Hello Guys:
Hmm, for pro football, I will pick the Seahawks.
For college, I will choose USC.
Regards,
JO
Lionel collector, stuck in an N scaler's modelling space.
I gotta agree with you on that last part Dan.... Those all seem more like games than anything else.... Which always makes me wonder why they have poker tournements on ESPN now. Last I checked poker was still a card game.... Just sayin is all.....
Again, not knocking anything, it's all in the choice of words to describe them...
Will you get nailed? debuts on internet
Now, a teen website, www.willyougetnailed.com attempts to familiarize young drivers with the serious consequences if their vehicle (4,000 pounds) tries to beat a train (12 million pounds) at the crossing. Young adults are also killed and seriously injured walking or recreational vehicle riding among other activities while trespassing on private railroad property. The new website includes a quiz and information about the inherent dangers at crossings and along railroad right of way.
Maine Operation Lifesaver is a non-profit 501(c)3 public education and information program dedicated to reducing collisions, injuries, and fatalities at railroad crossings along Maine's nearly 1,200 miles of active rail lines. Maine Operation Lifesaver also works to make the public aware of the dangers of trespassing on private railroad property. Members of the state committee include mostly current and retired officials representing Maine's railroads, private industry, Maine Department of Transportation, and the Federal Railroad Administration. These volunteers meet monthly to coordinate and carry out related presentations and projects statewide. Activities are funded primarily by the state's rail carriers.Nationwide, Operation Lifesaver programs exist in 49 states and have contributed significantly to the more than 50 percent reduction in crashes and fatalities at railroad crossings. In Maine, statistics reveal a sharp decrease in such crashes from 23 collisions killing three and injuring nine others in 1990 to six incidents in 2004 resulting in one injury and one fatality. However, in Maine and elsewhere, trespassing incidents are on the rise and are a new focus of Operation Lifesaver efforts.Around the country, there were more than 3,000 crashes in 2004, killing 369 and injuring 1,038 others. 480 people were killed last year in related trespassing incidents caused by such things as walking and motoring along tracks and railroad bridges, throwing objects at trains and placing objects on the tracks, and hitching joyrides on trains.
Cutting up is still not a good idea..... It only takes a small distraction while "cutting up" to cause an accident....... I have only been driving for about 3 years and have been in 5 accidents.... None were my fault, but 2 cases were teen age girls on cell phones not paying attention, a senile elderly man who should have been off the road years ago, a drunk driver who claimed diabetes and got away with all charges, and an under age girl who hit and run (and her boyfriend took the wheel and tried to hit me with his car while I called the police afterwards too). It is nothing to mess around with. At 19, I have many of the spinal cord problems of someone 3 times my age due to these accidents. ALL of these accidents were easily avoidable, if people had exercised common sense.
Aside from that, last year my cousin was also killed by an 18 year old driver. The driver had tried using a fake ID to buy liquer at a liquer store, and when they denied him, he sped out of the parking lot carelessly without checking for traffic and slammed right into my cousin on his motorcycle, killing him instantly.
NO ONE should ever be in that much of a hurry..... And if you are, then you really need to learn how to manage more time for driving, or get the hell off the road, because it is just plain stupid to drive carelessly to save time. (the driver that hit my cousin also had no remorse..... It was a hit and run, where he left my cousin to die in the street, and he was in 3 more accidents, 2 of which were hit and runs while awaiting trial on my cousin's case). I can't feel the least bit sorry for a driver who is in an accident because of their own fault.As for the question raised, I mostly run modern trains because that is the market that is most readily available to me. Although I have more steamers as of right now (most were gifts), I prefer diesels, because I always remember my days as a kid playing baseball for my grandfather's team, watching the Canadian Pacific, Soo Line, and Norfolk Southern engines roar by the field during a slow inning.
Take care all! And for all of our sake, please be careful in everything you do....
Torpedo, sounds good..... How many engines do you run/have?
Well as of right now they are still awaiting trial... The state of Illinois is not quick about many things.... As far as the other comments, I NEVER leave without a seatbelt, and unfortunately, the state my back is in now is as good as it ever can be.
I just hope that these recounts stand as a testament to ALL drivers to drive responsibly and courteously, and to always wear a seatbelt.
well I gess this show be on the front page of every newspaper in the US this discution.
for me well the only driving experience of any kind that I have is a 4-wheeler in a field away from any roads at my Grammy's farm, and the train at the Maine Narrow Gauge RR for a short while.
take care all and remember the police are watching for unbuckled seat belts
and here in Maine they are ckracking down on drivers with a spunded licenec. so far they have caught I think 20 drivers so far maybe more.
I dont cut up on the road. I meant on here.
well if the people at the MNGRR trust men engough to opperate their train for about 5min then yea I am sencible. as for trains I have a NYC diesle has a short nose end and a long nose end. a Santa Fe F unite? and a Santa Fe 0-4-0.
I have a MARX 0-4-0 that was my dad's
a Battery powerd Santa Fe 0-6-0
both are O scale though for the MARX I need 3 rail O27 track any one has some that they don't need? I'll gladly put it to good use.
Getting back to our subject of toy trains....
Has anyone started working on a Halloween layout yet? I have my board ready and painted, but have not gone into the storage room to take out the ceramic buildings and such. Hopefully I can do that this weekend so that I can make some spooky scenery and not only have it up for 2 weeks before Halloween. This will be my first seasonal layout, so I want to start it off right.
Aside from that, where has Danrunner been? Is he in the process of moving at the moment? Dan, if you're out there, check in with us. We'd love to see how you're doing.
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