This topic is NOT for Cowards...

[jchnhtfd]

I have a memory like a seive... did I ever post mine?

Jamie Hall
New Hartford, CT USA -- but sometimes Peterborough, ON or Montreal, QC
Computer programmer now, but years ago consulting Civil Engineer for the Central Vermont div. of CN

[JoeKoh]

In case you didnt see it on the first few pages
Joe and Matt Kohnen
Defiance Ohio home of the Bulldogs and Sam Hornish Jr.
RR modler,photographer and friend to those on the Willard Sub-Division.
stay safe
Joe

[Anonymous]

Hello everyone!
I'm Oliver Trzok from Zagreb, Croatia. Ex-ex-Yugoslavia. Veeery far from Wyoming.
Keep it cool and have fun.

Oliver

[eastcoast]

All I can say is that I am KEN_ECR
and that I live in Kentucky. I am unable to
say more due to my occupation,but may I
extend a greetings to you all. My logon is that
because I am the East Coast Railways.

[kwboehm]

Karl Boehm
Plattsmouth, NE
2 blks. west of UP's Falls City sub, 3 mi south of Oreapolis (crossing of UP's Falls City Sub w/ BNSF's Creston Sub

[yellowducky]

Well, I finally got to page 11 after all that reading! I learned a bit about some of you that I've encountered in other "threads"(which was a new word/meaning for me). My information is in my profile or my other postings. I started out not revealing much about myself because of all the idenity theft , safety, etc., warnings, I guess. Anyway, HI to all who read or write here. Trains are a good and fun hobby in any shape or form (trains-but I think maybe our shapes or forms too!). You meet the nicest and friendlyest people in the pursuit of OUR hobby. I would tell everyone my name, but its sort of like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (as in same but different). Maybe Dr. J. and Mr. H. doesn't quite explain it. It takes me forever to compose, on the other hand I'm known for being most talkative. To make a short story long (which I'm known for in some circles), or maybe this time long/short; that's why I just sign YELLOWDUCK (which is another story I plan on putting down on a written page someday, as to how I got it). Yellowduck (which is short for yellowducky) Greetings![:)]

[Anonymous]

Lisa Ragsdale
Minneapolis MN
physical native of MO,
long time railfan - everything from GM&O / SLSF / CB&Q / MILW / GN
Coward? ME? Never.

[Anonymous]

Ian M. Contreras
14 years young
Chicago, Illinois
Northwest side
Student at Lane Technical High School
Railfan for 8 years
Watch at La Grange, and Lombard

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by lrenee

Lisa Ragsdale
Minneapolis MN
physical native of MO,
long time railfan - everything from GM&O / SLSF / CB&Q / MILW / GN
Coward? ME? Never.

Lisa [:)]

Know where Bois D' Arc is? [:D]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jhhtrainsplanes

QUOTE: Originally posted by lrenee

Lisa Ragsdale
Minneapolis MN
physical native of MO,
long time railfan - everything from GM&O / SLSF / CB&Q / MILW / GN
Coward? ME? Never.

Lisa [:)]

Know where Bois D' Arc is? [:D]

[Anonymous]

TO: jhhtrainsplanes
My short answer is NO.
My long answer is: Is this relevant?
Lisa

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by lrenee

TO: jhhtrainsplanes
My short answer is NO.
My long answer is: Is this relevant?
Lisa

Lisa [8D]

It is in Missouri [:)]

[Mookie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jhhtrainsplanes

QUOTE: Originally posted by lrenee

TO: jhhtrainsplanes
My short answer is NO.
My long answer is: Is this relevant?
Lisa

Lisa [8D]

It is in Missouri [:)]

Lisa - everything said here on the forum is relevant! [:o)]

Mookie

[Anonymous]

Don't know if this is still going on in this thread..........
Kieren Tabor
King's Lynn
Norfolk
Good old Blighty (England by the way!)
Apprentice Locomotive fitter to EWS railways (owned by your very own Wisconsin Central! Bring back Burkheart (sorry can't remember how to spell his name!) I say! We need him over here!)
Any way...no idea how safe it is to talk about stuff on these threads whilst employed by EWS...but if I lose my job..I may just emegrate!
I am new to the American sceen...but after visiting a friend in Knokville Tennasse last month I did a bit of travaling. Stoping at the side of the road I was in awe as I saw 2 SD9's on such an massive train, it made me go weak at the knees!
Any way enough wrighting for now!
Regards
Lestat
P.S I prefer that name to Kieren

Keep the flags flying...hope you are home soon my love. And those who are fighting...return safe to your loved ones.

