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The one thing I learned THIS YEAR is .................
Posted by bnsfkline on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 1:07 PM
..........When UP seems to become boring, they bring a splash of color (The Heritage Units) and makes you want to go trackside and search for the "Amazing 6"
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Posted by coborn35 on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 3:21 PM
I have learned that driving a train is easy!

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Posted by techguy57 on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 3:25 PM
I have learned that trolls never go away they just multiply...kinda like gremlins. [:D]

Mike
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 3:27 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by coborn35

I have learned that driving a train is easy!


Yeah, right. Try HANDLING a train. Anyone can pull the throttle and hit the jam.

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Posted by csxengineer98 on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 4:16 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by virlon

QUOTE: Originally posted by coborn35

I have learned that driving a train is easy!


Yeah, right. Try HANDLING a train. Anyone can pull the throttle and hit the jam.

Virlon
handling a train is easy too..depending on the territory.... territory as in flat lands or mountians is what seperates the men from the boys...
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Posted by bnsfkline on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 7:16 PM
and that I am a horrible thread poster....nothing over 50
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 7:24 PM
Sex is good for your health.......Try it. Allan.
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Posted by coborn35 on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 9:21 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by virlon

QUOTE: Originally posted by coborn35

I have learned that driving a train is easy!


Yeah, right. Try HANDLING a train. Anyone can pull the throttle and hit the jam.

Virlon

Hey, Im 13, cut me some slack, im not a crack through freight engineer.

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:17 PM
somehow a cop can fly a plane 1000 feet above, time your car between two marks 600 feet apart, look at a chart and come up with your speed down to the hundreth of mile per hour........what the ***!?
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Posted by espeefoamer on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:26 PM
I learned that there is no end to things UP will do to protect their copyrights and charge us modelers for as many road names as possible[:(!]!
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Posted by coborn35 on Friday, August 26, 2005 12:57 AM
I also learned that it is possible to buy 2 bilevel cars for $50.00 each and have them be in mint condition barring a new coat of paint.

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