Great post & I also agree with the yarmulke comment. I thought this was a board to discuss trains. I am sure their are zillions of boards to discuss religion if one chooses to speak about that subject rather then trains. [:o)]
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One thing I learned while working for the UP, is that Steve Lee is one of the most straight up and honest people I’ve ever met. If Steve said they’re going to stop fan excersions, they probably will. [:O][:O][:(!][:(!][V][V][banghead][censored][censored][sigh]
What exactly do you mean by the term “Yamika Capped?” I never thought I would see this type of remark here.
Mitch
it is a slur against members of a certain religion that he sees as the controllers of his destiny who are domiciled in the ivory towers of Wall St NYC. In my opinion it was posted in very bad taste [:(][:(]
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it is a slur against members of a certain religion that he sees as the controllers of his destiny who are domiciled in the ivory towers of Wall St NYC. In my opinion it was posted in very bad taste [:(][:(]
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Believe me, I know exactly what was meant.
Mitch
OK goes to prove it takes all kind of people to make up our world. [:(][:(]
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I had many dealings with the UPRR during my career. I met UPRR personnel who were posted in NYC, SF, Sea, LAX, Omaha & I always found them to speak of the UPRR with as much pride as they would have for their own family. [:D][:D]
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Originally posted by drailed1999
At one time, the UP steam program was 100% of the railroad’s public relations effort. Lately, however, I’ve seen television ads on a news channel so the company has obviously decided to broaden its appeal. Maybe they could put the engines at the point of some freight runs. The day after riding behind the 611 in 1986, I saw it hammering the rails through Cordele, GA as it pulled a long freight southward. I had heard a steam whistle from inside my in-laws home two blocks from the tracks. I ran outside to the street just in time to see the 611 go over the grade crossing between the trees. Now that was quite a sight! I bet a lot of other people had the same impression.
Jock Ellis
[:D]Yes that would be a sight to behold [:D]
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I do agree but can we stop the religion talk now, please? Otherwise this post will turn into religion thread.
I hope UP reconsiders and keeps steam running for us to chase and ride[:)].
The first 14 posts to this thread were posted in March of 2004. That’s one year ago.
jhh’s post quoted below is the one that suggests that the steam excursions may be ending. This was posted one year ago.
Does anyone have an update? It seems that many of us are making posts assuming that this is new news.
It sure has not hit the business pages or CNBC if it is current news. [:D][:)]
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