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leftieNanner

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1. Geez.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Jul 1, 2022, 07:15 PM

Jul 2022

I used to have a small business selling repair parts for locomotives. I made sales/service calls in the repair shops for SP and WP. If you have ever been anywhere near a locomotive (the ones I experienced were the big freight haulers) you know to stay away from them. They are huge and powerful - and they cannot stop on a dime. Do not try to race them. You will lose. You will die.

Good for Amtrak.

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Geez. leftieNanner Jul 2022 #1

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Possible suicide? moondust Jul 2022 #3

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