eric76 said:

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I never knew that UPS and FedEx use trains.

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TxTarpon said:

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eric76 said:

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TxTarpon said:

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Memo to Cali's: This is how you should do a train robbery.
Not that third world looting stuff

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I think that it used to be common for ranch cowboys to flag down the train to board without going to the train station.

There is a story about a rancher some years ago who had taken his cattle by train to someplace to sell (probably Chicago) and was returning home by train with the money.

Looking out the window, he saw two or three ranch cowboys flagging down the train. He immediately got up and went to the bathroom for a minute and then came back and sat down.

It turned out that they were train robbers, not ranch cowboys, and they went through the cars taking everyone's money. They took the few dollars that the rancher who had sold the cattle had on him.

After they left the train, the rancher went back to the bathroom and got his money out of the water tank where he had put it a few minutes earlier earlier.

When asked how he knew that they were train robbers rather than ranch cowboys, he pointed out that the brands on their horses didn't match. If they were actually ranch cowboys, the brands would have been the same on all the horses.

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Rockdoc said:

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hedge said:

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Not my state. Not my problem

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You never use the services of Amazon, FedEx, UPS? Ok.
Do you understand what makes goods more expensive nationwide? How old are you?

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techno-ag said:

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eric76 said:

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TxTarpon said:

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Memo to Cali's: This is how you should do a train robbery.
Not that third world looting stuff

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I think that it used to be common for ranch cowboys to flag down the train to board without going to the train station.

There is a story about a rancher some years ago who had taken his cattle by train to someplace to sell (probably Chicago) and was returning home by train with the money.

Looking out the window, he saw two or three ranch cowboys flagging down the train. He immediately got up and went to the bathroom for a minute and then came back and sat down.

It turned out that they were train robbers, not ranch cowboys, and they went through the cars taking everyone's money. They took the few dollars that the rancher who had sold the cattle had on him.

After they left the train, the rancher went back to the bathroom and got his money out of the water tank where he had put it a few minutes earlier earlier.

When asked how he knew that they were train robbers rather than ranch cowboys, he pointed out that the brands on their horses didn't match. If they were actually ranch cowboys, the brands would have been the same on all the horses.

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Your story is likely aprocraphal. The toilets didn't have water tanks, they just emptied out on the tracks.

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eric76 said:

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techno-ag said:

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eric76 said:

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TxTarpon said:

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Memo to Cali's: This is how you should do a train robbery.
Not that third world looting stuff

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I think that it used to be common for ranch cowboys to flag down the train to board without going to the train station.

There is a story about a rancher some years ago who had taken his cattle by train to someplace to sell (probably Chicago) and was returning home by train with the money.

Looking out the window, he saw two or three ranch cowboys flagging down the train. He immediately got up and went to the bathroom for a minute and then came back and sat down.

It turned out that they were train robbers, not ranch cowboys, and they went through the cars taking everyone's money. They took the few dollars that the rancher who had sold the cattle had on him.

After they left the train, the rancher went back to the bathroom and got his money out of the water tank where he had put it a few minutes earlier earlier.

When asked how he knew that they were train robbers rather than ranch cowboys, he pointed out that the brands on their horses didn't match. If they were actually ranch cowboys, the brands would have been the same on all the horses.

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Your story is likely aprocraphal. The toilets didn't have water tanks, they just emptied out on the tracks.

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I thought it might be for water to go in the sink to wash their hands afterwards. It would probably take a pretty large water tank if they were flushing the crapper with it, but not so much if just to wash hands.

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techno-ag said:

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eric76 said:

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techno-ag said:

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eric76 said:

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TxTarpon said:

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Memo to Cali's: This is how you should do a train robbery.
Not that third world looting stuff

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I think that it used to be common for ranch cowboys to flag down the train to board without going to the train station.

There is a story about a rancher some years ago who had taken his cattle by train to someplace to sell (probably Chicago) and was returning home by train with the money.

Looking out the window, he saw two or three ranch cowboys flagging down the train. He immediately got up and went to the bathroom for a minute and then came back and sat down.

It turned out that they were train robbers, not ranch cowboys, and they went through the cars taking everyone's money. They took the few dollars that the rancher who had sold the cattle had on him.

After they left the train, the rancher went back to the bathroom and got his money out of the water tank where he had put it a few minutes earlier earlier.

