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espeefoamer
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Posted by espeefoamer on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 9:18 PM
On Daylight,On Super Chief, On City of Los Angeles!
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Posted by Glen Ellyn on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 5:04 PM
F7, GP38-2, Vincincholigger, SD40-2, and Alstom...
Andrew Barchifowski, Glen Ellyn</font id="red">, LJ, #3300, Scott, FLODO.
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Posted by jabrown1971 on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 1:12 PM
Chugger, lugger, wheezer......
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Posted by jwinter on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 10:23 AM
Rudolph the red nosed ALCo lead 8 tiny locos from EMD & GE to save Christmas and they were......
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Posted by jabrown1971 on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 1:37 AM
With the lead loco having a red gyralite......it's name Rudolph
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Posted by espeefoamer on Monday, December 27, 2004 2:17 PM
the engines named for Santa, Mrs..Claus, the reindeer, and all the elves.[:)]
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Noah Hofrichter
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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Saturday, December 25, 2004 5:30 PM
scaggy decided that maybe if these gave the kids so much joy, he should give out model alcos at his "shows" to get the people interested in Modeling. He decided to place a large order for ALCo C424 models with........
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 25, 2004 12:03 AM
The children were amazed at the beauty of the model trainsets they received from Santa because they were given something besides video games for christmas.
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Posted by guilfordrr on Friday, December 24, 2004 4:01 PM
-well, what else?- "Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas!" as children gathered trackside gifts.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 24, 2004 2:29 PM
over the radio
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Noah Hofrichter
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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Friday, December 24, 2004 2:25 PM
and realized it could be none other than Santa, he had outfitted his sieight with an ALCo Horn! As he passed near them, they could here the bells on his sliegh ringing, and he spoke..........
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 24, 2004 1:51 PM
a train whistle,
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Noah Hofrichter
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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Friday, December 24, 2004 1:32 PM
Well, from there they went south,(they had to you see) and the headed back towards Milwaukee WI way. The would spend christmas there. As they rested in the UP butler yard for the night, they looked up to see a light glowing red and moving very fast in the sky. Suddenly, they began to hear......
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Posted by Sterling1 on Friday, December 24, 2004 10:33 AM
The last I checked this forum topic was up to page 55 or so, but that's not the reason why I called . . .

I just noticed that you're talking about Alcos . . . COOL!!![^][:D][8D][:O][;)][(-D][2c][wow][yeah]
"There is nothing in life that compares with running a locomotive at 80-plus mph with the windows open, the traction motors screaming, the air horns fighting the rush of incoming air to make any sound at all, automobiles on adjacent highways trying and failing to catch up with you, and the unmistakable presence of raw power. You ride with fear in the pit of your stomach knowing you do not really have control of this beast." - D.C. Battle [Trains 10/2002 issue, p74.]
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Posted by guilfordrr on Friday, December 24, 2004 8:15 AM
the "North Pole" (a big white tent) with a band of bratty kids and their parents aboard; on their way to see Santa.
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Posted by wcfan4ever on Thursday, December 23, 2004 6:01 PM
Manitowoc, WI because they heard of the great railfans there. Once a place with CNW ALCO's, it now has something to talk about besides cranes and boats. After another photo opp, it headed back to Neenah, WI and then north to

Dave Howarth Jr. Livin' On Former CNW Spur From Manitowoc To Appleton In Reedsville, WI

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

- Manitowoc Cranes, Manitowoc Ice Machines, Burger Boat

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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Thursday, December 23, 2004 12:58 PM
He was very proud that these old ALCOs had been restored, and he congratulated Scaggy on his very fine restoration Job. Well, this brings us up to present day, Scaggy has just left Chicago, and is traveling North to......
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Posted by espeefoamer on Wednesday, December 22, 2004 6:11 PM
McIntosh designer of the original ALCo engine.
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Posted by wcfan4ever on Wednesday, December 22, 2004 12:27 PM
refuel the lead loco and have a photo opp. for any fan wanting thier picture taken with the ALCO's! The one person never thought to show up was good ole' Mr...

Dave Howarth Jr. Livin' On Former CNW Spur From Manitowoc To Appleton In Reedsville, WI

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

- Manitowoc Cranes, Manitowoc Ice Machines, Burger Boat

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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Tuesday, December 21, 2004 4:28 PM
Chicago, spending a full two days there at different location around the greater chicago area. They decided to stay at teh BCR clearing yard for the night, where they would.....
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Posted by wcfan4ever on Tuesday, December 21, 2004 12:19 PM
for Kansas City, MO and stopped at Santa Fe Junction which had allowed foamers to gather at this normally off limits spot. After staying overnight there it headed to

Dave Howarth Jr. Livin' On Former CNW Spur From Manitowoc To Appleton In Reedsville, WI

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

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 20, 2004 8:05 PM
where there were many old retirees of the Spokane, Portland and Seattle who were so excited when the Alcos of their youth replaced the EMD and GE commoners for a day. Then the crew headed
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 20, 2004 6:12 PM
Portland Oregon, where
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Posted by espeefoamer on Monday, December 20, 2004 6:07 PM
the crew gathered at Starbuck's to drink lattes and plan the next leg of their trip,and setting the next stop at
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 20, 2004 5:58 PM
Seattle washington, where
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Noah Hofrichter
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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Monday, December 20, 2004 4:20 PM
The foam would stick around for a few days too, so people would firmly have in there memory the memory of "those ALCos that caused the foam flood of 2004." Scaggy started in his home state of maine, and worked his way west (where else could he go), until one day when he arrived in......
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Posted by espeefoamer on Sunday, December 19, 2004 3:43 PM
Causing massive crowds everywhere the special train went,in some places exess foaming caused foam floods running down city streets.
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 19, 2004 2:14 PM
his senses and decided to take the restored Alcos on tour throughout the US and Canada to show people who are too young to remember Alco in its heyday what made Alco locomotives so special
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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Sunday, December 19, 2004 8:49 AM
He thought that then maybe he should open an ALCo museum, so all could see these great locomotives. Well, several mohs passed, and the DL10 got trucks, and the engines were all restored, and it was time for scaggy to pick a site to house his museum. He began look around all over the US for a place that was perfect. FInally he came to......
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Posted by espeefoamer on Saturday, December 18, 2004 6:37 PM
contact Doyle McCormic for tech advice on aquiring trucks for the DL109 and in restoring his ALCo collection.
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