i wonder what the rent is in this part of florida

[cuznjohn]

 

[PrairieSpyder]

That is weird. I'm surprised they have the tracks going right through the city like that. Lucky for the car traffic it was just an engine and 10 cars.

 

[Bob Denman]

:shocked:

You need one of these; to fit in! :thumbup:

 

[Cruzr Joe]

The tracks were probably there first.

Cruzr Joe

 

[Bob Denman]

Do you think that the Dishes rattle a bit, up in the apartments in that high-rise?

 

[Chupaca]

Seems like..!!

like not a question of affordability but of the chicken and the egg....:roflblack: wonder how regular that train is..??

 

[Bob Denman]

It's probably better than most of us would be, if we lived up there! :shocked:

 

[acinpcola]

:shocked:

You need one of these; to fit in! :thumbup:

I want some of them, hmmmm... need to find a place to get them

 

[Bob Denman]

Do you have any Train Yards in your neighborhood? :roflblack:

 

[cuznjohn]

i got hooked on trains one night in florida. i pulled into stark florida around 1 am and just as i was approaching a RR crossing the gates came down, i was the 3 rd car in line and i see the other 2 cars shut down and the people got out of their cars and one person opened his trunk and offered a soda to the other one. so i am sitting there with the motor running waiting for the train to pass and one of the people walked up to my car and said, HEY NEW YORK, YOU MIGHT AS WELL SHUT IT DOWN AND GET OUT AND STRETCH YOUR LEGS, THIS COULD BE A WAIL. well it was the longest train i ever saw and i was amazed how many cars and trucks and tanks it was carrying. that was in the 80's if i remember correctly and i have been hooked ever since

 

[ARtraveler]

Do you have any Train Yards in your neighborhood? :roflblack:

Yeppers. Even though I am out in the "country," the Alaska Railroad runs by about a half mile down the road from me. A couple trains a day--to and from Fairbanks. Can hear the rumble when they are headed my way and then the three whistle blows when they near an intersection. After four years, I am used to it. No rattling of the dishes etc. We save that for the earthquakes. :roflblack:

 

[ARtraveler]

Interesting post John.

Superior, WI (across the bay from Duluth, MN) has similar. The trains run through the warehouse/bar area by the port. These trains can be very long, sometimes a hundred or more cars. If you get stuck, you will be waiting 20 to 30 minutes. There is a major switching yard in the area.

 

[Cruzr Joe]

One day i was sitting at a non-gated double set of rail tracks while this really long (maybe 60 cars) train on the tracks closest to me rumbled along, finally the last car past and i started to move when from the opposite direction an express train (previously unseen by me) comes roaring by on the tracks on the opposite side. That was the day i nearly had my fatal heart attack.

I am much more respectful of train tracks now.

Cruzr Joe

 

[Bob Denman]

Yeppers. Even though I am out in the "country," the Alaska Railroad runs by about a half mile down the road from me. A couple trains a day--to and from Fairbanks. Can hear the rumble when they are headed my way and then the three whistle blows when they near an intersection. After four years, I am used to it. No rattling of the dishes etc. We save that for the earthquakes. :roflblack:

Time to take some wrenches, and go see if you can "liberate" a horn from one of them!

 

[Bob Denman]

Stark, FL, at 1:00 AM? :shocked:
It had to be a prison escape!!

 

[cuznjohn]

Agree and also happens along the Intercoastal Waterway during scheduled bridge openings to let the boats through.

I have always enjoyed trains, I recall as a kid my dad taking me to the switching yard in Boston. We did take the Alaska RR during a vacation a couple years ago, and while not set up currently, I normally have n gauge trains operating overhead in the kitchen, dining room and living room.

John, dare I ask why you visiting Stark...that is where the big prison is. Please don't say visiting cousin Vinny.

PK

i was passing through going further down into florida

 

[Bob Denman]

"...I was just passin' through..."
We've ALL heard that one before!! :roflblack:

 

[SPECTACUALR SPIDERMAN]

try that one here in manhattan

 

[ARtraveler]

try that one here in manhattan

Now, that would be very interesting. :yikes::yikes:

 

[PW2013STL]

Darn I just lost my train of thought