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Posted by guilfordrr on Thursday, May 13, 2004 7:15 AM
whammed an express

into the rear

of a Virginian
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 13, 2004 8:47 AM
This was really
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Posted by macdannyk1 on Thursday, May 13, 2004 3:02 PM
not Mike's day
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 13, 2004 7:43 PM
then mike ,realized
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Posted by guilfordrr on Friday, May 14, 2004 3:46 PM
the Virginian's tooling

cost him $125,000
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 14, 2004 5:55 PM
so he sued
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Posted by pennsy_fan on Friday, May 14, 2004 9:18 PM
anybody & everybody
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Posted by Dr. John on Friday, May 14, 2004 9:29 PM
he could find
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 14, 2004 10:37 PM
until he violated

a Union Pacific

logo licensing agreement
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Posted by Dr. John on Friday, May 14, 2004 10:56 PM
which caused a
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Posted by guilfordrr on Saturday, May 15, 2004 8:34 AM
chain reaction, leading
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 15, 2004 11:33 AM
to the eventual
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Posted by guilfordrr on Saturday, May 15, 2004 12:08 PM
bankrupcy of MTH
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Posted by MA and PA JCT on Saturday, May 15, 2004 3:51 PM
Where's my LAWYER?.......
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 15, 2004 9:12 PM
Too bad. Union

Pacific has got

more of them [:)].
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 15, 2004 9:26 PM
Over at Lionel
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Posted by pennsy_fan on Saturday, May 15, 2004 11:42 PM
they were toying
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 16, 2004 9:39 AM
with the idea
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Posted by MA and PA JCT on Sunday, May 16, 2004 9:47 AM
hogtying WOLF to
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Posted by guilfordrr on Sunday, May 16, 2004 1:27 PM
a pole, and

sending it through

a life-size

#464 lumber mill[xx(]
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Posted by pennsy_fan on Sunday, May 16, 2004 10:52 PM
but they, instead
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 17, 2004 10:28 AM
decided to release
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Posted by guilfordrr on Monday, May 17, 2004 11:14 AM
a Standard Gauge

GG1, tinplate style

Talk about power!
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 17, 2004 3:37 PM
This engine was
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 17, 2004 7:24 PM
the very first
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Posted by guilfordrr on Tuesday, May 18, 2004 7:15 AM
of Lionel's new
"Postwar Classics" hybrid
line. (next person gets to post 5 words!)[:)]
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 18, 2004 11:10 AM
It could pull trains better



(The above picture is actually of a 1960's Japanese floor toy about the size of standard gauge, which I think is a good representation of what the engine we're talking about would look like.)
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 18, 2004 11:12 AM
than any other
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 20, 2004 4:46 PM
engine Sask owned!
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 20, 2004 7:07 PM
Until one day,

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