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cdestroyer
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RayD
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Do you mean this one?
don't believe everything you think
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a bit early, but....
Happy Halloween!
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
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"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
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peppersteak'n'ale
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Kim Brown
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Nice, Peppersteak!
"..living on the east side of the Sierra world be ideal - except for harsher winters and the chance of apocalyptic fires burning the whole area."
Bosterson, NWHiker's marketing expert
"..living on the east side of the Sierra world be ideal - except for harsher winters and the chance of apocalyptic fires burning the whole area."
Bosterson, NWHiker's marketing expert
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Interesting visuals. Obviously (from the comments posted in the video) the individual who made the video is well-acquainted with trains.
I've only driven over Tehachapi Pass in a car. It was snowing. The snowflakes were the size of pancakes. (really.)
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
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peppersteak'n'ale
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He has a number of other videos from trips he has taken across the country, and even has videos from Mexico where he has encountered armed guards on trains and other dangers
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peppersteak'n'ale
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Some have speculated he is an ex-railroad worker
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Sat Oct 10, 2020 10:56 pm |
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| peppersteak'n'ale wrote: | | "...armed guards on trains..." |
When my father (who was a bare-fist boxing champion on a Marine Corps gunboat from 1928-1931) was discharged, he spent the next two years riding freight trains back and forth between Tacoma and Omaha (until he finally landed a job out in Spanaway cooking whisky.)
He told me one of the greatest dangers was being caught by the "yard bulls", who carried billy clubs and would beat the living crap out of any "hoboes" they caught on the trains or in the yards. (Stop the video and read the text on the bronze plaque dedicated to the "hoboes" in Barstow toward the very end of the video.)
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
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Kim Brown
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Has anyone taken the old-timey train ride from Durango, CO to Silverton? My family did when I was a kid; still remember it (though I didn't remember to zip up my britches this morning when I left the house).
Also, there's a fall train ride from Ione to I think Metaline Falls; complete with a mock train robbery. Haven't done that one yet; sure want to though.
The Cascadia Inn in Skykomish has some really really nice prints of paintings of Iron Goat trains on its walls (I mean the prints are on the walls, not the trains); I think it's a local artist. Check it out next time you go. And if chicken fried steak is on the daily special menu - order it.
"..living on the east side of the Sierra world be ideal - except for harsher winters and the chance of apocalyptic fires burning the whole area."
Bosterson, NWHiker's marketing expert
"..living on the east side of the Sierra world be ideal - except for harsher winters and the chance of apocalyptic fires burning the whole area."
Bosterson, NWHiker's marketing expert
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Solid, man! 
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
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RayD
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don't believe everything you think
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Anne Elk
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"Eleanor Powell trained this dog herself and this scene was shot in her own living room because it was where the dog was used to doing all the tricks."
"There are yahoos out there. It’s why we can’t have nice things." - Tom Mahood
"There are yahoos out there. It’s why we can’t have nice things." - Tom Mahood
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