The Box
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Have all of you noticed that since this case has taken a turn with the introduction of a second crate that our Scottish outpost has suddenly become very quiet. You don't suppose he is on the lamb do you.
Bob
Bob
Naw, he's probably on his way over here to steal that new crate. If he can make HO benchwork out of my n-scale crate he can probably build a 1 to 1 condo out of the g-scale one!!!!!! 
So,,, as you pry the cover off the "box" does it sound a little like "the inner sanctum"???? OBTW I remember the Green Hornet on radio.
Pete
Pete
The Lone Ranger, always willing to help out the underdog, put out feelers around the 1st leg of the journey of the Box. This was where the Rock Island took delivery!!
Just after lunchtime (liquid lunch in the local pub), the RI staff were attempting to unload the truck. A local reporter took this picture. As he was a tresspasser on the RI property the RI suppressed publication as it showed The box about to fall off the truck. It appears first damage was caused at this point which accounts for the damage seen in the photo from N Gauger.
Further investigations shows that the 10 foot drop from the Mexican built crane had actually opened The Box revealing a turning lathe and fish bait. Both were forwarded on their journey but the bait was never received by the Clayton Central from the Badger Creek RR. The Scotland Yard investigators (all keen sports fishermen) failed to discover at what point the bait went missing. One local (a well known drunk) who frequents the wharf on the BCRR swears he saw the bait being beamed up to a UFO the same day it was offloaded from the freighter.
On the same day NORAD had reported an object resembling a Shay had been thermally imaged at an altitude of approx 250 miles! Shamus can expect a midnight knock on his door so we hope his fancy footwork is as deft as Kettlestack's !!!
Meanwhile Kettlestack (having lost his house to pay The Dream Team's fees) has taken up residence in the crossing keepers hut and is currently working on the land herding Haggis. When interviewd Kettlestack said he was seriously thinking of giving up model railroading as his lumber had been confiscated as evidence!
Now then, many of you may think this is a fairy tale..... but cast your eyes back over this thread and you will find photographic proof that the only fairytale in here is about the Southern never ever damaging freight!
Errol
Just after lunchtime (liquid lunch in the local pub), the RI staff were attempting to unload the truck. A local reporter took this picture. As he was a tresspasser on the RI property the RI suppressed publication as it showed The box about to fall off the truck. It appears first damage was caused at this point which accounts for the damage seen in the photo from N Gauger.
Further investigations shows that the 10 foot drop from the Mexican built crane had actually opened The Box revealing a turning lathe and fish bait. Both were forwarded on their journey but the bait was never received by the Clayton Central from the Badger Creek RR. The Scotland Yard investigators (all keen sports fishermen) failed to discover at what point the bait went missing. One local (a well known drunk) who frequents the wharf on the BCRR swears he saw the bait being beamed up to a UFO the same day it was offloaded from the freighter.
On the same day NORAD had reported an object resembling a Shay had been thermally imaged at an altitude of approx 250 miles! Shamus can expect a midnight knock on his door so we hope his fancy footwork is as deft as Kettlestack's !!!
Meanwhile Kettlestack (having lost his house to pay The Dream Team's fees) has taken up residence in the crossing keepers hut and is currently working on the land herding Haggis. When interviewd Kettlestack said he was seriously thinking of giving up model railroading as his lumber had been confiscated as evidence!
Now then, many of you may think this is a fairy tale..... but cast your eyes back over this thread and you will find photographic proof that the only fairytale in here is about the Southern never ever damaging freight!
Errol
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Did you ever buy a kid a noisy toy, and then regret getting it because of the noise but the kid was having so much fun that you put up with it? That's the way I'm starting to feel about starting this thread.
Bilk,
It just happens that while my wife was vetting my last post for spelling errors I said to her "Billk sure has a lot to answer for in starting this thread !!
Heh heh heh, got any more great ideas?
Errol
It just happens that while my wife was vetting my last post for spelling errors I said to her "Billk sure has a lot to answer for in starting this thread !!
Heh heh heh, got any more great ideas?
