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Trains... Choo Choo, not the dirty kind.
« on: March 28, 2017, 11:26:00 AM »
Some of you might be surprised to learn that I visit discussion forums other than DTF.  :omg:  On one of these other boards is a thread titled "Trains... Choo Choo, not the dirty kind."  I follow it because I like trains, and people post some cool pictures and talk about trains and stuff.  You know, railroads.

But what I've never figured out is what "the dirty kind" are.  Trains are the largest vehicles we have, so they often huge and dirty, but somehow I get the idea that there's a connotation I'm missing.  Googling doesn't really help, because I can't even think of what to search on other than the word "trains", and I get pages of hits of actual railroad-related stuff.  I'm not gonna sift through pages and pages of that looking for "the dirty kind".  It's just not that important to me.  But it still kinda bugs me that apparently I'm missing something.
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Re: Trains... Choo Choo, not the dirty kind.
« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2017, 11:28:50 AM »
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Re: Trains... Choo Choo, not the dirty kind.
« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2017, 11:29:22 AM »
Oh yeah, for those of you who came into this thread looking for actual trains (choo choo, not the dirty kind), here is a nice picture of Southern Pacific X4449, The Daylight Express, a streamlined Northern class locomotive and one of the most beautiful steam engines ever made.

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Re: Trains... Choo Choo, not the dirty kind.
« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2017, 11:32:04 AM »
All aboard!!! (Sorry selfie haters)



I love trains. I used to model railroad a lot as a kid before RC monster trucks stole my soul.
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Re: Trains... Choo Choo, not the dirty kind.
« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2017, 11:35:52 AM »
Quote from: bl5150 on March 28, 2017, 11:28:50 AM
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=train

The definition as I always understood it was a little different than those. "Pulling a Train" was slang for a 3 way between two men and a woman. I'll leave it at that.
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Re: Trains... Choo Choo, not the dirty kind.
« Reply #5 on: March 28, 2017, 11:36:45 AM »
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Re: Trains... Choo Choo, not the dirty kind.
« Reply #6 on: March 28, 2017, 11:38:33 AM »
Quote from: PowerSlave on March 28, 2017, 11:35:52 AM
Quote from: bl5150 on March 28, 2017, 11:28:50 AM
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=train

The definition as I always understood it was a little different than those. "Pulling a Train" was slang for a 3 way between two men and a woman. I'll leave it at that.

All aboard  ;D
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Re: Trains... Choo Choo, not the dirty kind.
« Reply #7 on: March 28, 2017, 11:43:43 AM »
One of the only cool things I saw in Wyoming

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Re: Trains... Choo Choo, not the dirty kind.
« Reply #8 on: March 28, 2017, 11:46:53 AM »
Quote from: Orbert on March 28, 2017, 11:29:22 AM
Oh yeah, for those of you who came into this thread looking for actual trains (choo choo, not the dirty kind), here is a nice picture of Southern Pacific X4449, The Daylight Express, a streamlined Northern class locomotive and one of the most beautiful steam engines ever made.



That's a nice train. The Jupiter steam locomotive is one of my favorites. It's not that powerful, but I love the look. It's a work a freaking art.






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Re: Trains... Choo Choo, not the dirty kind.
« Reply #9 on: March 28, 2017, 11:47:55 AM »
Quote from: BlobVanDam on March 28, 2017, 11:36:45 AM



::) stupid time machine design. Too big. Just an excuse to have more CG and shit flying at the screen... How the hell would doc even be able to make a time machine in 1885 ?

Who wrote this ? Bob Orci & Alex Kurtzman ??







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...But seriously... as soon as I saw the pic - that little motif played in my head. Not the BTTF theme - the one that rises up a minor scale and then back down.
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Re: Trains... Choo Choo, not the dirty kind.
« Reply #10 on: March 28, 2017, 11:52:27 AM »
Quote from: Kotowboy on March 28, 2017, 11:47:55 AM
Quote from: BlobVanDam on March 28, 2017, 11:36:45 AM



::) stupid time machine design. Too big. Just an excuse to have more CG and shit flying at the screen... How the hell would doc even be able to make a time machine in 1885 ?


How the hell did he make a time machine at any time?
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Re: Trains... Choo Choo, not the dirty kind.
« Reply #11 on: March 28, 2017, 12:04:11 PM »
Dammit.  I was hoping for pictures of the dirty kind.


