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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Sunday, August 8, 2004 5:17 PM
As we got
out on the
road, we realized
that we forgot
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Posted by espeefoamer on Sunday, August 8, 2004 5:52 PM
OUR FILM!!! [:0]But
then we realized
that we all
had digital cameras [:D] !

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Posted by guilfordrr on Sunday, August 8, 2004 10:42 PM
On the way,

we read that

the N&W's 611

was being brought

back into service (joyful screaming[:D])
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Posted by guilfordrr on Sunday, August 8, 2004 10:43 PM
Well, we'd like

to think that.........

Anyway, as we
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 8, 2004 10:57 PM
were looking at

wild ferrets cross

the tracks, the

evil ferrets -amazingly-

stole our cameras!!!
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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Monday, August 9, 2004 12:08 PM
We began running
after them, screamming
and shouting "You
dirty little ferret!
Come back here!"

We began to
gain on them,
when all of
a sudden, there
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Posted by espeefoamer on Monday, August 9, 2004 1:49 PM
Came a bunch
of rabid ferret foamers[:0]
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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Tuesday, August 10, 2004 10:21 AM
running after the
train that had
began to come
around the bend.
It was a
WSOR mixed freight,
and it was
heading for points
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Posted by espeefoamer on Tuesday, August 10, 2004 4:24 PM
easily accessable to
photographers to take
pictures of the
local all day
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 10, 2004 6:40 PM
long even if
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Posted by espeefoamer on Tuesday, August 10, 2004 6:47 PM
there were ferret
spies from NJT
trying to erase
all railfans from
the face of
the entire earth





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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 10, 2004 6:51 PM
because those NJT
guys are the
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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Wednesday, August 11, 2004 11:42 AM
sneaky ferret-spies
slinking around the
railfanning spot, and
a few of
us began to
get suspicious. So
we attacked one
of the slinking
ferrets, and forced
him to tell
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Posted by espeefoamer on Thursday, August 12, 2004 2:36 PM
us the train
linup for the
whole entire weekend
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Posted by rich747us on Thursday, August 12, 2004 5:53 PM
but he denied
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 espeefoamer on Friday, August 13, 2004 3:19 PM
knowing anything about
train schedules,blaming
everything on the
cute,furry,ferrets
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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Sunday, August 15, 2004 5:17 PM
and we were
looking at those
cute,furry,ferrets,
when the spy
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 16, 2004 12:39 PM
whipped out his AK-47
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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Monday, August 16, 2004 12:59 PM
and began to
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 16, 2004 2:04 PM
pepper those furry
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Posted by espeefoamer on Monday, August 16, 2004 2:12 PM
little creatures and
mow them down
all over the
tracks and thier
furry little bodies
caused massive wheel
slip and the
Big Boys stalled
right in front
of our group
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Posted by Trainnut484 on Monday, August 16, 2004 6:15 PM
throwing ferret body

parts everywhere and

making us railfans

duck for cover.
All the Way!
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 16, 2004 6:56 PM
But the Hot Box Detector
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Posted by espeefoamer on Monday, August 16, 2004 7:46 PM
went into overload
and kept repeating
Danger Will Robinson
Danger Will Robinson...
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 16, 2004 9:27 PM
to the dutchman who replied...

dutch rwys, nederlandse spoorwegen, use the initials <ns> the same
as an american railroad. but for that matter, so do the portuguese rwys,
who have <cp> as their initials, same as a canadian railroad.
theo sommerkamp
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 16, 2004 9:37 PM
the trains arrive when they arrive
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 16, 2004 9:46 PM
trains never end...they get longer and longer
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 16, 2004 9:49 PM
ready for takeoff
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 16, 2004 9:55 PM
don't tell mother
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 16, 2004 9:58 PM
are still running

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