Errol
Ah come on billk, this is really beginning to test some imaginations, maybe in your case also your patience
I heard that the great concern at this point is that the astrophysicists are becoming greatly concerned about an apparent wobble in the earths rotation. It seems that the problem is probably excessive amounts of horse manure being generated in the far north of the Bristish Isles. The word is that it gets deeper and deeper in an area slightly north of Edinburgh.
There will be an appeal for a lager number of crates to haul away these excessive amounts of manure and move it to various places around the world to balance things out.
Buried in Bull in Boise
I heard that the great concern at this point is that the astrophysicists are becoming greatly concerned about an apparent wobble in the earths rotation. It seems that the problem is probably excessive amounts of horse manure being generated in the far north of the Bristish Isles. The word is that it gets deeper and deeper in an area slightly north of Edinburgh.
There will be an appeal for a lager number of crates to haul away these excessive amounts of manure and move it to various places around the world to balance things out.
Buried in Bull in Boise
Wonderful Account, but you failed to tell us how the crate got to Mexico, and who repired it???????
How does that go??
If you've seen the box...Go call the cops!!
If you spot the Crate.....A call Do make!!!!
~~ Mikey (Guardian of the "New" crate)
I'm taking donations for the security system The MF&W RR has installed, in and around, the Crate. These include, (But are in NO WAY limited to): GPS (hidden in the boards), Closed Circuit cameras ... Etc....
How does that go??
If you've seen the box...Go call the cops!!
If you spot the Crate.....A call Do make!!!!
~~ Mikey (Guardian of the "New" crate)
I'm taking donations for the security system The MF&W RR has installed, in and around, the Crate. These include, (But are in NO WAY limited to): GPS (hidden in the boards), Closed Circuit cameras ... Etc....
That's Cool , Sumpter!!!
Where did this train originate?? Not Mexico, I hope
See Ya!!
~~N Gauger
Cool , Sumpter!!! Where did this train originate?? Not Mexico, I hope
See Ya!!
~~N Gauger
The manifest for that load seems to be missing. The doctor, next door thinks they might be Dolly Parton's mamograms. The smart***ed teamster across the street said "Jimmy Hoffa".
I know that the two box cars in front of that flat are loaded with lumber consigned to Macon Pallet. Tyson? did you order a pair of something?
Pete
I know that the two box cars in front of that flat are loaded with lumber consigned to Macon Pallet. Tyson? did you order a pair of something?
Pete
The staff of the Sagaponack Motauk & Cindy's Harbor RR are extremely wise to have separated the boxes........
They originated on the Clayton Central just north of Edinburgh.
Not only is the smell from them rather ripe but if they come close together, critical mass could mean auto fertilising of vast areas of Illinois.
As there are no standard labels for such hazardous material, they were shipped as plain freight.
(Sorry Bilk ... but until you come up with another brilliant idea the saga will continue!!)
Errol
They originated on the Clayton Central just north of Edinburgh.
Not only is the smell from them rather ripe but if they come close together, critical mass could mean auto fertilising of vast areas of Illinois.
As there are no standard labels for such hazardous material, they were shipped as plain freight.
(Sorry Bilk ...
but until you come up with another brilliant idea the saga will continue!!)Errol
cidchase
Active Member
So that's where my dang gauges ended up!! Saga-who and what?? Those indian names drive me crazy!! Next time I'm specifying Yellow Freight!
BTW, Bob Collins, not to worry. The latest Astrophysical Journal states that the imbalance is being naturally corrected. It seems that a deepening layer of bull dung is being reported in Portland, OR and Washington, DC.
BTW, Bob Collins, not to worry. The latest Astrophysical Journal states that the imbalance is being naturally corrected. It seems that a deepening layer of bull dung is being reported in Portland, OR and Washington, DC.
Permit???
Hey Tyson,
Hope your employees got a oversized/weight permit before they put that load on the public streets...DOT can be a real stickler about those things...expensive fines too....
Hey Tyson,
Hope your employees got a oversized/weight permit before they put that load on the public streets...DOT can be a real stickler about those things...expensive fines too....
Sorry, Tyson, My superintendant of freight operations, Mohamed, says,"In spite of what you may have heard, even I can't move mountains"
Pete
Pete