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3 Amtrak Trains With Hundreds of Passengers Stranded Since Monday
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| ANTHONY CASTELLANO
Posted on 01/07/2014 8:51:21 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic
Im surprised they didnt derail, not because of the snow. because they are amtrak.
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posted on
01/07/2014 8:53:31 AM PST
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: afraidfortherepublic
Hopefully they had plenty of evil hydrocarbons in the tanks to keep these things running while they wait.
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posted on
01/07/2014 8:53:32 AM PST
by
nascarnation
(I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
To: afraidfortherepublic
Considerably warmer temps are on the way.
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posted on
01/07/2014 8:55:50 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: afraidfortherepublic
NYT headlines:
Global warming kills hundreds as they froze to death...
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posted on
01/07/2014 8:55:56 AM PST
by
Popman
("Resistance to Tyrants is Obedience to God" - Thomas Jefferson)
To: afraidfortherepublic
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posted on
01/07/2014 8:57:27 AM PST
by
Tawiskaro
To: driftdiver
I’ve had great experiences riding amtrak in the northwest. I know they are government subsidized, but it’s usually a well run operation, unlike 0bozocare.
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posted on
01/07/2014 8:57:40 AM PST
by
PROCON
(Those who are capable of Tyranny are capable of Deceit to sustain it.)
To: afraidfortherepublic
“About 500 passengers aboard three Amtrak trains were stranded overnight in a remote part of northern Illinois”
Funny, I never thought that Mendota (which in the area where I live was remote) Chicago does not realize there is live beyond Chicago.
To: afraidfortherepublic
Sounds like Atlas Shrugged.
Winter had come early, in the last days of November. People said that it was the hardest winter on record and that no one could be blamed for the unusual severity of the snowstorms. They did not care to remember that there had been a time when snowstorms did not sweep, unresisted, down unlighted roads and upon the roofs of unheated houses, did not stop the movement of trains, did not leave a wake of corpses counted by the hundreds.
The only difference is now that we know that the cold weather is caused by global warming.
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posted on
01/07/2014 9:04:40 AM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Everyone get online for Obamacare on 10/1. Overload the system and crash it hard!)
To: afraidfortherepublic
...became stuck around 4:15 p.m. ET Monday after they hit a 12-foot snow drift that paralyzed the engines... Hate to rant, I hate lousy journalism, but I really, really despise lousy writing.
Should read "...stopped the engines cold in their tracks..."., not "paralyzed engines". imho
To: afraidfortherepublic
In the 1880`s here up til 1950`s the steam trains ran thru town -all the passenger cars had wood stoves inside and a supply of small logs to throw into it during wintertime.
Up to the 1960`s all the cabooses had wood stoves in case of snowstuck. I rode the steam trains in the 1940`s with my grandfather. [yea, I know, I`m OLD.]
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posted on
01/07/2014 9:10:12 AM PST
by
bunkerhill7
("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")
To: afraidfortherepublic; All
hmm..Trains..songs
Train called, The City of New Orleans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piUWIqWSthA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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posted on
01/07/2014 9:26:50 AM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi :-)
To: All
This weather is God’s way of telling the AGW crowd to stay outta His business........
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posted on
01/07/2014 9:27:18 AM PST
by
Boonie
To: bunkerhill7
I rode the steam trains in the 1940`s with my grandfather. [yea, I know, I`m OLD.]
I wouldn't call that old.
If you would have said "I rode the steam trains in the 1960`s with my grandfather. [yea, I know, I`m OLD.]", that I would have agreed with. That is old.
What you are is something else entirely. /s>
;)
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posted on
01/07/2014 9:28:13 AM PST
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: bunkerhill7
see #12 (above :)
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posted on
01/07/2014 9:28:21 AM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi :-)
To: PROCON
Well run meaning turning a profit? If not, then it is not “well run” period.
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posted on
01/07/2014 9:29:35 AM PST
by
Gaffer
To: afraidfortherepublic
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posted on
01/07/2014 9:32:26 AM PST
by
iowamark
(I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy)
To: Popman
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posted on
01/07/2014 9:33:04 AM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
( a Safe..and Sane....2014 To All!)
To: Popman
I hear they are changing the name of the route to the Donner Express.
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posted on
01/07/2014 9:34:20 AM PST
by
Mouton
(The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
To: MeshugeMikey
Awesome pic. Algore makes a better pj boy than the original!
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posted on
01/07/2014 9:36:09 AM PST
by
nascarnation
(I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
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