Re: NNG: Good news and bad news
| February 16, 2012 09:58PM |
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John West Wrote:
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> Whad[uh]yamean I haven't posted any pix! Just
> not here .... I would point out this is a narrow-
> gauge place ...
My dear JèBêWéX -
Whaduhyamean "a narrow-gauge [only] place"?? Per Don Richter (quoting the first sentence from his description of the NGDF at the very top of this page), "This is a forum for the discussion of narrow gauge and steam railroading with a primary emphasis on railroads operating in the US." (Emphasis mine.)
Besides, I'm not the only one who occasionally posts photos of standard gauge steam here, and I did preface my subject line with "NNG:", which even the narrow-minded nit-pickers on the "over-fire jets" thread probably know is a forewarning that the content of said post is "Not Narrow Gauge". Why, I've even seen photos of standard gauge DISEASELS (dis)gracing this forum! And if you didn't feel comfortable posting your standard-gauge photos here, you could at least have posted a link or two to clue in us neo-Luddites that there are other sites on the internet well worth visiting from time to time!
So I presume your post is intended mainly to maintain your standing as the Senior Curmudgeon, and to keep upstart young Whippersnappers such as myself in their proper places. Nonetheless, in accordance with your reprimand and to preclude a schism in the Loyal Order of Curmudgeonly Old Steamfreaks ('LOCOS'), I will edit my post and insert the phrase "here on the NGDF" at an appropriate location.
- El Curmudgeono de la Costa del Oro*
p.s. Thank you for the Good News! I've been thinking about re-visiting the NN - perhaps next year - and will certainly do so if your conjecture is correct and if the official livery in use during your college years is again applied to the locomotive(s).
* NEVER take Russo too serious - see [ngdiscussion.net]
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 02/18/2012 01:17PM by Russo Loco.
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> Whad[uh]yamean I haven't posted any pix! Just
> not here .... I would point out this is a narrow-
> gauge place ...
My dear JèBêWéX -
Whaduhyamean "a narrow-gauge [only] place"?? Per Don Richter (quoting the first sentence from his description of the NGDF at the very top of this page), "This is a forum for the discussion of narrow gauge and steam railroading with a primary emphasis on railroads operating in the US." (Emphasis mine.)
Besides, I'm not the only one who occasionally posts photos of standard gauge steam here, and I did preface my subject line with "NNG:", which even the narrow-minded nit-pickers on the "over-fire jets" thread probably know is a forewarning that the content of said post is "Not Narrow Gauge". Why, I've even seen photos of standard gauge DISEASELS (dis)gracing this forum! And if you didn't feel comfortable posting your standard-gauge photos here, you could at least have posted a link or two to clue in us neo-Luddites that there are other sites on the internet well worth visiting from time to time!
So I presume your post is intended mainly to maintain your standing as the Senior Curmudgeon, and to keep upstart young Whippersnappers such as myself in their proper places. Nonetheless, in accordance with your reprimand and to preclude a schism in the Loyal Order of Curmudgeonly Old Steamfreaks ('LOCOS'), I will edit my post and insert the phrase "here on the NGDF" at an appropriate location.
- El Curmudgeono de la Costa del Oro*
p.s. Thank you for the Good News! I've been thinking about re-visiting the NN - perhaps next year - and will certainly do so if your conjecture is correct and if the official livery in use during your college years is again applied to the locomotive(s).
* NEVER take Russo too serious - see [ngdiscussion.net]
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 02/18/2012 01:17PM by Russo Loco.
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
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