QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon Well I probably shouldn't pass the recipe over this medium.......but just about everyone in uniform, other uniforms too it would seem knows how to do it. Mook...Jim can send you the instructions... ...and because they they delighted in annoying the French any time they could.
QUOTE: Originally posted by kevinstheRRman Ironhorseman - I look down on your attempts to get me aggrivcated. Clearly in your post, you tried to get me rilled up, But thats the old Kevin, and after recent battles, I swore not to get involoved in stuff like that. Your post is as if we were in a bar room, and you jsut pushed me and told me to "get mad." No I won't, I have some sort of self control these days. You should be ashamed for even trying to get me angry, because your attempts have done nothing but fail. I will not push back, I will solely walk away. I pitty you if this is all you spend your time doing. Maybe in the future, you wouldn't mind being a little less credulant.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by railpac Wanna hear a story of why G.E.'s are peices of junk? Ok, Amtrak train 303, the "Anne Rutlage" from Chicago to St. Louis to Kansas City, MO had G.E. Gennesis P42-9 #65 on the point. Just outside of Chicago their G.E. crapped out on 'em! Their air compressor was malfunctioning, this caused the brakes on the P42-9 to lock up, then the computer system started to freak out, almost shut down the entire locomotive! They kept the computer from shutting the unit down to keep the HEP running for the passengers, then they had to isolate the P42-9. Finally they had to bring in an Ex. Mo-Pac, Union Pacific GP38-2, this unit was on the point almost the entire time from Chicago. The 303 showed up 5 hours late in St. Louis! But, at least it showed up, thanks to an EMD. Once again an EMD comes to the rescue of a G.E. They switched locos at St. Louis, and once again were off to KCMO with an Amtrak unit (another P42) on the point. And that folks, is why G.E.'s are peices of JUNK!![}:)][}:)][;)][banghead][soapbox]
QUOTE: Originally posted by bigboy4015 And at another time a GE rescue an EMD powered train............ Fact is: The director of motive power in the head office of UP or BNSF made a decision for a model because of pure facts. Not the look or the sound or the "love" of someone for a GE or EMD are the reasons. The facts the regulate the decision are: Price Life circle costs Power Tractive effort Reliable Replace existing locomotives (lets say 2 new replace 3 older) So in one time GE is the winner and in another time EMD! UP lease the SD70M´s not because of the look or the sound and BNSF do the same with the Dash 9´s! And the opposite side is NS with the huge fleet of the unique 4.000 hp Dash 9´s GE and EMD, as BLI, build good locomotives and a locomotive that will have no problems ever is the "MISSION IMPOSSIBLE"!
QUOTE: Originally posted by ironhorseman QUOTE: Originally posted by kevinstheRRman Ironhorseman - I look down on your attempts to get me aggrivcated. Clearly in your post, you tried to get me rilled up, But thats the old Kevin, and after recent battles, I swore not to get involoved in stuff like that. Your post is as if we were in a bar room, and you jsut pushed me and told me to "get mad." No I won't, I have some sort of self control these days. You should be ashamed for even trying to get me angry, because your attempts have done nothing but fail. I will not push back, I will solely walk away. I pitty you if this is all you spend your time doing. Maybe in the future, you wouldn't mind being a little less credulant. I know I am ashamed of myself for doing all of this.. Bad llama.. Bad llama... Bad llama I've always wanted to post that line man!! THANKS! It's too bad that your feel that way. I wasn't trying to make you mad I was only provoking you for an explanation and proof of your claims. Just saying GE is junk doesn't make it so. You accuse me of trying to start a barroom fight. That's not the case at all. YOU are the one acting like the dude that gets made because some one looked at him funny, or accidently bumped into him, or thought he made a pass at his woman, just any made up eccuse to start a fight. I'm sorry you're pissed off at the world for not being in love with EMD and if you get angry over someone else's favorable opinons of GE then I feel sorry for you. YOU should be the one to be ashamed. I also didn't accuse you of being drunk or on drugs. On the contrary I credited you on NOT being under the influence. I'm am also not the one being credulant. I'm not the one who's in love with EMD and has a closed mind on all GEs. So, fine, walk away. Be ignorant and narrow-minded for all I care. But remember, if your going to make a claim I'm gonna call you on it if I don't understand it or know it's wrong.
QUOTE: Originally posted by kevinstheRRman Ironhorseman - I look down on your attempts to get me aggrivcated. Clearly in your post, you tried to get me rilled up, But thats the old Kevin, and after recent battles, I swore not to get involoved in stuff like that. Your post is as if we were in a bar room, and you jsut pushed me and told me to "get mad." No I won't, I have some sort of self control these days. You should be ashamed for even trying to get me angry, because your attempts have done nothing but fail. I will not push back, I will solely walk away. I pitty you if this is all you spend your time doing. Maybe in the future, you wouldn't mind being a little less credulant. I know I am ashamed of myself for doing all of this.. Bad llama.. Bad llama... Bad llama I've always wanted to post that line man!! THANKS!
