Re: 0584?
| March 24, 2014 08:55PM |
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South Park Wrote:
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> A railroad track without coms lines is like
> discovering your date is actually a dude. WTF ?
>
> This is what separates the foamer fruitcakes
> from those genuinely interested in history.
> Thanks to the many idiots who angled to exclude
> the lines from photos, much historical
> documentation was purposely lost. To put that in
> a different context, saying we're glad the lines
> are gone is like the punk who burns the CRRM
> museum to the ground saying he didn't care about
> history and he's glad it's gone. Rather smug and
> arrogant opinion to have, isn't it ? Party on,
> Rainman.
Right on, S.P. !! I totally agree. My favorite oldtime photos are the ones with the crew gathered around the pilot with the dog, shop crews standing on the running boards, and telegraph and telephone lines.
The railroads couldn't run (well) without those lines.
Skip Luke
Switchman (ret): Grand Canyon Railway;
Engineer (ret): Georgetown Loop RR Inc., Sumpter Valley Ry., Monticello & Sangamon Valley;
Dispatcher(ret): Illinois Central, White Pass & Yukon, Burlington Northern Ry.
Mariner, Musician, Miner
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> A railroad track without coms lines is like
> discovering your date is actually a dude. WTF ?
>
> This is what separates the foamer fruitcakes
> from those genuinely interested in history.
> Thanks to the many idiots who angled to exclude
> the lines from photos, much historical
> documentation was purposely lost. To put that in
> a different context, saying we're glad the lines
> are gone is like the punk who burns the CRRM
> museum to the ground saying he didn't care about
> history and he's glad it's gone. Rather smug and
> arrogant opinion to have, isn't it ? Party on,
> Rainman.
Right on, S.P. !! I totally agree. My favorite oldtime photos are the ones with the crew gathered around the pilot with the dog, shop crews standing on the running boards, and telegraph and telephone lines.
The railroads couldn't run (well) without those lines.
Skip Luke
Switchman (ret): Grand Canyon Railway;
Engineer (ret): Georgetown Loop RR Inc., Sumpter Valley Ry., Monticello & Sangamon Valley;
Dispatcher(ret): Illinois Central, White Pass & Yukon, Burlington Northern Ry.
Mariner, Musician, Miner
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