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4/16/12, 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Rather B.Blown
You can fix it with manage attachments. Scroll down down when you click to edit the post and it will show the attachments you put in the post.
4/18/12, 01:02 PM
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4/18/12, 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by I-70 west
The National RR Museum in Green Bay and the last one I found in the middle of Illinois
4/18/12, 02:19 PM
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My grandpa was a steam locomotive engineer on the St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt) and ran out of the Jonesboro, Ark yard. So my Dad wanted to share that with me since he grew up around them. There's a great Museum of Transport in StLouis County and for some reason Dad would always take us on Mother's Day. 
Never figured that one out. lol
My other side of the family were farmers and railroaders on the MoPac and the Katy. So that's my connection to
Know what a track walker is? 
My uncle was a dispatcher on the Illinois Central/Bloomington.
I grew up wanting to be an engineer on freight trains that hauled through the mountains and snowy passes. The closest I got was as a coffeeman/route driver through the Cascades with several 5000' passes. Plenty of times I was the first one over the passes without the plows yet. The view out the windshield was awesome! Close enough, dream fulfilled!
Never figured that one out. lolMy other side of the family were farmers and railroaders on the MoPac and the Katy. So that's my connection to
Know what a track walker is? My uncle was a dispatcher on the Illinois Central/Bloomington.
I grew up wanting to be an engineer on freight trains that hauled through the mountains and snowy passes. The closest I got was as a coffeeman/route driver through the Cascades with several 5000' passes. Plenty of times I was the first one over the passes without the plows yet. The view out the windshield was awesome!
Close enough, dream fulfilled!Last edited by cdynaco; 4/18/12 at 02:28 PM.