"We have met the enemy and he is us." Pogo Possum "We have met the anemone... and he is Russ." Bucky Katt "Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future." Niels Bohr, Nobel laureate in physics
QUOTE: Originally posted by jeaton I am on a roll tonight. Going way back to Mark Hemphill comments, lets try not to annoy to much just because someone is from somewhere else. Remember that while we rail fans are are mostly of good character, a lot of our fellow U.S. countrymen can get a little arrogant in their dealings with folks from other nations, so don't get to bent if a little flame is thrown our way. I like the fact that this provides almost instant communications between people every where in the world. For more than half my life, one would never meet people from other parts of the world unless you traveled. Enjoy the shrinking world, and take a friendly jab with good humor. (But don't EVER call me a cheesehead!!!)[:(!]
QUOTE: Originally posted by kevinstheRRman QUOTE: Originally posted by ironhorseman QUOTE: Originally posted by kevinstheRRman Ironhorseman - I look down on your attempts to get me aggrivcated. Clearly in your post, you tried to get me rilled up, But thats the old Kevin, and after recent battles, I swore not to get involoved in stuff like that. Your post is as if we were in a bar room, and you jsut pushed me and told me to "get mad." No I won't, I have some sort of self control these days. You should be ashamed for even trying to get me angry, because your attempts have done nothing but fail. I will not push back, I will solely walk away. I pitty you if this is all you spend your time doing. Maybe in the future, you wouldn't mind being a little less credulant. I know I am ashamed of myself for doing all of this.. Bad llama.. Bad llama... Bad llama I've always wanted to post that line man!! THANKS! It's too bad that your feel that way. I wasn't trying to make you mad I was only provoking you for an explanation and proof of your claims. Just saying GE is junk doesn't make it so. You accuse me of trying to start a barroom fight. That's not the case at all. YOU are the one acting like the dude that gets made because some one looked at him funny, or accidently bumped into him, or thought he made a pass at his woman, just any made up eccuse to start a fight. I'm sorry you're pissed off at the world for not being in love with EMD and if you get angry over someone else's favorable opinons of GE then I feel sorry for you. YOU should be the one to be ashamed. I also didn't accuse you of being drunk or on drugs. On the contrary I credited you on NOT being under the influence. I'm am also not the one being credulant. I'm not the one who's in love with EMD and has a closed mind on all GEs. So, fine, walk away. Be ignorant and narrow-minded for all I care. But remember, if your going to make a claim I'm gonna call you on it if I don't understand it or know it's wrong. Clearly Ironhorse man, you would realize that post above was Clearly a joke, This is where it gets funny,... ok ready? OFCOURSE your not Credulant, neither am I... Credulant.. try looking it up and tell me what you see? Nothing? that word is mine own I made up, it means nothing.. The jokes on you!! LOL.. yeah.. so don't be so credulant! Do I really give off the feirce pirate kind of look? Geez, you can talk to my Girlfriend, and i won't kill you! [:D] Have a credulant evening.
QUOTE: Originally posted by wabash1 the last dash 7 ge i saw was 7 years ago...those sd 50s are still going
QUOTE: Originally posted by trainjunky29 Dear kevinstheRRman, I am amazed that I, a railfan, have done something that a proffessional railroader has not. I have been in the cab of operating Alco's many times (primarily an ex-Southern Pacific S4), and can tell you that it is not particullarly noisy. Admittedly, it is noisier than those new "insulated cab" locomotives are, although I have never been in one of those insulated ones. However, the locomotive is over a half century old, and let's face it: you didn't become a railroader for peace and quiet. And if it keeps the conductor from falling asleep, you should be even happier [:)][:D]! Now as for the polution aspect, we all know that railroads pollute less than other the amount of trucks required to move the same load. And I think that environmental organizitions have many more important things to worry about than a half-century old class of locomotives of which there are only four surviving examples anyway, most of which are in storag (weep, weep). Someone had a signature that said "one person's noise polution is another's train," or something like that. And finally let me point out that how the locomotive is maintained after it is purchased will have a much greater impact on the locomotive's longevity than whether GE or EMD made it. If good qualities of maintenance are in place, then any locomotive can look forward to a long service life. Let me, however, point out the one overarching pillar of railfanning, (and I would hope many railroaders observe this too): steam locomotives were, are, and always will be the greatest. Just think--six 2-10-2s shoving a drag up Cajon Pass, or doubleheaded Big Boys making the ground shake as the pull six miles of freight up Sherman Hill, or a J3a hauling the Twentieth Century Limited at 110 miles per hour. Compared to those, these arguements are insignificant: you may prefer EMD to GE, but I would hope you would prefer an FEF-2 to any diesel. Most respectfully (and steamfully) yours, Daniel
QUOTE: Originally posted by trainjunky29 Really, I like the F-59PHI. By the way, is the last digit in that an "I" (with the same sound as "eye") or a "1" (with the same sound as "won").
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