Oh yeah…thanks, I meant to ask that too…
…cause I want to go burn alot of it if it means I can retire now!
you can’t retire - you are way behind me and I ain’t goin’ yet!
5 years 4 months and when I leave today, 18 days.
Then I may have to go find a real job…Walmart maybe …“do you want a sticker little kiddie?”[:)]
Might go to the airlines…thinking about getting a teaching certificate…who knows
I could use a “good humor” man!
I especially like the Wal-Mart man - or - my next job - a professional train watcher - keep every thing on the straight and narrow!
dharmon
Airlines? The enemy! Are you crazy?? The only thing worse than working for a RR is an airline. The only thing seniority at an airline tells you is how far you have to drive the U-haul to your job tomorrow. And it hasn’t improved since I left.
Well, I fully intend to post a Brief post mortum on this subject before i Give up, because this subject has become more then tiresome.
Apparently a lot of you like things that break down a lot. Being a Railfan, I suppose, and it makes perfect sense too, That when a locomotive breaks down, you really couln’t care, And I understand that!
But as a Railfan, Yuo van’t base everyhting you do on looks, Or you can’t believe everythign you hear, If you choose to personally Believe in Propoganda, thats Great! Really- I don’t care, But it’s your lose when the truth comes to surface, you can either agree or deny it, which most of you have chosen option B
Again, Alcos are dead, and I’m not here to pull a Lazerous special. Anyhting that breaks down in my mind isn’t worth a Tin shaza. I have a 2001 Chevy Impala, white. It has never broken down. My Girlfriend has a 2001 Chevy Malibu, white. It has never broken down, although I just changed the break pads. GM has more then proven itself to me… Ge make Blenders of Locomotives… they always sound like they are dying… Alcos, although i’m not sure what they sounded like… Just died
I’m not sure how much longer I want to go on my post mortum, so i’ll quickly bring it to a hault, and then after I won’t even look at this thread anymore,. because the people who have time to answer this statement, really have too much time. on their hands. I can’t be bothered with hearing this anymore, Beleive what you want to believe in, and thats what it boils down too, i’ll withdraw before the name calling starts.
I’ve heard what you have to say, I wasn’t drunk or stoned, and I can’t even believe i’m dignifying that statement with a response! So really, theres no pojnt in arguing anymore.
Post mortum finished, 10-4 over and out.
Wanna hear a story of why G.E.'s are peices of junk?
Ok, Amtrak train 303, the “Anne Rutlage” from Chicago to St. Louis to Kansas City, MO had G.E. Gennesis P42-9 #65 on the point. Just outside of Chicago their G.E. crapped out on 'em! Their air compressor was malfunctioning, this caused the brakes on the P42-9 to lock up, then the computer system started to freak out, almost shut down the entire locomotive! They kept the computer from shutting the unit down to keep the HEP running for the passengers, then they had to isolate the P42-9. Finally they had to bring in an Ex. Mo-Pac, Union Pacific GP38-2, this unit was on the point almost the entire time from Chicago. The 303 showed up 5 hours late in St. Louis! But, at least it showed up, thanks to an EMD. Once again an EMD comes to the rescue of a G.E. They switched locos at St. Louis, and once again were off to KCMO with an Amtrak unit (another P42) on the point. And that folks, is why G.E.'s are peices of JUNK!![}:)][}:)][;)][banghead][soapbox]
And at another time a GE rescue an EMD powered train…
Fact is: The director of motive power in the head office of UP or BNSF made a decision for a model because of pure facts. Not the look or the sound or the “love” of someone for a GE or EMD are the reasons.
The facts the regulate the decision are:
Price
Life circle costs
Power
Tractive effort
Reliable
Replace existing locomotives (lets say 2 new replace 3 older)
So in one time GE is the winner and in another time EMD!
UP lease the SD70M´s not because of the look or the sound and BNSF do the same with the Dash 9´s! And the opposite side is NS with the huge fleet of the unique 4.000 hp Dash 9´s
GE and EMD, as BLI, build good locomotives and a locomotive that will have no problems ever is the “MISSION IMPOSSIBLE”!
Mookie
Light the blue touch paper and retire is the warning printed on fireworks in the UK - we kinda use it as a shorthand to say I’ve made a controversial statement, now I’m gonna stand back and watch the bang. (By the way, the controversial statement was the one about locos - the other subject just came up on the news as I was posting and for those of you with no sense of humour fireworks has nothing to do with the sub thread that developed - please don’t even think about flaming me for that)
mookie,
Sorry, half an explanation - retire is in the sense of step backwards - I think they probably call it a negative advance in the army but when you retire you are retreating)
I like that! Not a big fan of fireworks, but do like the warning! And it does seem appropriate for the subject! Plus it keeps the forum from getting to stale! A good, friendly go-at 'em keeps this from being just a Martha Stewart get together!
Mookie
Hey,
Dont pick on Martha, she make a really mean chocolate cake!
Ed[:D]
Ironhorseman - I look down on your attempts to get me aggrivcated. Clearly in your post, you tried to get me rilled up, But thats the old Kevin, and after recent battles, I swore not to get involoved in stuff like that. Your post is as if we were in a bar room, and you jsut pushed me and told me to “get mad.” No I won’t, I have some sort of self control these days. You should be ashamed for even trying to get me angry, because your attempts have done nothing but fail. I will not push back, I will solely walk away.
I pitty you if this is all you spend your time doing.
Maybe in the future, you wouldn’t mind being a little less credulant.
And today on Martha Stewart Living, we’ll be learning how to make weponry from ordinary items you might find in your cell…and how to dress up that cell for spring on a limited budget…
You know, all the time I’ve spent drinking beer and carrying guns with Brits …not usually at the same time…but sometimes…I’ve never heard that expression…especially since it was a Brit (sigs guys coincidently) that taught me how to make my first MRE heater bomb to annoy the French troops.
how to make my first MRE heater bomb to annoy the French troops.
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Dan [8D]
Hmmm, interesting, send me an email, I need to know more.
Dan [8D]
Hmmm, interesting, send me an email, I need to know more.
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Dan [^] [;)] [8D]
Thanks for the email, and the pic.
I have been given MREs but didn’t realize they could be explosive. lol [;)]
Isn’t food wounderful [?] [}:)] [:p]
Are you guys serious about this MRE bomb? Somebody should e-mail me and let me in on how it is done - got a driver that I want to impress! Or somebody should just e-mail me - little dull at work right now!
Mook
MRE Bombs mmm
All I know is thatwe used to pressure cook our Rat Pack cans by smackingthem on a rock and then dropping them in the fire til the dent popped out (Kids - please don’t try this at home) I guess the MRE bomb is similar.[}:)]
Anything thatannoys the French is a bonus - despite all the evidence of History they have this idea thatthey should run Europe. Run Europe? - they still haven’t got flu***oilets!![:D][;)]