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P.O.W. TRAIN IN TEXAS
Posted by
Anonymous
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Tue, Nov 22 2005 1:09 PM
me & breeze was workin for a guy in tyler tx he told us about camp fannin a us army base that shut down in 1945 we live near the old OFFICERS club
and about a mile from the old firing range which is now a hospital
ther would be 2 trains a week bringing pows from other bases to tyler they would rebuild the motors for army trucks & jeeps 1 train would bring old motors and parts & take the rebuilt ones back the old depot stillstands but is in bad shape [:(] the line was a cotton belt but is now
UP[8D]
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Posted by
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Tue, Nov 22 2005 5:49 PM
Ah, the shackle cars are back![(-D][:-,][swg][:-^][alien]
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Posted by
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Tue, Nov 22 2005 5:50 PM
What are the shackle cars??? [D)][%-)][%-)]
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Posted by
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Tue, Nov 22 2005 5:55 PM
You mean you haven't heard, it's a legend round here. I'll go look it up for ya'.
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Posted by
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Tue, Nov 22 2005 5:56 PM
Ohh, why thank you [:I]
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Posted by
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Tue, Nov 22 2005 6:03 PM
Here you go, these have been the stuff of jokes ever since.
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?page=1&TOPIC_ID=20437
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Posted by
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Wed, Nov 23 2005 9:18 PM
wow...[:-,]
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Posted by
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Wed, Nov 23 2005 10:07 PM
Ive been modelling rail ops in Texas for about five years now, and I cannot ever remember hearing, knowing, or reading about that.
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