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Posted by BaltACD on Monday, September 9, 2013 6:53 AM

With the screen resolution on my computer - nothing looked operated upon.  At least not by a train.  Now, maybe these bozo's have used their 'speeder' enough over a small segment to wear through a little of the rust.

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Posted by schlimm on Sunday, September 8, 2013 6:31 PM

Balt:   Check the picture at the !:25 mark.  Looks greyish to silverish.  Maybe given the location (Salton) there is no rain? Later, after the 2:00 mark, it looks as you say.

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Posted by BaltACD on Sunday, September 8, 2013 5:06 PM

schlimm

The rail tops sure look awfully shiny for a line that allegedly has seen no rail traffic since 1986,

Think you may need to check you glasses - all I saw was solid rusty rail tops and the foliage in the center of the tracks indicated no activity for some period of time.

Rule G was not being observed by these bozo's.

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Posted by schlimm on Wednesday, September 4, 2013 1:25 PM

The rail tops sure look awfully shiny for a line that allegedly has seen no rail traffic since 1986,

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Posted by henry6 on Wednesday, September 4, 2013 8:21 AM

Please see that all schools along the NE Corridor, along all lines out of Chicago, and definitely the California Shore Line to San Diego see this.  Yeah.  

 

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Railroad Go Karts
Posted by ontheBNSF on Tuesday, September 3, 2013 9:58 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7buTCULLeY

Looks like quite a cool hobby. You can also try it out with bicycle type vehicles. 

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