Trains of Thought

Apr 01, 2006 16 Replies

Since so many models are available as undecorated, why do I have so much trouble finding prototype photos of that railroad?



If cabooses are painted caboose red and reefers are painted reefer orange, does that mean that flatcars should be painted flat black?



Why are some flat cars depressed? Do they have a low opinion of themselves?



Does moving train cars with your fingers qualify as digital control?



If the person who steers a gondola is a gondolier, shouldn't the person who operates an engine be an enginier?



If a locomotive has troubles with a grade, does it have to take the class over?



If GP diesel units are called "geeps," why aren't SD units called "seeds?"



What is the plural of "caboose?"



Why do they call it nickel silver rail anyway? You can't possibly get that much silver for a nickel.



If alpha cyanoacrylate glue sticks so well, how come you're able to get it out of the container in the first place?



Will Life-Like ever update the name of their Proto 2000 kits to keep up with the times?



Why is it called L-girder framing when the girders are shaped more like a 7?



Why did Amtrak have to spend so much money developing the Acela high speed train? Couldn't they have just installed a full-sized version of the rubber band drive used by the Athearn Hustler locomotive?



Should reruns of the TV show "Tracks Ahead" be called "Tracks Behind?"



Are operators of a train on the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad called a train krewe?


The silly season is here!

-- Why do penguins walk so far to get to their nesting grounds?

Mark Mathu spake thus:

You already know this one: "cabeese". (Although some would say "cabeeses", from the Looney Tunes "mouse--> meese--> meeses".)

Model railroader had an article on the Undec RR in April 1977.

I think Linn Westcott made them upside down, it's a lot easier.

Yeah, I remember that one... it was a classic! And it actually had a prototype basis for "Undec" equipment!

The question I'd really like answered- if anyone knows the spring tension of a Kadee coupler spring. That way I could calculate a trajectory and put a small box in the exact spot, instead of crawling around on the floor to find them.

Nice! Those "thoughts" sound very much like "Steven Wrightisms".

Happy A-Fools day! :-) Peteski

3.843grams per 2/3rds millimeter.

That way I could calculate a

You been hanging around George Carlin ?

Ken

LOL! Good on yer, Mark M!

This one went straight through to the keeper - care to explain?

Cheers,

Mark.

mark_newton spake thus:

Oh, that's right, you're not a Merkin. (That's an odd phrase to *my* ears--"went straight through to the keeper").

In Nawlins, during Mardi Gras, part of the festivities is mock battles between groups known as "krewes" (which I assume is kind of a creole for "crews", but I could be wrong about that).

A "krewe" is a special association of people, commonly used to refer to the Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans.

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mark_newton spake thus:

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Pennsylvania Railroad modelers would probably want to say: "cabin cars."

That's SO log cabin. With those little round windows they look like porta-potties.

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