Crud! Sorry! I meant for this to be a reply in the Trackside Lounge! Can someone move this post please? New forum is a tad difficult to use…eheh…
Aw man…I haven’t posted here in years! Crazy what life can do! I guess I should show y’all the various pics from what I’ve been up to in the railfanning world!
Never stops making me smile…As I sat on the nose for a good half hour enjoying the experience. Cab wasn’t unlocked this time though
2012 road trip to the quad cities. and there was much excitement
Stevens Point has been a vacation hot spot for me lately…For obvious reasons…
But I hit Illinois and Iowa at least once every year. Nice that BNSF forced NS to use DPU-equipped motive power on their run-through crude oil trains…too bad for NS that the heritage units are
Well Lord Atmo of all people – we thought you’d given up on trains and found a new hobby or two.
If you find yourself at Trainfest in November don’t forget the annual Forum member photo tradition. More info to follow as soon as Keith Schmidt and I nail this down.
Too bad we couldn’t arrange the photo session outdoors of the facility, so those of us unable or unwilling to pay $$ to put up with the crowds of inconsiderate people could still get in on the “family photo”.
hah thanks guys. naw i’m still ever the big railfan as usual. But life kinda got in the way a bit. I work full time now…live on my own in an apartment and have all this “responsibility” stuff i gotta do now [(-D]
Trainfest is tough for me to make because I have another convention literally one week after it. Lots of road tripping and stuff. But I’ll try to make other shows.
Anyhoo, here’s some more of my grand epic adventures. For now, let’s focus on Stevens Point:
This was in Altoona as I was headed to Point for the weekend. SP 177 pretty much “lives” here. I shoot it literally every time I see it…EVERY time!
http://lord_atmo.rrpicturearchives.net/pictures%5C81897%5CIllinoiowa%20139.JPG
