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Posted by SpaceMouse on Wednesday, September 5, 2007 4:45 PM
 MisterBeasley wrote:
SPAM on railroad tracks
Diesels skidding into town
Squealing like stuck pigs
--John Mitchell, jam@altagroup.com

That's actually quite good. Thanks MB.

Chip

Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Wednesday, September 5, 2007 7:55 PM

Alas, my Haiku

Was not even recognized.

Haiku is like that.

It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse. 

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Posted by SpaceMouse on Wednesday, September 5, 2007 8:22 PM
 MisterBeasley wrote:

Alas, my Haiku

Was not even recognized.

Haiku is like that.

Thta's okay, If you hit me with a brick I'll get both of them.

Chip

Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.

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Posted by howmus on Wednesday, September 5, 2007 8:23 PM
 MisterBeasley wrote:

Alas, my Haiku

Was not even recognized.

Haiku is like that.

Ah yes, your Haiku

But it was recognized.

Trains it was about 

(thanks, I miss counted.....) 

Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO

We'll get there sooner or later! 

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Posted by Guilford Guy on Wednesday, September 5, 2007 10:19 PM

trains it was About

5/7/5 

Alex

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Thursday, September 6, 2007 6:46 AM

A five seven five

More than just an oh five oh

With lots more fingers

It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse. 

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Posted by SpaceMouse on Thursday, September 6, 2007 7:25 AM

On grade couplers break

Cabin leads terror wild ride

Brakies soil pants brown

Chip

Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.

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Posted by Dave Vollmer on Thursday, September 6, 2007 8:49 AM

I've written a haiku to start my PhD dissertation on stratospheric turbulence over complex terrain:

"Orographic wave

Rises to meet the jet streak.

Turbulence ensues."

Modeling the Rio Grande Southern First District circa 1938-1946 in HOn3.

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