Railfanning With High Gas Prices -- SMART START--What it is and what it does.

[coborn35]

No ***, I meant his post about OUR topic being off topic.....if that makes sense. In either case, Im agreeing with you.

[Anonymous]

Off Topic? No sir!

The price of oil/gas has a big impact upon my ability to go railfanning. It does on many people. Unfortunately as the price goes up people must choose between other things as well, such as gas or food, or gas or medicine.

The railroads themselves are effected by the price of gas/oil too. The two largest expenses of a railroad are gas/oil and labor costs. Maybe that is why our COLA this time is nothing but a joke. Only we are not laughing.

[coborn35]

QUOTE: Originally posted by railfanespee4449
(His Smilie post. I took them all out to make room)

Just a little off topic......

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by railfanespee4449


Old thread

2 months = old LOL LOL LOL


You might want to remove a few of your "smileys" or at least leave a blank between some of them please. That is what makes the page drawn out and hard to read. Thanks.

[railfanespee4449]

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[Anonymous]

I was just reading a new article about the future of gas prices in the United States. Here are a few items from that article:

* The government says gas prices may fall soon

* But before you ru***o buy a gas guzzler, be aware they also forecast the price will hit $2.76 a gallon this summer – a new record for the period of time

* That’s 14 cents more than the April forecast, currenly prices are up 76 cents from the same time a year ago

* Gasoline prices will average $2.76 a gallon for the coming summer driving season

* That's up 39 cents from 2005's summer and a nickel higher than the Energy Information Administration forecast a month ago.

* Prices currently exceed $3 a gallon in 10 different states

[railfanespee4449]

You know what rocks?
1-I can BIKE to the tracks any time I want!
2-I live 2.5 miles from a buy double-track UP mainline
3- IT'S SUMMER BREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jhhtrainsplanes

I noticed recently that our regular unleaded price is down into the mid $2.60s. It depends upon where you buy your gas but $2.65 to $2.69 (for regular unleaded) is getting common locally.

It is nice that the price has lowered some because the UP 844 drew many people to see it on its latest trip. I even chased it a little. [^]

Things are going about the same again. Funny though how a rumor can make it go up in price over night by it takes days or even weeks to come down in price.

[Anonymous]

I noticed recently that our regular unleaded price is down into the mid $2.60s. It depends upon where you buy your gas but $2.65 to $2.69 (for regular unleaded) is getting common locally.

It is nice that the price has lowered some because the UP 844 drew many people to see it on its latest trip. I even chased it a little. [^]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jhhtrainsplanes

Yesterday I noticed that gas has come down a few cents around my area. Mind you it is ONLY a few cents. Regular unleaded is currently $2.75 while premium unleaded is $2.95.

We just dropped another [2c] . Our regular unleaded is now $2.73 a gallon. And what is amazing is we are approaching the first of our so-called Summer Holiday.

[blhanel]

That's funny, we're currently headed the other way around here. Up to $2.799 a gallon, IIRC.

[Anonymous]

Yesterday I noticed that gas has come down a few cents around my area. Mind you it is ONLY a few cents. Regular unleaded is currently $2.75 while premium unleaded is $2.95.

[eastside]

QUOTE: Originally posted by blhanel

It's been dropping here- we're down to $2.659 a gallon.

The cheapest gasoline I ever bought was in Clinton, IA in '69 -- 25 cents a gallon. (That's $1.36 in current prices.) Even back then that was startlingly cheap and memorable because I had a 427 'Vette to fill. Back home in Illinois it was about 45 cents/gal.

[Anonymous]

Get Your Hummer Now Or Else [:o)]

GM announced Friday that the 2006 model year will be the last of the H1 Hummers. The very last H1 is expected to be built in June.

The H1 was getting only 10 miles to the gallon but GM stated the gas milage was not the cause of the H1's demise. They stated the people who bought the H1s were not concerned about gas prices. A current model of the H1 (H1 Alpha) sells for $130,000 to $140,000.

Getting this monster off the road is a step in the right direction. However, I doubt that too many soccer moms will be effected by it. [:o)]

[Anonymous]

I had to have a tired fixed about a week ago and while in the waiting room picked up a magazine to read. One of the stories I read was about Canada and its attemps to get oil from way up north. The same article also told of the US looking to obtain oil from oil sands or shale. I am not sure now which magazine I even picked up.

So much for the lower prices that were predicted. Oil has been going up again.

[Anonymous]

I have now seen several tv news articles on the fuel banks. Both the national news and the local news has carried stories on it. I don't know of any in my area. Anyone know of any operating near them? [?]


