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Re: Brad J Brickfest 2002 Keynote Speech synopsis
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lugnet.events.brickfest
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Sun, 21 Jul 2002 21:12:10 GMT
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.events.brickfest, Tom Reed writes:
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> > That's what I was thinking John, but I couldn't put the AT with it. To me
> > it would be the Santa Fe Super Chief or SFSC! I hope someone else knows...
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> Please remember I (a train aficionado with a penchant for accuracy) was
> transcribing this. To me it's their "ATSF model" as it is wearing ATSF
> (Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, the corporate name of the Santa Fe
> predecessor component of BNSF) colors (warbonnet to be exact).
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> The Super Chief is a *train*, not a locomotive, so you'll never ever ever
> ever hear me calling that set anything like SFSC.
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> Once the cars referred to become available, we'll have lots of Super Chief
> models out there.. they will consist of several copies of the locomotive
> followed by several copies of the cars. That's a train. Locomotives AND cars.
>
> The Super Chief is a train, not a locomotive. A locomotive by itself is not
> a train. Hence this locomotive is not going to be called the SFSC by me. Ever.
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> Hope that helps.
Heck yeah, that helps a bunch! The whole thing just had me baffled and I
was worried that I was just having a dumb spell! hehheh (Hey, it happens)
I'm glad to know that I'm just not versed in "train" speak and not getting
senile! Thanks Lar
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