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Posted by Trainnut484 on Sunday, September 5, 2004 10:17 PM
pancakes and beer.
Then they went
over to UP
with a pot
of beans and
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Posted by wcfan4ever on Sunday, September 5, 2004 7:31 PM
wanted so they could take over BNSF like they planned. Now they are just going to have to settle for

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 5, 2004 1:00 PM
that would take them right back to where they had started, and, not to Weasel Land like they......
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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Sunday, September 5, 2004 12:59 PM
and headed for
Seattle, where they
planned on trying
to take over
BNSF, as they
decided UP was
too hard. As
we neared Chicago
on the train,
we suddenly saw
what started us
on this journey,
the Big Boys!
They were idleing
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 5, 2004 12:29 PM
bought a ticket[8D]
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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Sunday, September 5, 2004 12:08 PM
a minor derailment
resulting in a
detour. The weasles,
who by this
time were rasing
quite a ruckus
to get out,
decided that they
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Posted by wcfan4ever on Sunday, September 5, 2004 11:39 AM
on IAIS's track which they were now on because of

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Posted by rich747us on Sunday, September 5, 2004 2:47 AM
of jointed rail
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 rich747us on Sunday, September 5, 2004 2:45 AM
by the noise
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 rich747us on Sunday, September 5, 2004 2:41 AM
be driven insane
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 wcfan4ever on Saturday, September 4, 2004 6:34 PM
so they could continue thier trip to the windy city and

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, September 4, 2004 6:19 PM
stuff them into the journal boxes
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Posted by wcfan4ever on Saturday, September 4, 2004 6:16 PM
take the train where ever they wanted. the crew protested and began to

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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Saturday, September 4, 2004 1:05 PM
the train went
into emergency as........
The Weasels are
back!! The had
run onto the
track and started
demanding that they
be allowed to
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Posted by wcfan4ever on Friday, September 3, 2004 8:09 PM
so many of the passengers were on there way to go talk to him about cancelling the three rivers when all of a sudden

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Posted by espeefoamer on Friday, September 3, 2004 3:58 PM
Amtrak's office car
on the rear
with David Gunn
onboard the car
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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Friday, September 3, 2004 3:50 PM
Los Angeles. As
the train pulled
out of the
station, late as
usual, we noticed
that there was
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Posted by wcfan4ever on Friday, September 3, 2004 10:39 AM
Chicago and go sight-seeing after hopping an Amtrak train at

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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Thursday, September 2, 2004 3:34 PM
So they decided
to go to
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Posted by espeefoamer on Thursday, September 2, 2004 2:26 PM
had done to
Canada what UP
did to the
USA but without
the massive meltdown
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Posted by wcfan4ever on Thursday, September 2, 2004 7:01 AM
the calgary flames but they soon realized that both of those teams left because CN

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 1, 2004 3:40 PM
as well as
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Posted by espeefoamer on Wednesday, September 1, 2004 2:43 PM
Calgary where they
would see the
famous Calgary Stampede
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Posted by wcfan4ever on Wednesday, September 1, 2004 2:39 PM
but one thier way to Quebec they got side-tracked and ended up back on CP and were really headed to

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 1, 2004 1:30 PM
salmon fishing, ehh
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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Wednesday, September 1, 2004 12:31 PM
Quebec, where they
planned on going
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Posted by wcfan4ever on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 8:29 PM
to get off of the train and walk over to CN's track so they could hop onto a VIA and take it to

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Posted by Trainnut484 on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 6:40 PM
The crew on
the 2816 nearly
soiled their pants
and brought the
train to a
stop causing all
of the passengers
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Posted by espeefoamer on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 5:19 PM
Canadian Pacific which
was operating its
2816 on a
transcontinental trip for
executives and friends
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Posted by wcfan4ever on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 1:18 PM
jumped the tracks and rolled many times until it landed on a a set of tracks along UP's that belonged to

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- Formerly From The Home of Wisconsin Central's 5,000,000th Carload

- Manitowoc Cranes, Manitowoc Ice Machines, Burger Boat

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