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May 02, 2008

At the start of May I get fidgety.More so than usual. It's "train time" for me right now. Back in the summer of 1996 I headed up to Alaska to work for Princess Tours. Not the toughest sounding company, but, those hours were long and hard. One of these years, I am going to write about my four summers up there, complete with photos and artifacts from my time up there "on the rails."Anyhoo, you'd head up there at the end of April, and start orientation in early May. It was an apprehensive time. You hated the train, the people who worked on it, the old fogies who rode it but man, you loved that money. Oh yeah, you hated yerself for getting tangled up in all of it. So gross.I'll write about it all someday, and won't hold back. No I won't. I've got the dirt on the "Summers On The Rail" and I plan on sharing it for all who care to read up on it. Stay tuned. For now, the next couple "rail links" were enough to tide me over, and well, better be enough for you too, goddammit.A lond, winding pile of conductor badges over at Railroadiana.org. And some "builder plates," too. Phew. This one derailed the day."Downloaded every one of these "railroad postal items." So good.- - - -Adam Haynes has a new poster for sale titled, "77." You need one. Tell him "Draplin sentcha."- - - -Seth Neefus grows his beard, and his laidback approach to his art. In all honesty, one of the nicest guys I have ever met. In my 34 years. Bravo, man.- - - -This and this is why we do it; why we keep going. So good.- - - -Ian "Crashlander" Geroux sends in a Flickr set of his "Old Tie Collection."Get a load of that "cattle brands" one. So good.- - - -FOR NO REASON, REALLY: Letraset Architecture: "ASH 2067."

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