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In light of your failure in recent years to nominate competent candidates for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately. (You should look up 'revocation' in the Oxford English Dictionary.) Her...

Big Boy schematics

Big Boy The "King" of steam locomotives

Nice GE in the Seattle area http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/hsh/873311894.html

More bones please! Hell yeah, I'll take a couple of those bones!

Thanks guys, some good opinions and ideas here... Ralph I'm attaching a link to the original. http://www.city-data.com/forum/politics-other-controversies/446678-question-gay-people-4.html

That is my first inclination; on the other hand I'd be awfully tempted to tell the person exactly what I think of them as a human being.

What do you say to somebody like this? My qualm is that gays do not accept that they are statistically abnormal compared to the human race... all the gays on this forum that have said something in contrast to my argument are completely delusional and dismissive of statistical data... but that...

Just read that Paul Newman has died. http://blog.oregonlive.com/madaboutmovies/2008/09/_fast_eddie_felson_hud.html

Pullman Porters I read and article earlier this year about Pullman Porters. Here is an excerpt: "So much cultural meaning is packed into the figure of the Pullman porter -- racial pride and racial guilt, the faded glory of the American railroad, a level of customer service now extinct -- that...

Mrx those are great videos, thank you for posting the links! For anybody interested in steam, here is one of my favorites. The sound of the whistle alone is enough to give me goosebumps...

Rob, I think most all of the semaphores out here in the west are gone as well. Montana Rail Link still had some relatively recently...but I think those are gone know as well, and I haven't seen a wigwag around here for years, but I believe there is still one in Ashland, Oregon. Single target...

Human Interest Picture Back online with a new computer and thought I'd add a little "human interest" picture to the thread.

I'm glad this thread is still active. My computer at home crashed and I can't get it to do anything...right now I'm at my brothers house and hopefully I'll be able to get a new computer this weekend. Jeff, I'm crazy about any kind of steam engine, and was able to go to the Cowlitz Prairie Steam...

Jeff, after looking at those pictures of you and Jason I'm needing a cold shower too!

My love of trains goes back as far as I can remember, and my parents tell me I was crazy about trains... I have a lot of thoughts and comments I'd like to add to this thread...but it has been one of those days and I'm ready to hit the sack, must be getting old! In the meantime I'd like to...

Ralph just saw the tread, don't have the time at the moment...but I'll be back to it soon. Thanks for starting this thread!

Dan, I'm positive we are talking about the same person...he lives over in Port Orchard with his partner. He has mentioned several times how many "family members" there are at Amtrak in Seattle Now that I think about it he introduced me to a couple one time when we were at King St. Station.

Amtrak/Trains Ralph and Rob, huge railfan/train buff here! I spent a lot of time track side and on various railroad forums...railroadforums.com, trainorder.com, and several European railway forums.

Libby! Dan it sure is a beautiful area! My Mother grew up outside of Kalispell and I've spent quite a bit of time in Montana over the years. I hope to retire there at some point. I ride the Empire Builder to Spokane quite often, so it is likely that I would recognize John, small world...