[Mookie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Lestat

Don't know if this is still going on in this thread..........
Kieren Tabor
King's Lynn
Norfolk
Good old Blighty (England by the way!)
Apprentice Locomotive fitter to EWS railways (owned by your very own Wisconsin Central! Bring back Burkheart (sorry can't remember how to spell his name!) I say! We need him over here!)
Any way...no idea how safe it is to talk about stuff on these threads whilst employed by EWS...but if I lose my job..I may just emegrate!
I am new to the American sceen...but after visiting a friend in Knokville Tennasse last month I did a bit of travaling. Stoping at the side of the road I was in awe as I saw 2 SD9's on such an massive train, it made me go weak at the knees!
Any way enough wrighting for now!
Regards
Lestat
P.S I prefer that name to Kieren

Keep the flags flying...hope you are home soon my love. And those who are fighting...return safe to your loved ones.

[}:)] Mookie was tempted to say something really sassy like - you have a good command of the English language, but she will keep her paws over her mouf and just say - Welcome to our world! We laugh, we argue, we smile and we keep each other entertained! So join us anytime!

Mookie[8D]

[Anonymous]

Welcome Everyone, Welcome Lisa...

Bois D'arc is "Ark of Wood" in english.. Just so everyone knows [:D}

Welcome Kieren! From England!

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by kevinstheRRman

Welcome Everyone, Welcome Lisa...

Bois D'arc is "Ark of Wood" in english.. Just so everyone knows [:D}

Welcome Kieren! From England!

And a very hard wood. Great for corner posts. But only country folk would know that. And maybe Ed. Wonder if he has ever made a Bois D' Arc pen?

[JoeKoh]

Lisa ,Ian and Kieren
Welcome to the forums.any questions we'll try to answer.
stay safe
joe

[edblysard]

No, have'nt yet.
But, now that you mention it, next time I go by the hardwood store, I will ask if they have any.
Any other name it goes by?
Ed[:D]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jhhtrainsplanes

QUOTE: Originally posted by kevinstheRRman

Welcome Everyone, Welcome Lisa...

Bois D'arc is "Ark of Wood" in english.. Just so everyone knows [:D}

Welcome Kieren! From England!

And a very hard wood. Great for corner posts. But only country folk would know that. And maybe Ed. Wonder if he has ever made a Bois D' Arc pen?

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard

No, have'nt yet.
But, now that you mention it, next time I go by the hardwood store, I will ask if they have any.
Any other name it goes by?
Ed[:D]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jhhtrainsplanes

QUOTE: Originally posted by kevinstheRRman

Welcome Everyone, Welcome Lisa...

Bois D'arc is "Ark of Wood" in english.. Just so everyone knows [:D}

Welcome Kieren! From England!

And a very hard wood. Great for corner posts. But only country folk would know that. And maybe Ed. Wonder if he has ever made a Bois D' Arc pen?

No other name that I know of. It is just a very hard wood, hard to cut and work with. But if you use it as a corner post it will last a very long time. I have heard the older farmers complain about it ruining their saw blades.

[edblysard]

The hardest wood I have made a pen out of is Madagascar Ebony.
I found a two foot long by 4 inch on sides piece at the hardwood store, that had been in their off cut bin for years and years.
Stuff was so hard, it dulled my knifes every few minutes.
But man, with it was finished, the grain was so tight, you couldnt tell it was wood, it looked like a polished stone.
Will see if I can find some of Bois D'Arc locally.
If not, is their a supply you know of?
Thanks,
Ed

[willy6]

william wilson USN (retired)
ridgeville ,south carolina
and a proud citizen of THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard

No, have'nt yet.
But, now that you mention it, next time I go by the hardwood store, I will ask if they have any.
Any other name it goes by?
Ed[:D]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jhhtrainsplanes

QUOTE: Originally posted by kevinstheRRman

Welcome Everyone, Welcome Lisa...

