Logo....And come to think of it I did see a hobo get off the train. Reply Edit ajmiller Member sinceOctober 2003 From: State College PA 344 posts Posted by ajmiller on Monday, March 21, 2005 2:24 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon It's Guilford's new service offering First and Business class to the upscale hobo. Complementary shackles are provided along with a flask of rum and stainless steel bucket for a latrine. Overhead storage bins for holding aluminum cans also included. Straw bedding changed daily. Reply dharmon Member sinceAugust 2003 From: Bottom Left Corner, USA 3,420 posts Posted by dharmon on Monday, March 21, 2005 2:33 PM Ladies and gentlemen, in preparation for departure, at this time we must ask that you discontinue use of all small fires and hypodermics, and and roll your straw in to the upright and locked position. Please ensure all cans are properly stowed in the overhead bins. If you are one of our Medallion members, we'll be handing out head of line passes good at any soup kitchen. Reply dharmon Member sinceAugust 2003 From: Bottom Left Corner, USA 3,420 posts Posted by dharmon on Monday, March 21, 2005 3:07 PM Here's a pic of the car.. http://naphotos.nerail.org/showpic/?photo=200503161557001789.jpg&byrail%3A2%3AGuilford Reply railman Member sinceJanuary 2001 From: Midwest 718 posts Posted by railman on Monday, March 21, 2005 8:10 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by ajmiller QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon It's Guilford's new service offering First and Business class to the upscale hobo. Complementary shackles are provided along with a flask of rum and stainless steel bucket for a latrine. Overhead storage bins for holding aluminum cans also included. Straw bedding changed daily. Please, don't revive the [}:)]"prison boxcar" [}:)]idea again!! Reply ericsp Member sinceMay 2015 5,134 posts Posted by ericsp on Monday, March 21, 2005 8:14 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by Dunkirkeriestation ....And come to think of it I did see a hobo get off the train. Hmm, I wonder why. "No soup for you!" - Yev Kassem (from Seinfeld) Reply ajmiller Member sinceOctober 2003 From: State College PA 344 posts Posted by ajmiller on Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by railman Please, don't revive the [}:)]"prison boxcar" [}:)]idea again!! Prison boxcars! Nothing of the kind! Come on, they don't give you fresh straw every day in prison. These are first class compartments for hobos....er....I mean locationally challenged individuals. And the shackles, I mean safety restraints, are complementary. You don't have to wear them, except when the engineer turns on the rough track warning light. Reply ajmiller Member sinceOctober 2003 From: State College PA 344 posts Posted by ajmiller on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 12:38 AM In last Friday's newswire, they talk about the Guilford Pan Am boxcars: http://www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/005/827dykvc.asp I find the last paragraph particularly amusing QUOTE: "Its boxcars are being painted in Pan Am colors despite the fact that Pan Am is not in operation right now," said John Perkinson, a spokesman for the Airline Pilots Association International. Guilford stopped Pan Am flights on October 31, 2004, after the union sued the company for transferring flights from unionized Pan Am to its non-unionized subsidiary, Boston-Maine Airways. A federal appeals court ruled in Guilford´s favor in February It seems like Guilford is confusing airlines with railroads. Maybe they could get the hobos to fly the Boston-Maine airplanes and the union pilots could ride in the Pan Am boxcars.[;)] Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 10:04 PM If you'll look off the left wing, ladies and gentlemen, you'll see Juan Trippe doing Immelmanns and snap rolls in his grave!![}:)][}:)][}:)] Reply Edit Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
QUOTE: Originally posted by spbed Tks so we live in different corners of the USA. I was in your corner last Sept. [:D] Originally posted by dharmon Well actually, I used to live in that corner too.....and the top right and left also. Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24 AM Well the way you look at it I lived 3/4 of the ways towards the top right corner. Never though lived on the left side as you see it. [:o)] Originally posted by dharmon [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply jeaton Member sinceSeptember 2002 From: Rockton, IL 4,821 posts Posted by jeaton on Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24 AM What about the middle corner. "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 Reply dharmon Member sinceAugust 2003 From: Bottom Left Corner, USA 3,420 posts Posted by dharmon on Monday, March 21, 2005 10:40 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by jeaton What about the middle corner. Jay.. I didn't know you took geometry in a Texas public school too...cool....... ...but no, I haven't lived in any of the square flat states. Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 21, 2005 1:57 PM Well the car did have easy slide open doors and was painted in a brand new paint sceam with the Pan-Am Logo....And come to think of it I did see a hobo get off the train. Reply Edit ajmiller Member sinceOctober 2003 From: State College PA 344 posts Posted by ajmiller on Monday, March 21, 2005 2:24 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon It's Guilford's new service offering First and Business class to the upscale hobo. Complementary shackles are provided along with a flask of rum and stainless steel bucket for a latrine. Overhead storage bins for holding aluminum cans also included. Straw bedding changed daily. Reply dharmon Member sinceAugust 2003 From: Bottom Left Corner, USA 3,420 posts Posted by dharmon on Monday, March 21, 2005 2:33 PM Ladies and gentlemen, in preparation for departure, at this time we must ask that you discontinue use of all small fires and hypodermics, and and roll your straw in to the upright and locked position. Please ensure all cans are properly stowed in the overhead bins. If you are one of our Medallion members, we'll be handing out head of line passes good at any soup kitchen. Reply dharmon Member sinceAugust 2003 From: Bottom Left Corner, USA 3,420 posts Posted by dharmon on Monday, March 21, 2005 3:07 PM Here's a pic of the car.. http://naphotos.nerail.org/showpic/?photo=200503161557001789.jpg&byrail%3A2%3AGuilford Reply railman Member sinceJanuary 2001 From: Midwest 718 posts Posted by railman on Monday, March 21, 2005 8:10 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by ajmiller QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon It's Guilford's new service offering First and Business class to the upscale hobo. Complementary shackles are provided along with a flask of rum and stainless steel bucket for a latrine. Overhead storage bins for holding aluminum cans also included. Straw bedding changed daily. Please, don't revive the [}:)]"prison boxcar" [}:)]idea again!! Reply ericsp Member sinceMay 2015 5,134 posts Posted by ericsp on Monday, March 21, 2005 8:14 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by Dunkirkeriestation ....And come to think of it I did see a hobo get off the train. Hmm, I wonder why. "No soup for you!" - Yev Kassem (from Seinfeld) Reply ajmiller Member sinceOctober 2003 From: State College PA 344 posts Posted by ajmiller on Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by railman Please, don't revive the [}:)]"prison boxcar" [}:)]idea again!! Prison boxcars! Nothing of the kind! Come on, they don't give you fresh straw every day in prison. These are first class compartments for hobos....er....I mean locationally challenged individuals. And the shackles, I mean safety restraints, are complementary. You don't have to wear them, except when the engineer turns on the rough track warning light. Reply ajmiller Member sinceOctober 2003 From: State College PA 344 posts Posted by ajmiller on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 12:38 AM In last Friday's newswire, they talk about the Guilford Pan Am boxcars: http://www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/005/827dykvc.asp I find the last paragraph particularly amusing QUOTE: "Its boxcars are being painted in Pan Am colors despite the fact that Pan Am is not in operation right now," said John Perkinson, a spokesman for the Airline Pilots Association International. Guilford stopped Pan Am flights on October 31, 2004, after the union sued the company for transferring flights from unionized Pan Am to its non-unionized subsidiary, Boston-Maine Airways. A federal appeals court ruled in Guilford´s favor in February It seems like Guilford is confusing airlines with railroads. Maybe they could get the hobos to fly the Boston-Maine airplanes and the union pilots could ride in the Pan Am boxcars.[;)] Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 10:04 PM If you'll look off the left wing, ladies and gentlemen, you'll see Juan Trippe doing Immelmanns and snap rolls in his grave!![}:)][}:)][}:)] Reply Edit Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
Originally posted by dharmon
Originally posted by dharmon [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply jeaton Member sinceSeptember 2002 From: Rockton, IL 4,821 posts Posted by jeaton on Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24 AM What about the middle corner. "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 Reply dharmon Member sinceAugust 2003 From: Bottom Left Corner, USA 3,420 posts Posted by dharmon on Monday, March 21, 2005 10:40 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by jeaton What about the middle corner. Jay.. I didn't know you took geometry in a Texas public school too...cool....... ...but no, I haven't lived in any of the square flat states. Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 21, 2005 1:57 PM Well the car did have easy slide open doors and was painted in a brand new paint sceam with the Pan-Am Logo....And come to think of it I did see a hobo get off the train. Reply Edit ajmiller Member sinceOctober 2003 From: State College PA 344 posts Posted by ajmiller on Monday, March 21, 2005 2:24 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon It's Guilford's new service offering First and Business class to the upscale hobo. Complementary shackles are provided along with a flask of rum and stainless steel bucket for a latrine. Overhead storage bins for holding aluminum cans also included. Straw bedding changed daily. Reply dharmon Member sinceAugust 2003 From: Bottom Left Corner, USA 3,420 posts Posted by dharmon on Monday, March 21, 2005 2:33 PM Ladies and gentlemen, in preparation for departure, at this time we must ask that you discontinue use of all small fires and hypodermics, and and roll your straw in to the upright and locked position. Please ensure all cans are properly stowed in the overhead bins. If you are one of our Medallion members, we'll be handing out head of line passes good at any soup kitchen. Reply dharmon Member sinceAugust 2003 From: Bottom Left Corner, USA 3,420 posts Posted by dharmon on Monday, March 21, 2005 3:07 PM Here's a pic of the car.. http://naphotos.nerail.org/showpic/?photo=200503161557001789.jpg&byrail%3A2%3AGuilford Reply railman Member sinceJanuary 2001 From: Midwest 718 posts Posted by railman on Monday, March 21, 2005 8:10 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by ajmiller QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon It's Guilford's new service offering First and Business class to the upscale hobo. Complementary shackles are provided along with a flask of rum and stainless steel bucket for a latrine. Overhead storage bins for holding aluminum cans also included. Straw bedding changed daily. Please, don't revive the [}:)]"prison boxcar" [}:)]idea again!! Reply ericsp Member sinceMay 2015 5,134 posts Posted by ericsp on Monday, March 21, 2005 8:14 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by Dunkirkeriestation ....And come to think of it I did see a hobo get off the train. Hmm, I wonder why. "No soup for you!" - Yev Kassem (from Seinfeld) Reply ajmiller Member sinceOctober 2003 From: State College PA 344 posts Posted by ajmiller on Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by railman Please, don't revive the [}:)]"prison boxcar" [}:)]idea again!! Prison boxcars! Nothing of the kind! Come on, they don't give you fresh straw every day in prison. These are first class compartments for hobos....er....I mean locationally challenged individuals. And the shackles, I mean safety restraints, are complementary. You don't have to wear them, except when the engineer turns on the rough track warning light. Reply ajmiller Member sinceOctober 2003 From: State College PA 344 posts Posted by ajmiller on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 12:38 AM In last Friday's newswire, they talk about the Guilford Pan Am boxcars: http://www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/005/827dykvc.asp I find the last paragraph particularly amusing QUOTE: "Its boxcars are being painted in Pan Am colors despite the fact that Pan Am is not in operation right now," said John Perkinson, a spokesman for the Airline Pilots Association International. Guilford stopped Pan Am flights on October 31, 2004, after the union sued the company for transferring flights from unionized Pan Am to its non-unionized subsidiary, Boston-Maine Airways. A federal appeals court ruled in Guilford´s favor in February It seems like Guilford is confusing airlines with railroads. Maybe they could get the hobos to fly the Boston-Maine airplanes and the union pilots could ride in the Pan Am boxcars.[;)] Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 10:04 PM If you'll look off the left wing, ladies and gentlemen, you'll see Juan Trippe doing Immelmanns and snap rolls in his grave!![}:)][}:)][}:)] Reply Edit Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
"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
QUOTE: Originally posted by jeaton What about the middle corner.
QUOTE: Originally posted by ajmiller QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon It's Guilford's new service offering First and Business class to the upscale hobo. Complementary shackles are provided along with a flask of rum and stainless steel bucket for a latrine. Overhead storage bins for holding aluminum cans also included. Straw bedding changed daily.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Dunkirkeriestation ....And come to think of it I did see a hobo get off the train.
"No soup for you!" - Yev Kassem (from Seinfeld)
QUOTE: Originally posted by railman Please, don't revive the [}:)]"prison boxcar" [}:)]idea again!!
QUOTE: "Its boxcars are being painted in Pan Am colors despite the fact that Pan Am is not in operation right now," said John Perkinson, a spokesman for the Airline Pilots Association International. Guilford stopped Pan Am flights on October 31, 2004, after the union sued the company for transferring flights from unionized Pan Am to its non-unionized subsidiary, Boston-Maine Airways. A federal appeals court ruled in Guilford´s favor in February
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