When asked how he knew that they were train robbers rather than ranch cowboys, he pointed out that the brands on their horses didn't match. If they were actually ranch cowboys, the brands would have been the same on all the horses.

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Your story is likely aprocraphal. The toilets didn't have water tanks, they just emptied out on the tracks.

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I thought it might be for water to go in the sink to wash their hands afterwards. It would probably take a pretty large water tank if they were flushing the crapper with it, but not so much if just to wash hands.

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I'm just messing with you.

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eric76 said:

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I never knew that UPS and FedEx use trains.

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Burdizzo said:

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Railroad police used to have the toughest reputations around. What happened?

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Anonymous Source said:

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Burdizzo said:

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Railroad police used to have the toughest reputations around. What happened?

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UP fired most of theirs to pad the bottom line

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eric76 said:

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techno-ag said:

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eric76 said:

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TxTarpon said:

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Memo to Cali's: This is how you should do a train robbery.
Not that third world looting stuff

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I think that it used to be common for ranch cowboys to flag down the train to board without going to the train station.

There is a story about a rancher some years ago who had taken his cattle by train to someplace to sell (probably Chicago) and was returning home by train with the money.

Looking out the window, he saw two or three ranch cowboys flagging down the train. He immediately got up and went to the bathroom for a minute and then came back and sat down.

It turned out that they were train robbers, not ranch cowboys, and they went through the cars taking everyone's money. They took the few dollars that the rancher who had sold the cattle had on him.

After they left the train, the rancher went back to the bathroom and got his money out of the water tank where he had put it a few minutes earlier earlier.

When asked how he knew that they were train robbers rather than ranch cowboys, he pointed out that the brands on their horses didn't match. If they were actually ranch cowboys, the brands would have been the same on all the horses.

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Your story is likely aprocraphal. The toilets didn't have water tanks, they just emptied out on the tracks.

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I thought it might be for water to go in the sink to wash their hands afterwards. It would probably take a pretty large water tank if they were flushing the crapper with it, but not so much if just to wash hands.

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Anonymous Source said:

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Burdizzo said:

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Railroad police used to have the toughest reputations around. What happened?

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UP fired most of theirs to pad the bottom line

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Tony Franklins Other Shoe said:

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Didn't think they were that knowledgeable on hygiene back then to have water tanks on trains available for handwashing. Seems pretty extravagant for rail travel, what era was this?

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Ag87H2O said:

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We used to know how to handle this crap.

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Marcus Brutus said:

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Anonymous Source said:

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Burdizzo said:

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Railroad police used to have the toughest reputations around. What happened?

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UP fired most of theirs to pad the bottom line

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You support shoot to kill for trespassers. Would you also support shoot to kill for the thieves robbing these trains?

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torrid said:

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There appears to have been a major derailment along that very section of track.

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Agthatbuilds said:

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torrid said:

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There appears to have been a major derailment along that very section of track.

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Link?

It amazing how hard it is to derail a train. I remember watching this video, I think from an old post here.

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Anonymous Source said:

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Marcus Brutus said:

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Anonymous Source said:

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Burdizzo said:

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Railroad police used to have the toughest reputations around. What happened?

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UP fired most of theirs to pad the bottom line

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You support shoot to kill for trespassers. Would you also support shoot to kill for the thieves robbing these trains?

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I support the railroad police...much like the Capitol police...enforcing their jurisdictions in manners that they see fit, and if that includes someone getting shot, so be it. Much like another case, they shouldn't be there.

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Marcus Brutus said:

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Anonymous Source said:

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Marcus Brutus said:

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Anonymous Source said:

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Burdizzo said:

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Railroad police used to have the toughest reputations around. What happened?

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UP fired most of theirs to pad the bottom line

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You support shoot to kill for trespassers. Would you also support shoot to kill for the thieves robbing these trains?

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I support the railroad police...much like the Capitol police...enforcing their jurisdictions in manners that they see fit, and if that includes someone getting shot, so be it. Much like another case, they shouldn't be there.

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In manners they see fit?! So no regard for excessive force, etc... Excessive force is a thing. You know, like in the Floyd case, et al.

I don't believe you. you are OK with a Trump supporter being murdered. If they started killing these thieves, you'd scream at the top of your lungs about excessive force.

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Satellite of Love said:

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Yea I couldn't imagine being on one of those trains going across the west during the summer. No AC, minimal bathroom and probably room temp drinking water.

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