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   Craig Dooley to All   
   Got all excited the other day   
   02 Jun 21 22:23:50   
   
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   I was driving in Greenville, SC and the interstate crosses a railroad track.     
   I could see the cars , but the power was underneath the interstate.  As I    
   drove over it, I saw the engines come out, and almost wrecked the car,    
   thinking I was seeing BNSF pumpkins, which are extremely rare on this side of    
   the country.  Unfortunately, I realized they weren't BNSF, but a shortline    
   called the Carolina Southern.  I'd forgotten they had an orange paint scheme    
   as well.   
   Still, it got my heart racing in ways it hasn't in some time.  I haven't been    
   out railfanning seriously in over 20 years.  Used to go all the time, and wife    
   and I would plan vacations around railfanning.  I do miss the hobby.  And the    
   excitement of seeing power far from home, as evidenced by my reaction to the    
   orange engines...   
      
   Ah, the good old days.   
      
   -Craig   
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