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Posted by wcfan4ever on Friday, September 17, 2004 9:26 AM
a CSX MofW truck down the service road to

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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Thursday, September 16, 2004 4:14 PM
wanted the UP
cars scrapped. Quote:
"Scrap those cars,
Scrap those cars,
Scrap them scrap
them! Scrap those
cars, Scrap them
Scrap them!" When
all of a
sudden, there came
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Posted by wcfan4ever on Thursday, September 16, 2004 9:15 AM
to get up and chant that they

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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 3:51 PM
to the UP,
the weasles began
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Posted by wcfan4ever on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 9:32 AM
the first two cars in the train which belonged to

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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 3:54 PM
wreck this time,
and the BNSF
engines almost left
the rails. As
the intermodual cars
pilled up behind
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Posted by wcfan4ever on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 9:16 AM
but not before the BNSF train had plowed into the weasels causing a major

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Posted by cpbloom on Monday, September 13, 2004 11:25 PM
for another star
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Posted by cpbloom on Monday, September 13, 2004 11:23 PM
things you'll do
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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Monday, September 13, 2004 4:34 PM
and as they
did, a BNSF
train came streaming
down the tracks
without much notice,
and the weasels
didn't get off
the track..... again!
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, September 13, 2004 1:09 PM
"...those trains were fast as lightning...."
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Posted by Trainnut484 on Monday, September 13, 2004 9:11 AM
sing "Everyone Was Kung-Fu Fighting"
[:D]
All the Way!
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Posted by wcfan4ever on Sunday, September 12, 2004 1:27 PM
...well you know how it goes. After finishing dacing the song 10 times over they began to

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 9, 2004 6:43 AM
and sang the following verses......
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Posted by rich747us on Thursday, September 9, 2004 5:00 AM
dancing the macarena!
When there's a tie at the crossing.....YOU LOOSE! STOP, LOOK, LISTEN, AND LIVE! GOD BLESS CONRAIL!</font id="blue"> 1976-1999 (R.I.P.)
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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Wednesday, September 8, 2004 4:40 PM
supposed to be
delayed a few
hours. After the
train went past,
we stood staring
at the weasels
wondering if they'd
ever move from
there spot when
all of a
sudden they began
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Posted by wcfan4ever on Wednesday, September 8, 2004 9:19 AM
Which was not supposed to be going through because it was

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Posted by rich747us on Wednesday, September 8, 2004 3:02 AM
The Empire Builder!
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Posted by rich747us on Wednesday, September 8, 2004 3:00 AM
mowed down by...
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Posted by rich747us on Wednesday, September 8, 2004 2:59 AM
answer, they got...
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Posted by rich747us on Wednesday, September 8, 2004 2:56 AM
the weasels could
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Posted by rich747us on Wednesday, September 8, 2004 2:55 AM
this, but before...
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Posted by wcfan4ever on Tuesday, September 7, 2004 10:11 AM
went something like

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 7, 2004 12:51 AM
and the answer
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Posted by rich747us on Monday, September 6, 2004 11:32 PM
"Why should I?"
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Posted by rich747us on Monday, September 6, 2004 11:30 PM
Richard Davidson asked
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Posted by wcfan4ever on Monday, September 6, 2004 9:16 PM
weasels are better than the current UP management and

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, September 6, 2004 6:21 PM
really understand why
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, September 6, 2004 5:50 PM
they may never
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Posted by wcfan4ever on Monday, September 6, 2004 8:52 AM
told them to just give up the railroad to the weasels because if they dont, they

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