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Old 10-02-2014, 11:29 PM
 
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bjh, it's not unusual to see freight trains in the south west with 200+ cars, and there have been some close to 300 cars. Usually they're container freight trains.

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Old 10-02-2014, 11:45 PM
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bjh, it's not unusual to see freight trains in the south west with 200+ cars, and there have been some close to 300 cars. Usually they're container freight trains.

Thanks for the added info. I believe it! Wouldn't want to be on the downhill receiving end of a 300 car train!
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Old 10-06-2014, 04:36 AM
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Today's Moving Questions:
What's the furthest you've ridden a bus - where to where? Not far, I think just from home to school.

How did you acquire your first car or other transport? I was 19 and just started a job. I had no money saved. My day said he would pay for my car (a Pinto $2000) and I could pay him back, which I did.

If you're moving along a street parallel to railroad tracks, do you ever feel like you're racing a train?
(This is nothing to do with crossing tracks while a train is on them! Just driving alongside.) Yes, I have felt that. What I hate is when it is dark and you are driving home, relaxed, and a train will come near you blaring its horn.

What do you do while sitting in a car and waiting to cross busy railroad tracks? Sometimes text, sometimes listen to music, if someone is with me I might be talking to them, and sometimes I look at the spray paintings that people wrote on the railroad cars.

What funny or weird things have you seen or heard of people doing while waiting there or at stop lights? Putting on make-up or eating.

How about while driving? Talking on cell phones, texting (not me), putting on make-up, looking around and not at the road.


Bonus Hossie Question:
Would you rather ride:
-a stagecoach in an old west movie?
-a horse drawn sleigh through snow on a farm?
-a carriage through a rainy park in a big city?
-horseback in a parade?
-on the Budweiser beer wagon pulled by Clydesdales?
-or (please describe) other hossie powered transport?


Foodie and Bevvie Questions:
If you drink beer or rootbeer, what kinds? Neither.

What prepackaged or box dinners have you tried? Like Hamburger Helper and Kraft Mac and Cheese.
(ex. Hamburger Helper, but there are others)

Do you eat or make salad sandwiches - like ham, chicken, or egg? I haven't in awhile but sometimes I make egg salad or tuna fish salad.

What other salad or made-from-a-mix sammiches can you think of? None.
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