Sad as I am that they're going to soon tear up the std gague ET through Elizabethton, I wished I was somewhere nearby so I could nab a spike or two. Normally I don't collect spikes AT ALL but I'd sure

Good one Ken! I'm learning the hard way its not Kansas anymore; had my contractor van broken into and cleaned out (about $3k worth) in Little Milligan last summer. I guess folks don't drop their

Remember two things 1. This is Carter County 2. You cannot polish a turd Ken

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Pete Thorn <pdthorn@...> Date: Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 6:16 PM Subject: Re: [Tweetsie] Re: The end. To: Tweetsie@... For G&W at this

I think I know who the bio fuel group is.. (they take in garbage in pellatized form) - and turn out diesel fuel.  And energy... and recycle bunches of other goodies out of the mix.   Create jobs,

For G&W at this stage, yes; however, there is absolutely no excuse for city/county to allow this to happen. I've written the following to the Star several times, of couse, it will never see the light

For G&W it is real simple....do the math. My guess is that the rail is somewhere about 85# or higher rail. I don't know the number of miles being torn up, but lets start a one mile. I just checked

If the picture I have attached can be opened (I'm not good at sending pictures so I don't know if it can be opened) you will see what the line looked like in December 2011 before Christmas. This photo

See what gets me, even mentioning the possibility of future rail service. If the county even suspected that there "might" be an increased demand in the future, why even bother tearing it up? William

Agreed. This will pretty much do it.   Once the rails are lifted, they aren't coming back.   [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

I imagine this will generate thousands of high paying jobs for local residents, much like the ones we have up here in the "High Country". Sorry, that's just the way I feel about

Just thought this might be an interesting tidbit. My husband told me there was a mural of Number 12 on a building in downtown Asheboro. He said it looked like she was coming out of a tunnel and even

Well, I had 8 people ask to be put on a mailing list for this update. I will set that up. If you requested the newsletter and did not receive an electronic version please let me know. It is really

Subject: Combine update Hi folks, as you know my dad is involved with the shops. He sent me an 8 page update on the Combine....this just happens to be page one of 8 with out pictures (yes there are

But a man enjoying his true love... #12 Begins at 1:05 in the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYNrfMLzDSM&feature=related RIP my friend, I will see you again someday Fondly, Will Vanderburg

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What great pictures! The little girl visiting Santa is a great touch. My RR voulunteer time has been spent in Cass WV helping to rebuild Climax locomotive CN 1551. It is also a big project but we

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Very nice footage. It's interesting to see what that trackage looked like when the train was THE attraction. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]