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So pointless. Locked.

No offense, but I love how you make no mention of the Colts loss last week, and only the Bears loss and their win this week. News break: The Colts got their butts kicked last week, and barely made it through this week. Their offensive line is in shambles and Manning looks like his rust is far from coming off.

^ LOL. I was going to say, "My PC just isn't that into me. I guess we're just going to be friends."

^ What if they already are? We alls speak goodly english.

^ What does that mean for rides on the moon?

^ Are you rushing to get to bed now? There's typos and grammatical errors in that post, as well as numerous other posts of yours in the last few days. Robb has warned you once, now I am.

You no what I like? Threads that aren't just announcements. If you've completed a project, start a thread, post pictures, upload the track file. Otherwise, wait.

^ I'll concur with Scott. Love the EPCOT photos.

Posting skills would be a start.

Ugh, Jerry Angelo is an idiot.

^ I've been there too! I'm in touch with my true dorky side. And Monorails were my favorite part of WDW trips. One rail is just as sexy as two!

^ Eric, you must go to the California State museum. It's an unbelievable place. Well worth it. And I say that after flying thousands of miles to get there!

Last night I kept waiting for the Bears to blow it. What a refreshing relief. I think we may actually have a running back that finally produces.

Get well Kraken. Your Blue Ridge park fanboys need updates!

Those who know me, also know that I know, that you know, that I know, I like trains. If it runs on tracks, I love it. One of my very favoritist places to visit here in the heart of the far west suburbs of Chicago, is the Illinois Railway Museum. It started out as a small group of guys that saved a street car from destruction back in the 50's, they kept it on a piece of private property for about ten years, while amassing a small collection of other equipment. The private property owner eventually had enough, and they were forced to look into purchasing a large parcel of land out in Union, IL. The rest they say is history. Or in this case, a lot of history. IRM has one of the largest collections of train equipment in the country, so without further ado, here we go. And with that. See ya later! IRM's pride and joy, the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy's (a predecessor to the BNSF), E5 the Silver Pilot. Anyone from the east coast, and that's old enough to remember, has probably seen the famous GG1. Pennsylvania RR's glamorous electric engine. Keeping them company is one of the world's largest diesels, the DD40. It's the size of two diesels in one! Most of the steamers sit forelornly, taking a beating from the weather each year. Like this beauty. Milwaukee Road's 4-8-4 #265. One the most "modern" steam locomotives produced. Check out the Dillinger movie coming out, as it's sister #261 still runs and makes a cameo! This is one of EMD F series locomotives. These sounded the end of steam engines. Vintage diesels are all over the place. This is a Union Pacific turbine driven diesel. It's massive. Chicago also had a cable car system, as did most cities. This is one of the first cars. Here we see one of the first modern El trains. This one was for the Skokie Swift. And so were sleeping arrangements! Hallways were tight. Passenger train travel was dead sexy back in the day. Yum, the dining car! The menu had such treats as pickeled prunes! Or an enormous egg, hashbrown and steak breakfast all for $1.35! Sometimes, they get a little overbearing! Cars have little note like these from the head crewman on each project. Each shed is for a certain department. This one is the passenger car project board. Abra demostrates the glory of the open platform observation car. What a way to travel. Imagine drinking a fine brew while watching the world slip beneath the wheels. Placed sporadically around the grounds, are vintage signs from railroads. Most of them long gone. Behind the sign is where they house most of the collections. Giant sheds of trainy goodness! There's also a short circuit around the grounds on a street car. This is a CTA car, before the El was the only train line it offered. Or in a vintage passenger train, pulled by a not so vintage diesel. The cars date back to 1910. The locomotive, the 1960's. While visiting you can take as many train rides as you want, on their 9 mile round trip. You can ride on one of their interurbans, seen here. For Chicagoans, we're all too familiar with those Budd Bi-levels passenger cars. The starting point is the depot. You may recognize it from such films as, "A League of Their Own" or "Babe" (the one without the pig). As one little boy on the train ride stated, "This is the life. I LOVE trains!"

I think we'll merge this with Terrance's kick ass poll.

How dare you!

Um, Mrs. Davis from Varisty Blues (teacher/stripper) and Sarah Palin. YIKES! I don't see anywhere in his quote where he points his finger AT you. You cannot argue that the American public as awhole is like a flock of sheep. Kudos for doing the research, most people don't.

Check both stations? I think it might default back to one, once you add another station. It's been awhile since I monkeyed with RCT2.

^ Actually, I thought the Obama crew did a pretty good job of ignoring her most of this week. It was the media (surprise, surprise), that kept it going. It doesn't really matter until the debates get going anyway. We can all sit her and quote factfinder, new clippings, etc, to back our side of the argument. It won't be until the Biden and Palin go head to head where it'll get interesting. Or Obama and McCain. Both parties are twisting the truth to fit their campaigns, and in this day and age I find that somewhat of an insult to the American public, since we can pretty much do fact checking on everything. Just remind me to bring my pencil on election day. Scott, how do you spell you last name?

Impressive. That's a lot of useless knowledge. And probably exagerated as well.

It occurs to me that the only other time someone gave out Golden Tickets, was Mr. Willy Wonka. All those who won, disappeared during their tour, due to being idiots. Perhaps we can implement the same?

From Yahoo: Once again, this thread was merely a "Who are you voting for" Poll. Not a raising the issues, I'm part of this party, you're an idiot if you're not with me, so and so is a liar, etc. Post who you're voting for an move on.

^ I ws going to say that same thing. Adding weight should just add to the speed. I'm not sure there's anyway to slow down CD trains, unless you over exagerate, or should I say under exagerate, the drops, hills, and elements.

That guy must be a red head.