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Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2024 12:06:00 +0100
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On Sat, 21 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote:

> On Fri, 20 Dec 2024 22:28:40 +0100, D wrote:
>
>> . The only danger is autumn and winter when the trains are completely
>> unpredictable, but spring and summer works fairly ok.
>
> I took the train from Albany to NYC a couple of times in the late '60s
> when the New York Central was headed for bankruptcy.  Heat was optional in
> the winter.
>
> It was sad. Grand Central Terminal was theirs and the Empire State Express
> was famous.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxK9-jachh8
>
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVhY2-gNG9k
>
> That one brought back memories.  I had a Lionel train set but nothing as
> elaborate as that one. There were little pellets you dropped in the
> smokestack to create the smoke effect. They probably contained 17
> different carcinogens but those were more innocent times.

Nonense... what doesn't kill us makes us stronger! ;)