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 by Aji-tater ¦  Mon Apr 05, 2004 11:11 am ¦  Forum: Operations, Facilities, Maps and Resources ¦  Topic: Kicking Cars--is it Safe? ¦  Replies: 45 ¦  Views: 11370

There is no way to make railroading 100% safe 100% of the time. It seems an awful big step to outlaw kicking cars on your railroad. like maybe it's being run by non-railroaders? There are things to be careful about like long cars, curves, speed, proper footing, and things like that.. But when the cr...

 by Aji-tater ¦  Sun Apr 04, 2004 8:49 pm ¦  Forum: New York State Railfan ¦  Topic: Outcome of 2/20 near miss in Syracuse ¦  Replies: 20 ¦  Views: 8158

Roadster, you are there doing the work and represented by a union, so I'm certainly not calling you a liar. But I don't understand your claim that your rest begins at Buffalo when you get off the train. Time waiting for the taxi, and your ride back to Rochester in your example, according to the regu...

 by Aji-tater ¦  Tue Mar 30, 2004 9:07 am ¦  Forum: New York State Railfan ¦  Topic: Ferry, railroad crossing funds in bill ¦  Replies: 2 ¦  Views: 2340

Poor woman! Ever since they put in that new rule somewhere about 1830, trains have started blowing their whistles. If only she had known they were going to start doing that. LOL

 by Aji-tater ¦  Sun Mar 28, 2004 9:24 pm ¦  Forum: Books, Magazines, Music, TV, and Movies, and other Media ¦  Topic: Van Swerigen Brothers ¦  Replies: 2 ¦  Views: 3026

If they are that important, let's at least spell their name correctly. Oris and Mantis' last name was Van Sweringen.

 by Aji-tater ¦  Sat Mar 27, 2004 6:33 pm ¦  Forum: New York State Railfan ¦  Topic: Tift St. Bridge, Buffalo ¦  Replies: 4 ¦  Views: 3120

If you look carefully, there are 2 "f"s in "Tifft". Now if we could only go back about 30 years when there were "F's" under the bridge on the B&O, LV, NYC, etc.

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