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Another useless post from Rooster

Just “another useless post” however you asked Dave. Go take a drive and there is cellphone coverage in the area so if you get stuck you can call for help, only if you remember to take your phone with you .

Just turn south off of Wago Rd. onto Gut Rd. and head south until you get to 2nd St. in Saginaw. Plenty to see under that old PRR mainline but the viaducts are not brick lined on the west side… :wink:

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One of these days Bill’s gonna figure out googling LGB superliners and click images.

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I half expected to see a column of Union infantry marching through some of those viaducts!

Eric

hmmm, before somebody reacts to this with something A. I. selected…
i’ll put up something resulting from natural stupidity.
livestock thread + train musik + piggy … all point to this:

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Getting back on track IMG_7172

I recently got a Hornby OO scale model of the (British) Southern Railway’s “Battle of Britain” class passenger locomotive. The streamlining of this locomotive featured a boxy look with rounded corners, which caused British rail enthusiasts to nickname the locomotive “the Spam can”. If one of these locomotives got used for passenger trains in the current U.S.A., would it then be referred to as “Spamtrak”?

Ducking and weaving, David Meashey

Nice idea Dave. Looked it up, but only found this.

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Memories

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Nice memory pic, Sean.

Here’s the thread on this beautiful coach.

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OK…who’s got the balls to show this to Eric’s boy…^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Yeah, but now Herself and I are going to have to learn to ski!

https://www.powder.com/news/steamboat-colorado-ski-train-denver?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Ftrains

That’s really going to affect Eric’s budget if Kidzilla notices the carriages in the photo. :innocent:

EDIT: Apparently kind of bigger news as there’s some significant plans for expansion in another article that just popped up on my news feed. Its great to hear the government is investing in expanding rail infrastructure and leasing the tunnel for 25 years thus increasing both passenger and freight through the mountains.

Haha that’s down the road a bit from me

Rooster;

I remember waiting to catch a GG1 pulled passenger train home at PRR’s Lancaster, PA passenger station way back during my college days. I stood on the platform with the toes of my shoes right on the edge of the yellow line. When that big locomotive with those big cooling blowers passed, I could feel the irresistible pull from the blower intake vents. I stepped back quickly!

Regards, David Meashey

Very cool. This is a little closer to him though… well, a tiny bit.

I do! And he said “Wow!”

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