Ok, Today in Kirkwood, there was an AMAZINGLY rare lashup of power
A Unpatched DRGW SD40T-2, with a TFM C30-S7, Ferromex SD40-2, UP ES44AC, UP SD70M and an Unpatched SP SD45T-2…
I got video…but…him
HE DIDN’T TAKE A PICTURE!
His reasoning…
“The GEVO wasn’t leading”
If he wasn’t my friend…I would have STRANGLED him…
Does anybody think this guy is odd. (I am not giving names here)
Depends, Jim.
Does he have a LOT of pictures with strange lashups?
Is he really interested in strange combinations in the consist?
Is he looking for modelling info or dertail shots on the GEVO units?
Of course, you can consider photography an art form, so this becomes an artistic question.
Wow, monster lashup. G.E over those, pshaaa!
Just his choice I guess.
This guy cares only for units built after 1994, everything else to him is “Junk”
Including Steam
It’s too bad he has such…odd…tastes, I’d love to see the pictures. Unless you’re able to upload the video for us to see…
This guy needs to be force fed true railroading. The new power with the easy start up “button”, that is not true railroading. Railroading is units where your hands come out black after starting the unit, not being able to see with all the smoke, (but I suppose G.E’s do that…) and the “BOOMBOOM BOOM BOOM” of drivers pounding the rails. Does he know why all the 1990 power is hated by crews? Because generally they like to have straight backs, not permanatly hunched ones.
BTW, can I see your video?
…'cause he checks the oil in his car…?
in all seriousness lighten up. to each his own. what you may like he might not.
personally, when i go out to watch some trains i don’t take a picture of a *** thing. no camera no anything. i could never match the badass pictures some of you guys get anyway. especially that one dude who likes to race the santa fe…
I was expecting to read a story of someone playing chicken with a train or doing something stupid.
You call him an idiot cause he didn’t take a pic?? Geez - with friends like you he doesn’t need enemies.
Personally - I photo everything, always, no matter what. But calling your friend stupid over his taste and ideas is over the top.
Odd for a railbuff, yes.
A consist I would have taken 100 pics of, yes.
Well, railfanning IS a hobby, and goes with the tastes of the individual hobbyist.
I think he doesn’t care. SD50’s are rare. SD45-2’s are rare. Anything that UP bought and not have unpatched is extremely rare. Super C30-7 is!!!, Ferromex is common in Texas. Where did you see it?
Slap him in the head, he’ll be alright in the morning.
Well, maybe I’m weird, but most of the time when I go our railfanning, I don’t take a camera. Do you HAVE to have a camera to be a legitimate railfanner?
I take a camera every time, but only cameras built 1994 and newer, because all the stuff before the magic almighty number 94 is just plain old junk, don’t you know.
Glenn Ellen, This was Kirkwood Missouri
Well, I would have certainly help the shutter down, then my dad would have probably chased it all day… but if your friend doesnt care…[B)]
Your friend may think that “old” power is junk but that junk is still generating revenue dollars for the U.P., isn’t it?
Well, as they say, TO EACH HIS OWN.
Some people consider photography to be an art form. As art is in the eye of the beholder it is obvious his tastes are 180 degrees from your’s or even mine. While there is no accounting for taste my response to you as a friend would have been to ask you what time it is? [?] When you said HUH ??[?] I would tell you its time to buy your own camera and shot what you want. And maybe reavaluate our friendship. As always ENJOY [2c]
Well Jim, you don’t need to take pictures to enjoy yourself. There are many times when I don’t even carry a camera. But If it makes you feel better, here is an old school lashup for ya:
Are you talking about me? If so thanks for the compliment.[:D]
I have a friend for an idiot . . .