Sep 1, 2019
Jul 2, 2018
Re: Missing in action....the Quinn Report!
My frustration with Windows 10 continues but i will struggle on with my communications with you.Without planning a gathering of BNSF power several guys were running them last week and I was able to talk them into gathering for this shot.
A week before that event, Greg and Marvin had these BN trains with F units running and I got them passing each other in a fashion.
Last week Keith and John Schwarze had these 2 sets of premerger trains running. One set from Keith was all SP&S and the other was 5 railroads involved in the BN merger. Nice touch.
There was no need for cooperation on this shot as they were owned by one guy. Larry Sorenson had 6 of his 7 Union Pacific Centennials together so all I had to do was ask to take the photo.
This shot shows 4 of the 6 "what if" paint schemes of merged railroads into the Union Pacific they didn't merge and painted them to look like these. Union Pacific has an ulterior legal reason so they can retain the rights to the railroads logos and graphics. There are real ones with these paint schemes. Another Larry Sorenson collection.
Jun 11, 2018
Be on the lookout stolen HO trains
Fw: Train Theft
WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP ON THIS ISSUE! JERRY
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2018 9:33 PM
To: jerry@signalsigns.com
Subject: Train Theft
Fw: Train Theft
WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP ON THIS ISSUE! JERRY
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2018 9:33 PM
To: jerry@signalsigns.com
Subject: Train Theft
Apr 29, 2018
Sometimes I think my neighbors are a bunch of turkeys???
I-90 in the Spokane Valley, about 3 blocks from my new home. No one needs to go hungry this Thanksgiving around here!!!
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I saw the real ones today at the east end of Yardley this morning showing these GP-50s that used to be Santa Fe mainline units hauling intermodal freights, now they work a branch line
North of Spokane to Chewelah or Colville, Washington. Notice the middle units are cables and serve as power units with no crew access so the lead unit needs a cab to run them.
The Mighty Weso owns the models, the real ones are owned by Warren Buffet.
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Looks like we moved to Cheyenne where Union Pacific was the home base for big power such as the double engine Centennials they ran in the late 60s and into the 70s. Larry Sorenson
Now has 6 of these monsters, some with sound and they are very impressive to see run.
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What could more impressive than a Northern Pacific passenger train is having 2 of them running at the same time. Marvin had a version for the Mainstreeter as well as a version
Of the North Coast Limited that featured 4 domes per train set. Back in the day I rode in the domes heading out west in 1963 and 1967 and what a treat it was for me and the wife.
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Finally we have a freight train pulled by SP&S Alco Century 425s that visited Spokane on a daily basis back in 1960s. It was nice to have your city's name on the sides of the units
Keith Wiles is the president of this smaller version.
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Member 44 is Robert Whiffen....when will it ever end?
the Evergreen club when he arrived. Robert is 6' 6" and joins the ranks of our larger members such as Scotty, Rodney and Jesse.
He was a member of the Longview train club and knows Robert Case, an ex-member who also plans to rejoin in Sept. Welcome Robert!
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Speaking of Big Boys, here's a model of a real Big Boy, a 4-8-8-4 giant that Union Pacific had several dozen of in the late 40's and 50's.
I think this one was run by Larry Sorenson and if I'm wrong I will hear from the mob that I got it wrong.
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It's the Mighty Weso's train featuring a brand new, C-636 Alco that must have just had the wrapping taken off and out of the
Box. That won't last long with the smoke they usually put out and weathered them up like God intended. Steve knows him personally.
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I'm switching from Windows Live Mail to Outlook and I can't tell if I showed this train before ( nor can I remember if I did) but this
Baldwin switcher is a Doug N. model that NP ran in the Spokane area in the late 60s. I think that's my flat car?
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Another railfan gets caught trespassing on the mighty BNSF tracks and this time he deserves a ticket. I think that's a cop waving
but where is his gun? I wonder if the railfan is a friend of the Ford Model A or Model T club? Maybe its Don Carnegie?
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