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Posted by espeefoamer on Thursday, July 29, 2004 2:31 PM
weapons drawn because
they had gotten
a memo from
New Jersey Transit
stating that they
should watch out
for suspicious persons
near the tracks
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 29, 2004 6:47 PM
who don't have
their New Jersey
Tansit Permits because
they are all
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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Friday, July 30, 2004 1:19 PM
boycotting the new
Jersey Trainsit for
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Posted by espeefoamer on Friday, July 30, 2004 1:23 PM
being terminally paranoid
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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Friday, July 30, 2004 2:32 PM
of the trains,
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Posted by locomutt on Saturday, July 31, 2004 11:49 AM
And the railfans,

Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!

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Posted by locomutt on Saturday, July 31, 2004 11:50 AM
Not just terriorists,

Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 31, 2004 1:26 PM
because the terriorists
make sure they
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Posted by espeefoamer on Saturday, July 31, 2004 2:35 PM
are seen as
complete morons and
spaced out idiots
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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Sunday, August 1, 2004 12:23 PM
who supposedly run
around chasing trains
like there chickens
with there heads
cut off. We
know that this
isn't really true,
as we are
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Posted by locomutt on Sunday, August 1, 2004 12:28 PM
All sane people.

Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!

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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Sunday, August 1, 2004 12:43 PM
Railfans are always
sane, we just
have a hobby
of watching TRAINS!!
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Posted by locomutt on Sunday, August 1, 2004 12:59 PM
Which we like to do.

Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 1, 2004 5:41 PM
Only problem with
watching trains is
that there are
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Posted by espeefoamer on Sunday, August 1, 2004 5:49 PM
lots of wacked
out nuts doing
the same thing
which just makes
us sane fans
look really bad[:(!]
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 1, 2004 7:32 PM
But, the Union Pacific went bankrupt
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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Monday, August 2, 2004 1:00 PM
(in our dreams)
and then began
to sell off
all of their
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Posted by espeefoamer on Monday, August 2, 2004 2:56 PM
passenger cars to
a new railroad
which was organized
to start service
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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 1:53 PM
on the old
400 Line from
chicago to Minneapolis.
They were to
replace Amtrack on
this line, A
much welcomed sight
for many! The
service began on
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Posted by espeefoamer on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 1:57 PM
Aug 1 with
many railfans and
passenger train advocates
attending the ceramonies
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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 2:18 PM
The inaugural train
left Chicago at 1
0:30 in the
morning, and for
plublicity, the Big
Boys were in
the lead. This
gave us railfans
good photo opportunities,
and we jumped
at the Chance.
Most people gathered
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Posted by rich747us on Friday, August 6, 2004 10:58 PM
west of the station
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 Friday, August 6, 2004 10:59 PM
in a park
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 Friday, August 6, 2004 11:00 PM
across the street
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 Friday, August 6, 2004 11:02 PM
from an IHOP!
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 6, 2004 11:10 PM
At the IHOP
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Posted by Trainnut484 on Saturday, August 7, 2004 12:43 PM
we stacked pancakes
All the Way!
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Posted by espeefoamer on Saturday, August 7, 2004 2:02 PM
and slices of
bacon along with
chilled orange juice
for us fans
for a day
of hardcore railfanning
and much foaming
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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Sunday, August 8, 2004 4:19 PM
across all the
trackage from the
east coast to
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Posted by espeefoamer on Sunday, August 8, 2004 4:47 PM
the Mississippi River
where Frisco 1522
will pull an
excursion next week[:)]
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