Re: If all goes according to plan, train will never quit making iconic puffs of steam . . . 
| August 08, 2018 12:03AM |
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Chris Walker Wrote (approximately):
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> Just another clueless reporter writing meaningless
> words regarding a subject [of which] (s)he has no
> idea – standard fare of all reporters today.
> my favourite line excerpted . . .
> "The new diesel locomotives will have the
> same appearance as coal engines, which
> send off those iconic puffs of steam."
Have a heart, Chris -
And give the reporter the benefit of the (tiny bit of) doubt — perhaps (s)he was referring to the smoke (not steam) of an ALCO diseasel . . .
- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/08/2018 12:32AM by Johnson Barr.
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> Just another clueless reporter writing meaningless
> words regarding a subject [of which] (s)he has no
> idea – standard fare of all reporters today.
> my favourite line excerpted . . .
> "The new diesel locomotives will have the
> same appearance as coal engines, which
> send off those iconic puffs of steam."
Have a heart, Chris -
And give the reporter the benefit of the (tiny bit of) doubt — perhaps (s)he was referring to the smoke (not steam) of an ALCO diseasel . . .
- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
"Not All Who Have Cell-Phones Do Twitter *
"Not All Those Who Ponder Can Think . . . "
* Only TWITS Twitter!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/08/2018 12:32AM by Johnson Barr.
Al Harper: If all goes according to plan, train will never shut down again because of fire danger
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