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CodyAkin

April 13, 2014 11:12PM

Registered: 16 years ago
Posts: 449

Casey and I lost a great man today. Our father, David Akin, passed away early this morning due to numerous increased health conditions.

I think maybe only a handful NGDF'ers knew him. He was not as much in the train scene in his later years, but he is the reason my brother and I will be railheads for life!

I'm not asking for anything super sappy out of this post, as he wouldn't have wanted it that way, but rather to remind everyone that life is short, and our boiler time is ticking. Remind your friends and loved-ones how you feel about them, because you never know when the next number will be retired!

Highball, Pops!

Cody Akin
Irving, Tx
"Rio -Gran"de

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David Akin	CodyAkin	April 13, 2014 11:12PM
Re: David Akin	John Cole	April 13, 2014 11:44PM
Re: David Akin	Jason Rose	April 14, 2014 07:19AM
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Re: David Akin	Tower Operator	April 16, 2014 05:35PM
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Re: David Akin	Mark Huckaby	April 14, 2014 08:47AM
Your dad	NormAcker	April 14, 2014 10:26AM
Re: David Akin	Glenn Butcher	April 14, 2014 05:35PM
Re: David Akin	cwallace	April 14, 2014 10:47PM
Re: David Akin	Casey Akin	April 19, 2014 11:01PM
Re: David Akin	Herb Kelsey	April 20, 2014 02:54AM
Re: David Akin	CharlieMcCandless	April 20, 2014 10:25AM

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