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    Phoenix railfanning

    you mean you guys could not make out that there used to be a round house there? that was the first thing i seen,,, clues.... 1. a turntable 2. angle of the 2 tracks . 3. the big wedge shape of the concrete pad. the big white tank is in one corner of the roundhouse . the 5 white vans...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part III

    home from work here, big layoff, missed me tho so all is good.
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    Gondola's?

    i must just be in the wrong part of the country to see many of them.
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    Gondola's?

    are they going to the way side? i dont think i ever seen any on a major RR, or mainline , just old beat up ones on sidings or in little po dink yards or on little po dink RR. and only hulling junk scrap metal. are they used much at all any more? did they stop production?
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    guess what i seen over t-day!

    we was coming home from the wifes grandma's and we was about to drive under a train going of us on an overpass. low and behold there was an blue "THE ROCK" car. looked like it had seen better days . and it was looked painted over YEARS ago. but the blue was kinda showing through and i could...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part III

    or to the state officials..........
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part III

    dont know, friend just emailed me the pics.
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part III

    Engineering question?...How much does a house weigh? - - Answer: More than a rural two lane bridge can hold.
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part III

    i tell you what!!!!! i live in the wrong part of the country, there sure are not to many layouts like this in IOWA! not o scale anyway. i have to drive 60 miles to find a club with o scale. and our layout is nothing like what some of you guys show in your pics.
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part III

    i have been hanging out , just have not posted here much. a lot of the snow had melted here yesterday, was warm, thought about getting the bike out . but i did not do it.
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    Phoenix railfanning

    wow, a green and black one, i always liked that paint job the best. did not know they ran them with the BNSF name tho, how did you get the overhead pic?
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part III

    i go talk to the iowa city doc jan 10th,, dont know when the surgery will be tho.
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part III

    got the PET scan results back today, they confirmed that there is a spot on my lung, and its the only spot. and it IS cancer, they are 99% sure its the came cancer i had before. and not a new kind, but they wont be 100% till they take it out and biopsy it.
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part III

    WOW!!!!,,, IT ROCKS!!!! i got to come see it!.....lol
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    Pics From Back Home

    Quincy IL. south side on IL, on the river. Yahoo! Maps, Driving Directions, and Traffic.
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part III

    hey jonadel, so what kind of a layout do you have?
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    Sringfield Southern Railroad

    We Want Pic's ! We Want Pic's!, We Want Pic's!!!! Lol
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    Pics From Back Home

    here in milton IA, we have the same type of station, looks to be identical, our station was a C,B & Q. last train came through in the 1960's. tracks are gone now. but last year the town got a grant and has remodeled the outside. now they are going to start on the inside. i have ran my...
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    NYC Niagara 4-8-4 - Anderson

    Passenger? where are the passenger cars? i see 2 baggage cars and a bunch of boxcars.
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part III

    well the wife took her LPN state boards on sat, SHE PASSED! as soon as she gets her papers from the state her work is giving her a 6.00 raise. whats that mean for me? MORE TRAINS!.....shh dont tell her that tho....lol