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I've done some street running in my day; it's all gone now, replaced by condos and wine and cheese yuppie-type hangouts. There was one place with a curve so sharp that you couldn't pu***he car IN! So we'd let the air out of it and pull the pin on the engine. With a man on the handbrake, we'd shove the car into the spur; the knuckle was free to swing open around the sharp curve so everything would stay on the rail. To pull a car out, we'd have to chain it out. Once I was hit by a Volkswagen beetle in my SW 1. The lady cop said, "I've never done this before. I guess I need to see your drivers license." I'd been warned about that...Never show your drivers license; it could affect your driving record and even your insurance. "No, mam. The B&O RR authorizes me to operate this locomotive." And then there was the time...er, I need to stop, but boy, could I tell stories.
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