> Google has finally admitted what makes their
> search engine so good. (Link below.)

> JAC

At first I thought...what the H is he doing posting this off-topic pile of doo-doo, then I realized they were "trained" pigeons. Is that it Craft.

GS


Train Videos not birds!
sales@gregschollvideo.com

I've known Mark a long time, and the only red-neck thing he does is go to NASCAR races.....

Mike

Besides, if you are going to be a redneck, you might as well be the best, which means being Southern. Damned Yankees will never get it....

> What in the world is wrong with John Craft?
> He wastes all of his time
> "playing" trains and ignores the
> steamcentral web site. Then he invests six
> months of thought and planning into that
> silly April Fools thing. To make it that
> much worse, the 4449 folks make his last
> years "false statements" come true
> this year! Dang them. And why does he always
> pick on TVRM? Just because they won't let
> him even near their property? Gosh. He, Jim
> Wrinn, Ken Riddle, and Mark Gray are a bunch
> of Southern rednecks. Get a life!


Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
newriver400@cs.com

Never meaning any harm... oh, damn, there goes that "Dukes of Hazard" theme song again. Musta played it a million times at parties at Chapel Hill.



Wrinnbo@aol.com

I hear they're going to restore all the Big Boys and put them back in freight service. Is that true?

> I've decided that for future April Fools,
> I'm just gonna write what I want to see come
> true. It worked last year . . .

> JAC


Freedom Ship Project
hkading@rypn.org

Shhhhh....

By the way, the last time I was called Mark Gray in print was when Trains quoted me in the "Quotes of the Month" thing they used to do. That Mark Gray guy got the credit for it. Somehow the G keeps getting misplaced.

Hey, perhaps the Superheater can elighten us all on the future of steam in China. Or maybe even give us some predictions on when steam will return to the NS. And I have to know, will the Superheater be at the Fare of the Iron Horse?

Mark Gray - TVRGM

TVRM Shop Updates
aw90h@cs.com

When I ordered my 2001 Pontiac GTP (that's a Grand Prix, not some sort of diesel locomotive), the salesman couldn't believe I wanted an 8 trzck tape player. I told him I had to have it so I could play my Deliverance sound track.

I had a little trouble getting the rebel flag in the rear window, too.

Time for a little Charlie Daniels and the Devil Went Down to Georgia....

TVRM Shop Updates
aw90h@cs.com

All Y'all good ole boys sure showed us a big time in Nawth Carolina, but I was gettin tired of actin as translator for my fellow Yankees.
I should have thought of an internet April Fools Joke! Here John Bush and I spent yesterday jacking up the front end of HRR number 2 so it would like it was poppin' a wheelie - and we didn't fool anybody when they came in this morning!

Martyhuck@aol.com

I told him I
> had to have it so I could play my
> Deliverance sound track.

I just keep my banjo in the truck.

> I had a little trouble getting the rebel
> flag in the rear window, too.

Mine flys from the CB antenna.

> Time for a little Charlie Daniels and the
> Devil Went Down to Georgia....

Happy April Fools Yall!
Ken Riddle


ken290@hiwaay.net

Man....I got ya'll. Nevermind all that stuff since it's almost April 2. Anyway...when the chips are down....just dew the Chattanooga Chew.

It was supposed to be funny. BTW: The reference was supposed to be to Southern as in with a green light for innovation in the Oh. Nevermind. Back to railfan reality for April 2. I was just razzing ya'll. Especially Crayft. Wake up and smell the coal smoke (or whatever you're smokin')!

They'll be in a movie called "Seven Big Boys for Seven Sisters." One Big Boy will stand by as an extra. I wonder which one....

> I hear they're going to restore all the Big
> Boys and put them back in freight service.
> Is that true?


denmeg_hogan@msn.com

> I assume that this is the same Superheater
> who used to haunt Washington area railfan
> excursions and clubs in the 70's. Are we
> speaking of the same individual?

I never met Superheater, I have only heard of the legend; however, back in the old days of Steamtown Foundation, John Hart, director at the time, was asked to give a presentation at the Wash Chpt., NRHS. The General Manager of Steamtown, Fred Bailey, did know S. and briefed John about him. So after the presentation and during the Q and A, a member got up and started to grill John Hart as to all of Steamtown's plans for its BIG locomotives, and how we needed to get them restored and running. After the series of questions John Hart replied, "Now Sir, I have a question of you: Are you THE Superheater?"


SZuidervee@aol.com

> I never met Superheater, I have only heard
> of the legend . . . Are you THE Superheater?"

Ol' Superheater had to be experienced firsthand - the stories are good, but until you've seen that hair and that squint, and inhaled that aroma, you don't really know the man.

But let's not forget his boon companion, the Peace Man!

Hmmmm . . . something for next April, perhaps?

JAC

> Ol' Superheater had to be experienced
> firsthand - the stories are good, but until
> you've seen that hair and that squint, and
> inhaled that aroma, you don't really know
> the man.

But John, you forgot the beard. We said that he used to shave with scissors, because he always had the three day growth of beard. I got a phone call from him once on Christmas Day asking me to come and see his train slides. And there was nothing worse than trying to pick up and score points with a young female passenger on the ground at Front Royal, only to have Superheater come up, introduce himself to the young damsel, and then ask what I thought could be done to get 759 or 611 running.

> But let's not forget his boon companion, the
> Peace Man!

I never had the "pleasure." He was ALWAYS a solo act when I was around. However it's one thrill I think I can handle not experiencing.

> Hmmmm . . . something for next April,
> perhaps?

> JAC


kevingillespie@usa.net

Time for a little Charlie Daniels and the
> Devil Went Down to Georgia....

I resemble that.........

Lucky I was working out of laptop range or no doubt superheater would have included me - as I am from the south (side of Pittsburgh).

Dave

irondave@bellsouth.net