I've already said this before on another thread (and now I'm not actually selling the TRAINS but rather the signaling equipment that go along with them, and not for the same company) but for a number of years, I was the contracts/proposals guy for the passenger business of a major locomotive manufacturer.   My office was in Erie, PA, in the building right next to the finishing building on the assembly line.  Anywhere from once to three times a day a brand new diesel freight locomotive would roll off the line, and they would blow the whistle for everyone to hear.   That NEVER got old.   

Trains are a fascinating thing (and it's not a coincidence that many children on the spectrum gravitate to trains; it's a very tactile experience).  I've never been prouder about anything I've done professionally (and I've been lucky in that regard; I've been on teams that have remediated 100's of millions of dollars of contaminated property) than when I said "I sell trains for GE.  Not model trains, but the real deal."
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Re: Trains... Choo Choo, not the dirty kind.
« Reply #12 on: March 28, 2017, 12:47:03 PM »
Quote from: Chino on March 28, 2017, 11:52:27 AM

How the hell did he make a time machine at any time?



Yo shut your Avatar mouth !!! :chino:




Trains are a much nicer way to travel than coach. You can walk around - have a table by a window. No traffic jams. Direct route more or less so speedier journey.
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Re: Trains... Choo Choo, not the dirty kind.
« Reply #13 on: March 28, 2017, 12:56:58 PM »
The best reason, for me, to ride a train vs driving myself is that I can booze on the train.
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Re: Trains... Choo Choo, not the dirty kind.
« Reply #14 on: March 28, 2017, 01:09:01 PM »
Quote from: cramx3 on March 28, 2017, 12:56:58 PM
The best reason, for me, to ride a train vs driving myself is that I can booze on the train.

This man speaks truth.
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Re: Trains... Choo Choo, not the dirty kind.
« Reply #15 on: March 28, 2017, 01:30:28 PM »
Totally forgot to add this earlier...

Usually every fall Victoria and I make reservations and head to Essex Connecticut to go on their dinner train. It's a three car train. The front two are dining cars, and the third is a refurbished kitchen car from the WWII days. You get a two and a half hour train ride, a four course dinner, and awesome CT foliage to look at along the way. It's only $80 a person with included gratuity. There is also a bar. It's a hoot.


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Re: Trains... Choo Choo, not the dirty kind.
« Reply #16 on: March 28, 2017, 01:31:32 PM »
*duplicate post*

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Re: Trains... Choo Choo, not the dirty kind.
« Reply #17 on: March 28, 2017, 02:07:29 PM »
I heard Steven Wilson likes trains :neverusethis:
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Re: Trains... Choo Choo, not the dirty kind.
« Reply #18 on: March 28, 2017, 02:59:00 PM »
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« Reply #20 on: March 28, 2017, 05:50:17 PM »
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Re: Trains... Choo Choo, not the dirty kind.
« Reply #21 on: March 28, 2017, 05:56:51 PM »
I've seen that before, and I'm probably in the minority here, but I always feel just a tinge of sadness when I see it.  Yeah, it's funny and clever, no question.  But seeing Thomas the Tank Engine like that (shut up, I know it's not really him) makes me sad.
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Re: Trains... Choo Choo, not the dirty kind.
« Reply #22 on: November 30, 2018, 12:45:53 PM »
Train pic I liked.

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Re: Trains... Choo Choo, not the dirty kind.
« Reply #23 on: November 30, 2018, 12:59:04 PM »
Very beautiful picture!

Oh, and this seems a good occasion like any other to go the creepypasta route and share some scary train stories:  :omg:

https://www.ranker.com/list/creepy-railroad-stories/rosa-pasquarella
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Re: Trains... Choo Choo, not the dirty kind.
« Reply #24 on: November 30, 2018, 02:17:31 PM »
Quote from: cramx3 on March 28, 2017, 11:43:43 AM
One of the only cool things I saw in Wyoming



A three way between two men and a woman?   
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« Reply #25 on: November 30, 2018, 02:22:25 PM »
Quote from: Stadler on November 30, 2018, 02:17:31 PM
Quote from: cramx3 on March 28, 2017, 11:43:43 AM
One of the only cool things I saw in Wyoming



A three way between two men and a woman?

 :rollin i don't even know what I was talking about there
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