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"Covered" Wagon or Tarps "Away" -- Winning Photo

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"Covered" Wagon or Tarps "Away" -- Winning Photo
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, October 10, 2005 10:02 AM
I received an instant message late last night with this link in it.

New link:

www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=121581



Congrats to John for catching this. [:)]

Now, keep the politics out of this thread.

TALK TRAINS

NOT TRASH


John's (Railpac) photo is one of the most viewed photos in the last 48 hours.

A special "CONGRATS" to John for this super photo.


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Posted by chad thomas on Monday, October 10, 2005 10:05 AM
So, what is it, the next heritage unit or the presidential tribute unit I heard about?
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Posted by CShaveRR on Monday, October 10, 2005 10:16 AM
Whatever it is, I'd seen those three in Proviso the night before. I can't trace them from home, unfortunately.

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, October 10, 2005 10:17 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas

So, what is it, the next heritage unit or the presidential tribute unit I heard about?


The gossip is that it is headed for Texas, soooooooo . . .

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, October 10, 2005 10:32 AM
Texas huh?

From Illinios? It might either come down the MP main or the old Cotton Belt.

I would be very interested in this move but dont know the first thing about tracking such a train.
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Posted by fuzzybroken on Monday, October 10, 2005 10:38 AM
Nuts!!! They snuck it outta Horicon pretty well... Then again, there was way too much political bashing and not enough movement information!!! [banghead]
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Posted by fuzzybroken on Monday, October 10, 2005 10:44 AM
Oh yeah, and it's not supposed to be painted for George W. Bush, who is the current president, rather for his father, George H. W. Bush!!! [banghead] A fact completely missed by lots and lots of people!!! I have contacted the photographer on this one...

Also, let us know the photo's location after it gets accepted (unless it doesn't...)
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Posted by FThunder11 on Monday, October 10, 2005 10:52 AM
ITS THE PRESEDENTIAL UNIT It was Zach who found it, while chatting with Me, and I passed it onto Jim...Zach and I figured out its the presedential, look at the tape over the fuel tank, possibly hiding, what I thinks is the presidential seal or something, and the color of the handrails, the next heriatage unit will have yellow ones this unit has silver, and we know its going to college station, tx. So there ya go
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Posted by fuzzybroken on Monday, October 10, 2005 11:30 AM
One more thing... Here's the link for the excursion trip that most Bush-bashers never bothered to read...
http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/trains/excursion_trip.php
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Posted by garr on Monday, October 10, 2005 12:09 PM
This is the second loco painted for 41 or Bush, Sr.

CSX 7812 was painted, maybe even delivered, as 1992, The Spirit of America. If was used on his whistle stop tour during his re-election campaign in, surprise, 1992. It was solid blue with the yellow angled nose. A large flag was on the side and, when Bush, Sr was aboard, the presidential seal hung under the cab windows. It ran a number of years in this scheme and was even renumbered 7812 a good while before being painted in the gray/blue/yellow scheme.

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, October 10, 2005 4:41 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by jhhtrainsplanes

I received an instant message late last night with this link in it.

http://www.railpictures.net/viewqueued.php?id=173121


Congrats to John for catching this. [:)]

Now, keep the politics out of this thread.

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NOT TRASH




When I click that link I get a message that there is no image by that number.
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Posted by fuzzybroken on Monday, October 10, 2005 4:58 PM
Well, I correct myself!!! Good to see that this photo made it!!! [:D]
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Posted by coborn35 on Monday, October 10, 2005 9:03 PM
Found one guys:http: //www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=121581

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Posted by FThunder11 on Monday, October 10, 2005 10:27 PM
YAY it got accepted
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, October 11, 2005 12:33 AM
Really, shouldn't UP do a locomotive for Lincoln, who started UP and CP?!
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Posted by fuzzybroken on Tuesday, October 11, 2005 12:38 AM
Nah... Lincoln has his own brand of automobile, which he really had very little to do with... other than being shot in Ford theater... [:(]
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 12:20 AM
John's (Railpac) photo is one of the most viewed photos in the last 48 hours.

A special "CONGRATS" to John for this super photo.
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Posted by Kurn on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 4:22 PM
Well,at least UP will have a locomotive that will "stay the course".

If there are no dogs in heaven,then I want to go where they go.

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Posted by FThunder11 on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 4:58 PM
Its getting unvieled on the 18th of october! I wanna see it!
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Posted by Trainnut484 on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 6:26 PM
Hello Jim, how's the new job coming along?

That canvas covered locomotive would go well with a canvas covered Private Car "art" train I caught last month here in KC.

http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=45583

Take care,

Russell
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