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[Anonymous]

James (Saunders), where did you go? Havent seen ya for a while

Alexander

[oskar]

Hey guys this will probaly be my last post untill Tuesday when I go to Folkston was scheduled Sat-Mon but got a present for graduateing 8th grade and going to high school. Good present eh?. Also in my Core classed I got 2 B's (81GA studies,84Science), 1 C( 75 pre-Algebra) 1 A ( 91 Lit). I put some facts like they do in the ECHL when 2 teams face they put facts about the 2 teams instead I put mine about Folkston.

FOLKSTON FACTS 5-27- 5-31



. Since 2002 Kevin has only missed 1 trip to Folkston due to Hurricane Charlie in 2004

. Kevin has not seen anything unpatched

. On the last trip Kevin saw only 3 BNSF’s and 2 UP’s

. Kevin has saw his favorite engine CSX 237 once in Folkston

. Kevin has saw 4 light engine moves over 6 years

. No trains in Folkston waited for meets on the last visit


Cool Facts


. Longest train (engines) tied 10 TS50-29 TS40-28 5/29/03

TS50-29

CSX 55
CSX 499
CSX 138
CSX 113
CSX 7345
CSX 8732(YN3)
CSX 8710
CSX 5959
CSX 8058
CSX 606


TS40-28
BNSF 4162 (H2)
BNSF 905 (SF colors)
CSX 8035 (YN1)
HLCX 6235(UP colors)
CSX 8068
CSX 9005
CSX 4758(YN3)
CSX 8665(YN3)
CSX 8458
CSX 8627

Coolest Consist
X592
WC 7512
CSX 8889
CSX 8668

XO92
UP 4447
IC 6064
RLCX 8595
RLCX 8508
CSX 8010
CR 7358
GEFX 3081

Rarest engine HLCX SD50M-3 5000
Most seen engine- CSX AC44CW
Longest train TS40-28 166 cars
Longest Wait for train to get a clear- 5 hrs 15 min
Fewest Trains 4/6/04- 12
Most Trains (day) 45- 9/5/03
Fewest Trains (trip)- 34 9/3-9/5/05
Most Leasers- 25 9/5/03 on Train 3 (many times) last 9/4/05

CEFX 3101
HLCX 6313
HLCX 7188

Thats all I can think of.


kevin

[Anonymous]

green over red is a straight clear
ok here is the thing to remember.. if there is a red over another color it is a diverging signal.... except a lunar or a flashing red.. that would be a straight restricting.

[wctransfer]

Oskar- Neat engine line ups. The 7512 has since been retired *sobbs*

Today we went to raifan the BNSF.
Cool stuff that i saw was...

A GEVO in H2 (not as cool as swoosh)
A pair of Warbonnet SD40-2's
3 BNSF (ex BN) Executive scheme SD70Macs on a coal train!

Check my rrpicturearchives fridley album.

Shot the WC too, but was boring, 2 CN SD70I's.

Alec

[Noah Hofrichter]

Alec,

I like the shots. I see you actually had some sun up there. I went railfanning down between Dubuque, Iowa and Prarie Du Chein, Wisconsin all day, and it was cloudy until right about the time we had to head home. But, I did catch a lot of Iowa, Chicago, and Eastern action, and we ended up with a three way meet between trains just a little ways South of Marquette, Iowa, which was pretty cool. I should have shots up tomorrow sometime, or for sure Monday.

We almost headed up to La Crosse, but elected to get to Dubuqe instead because the weather was supposed to be better down there. Ended up being pretty bad though, and wasn't very good weather wise. The train traffic was neat though.

Noah

[coborn35]

Worked my first train of the season today, behind GN NW5 #192 WITH ITS NEW K3LA AIR HORN!!!!

[Anonymous]

Hi everyone.
Come join my forum
http://railroadforum.proboards76.com/index.cgi

If you join then i will make you a moderater of one forum.
Alexander

[james saunders]

alexander,

i hadn't had much time to surf the net lately as work has been really busy!..

James

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by james saunders

alexander,

i hadn't had much time to surf the net lately as work has been really busy!..

James

Are you gonna join my forum? I am always looking for members, and would love to have a fellow aussie on.
Alexander

[wctransfer]

Thanks Noah! Ya, it was sunny, but a little too hot for me. Ive been to Dubuque long ago, but remember seeing the IMRL, 2 BN/BNSF SD70Macs sitting for a coal train im guessing. Sounds like you had fun though! Well, gotta go mow the grass.......

Alec

[coborn35]

Why do you always call it the IMRL Alec? Its lettered MRL.

[wctransfer]

No.....

I the IMRL is now the ICE. MRL and IMRL are different roads.

Alec

[coborn35]

Therefore the unit is MRL for Montana Rail Link....

[Anonymous]

IMRL bought alot of old MRL units.. on the radio they identifed them selves as IMRL

[wctransfer]

OOOOOH SNAPS MAX!!!!!!!
BTW, back when i was in Dubuque, it was still the IMRL.

Alec