And gas is going down according to recent articles. I am not sure where tho, it sure has not gone down here more than a cent or two, if that. [:(]

[Anonymous]

One of the latest gas station ideas is a fuel bank. [:0]

You choose a grade of gasoline and lock it that price for "x" number of dollars or gallons. It is pay in advance and you get a gasoline "card" for that station. When you purchase your gas you swip your card and the amount is deducted from your account.

[vsmith]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jhhtrainsplanes

QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas

In the last two days gas here in Chula Vista went from $3.25 to $3.40 a gallon.

We have not had a big rise in the last few days or so, therefore one must be coming. [:(]

It would not surprise me if gas hit $4 a gallon by Labor day. [;)]

I was thinking more likely by a $4 peak right before July 4th, then a drop back down to 3.50ish for the rest of the summer then another more prolonged $4 spike from Sept 1 till they change back to "winter" formula in Oct.[V]

Hey ya know those $350million dollar retirement packeges dont grow on trees, someones got to pay for them.[:(!]

Time to consider trading in the truck before it gets too many miles on it![:0]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jhhtrainsplanes

Funny thing is going on lately. The price of oil continues to go up and down. However, our prices have stayed about the same for a period of time now. This is not making sense. When the price of oil goes up the gas stations almost immediately raise their prices. But when the price of oil drops our gas prices stay about the same. Has anyone else noticed this lately? [?]

Yep - same this side of the pond too. They put the price up at the first sniff of a rise in the price of crude, when it drops it takes a good few weeks for the pump price to follow suit. They're making a tidy sum from that little wheeze!

[blhanel]

It's been dropping here- we're down to $2.659 a gallon.

I think sometimes the retailers will slow-roll a price drop so that they can get some of the profit, at least for a little while.

[Anonymous]

Funny thing is going on lately. The price of oil continues to go up and down. However, our prices have stayed about the same for a period of time now. This is not making sense. When the price of oil goes up the gas stations almost immediately raise their prices. But when the price of oil drops our gas prices stay about the same. Has anyone else noticed this lately? [?]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas

In the last two days gas here in Chula Vista went from $3.25 to $3.40 a gallon.

We have not had a big rise in the last few days or so, therefore one must be coming. [:(]

It would not surprise me if gas hit $4 a gallon by Labor day. [;)]

[chad thomas]

In the last two days gas here in Chula Vista went from $3.25 to $3.40 a gallon.

[Anonymous]

I find for once I am one lucky dog in terms of railfanning, at least at this phase of my life. I live along the Cumberland Mountain area where the CSX runs from Nashville towards Alabama, and has to cross through the Cumberland tunnel pusher district. It's all single track through my part of Tennessee, and passing tracks galore......active pushers on literally every train going over the mountain through the tunnel....and constant traffic. All I have to do is sit in any of a couple chosen locations within 10 miles of my house, and the action goes right past me.

Regards! Michaelson[:D]

[Anonymous]

Yesterday while I was out I noticed our Kroger (here some of our Kroger Grocery Stores also have gas stations our in front of the grocery stores) gas station had finally raised it premium unleaded price to over $3 a gallon. They are usually one of the lowest priced stations in the area. But with that raise it puts them ahead of many of the area gas stations. Also if you have a Kroger card and buy over $100 a month of groceries then you get a discount (10 cents a gallon) on your gas.

[Anonymous]

Its expensive whatever. To fill up my knackered motor (1.6) costs about 40 quid now. At the weekend I am having to driver from Cog country to Mid Wales and back to pick up a few bits of furniture and knock up a few inheritance points as one set of parents are doing the sensible thing and emigrating.

That will cost around £100-£120 in juice. Makes the 60odd quid train ticket look reasonable in comparison doesn't it?

[Anonymous]

Prices are again nearing $75 a barrel. [:(!] [:(] [:(!]

U.S. pump prices are rising, with U.S. drivers now paying about 14 percent more to fill their tanks than a year ago. We all remember last year's $3 a gallon, so with that in mind and knowing we are now 14% above last year any one want to predict when we hit $4 a gallon? [?]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith



....also the exhaust smells like French Fries!

FUNNY [:D] [:D] [:D]

They actually pointed that out too. [:o)] [;)] [:p]

[Modelcar]

That UK price includes many sevices we don't get here when we purchase "Petrol"....We pay plenty of taxes but not near what you folks across the pond do. No wonder you're Go-Jo is so high.....

[Anonymous]

Today it was $2.879 at one of the Stations but that's okay because I ride my Bike Railfanning.