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MQT3001 wrote:37 trains and counting at Porter Jct
Did you film my train? I was on 364?
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I hope you saw N910 and E950.
I saw them both near Riverside, and E950 was supposed to go thru Porter ahead of Amtrak according to the RN dispatcher.
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Jetlink Driver wrote:
MQT3001 wrote:37 trains and counting at Porter Jct
Did you film my train? I was on 364?
Jochs wrote:I hope you saw N910 and E950.
I saw them both near Riverside, and E950 was supposed to go thru Porter ahead of Amtrak according to the RN dispatcher.
Yes and yes. I only shot 364 from a distance, however. If you had posted, I would have gotten closer!!!

Final total, including Q327 we couldn't film, was 52.
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Didn't realize you were going to be there on Friday or I would have given heads up. Next time check the chat. I was giving a little play by play there.
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I don't think he can see the chat.
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Clear the roads! I got my car today :D
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A certain someone need to either sharpen their beer pong skills or stop betting a banhammer on me :x
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I was born in a house that I helped to build :lol:

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Almost 47 hours into July and I've had power for only about 4 of those.
Hopefully my power will be restored soon.
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Got my power back after a 4 day and 4 hour power outage. I am glad the weather cooperated. Too warm for the furnace, too cool for the air conditioner.
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Well, the mosquitoes are all fed!
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Why did the trainman get struck by lightning?
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He was a good conductor
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AARR wrote:It bugs me when railroads are not named for the areas they cover. For example, TSBY from Ann Arbor to Yuma and Petoskey, or HESR from Durand to Bay City :x
The Kalamazoo, Lakeshore and Chicago (KLS&C) ran between Hartford and Paw Paw. It didn't go near Chicago, and was about 15 miles or so from Kalamazoo, and the only lakeshore it went by was Lake Cora. :lol:
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Why Don't all of us be tacky for just one day
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I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.
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My 4000th post!!!
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Jochs wrote:My 4000th post!!!
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^^^^Rookie

Three years TO THE DAY that I joined this site, here is post #10,000, as I wished:
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9-28-11 to 9-28-14 ... only two hours and 6 minutes off, too :D :wink:
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This is Mrs PSG' s random thought of the century " quote How come I see more squirrel, possum, and raccoon road kill that rabbits? unquote
I came back with this answer Cause Rabbits are smarter
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PlymouthStationGuy wrote:This is Mrs PSG' s random thought of the century " quote How come I see more squirrel, possum, and raccoon road kill that rabbits? unquote
I came back with this answer Cause Rabbits are smarter
lol! Sounds legit!
They're also faster.
Squirrels often have a habit of running almost all the way across the road, then turning around and going back instead of continuing forward.

Possums are fearless and don't get out of the way of cars. Instead of fleeing they usually just sit there, like they're going to be able to stop a car like they can another animal with a stare and a growl.
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