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    Brain Teaser / Diversion

    Auxiliary water tender
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    truck wreck destroys highway and UP main in Utah

    here are a couple of links to the story. the first one has a good video with shots of the massive crater in the highway and the damaged tracks. http://www.4utah.com/mediacenter/default.aspx?videoId=22383 http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_222165020.html
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    Brain Teaser / Diversion

    DART (Dallas area rapid transit)
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    Brain Teaser / Diversion

    Iraqi Railways (trains blown up by troops, and then being rebuilt by troops)
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    crew caller
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    Detailing for HO locos?

    I always get my detail parts from Walthers. they have the best selection and you know if something is in or out of stock before you order it. the discount on detail parts is so small from most LHS's that ordering from Walthers and paying the full retail really doesnt cost that much more.
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    UP heritage units, official announcement

    check these out!!! http://www.uprr.com/newsinfo/railroad/2005/0730_heritage.shtml
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    Brain Teaser / Diversion

    Animas Canyon (i think that's how you spell it :D)
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    Brain Teaser / Diversion

    Ridin the rails to war in a Pullman troop car
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    Hobo town ...
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    Brain Teaser / Diversion

    SCUBA diver (one who has to find the locomotive if it falls off into the water) :D
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    Confessions of an Engine Illitererate

    a quick note: modern EMD locos GP: general purpose, 4 axles SD: special duty, 6 axles SW: switcher, 4 axles MP: road switcher, 4 axles the number in almost all newer EMD locos is just the model number. the -2 at the end means the locomotive has been upgraded with dash 2 electronics...
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    Confessions of an Engine Illitererate

    best thing you can do is head out to the LHS or go online and get a copy of the Contemporary Diesels Spotters Guide by Louis A. Marie and Paul K. Withers. it covers all locomotives built since 1972. it has good pictures and descriptions of every locomotive type.
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    Brain Teaser / Diversion

    DODX heavy duty flat car
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    Brain Teaser / Diversion

    St Louis & Southwestern Railroad
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    Brain Teaser / Diversion

    buried workbench I know it's under there somewhere......... :D
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    Help Needed:

    one easy way to do flaking and peeling paint is to use Micro Mask from Microscale. you put down your first coat of paint, wait for it to dry, then brush on the Micro Mask wherever you need it, then add your second coat of paint. after that dries, just peel off the bits of Micro Mask and you...
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    Double fun for July/Aug.

    Look Ma, they glow! this next one, I took just south of Salinas, California one night while heading back home from another long day of picking up produce.
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    Double fun for July/Aug.

    I think i'll go with a couple of my favorite Union Pacific prototype pictures for this consist. this first one I took just east of Santa Rosa, New Mexico one evening while driving down the interstate.
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    Brain Teaser / Diversion

    Maresk-Sealand (intermodal company)