ft' were freight only during war time

[Anonymous]

as we are currently under a legitimate nuclear threat from north korea is it not possible that we are currently under marshall law?

[Anonymous]

No we are not, and you are still spelling it wrong.  its "martial law"  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_law  Here is a link for you.   I would agree that most FTs were built for primarily freight service.  Interesting note about the B&M FTs.  They had hostler controls in the B unit because the most of the systems turntables could not fit the A-B set. 

Edit: We have been under a "legitimate nuclear threat" since we invented the things.

[wjstix]

rbandr

as we are currently under a legitimate nuclear threat from north korea

No we're not, at least not in this universe.

rbandr

 is it not possible that we are currently under marshall law?

 

 

No, it's not possible. First off, martial law isn't secret. It means a crisis has arisen - like a hurricane or a nuclear explosion that wiped out a city, etc. - bad enough that the military has been ordered to take over day-to-day operation of society. ("Martial" means military, or of military arms.) If we had martial law, the President would have gone on TV explaining what the crisis is and explain what was going to happen. Police would largely be replaced by soldiers, patrolling the streets, directing traffic, and trying to restore order. There would probably be a curfew, and laws would be posted as to what people could and couldn't do.

 

...and several railroads still would have had passenger FT's during World War 2.

[GDRMCo]

Someone wasted several years of their life chasing a false answer...not to mention the laughably bad conspiracy theory.

[Anonymous]

GDRMCo

Someone wasted several years of their life chasing a false answer...not to mention the laughably bad conspiracy theory.

 

i am preety shure that north korea has a launch vehicle and viable nukes. i live at ground Zero by patrick air base/cape canaveral launch complex. tell that to the base commander. he will ask u what u been smokin? K2 or bath salts!! P. S. I spelled Marshall corectly. since 1789 the federal marshalls have the last word on what is enforced and what is not!!

[gmpullman]

For what it's worth...

homophone

A homophone is a word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning and/or spelling. “Flower” and “flour” are homophones because they are pronounced the same but you certainly can’t bake a cake using daffodils.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_law

 

mar·shal (mär′shəl) (with ONE "L")

n.

1.

a. A military officer of the highest rank in some countries.

b. A field marshal.

2.

a. A U.S. federal officer of a judicial district who carries out court orders and discharges duties similar to those of a sheriff.

b. A city law enforcement officer in the United States who carries out court orders.

c. The head of a police or fire department in the United States.

3. A person in charge of a parade or ceremony.

4. A high official in a royal court, especially one aiding the sovereign in military affairs.

v.mar·shaled also mar·shalled, mar·shal·ing also mar·shal·ling, mar·shals also mar·shals

 

And if you want to know about marital law, just ask my wife...

 

Just trying to keep things accurate.

 

Happy days to all, Ed

 

 

[ALEX WARSHAL]

Thank you Ed for clearing that up. Personally , I dont think we are in major danger w/ North Korea. Go Team USA @ Sochi.