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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Monday, September 27, 2004 5:11 PM
he was supposed
to have stopped
about two hours
ago to pick
up the UP
big wigs! When
he realized it,
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Posted by Overmod on Monday, September 27, 2004 4:27 PM
H -E - double toothpicks, as grizzled K.C. ("Kompletely Clear") Jonah, the engineer, liked to put it. Staring grimly out the right-side window, ten-penny nail clenched in his jaw, Jonah drove the mighty doubleheaded consist through the night, seemingly unaware that
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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Monday, September 27, 2004 3:58 PM
and a good
meal. Then the
Big Boys again
began there journey,
hopefully not for
the last time!
They headed out
west, over Donner
pass and to
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Posted by espeefoamer on Monday, September 27, 2004 3:11 PM
Just in time
for dinner break
Ride Amtrak. Cats Rule, Dogs Drool.
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Posted by wcfan4ever on Monday, September 27, 2004 10:14 AM
it headed back to where it started in

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Posted by Junctionfan on Sunday, September 26, 2004 7:07 PM
Beat the heck out of them lead by Sherrif John Kerry and through them in the town jail. After the train was recovered...........
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Posted by bnsfkline on Sunday, September 26, 2004 6:47 PM
the weasels were
infact.....employees of
George Dubbya Bush!
Then, after the
scandel broke out
the good railfans.....
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Posted by Overmod on Sunday, September 26, 2004 6:26 PM
them to yard trackage adjacent to Slauson Avenue in the Los Angeles area, preparing to use them in a film about a young weasel who steals the train to keep people from tearing up ex-Illinois Central lines to make bike paths.

Unfortunately, as film crews were about to start, it was discovered that
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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Sunday, September 26, 2004 4:23 PM
train could continue.
But the weasles
were wolves in
sheeps clothing. They
cleared the tracks.....
so they could
take the big
boys over again!
They shoved the
Fireman, brakeman, and
engineer off, and
started the engines
up and took
off. And this
was the last
anyone saw the
big boys for
quite sometime.
You see, the
weasles took the
big boys, and
amazingly without being
seen by any
railroad offical, snuck
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Posted by espeefoamer on Sunday, September 26, 2004 3:18 PM
the weasels showed
up and began
rounding up the
cattle so the
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Posted by Junctionfan on Sunday, September 26, 2004 2:25 PM
....amount of livestock fouling the tracks. The train had to stop and and the crew had to try to move their obstacle aside. Just then......
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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Sunday, September 26, 2004 12:30 PM
and began running
around yelling and
sceaming. After that
situatuion was under
control, the Big
Boys cut off
and pulled ahead
to a safe
distance. After the
caboose fire was
put out, the
Big boys continued
to North platte,
where they picked
up a new
caboose. After that
they continued to
California, but on
there way, they
encountered a large
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 26, 2004 10:14 AM
spilled their coffee
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Posted by Junctionfan on Sunday, September 26, 2004 7:21 AM
......Began setting up the equipment to fight the fire. As they attached the hoses to the fire truck, they............
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Posted by guilfordrr on Sunday, September 26, 2004 7:16 AM
board the single

caboose, things were

not well. A

coal stove tipped

over, soon engulfing

the car in

flames. The Volenteer

Fire Department of

Eden Prarie, Minnesota,

arrived instantly, and........
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, September 25, 2004 12:57 PM
Lusk Wyoming , On
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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Saturday, September 25, 2004 12:35 PM
Florida, but when
they heard Jeannie
was comming, they
headed for the
west coast. On
there way they
passed through
several towns, including
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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Thursday, September 23, 2004 5:30 PM
arrest the weasels
and take them
away. Well now
the big boys
were free to
run, so they
continued there trip.
They went on
to canada and
back into the
United States, New
York to be
more exact. They
were heading towards
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Posted by wcfan4ever on Thursday, September 23, 2004 9:31 AM
went to Dunkin Donuts before they started to

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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Wednesday, September 22, 2004 4:40 PM
Madison Wi, then
continuing on to
Manitowoc, Green Bay,
and continuing North
through WI. Then
they planned on
going to Canada,
when the weasels
reappeared, wainting Revenge!
Luckly, the FBI
came and quickly
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Posted by wcfan4ever on Wednesday, September 22, 2004 9:15 AM
to pull some public excursions from Rochelle to

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Posted by rich747us on Tuesday, September 21, 2004 11:05 PM
north to Rochelle
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 Anonymous on Tuesday, September 21, 2004 7:28 PM
Elvis they went
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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Monday, September 20, 2004 3:50 PM
and just then,
the big boys
came and ran
them over! Yes,
that's right, the
good old Boy's
are back on
the rails. After
they steamed by
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, September 20, 2004 12:53 PM
Why is it
that these stories
never have a
good, happy ending?
WHO REALLY CARES!
We now return
you to your
regularly scheduled destruction...
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Posted by bnsfkline on Monday, September 20, 2004 11:20 AM
were stomped on
by a Gundam
(Please refer to www.gundam.com)
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, September 20, 2004 10:40 AM
The weasels then
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Posted by bnsfkline on Monday, September 20, 2004 9:56 AM
that they were
in a country
called "Sank Kingdom"
that was being
attacked by a
army of 16 m
high robots that
were firing laser
blasts at other
huge mechanical robots,
and they were
stomping all over
those up cars,
much to the
delight of those
darn, railroad weasels.
Jim Tiroch RIP Saveria DiBlasi - My First True Love and a Great Railfanning Companion Saveria Danielle DiBlasi Feb 5th, 1986 - Nov 4th, 2008 Check em out! My photos that is: http://bnsfkline.rrpicturearchives.net and ALS2001 Productions http://www.youtube.com/ALS2001
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Posted by wcfan4ever on Monday, September 20, 2004 9:32 AM
to cheer but soon realized that the whole time

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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Friday, September 17, 2004 3:51 PM
scrap the cars,
much to the
delight of the
weasels. The began

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