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"oos"?
Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 27, 2006 3:34 PM
on my recent trip to vermont with my dad, we talked to a suprisingly friendly new england central MOW worker, who showed up in one of tose trucks with the rail wheels. we talked about some railroadey things, then he handed us some old operating bullitens. it said under speed stuff like "track 867 OOS at(wherever)", or "siding OOS". what does OOS stand for?
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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, June 27, 2006 3:56 PM
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 27, 2006 4:16 PM
"Doh!"
i knew it was something really simple and id feel so stupid. thanks.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 27, 2006 4:43 PM
Some people actually think it is SOO backwards.[swg]

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Posted by stmtrolleyguy on Tuesday, June 27, 2006 5:25 PM
Depends. Could you paint the soo logo backwards on one side of the long hood so that S always leads, like they do with American flags on uniforms?
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Posted by UPTRAIN on Tuesday, June 27, 2006 5:54 PM
Or with American Flags on yellow diesels.

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Posted by railfan619 on Wednesday, June 28, 2006 5:16 PM
YOUR RIGHT IT MEANS OUT OF SERVICE
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Posted by Poppa_Zit on Wednesday, June 28, 2006 5:28 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by GEARHEAD426

on my recent trip to vermont with my dad, we talked to a suprisingly friendly new england central MOW worker, who showed up in one of tose trucks with the rail wheels.


Those vehicles are called "high-railers."
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 28, 2006 10:46 PM
The formal term Highway-Rail Truck is often shortened to "Hi-Railer" in magazine articles.

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