Bois D'arc is "Ark of Wood" in english.. Just so everyone knows [:D}

Welcome Kieren! From England!

And a very hard wood. Great for corner posts. But only country folk would know that. And maybe Ed. Wonder if he has ever made a Bois D' Arc pen?

OK, I admit I do not know about this "Bois D'Arc." I may have resided in the eastern part of Missouri for a few years, but it was never my favorite place, even to railfan (although I did shoot a lot of SLSF & MP while they were around). So now that Mookie and company have assured me it is relevant, I am still trying to figure out what it has to do with railroads or railfanning.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jhhtrainsplanes

QUOTE: Originally posted by lrenee

TO: jhhtrainsplanes
My short answer is NO.
My long answer is: Is this relevant?
Lisa

Lisa [8D]

It is in Missouri [:)]

Hi Lisa [:)]

We are all just one big happy family. [:)] We laugh [:D] We cry [:(] Sometimes we call each other names [:p] Sometimes we bite, scratch, yell and whine. [:0] But most of the time we joke around and sometimes we even talk about trains [;)] [:)] That is when we are not talking about cats. [:p]

About Bois D' Arc, it is northwest of Springfield. You memtioned SLSF. Well my mother worked for Frisco for 36 years. Bois D' Arc is on the mainline from Springfield to K. C.. The farm my parents own borders the rr tracks. As a very little boy I remember watching the Frisco passenger trains pull into the siding at Bois D' Arc and wait for a freight to pass. I also got to climb on a high hood geep when very little. Telling the engine crew my mother worked for Frisco helped me get on it and toot the horn (thought I would memtion that for Ed). They didn't let me ring the bell [:(]

Welcome to the forums. It is always nice to have a new forum/family member. [:)]

[Anonymous]

Actually AN even nicer wood to make pens out of is... Let me go get my Translation dictionary...

Red Cedar.. Now i think thats right..
Does that make any sense?

Red cedar can be smelt about 6 billion miles away, ands I love the smeel of Red cedar..
So there you go, thats my favorite kind of wood.

[dharmon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by kevinstheRRman

Welcome Everyone, Welcome Lisa...

Bois D'arc is "Ark of Wood" in english.. Just so everyone knows [:D}

Welcome Kieren! From England!

All this time I thought Boys Da Arc was one of those hip hop teenage boy bands.[:D][:D][:D]

Crippled, not dead[;)]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

QUOTE: Originally posted by kevinstheRRman

Welcome Everyone, Welcome Lisa...

Bois D'arc is "Ark of Wood" in english.. Just so everyone knows [:D}

Welcome Kieren! From England!

All this time I thought Boys Da Arc was one of those hip hop teenage boy bands.[:D][:D][:D]

Crippled, not dead[;)]

Dan [:)]

Sounds like some humor while under the influence of PAIN PILLS. [:0] [B)] [:p] [:D]



Get well soon [:)]

[Mookie]

Be careful or we will have to call you Dan Limbaugh!

Moo

[Anonymous]

OH GOODNESS!!

wow dan, you made me laugh really hard! [:D]

Boys da arc

hehehehehehehehehehe.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for such a warm welcome!!!
I must apologise for my terrible spelling...I may be a wizz at all things mechanical...but I am dyslexic. You should be able to guess what I mean though! Plus I use propper English rather than your mutilated American version :o) !!!!!!!!!
A quick question though.........How different are all the train enthusiasts you see? I must be the only Goth train enthusiast in England.....the US and Canada I cannot be so sure of! (yeh I know, Marilyn Manson fan...don't hold it against me...I'm not a bad person!)
English spotter (Gloids as my basher friends and I call them!) take numbers and alway...and I mean always have a flask of tea with them! As for the anoraks? Don't go there!!!!!!!!
Kindest regards
Kieren