MATTSQUATCH DAY .!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[PAT.C]

SATURDAY, 12-20-'08 IS MATTSQUATCH DAY AND FESTIVITIES ARE PLANNED IN DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORAN.
THE DEPOT WILL BE DECORATED IN HIS HONOR AND DUMBO MAY SHOW UP TOO.
I EVEN HEARD THAT 1225 WILL BE STEAMED UP AND RUNNING IN HONOR OF THE GR888888888888888888888888 MATTSQUATCH.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MARK YOUR CALENDER AND BE THERE OR BE SQUARE.

I TOLD TYRONE ABOUT THIS BUT HE WILL BE WORKING THAT DAY [W/ELVIS AT THE BURGER KING IN KZOO].

[Jeff L]

####! Gotta be at a Xmas gathering that day

[AARR]

I'll try to keep my day free to attend

[Norm]

I TOLD TYRONE ABOUT THIS BUT HE WILL BE WORKING THAT DAY

Busting rocks with a sledge hammer?

[Brian_F]

I will be there with bells on, as soon as I figure out where I'm supposed to put the bells.

[CERY]

I will be chasing 1225s Polar Express train that day and it's on my way home so I will swing by.

[SW]

Made it last year, will try to make it again this year...

[RailCanon]

I'm planning on carhosting for SRI on that day. I might swing by if I have time.

[BerkshireKid]

Remember Gregg, you have to talk to Jodi before you can just show up and carhost. Meeting is tomorrow the 22 at 2pm!

[RailCanon]

Remember Gregg, you have to talk to Jodi before you can just show up and carhost. Meeting is tomorrow the 22 at 2pm!

Currently planning on being there.

[TrainWatcher]

I am lookin at it too.... maybe.... if Chris wants to drive.

[GreatLakesRailfan]

I'd love to be there for Mattsquatch Day but...the way things are starting to look, I may well be working every day between Thanksgiving and Christmas Day, which includes Mattsquatch Day.
On the bright side...eh...it's winter. There is no bright side.

[GP9R]

I'll be there

[Norm]

You mean we can't get Matt to show up on a sunny summer day?

Dang near froze my buns off last year.

[PAT.C]

Dang near froze my buns off last year.

QUIT YOUR WHINING AND DOUBLE UP ON THE LONG UNDIES . YOU GIVE A BAD NAME TO OLD FARTS.

I EXPECT TO SEE YOU THERE. I'LL BE THERE LOOKING OUT FROM THE WARM DEPOT.

[CERY]

So is 1225 going to do the Polar Express run and then run down to Durand? How is that going to work for those of us who know nothing about this event.

[TrainWatcher]

Yeah, my schedule is lookin to change..... I hope I can make-it.... wy can't we just wat til' spring?!?! don't this hobby have seasons off????

[Mark Rummel]

Hey, Pat C., speaking of old farts, I'm going to try being there too, even though I'm not quite as old as you are... and CERTAINLY not as old as RDD (maybe...)

[Railnut]

Myself and another may be there..not sure yet!
Dave C

[sd70accsxt700]

Just cause everyone is asking. Here is what is happening. I will be comming up somtime on Friday, and spending the the night at Durand. Saturday, we spend all day standing around waiting for trains, and just having a good time. Sometime before Ryders in flint closes, I need to run over there, and last year we had three carloads go. I showed everyone around Flint, and then up to the CSX at Flint, and caught the SBS. Then we came back and stayed until late around 10 PM. From that point on depending on how I feel, I will either go home, or stick around for the first 1225 trip on Sunday.