Sea Pony 07 said:

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I was on (Amtrak) 171 yesterday for 13 hours.

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We're thinking about doing a train vacation with the boys early next year.

ObviousLazyRiverIsObvious said:

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When is the last time we had a #7 on the roster?

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Since before Mark Johnson wore it

Sea Pony 07 said:

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trouble said:

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Sea Pony 07 said:

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I was on (Amtrak) 171 yesterday for 13 hours.

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We're thinking about doing a train vacation with the boys early next year.

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If you decide to do it, sign up for amtrak rewards for free. I travel coach class because I'm a cheap *****, but every so often (like right now for January) they have free companion tickets for rooms.

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The family room rates are really reasonable compared to air travel!

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Sources:
*Wikipedia: "Florida East Coast Railway"
*Florida East Coast Railway
*Hawkins Rails: "Florida East Coast Railway"


The Florida East Coast Railway (reporting mark FEC) is a Class II railroad operating in Florida. It is currently owned by Grupo Mexico Transportes (reporting mark GMXT), a Class I railroad in Mexico.

In 1895, railroad industrialist Henry M. Flagler formed the Florida East Coast Railway from the St. Augustine & Indian River Railway, the result of various local Florida railroad consolidations. Florida East Coast Railway rails reached Miami from Jacksonville in 1896, and famously extended out to Key West by 1912. Flagler founded the cities of Palm Beach and Miami, Florida, as well as most of Florida's east cost.

Today, the Florida East Coast Railway offers a variety of freight shipments, including trailer on flat car, container services, and limestone and other rock movement. Its current mainline exceeds 350 miles in length and supports various branches. The FEC serves domestic and international intermodal and carload customers and has exclusive partnerships with PortMiami, Port Everglades (Fort Lauderdale), and the Port of Palm Beach.

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Don't forget to turn those clocks back!

ensign_beedrill said:

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Don't forget to turn those clocks back!

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I feel like i always have to work this shift.

They should let anyone who works this shift also work the corresponding one in the spring.

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Sources:
*Wikipedia: "Electro-Motive Diesel"
*Motortrend: "How GM's Diesel Electric Locomotives Changed the World"
*Caterpillar: "Take A Ride Through the 100-year History of EMD"

The Electro-Motive Engineering Corporation was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1922, and was soon thereafter renamed the Electro-Motive Company (EMC). The company developed and marketed self-propelled railcars using General Electric's newly-developed internal combustion-electric propulsion and control systems.

In 1930, General Motors (GM) entered diesel engine production by purchasing the Winton Engine Company, who had in their product line a variety of stationary and marine diesel engines and spark-ignition engines for heavy vehicles. GM saw EMC's role in developing and marketing Winton-engined heavy vehicles as fitting their objectives and purchased the company shortly after the Winton acquisition, renaming it Electro-Motive Corporation (EMC), a subsidiary of GM.

In 2005, GM sold EMD to Greenbriar Equity Group and Berkshire Partners, at which point the company was renamed Electro-Motive Diesel. In 2010, EMD was sold to Progress Rail, a subsidiary of the heavy equipment manufacturer Caterpillar.

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Oh, by the way. Haven't been having any offseason baseball dreams, but I did have a random basketball dream the other night. It involved me having to sing the national anthem at Reed Arena. I sang it, and even though all the notes felt right in my throat, they came out quite horribly. It was really bad. It was so bad.

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Malcolm's fall ball team went UNDEFEATED!

trouble said:

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Malcolm's fall ball team went UNDEFEATED!

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YAY, MALCOLM!!!!

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Last day of Triple digits.

Ladies and gentlemen, we are now in the double digits part of the countdown.

Fantastic!! and Shoot it!! all in the same breath.

WELCOME TO DOUBLE DIGITS!!!!!

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