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"Bessie" and the CSX Freight

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"Bessie" and the CSX Freight
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 3:48 PM

This Objet d'Art qualifies as one of the most

bizarre things I have seen while railfanning:

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=161445 

 

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Posted by Railfan1 on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 3:52 PM
Interesting.........
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Posted by CShaveRR on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 5:00 PM
A weed weasel out of its territory?

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Posted by samfp1943 on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 6:10 PM
 dsktc wrote:

This Objet d'Art qualifies as one of the most

bizarre things I have seen while railfanning:

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=161445 

 

Dave

Well, I have to give that a "Son of a Gun!"  on the "Holy Crap Meter Scale" [starts at  Sheeeeese! goes to Holy C***!], but it's PittsburghMischief [:-,]

 

 


 

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Posted by Andrew Falconer on Thursday, October 12, 2006 4:39 AM

The Bessemer furnace only has legs.

Where are the arms, the ears, and the eyes?

If a blind Bessemer furnace could walk around, how would it know where to pour the molten steel?

Andrew

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