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Train-Spotting Simulator

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Anonymous
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Train-Spotting Simulator
Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 9:49 AM
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CShaveRR
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Posted by CShaveRR on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 9:58 AM
I used to resemble that.

Then I moved.

FOFLMAO is far safer than FOT! [;)] Thanks for sharing!

Carl

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CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)

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Posted by BNSFGP38 on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 10:27 AM
Bwhahahahahhahhahaaha [:D]

Soon we will have simulators about playing simulators.
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jjlamkin
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Posted by jjlamkin on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 10:28 AM
Mark,
Every time I blink, I miss the train!!!

Jim
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techguy57
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Posted by techguy57 on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 11:24 AM
Wow! What a great link! I'll have to bookmark it[;)]. It really saves me driving time!

Thanks for the laugh, Mark

Mike
techguy "Beware the lollipop of mediocrity. Lick it once and you suck forever." - Anonymous
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tree68
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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 11:26 AM
Looks a lot like the real train-spotting I do....

LarryWhistling
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Posted by cpbloom on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 11:59 AM
Are we waiting for a train or a track gang? [:o)]
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Mookie
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Posted by Mookie on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 12:17 PM
This is great. Something I can actually interact with....

She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw

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Posted by The Block House on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 12:18 PM
I FIND THAT IT FITS THE ENGLISH SENCE OF HUMOR TO A TEA.
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Posted by halifaxcn on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 3:38 PM
That's great! I love it
Frank San Severino CP-198 Amtrak NEC Attleboro, MA
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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 4:07 PM
very original! Reminds me of when I go out 'railfanning', standing trackside for hours and seeing nothing, until I walk home, then I hear a train go by as I open the door...
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Posted by espeefoamer on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 4:29 PM
Very realistic! I sit and wait, wait some more, turn around a few times, and when I go for a cup of tea,I miss a train[:(!]. Seems like it always happens like that.
Ride Amtrak. Cats Rule, Dogs Drool.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 5:08 PM
Where do I download the Dysfunctional Tramp (optional bum flash module) add-on?

[(-D]
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railman
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Posted by railman on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 6:33 PM
this is too much.
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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 7:17 PM
Very good! I went for tea and missed the train.
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Posted by UPTRAIN on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 7:37 PM
Well....here you can stand trackside for hours...a train be going by when you get here and one be going by when you leave...then somedays you will see ABSOLUTLY NOTHING....but those are rare, you will almost always see one or more in SEMO.

Pump

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 7:58 PM
The only thing that is missing is a button that says "Think you hear a whistle".

At least I got a cup of tea out of it, more than I get on some trips.
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Posted by MP57313 on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 11:49 PM
Very funny. "Microtoss?!" They do tribute us yanks with the BNSF photo in the upper left...
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Posted by bbrant on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 5:11 AM
What gives? I've been waiting for several hours now and still haven't seen a train! LOL Must be some simulator trackwork going on! LOL

Speaking of work simulation, I better get back to it before my boss questions what I'm doing.
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dknelson
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Posted by dknelson on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 8:20 AM
Amazing realism.
Dave Nelson
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Posted by locomutt on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 8:47 AM
FOFLMAO.................................That is SO Amazingly Realistic!!![:D]

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 jeaton on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 8:55 AM
The site isn't completely useless. It could be used to warm up the right index finger prior to some serious surfing.[(-D][(-D][(-D]

"We have met the enemy and he is us." Pogo Possum "We have met the anemone... and he is Russ." Bucky Katt "Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future." Niels Bohr, Nobel laureate in physics

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cnw4001
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Posted by cnw4001 on Sunday, February 6, 2005 10:35 AM
Thanks Mark, the simulator replicates what I usually seen when I go trackside!
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Posted by FThunder11 on Sunday, February 6, 2005 10:49 AM
THERE WAS NOTHING THERE... I dont c a link
Kevin Farlow Colorado Springs
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