Just finished reading Ed's story, Read the Rule" in the March 2007 TRAINS!
Ed, that is one FANTASTIC story!! I was riveted, and couldn't stop until I finished. (That doesn't always happen with me.) Sure do hope you contribute more stories like that one!!!
............March TRAINS already.....!
Quentin
cherokee woman wrote: Just finished reading Ed's story, Read the Rule" in the March 2007 TRAINS! Ed, that is one FANTASTIC story!! I was riveted, and couldn't stop until I finished. (That doesn't always happen with me.) Sure do hope you contribute more stories like that one!!!
WELL! ALRIGHT!! ED!! WAY TO GO!
[ WILL WRITE SOON FOR AUTOGRAPH!]
Quentin.....YEP!! And it's been here for a day and a half!!
Ed, Great Story!!! I can see a book coming now: "Tales from the Switchyard";
by Ed Blysard!!
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!!
........Boy, that's early....Thanks Mutt.....Q
..........We'll look forward to Ed's article....I'm sure it's different and a good one.
Ed,
I dont subscribe to the mag anymore but since a Texas boy has an article in it I will buy one and chk it out ! Danny
Modelcar wrote: ............March TRAINS already.....!
I know, I probably won't get mine for another week or so.
Besides, I'm still reading the January issues.
Ed, does your place of employment give time off for personal appearances? Can you tell us which Barnes & Nobles you'll be signing copies of Trains magazine?
Willy
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
Awh shucks, folks...
Locomutt, "Pounding Rocks and Pulling Pins" should be out sometime next year...
No, seriously, I had taken to writing down some of the funnier things that have happened to me over the last ten years out at the railroad...and Trains seemed the best place to send some of the stories.
Our own Kathi Kube wanted that one, and I have never been one to refuse a pretty lady anything, so....
Trust me, a lot of language editing was needed before anything could be printed!
Glad you guys enjoyed it, hope to be able to tell you some more.
Ed
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Willy2 wrote:My March issue of Trains hasn't arrived yet, but when it does, Ed's story will be the first thing I read. I can't wait to read it!!
I am a very patient person. Can you have a first draft book to me by Friday?
Mook
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
will be waiting by the mailbox!! great job!
stay safe
joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
Mookie wrote: I am a very patient person. Can you have a first draft book to me by Friday?Mook
edblysard wrote:Uh oh...ummm, who has the tin boots this week? Mookie wrote: I am a very patient person. Can you have a first draft book to me by Friday?Mook
The last I saw them was when I handed them back to you. Check your cloak closet.
edblysard wrote:Awh shucks, folks...Trust me, a lot of language editing was needed before anything could be printed!Ed
So, you're saying "Skinny" wasn't really what the old head was calling you?
I'm sitting here, trying to be patient as I wait for the March Trains to show up. Didn't you give Kathi K. your list of relatives and friends to get advance copies?
And am I supposed to heap praise before I read the article? What if you have the facts all wrong?
Jay (Slinking off and preparing to eat crow.)
"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
Have fun with your trains
Hi Ed, congratulations by the article. If possible send me a copy by email here, because I do not subscribe TRAINS magazine. It´s a bit expensive overseas.
Pedro
I'll add my two cents in here and say "well done" also. not only did Ed give us a fantastic, atmospheric story about working in a railroad yard with larger than life characters, but it was wrapped inside a universal truth that anyone could relate to. Nicely done.
Matt Van Hattem
Well Way TO GO ED!!!
I do have one question though. Why didn't I get my issue of Trains yet?????? I want to read the article!!!!
CSXrules4eva wrote: Well Way TO GO ED!!! I do have one question though. Why didn't I get my issue of Trains yet?????? I want to read the article!!!!
edblysard wrote:The cook at the Diner has a lot more pull than we knew?
I wonder why the cook at the diner doesn't share her copy?!
Forty-two wrote: edblysard wrote:The cook at the Diner has a lot more pull than we knew?I wonder why the cook at the diner doesn't share her copy?!
Actually, it's Mutt's copy, and we did offer it to her. She wants to wait for her own copy.
Ed, I don't know that I've got any more pull than anyone else around here. Since it's your article, didn't YOU get an "advance" copy?!?!
uhhh, yeah I did...
Excellent piece. As Matt noted both a story and a lesson. Congratulations are definately in order.
Jay
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