Olaf Rasmussen Wrote:
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> Well, at this point I am up to 18 on the posting
> count scale, just a tantalizing 3 away from the 21
> on the "Flying Eagles Thread". Camels, cows, and
> green steam engines on the narrow gauge have
> gotten me this far, but maybe BIRDS are the real
> key to catching up with Roger, so I am giving
> chickens on the 2-foot gauge Darjeeling Himalayan
> Railway a try.
>
> This chicken and rooster have decided to get a
> move on in the face of the rapidly approaching
> 2-foot gauge 0-4-0. The engine only has a 4-man
> crew today - there are only the engineer, fireman,
> coal breaker, and one sander. The one sander has
> temporarily retreated to one of the coaches for a
> spot of tea (?) .You might think that the other
> sander has fallen off en route, but the train left
> Kurseong with only one sander, so there has been
> no unpleasantness, except perhapsfor a bit of
> extra slipping on the steeper sections of line.
>
> [attachment 70046 Darjeelingchick-1.jpg]
>
> The white chicken has yielded the right of way to
> the 0-4-0 by veering off on the uphill side of the
> track, but the rooster is not giving up that
> easily, and is keeping ahead of the engine for
> some distance
>
> [attachment 70047 Darjeelinchick-4.jpg]
>
> [attachment 70048 Darjeelingchick-5.jpg]
>
> I should add that no chickens or roosters were
> harmed in the making of this sequence. Responses
> are appreciated so I don't have to go to more
> drastic lengths to reach a count of 21 (or even
> 22)
I will help you with this. Nice chickens.