Chessie, how I miss you....

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2002-09-27 02:32am

Damn impersonal conglomerates........

Another symbol of my childhood long gone......

EDIT......fucken tripod...and fucken webserver, deciding to go fritz out on me

THERE!

Post by **Dalton** » 2002-09-27 03:10am

Awwwwww, Shep misses his kitten.

Post by **weemadando** » 2002-09-27 03:13am

Is anyone else absolutely terrified about the fact that Shep posted a picture of a kitten?

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2002-09-27 05:43am

No everyone loves kittens, it's CATS who have pulicity problems. Just like everyone loves babies, it's two year olds and adolecents we can do without.

salm · Post by **salm** » 2002-09-27 08:24am

aaahh... one of these bleeding heart ultra-conservatives.

RayCav of ASVS · Post by **RayCav of ASVS** » 2002-09-27 08:26am

THe Yosemite Bear wrote:No everyone loves kittens, it's CATS who have pulicity problems. Just like everyone loves babies, it's two year olds and adolecents we can do without.

Joy...I'll remember that

And don't tell me there wasn't a time you weren't an adolescent, or that you magically sprang fourth to 30

salm · Post by **salm** » 2002-09-27 08:52am

sure, but he´s got a point, teenagers are annoying as hell *g*

Ted · Post by **Ted** » 2002-09-27 09:10am

HEY!
I take offence to that.

Ted · Post by **Ted** » 2002-09-27 09:11am

Did you kitty die?

And how did you get the pic from a trains website?

Solid Snake · Post by **Solid Snake** » 2002-09-27 10:27am

Teens do suck. They should all be shot. especially me.

salm · Post by **salm** » 2002-09-27 12:32pm

yeah! kill ´em all!!!

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2002-09-27 01:18pm

HA, only ted got it....

I grew up to CHESSIE locos rumbling near us

That pic is of the railroad's logo, Chessie the Cat.

It was used in a stylized form to stand for teh C in Chessie System
on the Chessie's locos and rolling stock.

Chessie was bought out by CSX and one by one the old Chessie units
are being repainted in CSX Blue and Gray.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2002-09-27 01:58pm

Trains are cool

salm · Post by **salm** » 2002-09-27 02:03pm

What the hell are trains cool for???

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2002-09-27 02:15pm

History, man. They are to United States what practical boats were to Germany. They may be ugly, noisy and taking up lots of room, but the Southern Pacific used to run not to far from my own house. Trains are still a functional and active part of our bulk transportation reality to this day, so no one rides them passenger anymore, they are still cool, I also like the new swiss engines that are being slowly introduced to the U.S. less pollution, but still very powerful.

salm · Post by **salm** » 2002-09-27 02:19pm

practical boats. ok, i guess trains ARE cool! i use one everyday to get into the city. yes, trains are cool. i dont need a car because of them. trains are cool. they bring me home safely when i´m drunk. man trains rule.

thank you for opening my eyes!

Post by **Kuja** » 2002-09-27 02:24pm

It touches me...seeing the walls come down

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2002-09-27 02:25pm

salm wrote:practical boats. ok, i guess trains ARE cool! i use one everyday to get into the city. yes, trains are cool. i dont need a car because of them. trains are cool. they bring me home safely when i´m drunk. man trains rule.

thank you for opening my eyes!

Dumbshit, do you prefer semis? Maybe cargo ships in the Midwest, which everyone knows is crisscrossed with rivers and canals? How about carry bulk goods in airplanes, ton by ton?

salm · Post by **salm** » 2002-09-27 02:28pm

what the hell are semis?

Post by **Kuja** » 2002-09-27 02:30pm

i take back what i said about the walls. You are a DUMBASS.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2002-09-27 02:32pm

salm wrote:What the hell are trains cool for???

Armored Trains are very cool, especially ones with reactive armor. And without railways, railway guns such as our big 800mm friend Gustav would not be possible.

salm · Post by **salm** » 2002-09-27 02:35pm

???????????????

explain this to a foreigner who does not understand the last couple posts!

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2002-09-27 02:41pm

My Great-Great-Great Grand Uncle Jim Turner (Yes, I am related to that other Turner on my mom's side) worked for the railroads way back when. My mom presently has his Watch, and Peacemaker. Like I said before, there's a lot of History in the Rails.

Ted · Post by **Ted** » 2002-09-27 03:37pm

salm wrote:???????????????

explain this to a foreigner who does not understand the last couple posts!

Well, the Armoured trains date from the 1870's, in Egypt, progressing onwards, used recently, as the mobile USSR nuke launchers.
Railway Arty was basically naval guns on rails, and the Big Bertha 31.5" gun was the biggest of them all.

And semis are tractor-trailers, the big trucks. Without trains, there'd be millions of them on the roads, and the smallest highway would be about 10 lanes.

Ted · Post by **Ted** » 2002-09-27 03:39pm

MKSheppard wrote:HA, only ted got it....

I grew up to CHESSIE locos rumbling near us

That pic is of the railroad's logo, Chessie the Cat.

It was used in a stylized form to stand for teh C in Chessie System
on the Chessie's locos and rolling stock.

Chessie was bought out by CSX and one by one the old Chessie units
are being repainted in CSX Blue and Gray.

Chessie wasn't bought out by CSX, CSX WAS Chessie. CSX is Chessie System, formed after the Conrail breakup when Chessie got half of Big Blue and Norfolk Southern got the other half.

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