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Buford Wyoming
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Hey Mike,
Did you see where you can buy the whole town of Buford and relocate to Sherman Hill? :>) http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/entire-town-buford-wyoming-sale-sole-re sident-183155529.html Steve Hile
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Steve Hile writes:
"Did you see where you can buy the whole town of Buford and relocate to Sherman Hill? :>)" Very tempting. There are likely tons of old cinders waiting there for me to add to my collection. The only real problem is that the local golf course is in Denver. Mike Brock
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Balryan <balryan@...>
Mike,
You don't have to go to Denver to golf there is some what of a golf course around Little America in Cheyenne. Not sure on the par. Ryan Ballard
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Aley, Jeff A
I didn't understand this article. I thought the sole resident of Buford was Bruce Smith.
Regards, -Jeff P.S. Yeah, it's off-topic. But we're poking fun at the Listowner, so it's okay. From: STMFC@yahoogroups.com [mailto:STMFC@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Steve and Barb Hile Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 11:58 AM To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com Subject: [STMFC] Buford Wyoming Hey Mike, Did you see where you can buy the whole town of Buford and relocate to Sherman Hill? :>) http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/entire-town-buford-wyoming-sale-sole-resident-183155529.html Steve Hile
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Jeff Aley...moideling the UP Kansas Div [ wherever that is ] and, therefore, not really conversant in matters associated with the UP He-man Mainline through WY...writes:
"I didn't understand this article. I thought the sole resident of Buford was Bruce Smith." No, no. Bruce Smith is located at Bruceford...a few miles west [ I guess ] of Buford. He switches frt cars there [ when he isn't shorting out the entire RR ]. "P.S. Yeah, it's off-topic. But we're poking fun at the Listowner, so it's okay." You mean this is a topic? Mike Brock
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Jared Harper
I thought the same.
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Jared Harper Athens, GA
--- In STMFC@yahoogroups.com, "Aley, Jeff A" <Jeff.A.Aley@...> wrote:
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Jack Mullen
But then the denizens of this list would be faced with spending early January in Wyoming.
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Cow Chip Beach PMM anyone? Jack Mullen
--- In STMFC@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Brock" <brockm@...> wrote:
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SUVCWORR@...
Umm Little America and Cheyene are 283 miles apart. That is going to be some kind of par for that course.
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Rich Orr
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From: Balryan <balryan@aol.com> To: STMFC <STMFC@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wed, Mar 14, 2012 5:26 pm Subject: Re: [STMFC] Buford Wyoming Mike, You don't have to go to Denver to golf there is some what of a golf course around Little America in Cheyenne. Not sure on the par. Ryan Ballard ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links
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Steve Lucas <stevelucas3@...>
Silly me! I thought that the Moderate Jail was in Buford, Wyoming! Maybe I can look out the window at those UP freight trains running as often as streetcars? And daydream of them being pulled by Big Boys?
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:) Steve Lucas.
--- In STMFC@yahoogroups.com, "Aley, Jeff A" <Jeff.A.Aley@...> wrote:
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Charles Hladik
OK y'all, if all my friends, the 2 I had before I started this note, and
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99,999 other folks will send me a dollar each, I'll buy Buford and move there!!! Won't even change the name. Chuck Hladik currently of Rustburg, VA
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harperandbrown@gmail.com writes: I thought the same. Jared Harper Athens, GA --- In _STMFC@yahoogroups.com_ (mailto:STMFC@yahoogroups.com) , "Aley, Jeff A" <Jeff.A.Aley@...> wrote: was Bruce Smith. it's okay. [mailto:_STMFC@yahoogroups.com_ (mailto:STMFC@yahoogroups.com) ] On Behalf Of Steve and Barb Hile Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 11:58 AM_http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/entire-town-buford-wyoming-sale-sole-resident-183155529.html_ (http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/entire-town-buford-wyoming-sale-sole-resident-183155529.html)
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I want to know what golf has to do with the UP, Sherman Hill, or for that
matter the town of Buford? It would appear that being the sole owner of such a spread (includes 10 acres) between I-80 and the UP main would be appealing. You could even put in a golf course, if you need one. After all the tourists would flock to such a Mecca, causing the coffers of the local convenience store to overflow. Just those looking for evidence of N&W hoppers (remains?) should double gasoline sales. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org
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Since the town of Bruceford is growing, what with the new siding installed last year, the livestock loading facilities, and the ballast pit, the town notables are seriously considering buying adjacent Buford and annexing it to allow Bruceford to continue to grow. One suggested use would be for a power station to provide electricity for catenary, with the goal of electrifying Sherman Hill. Negotiations are already underway with the NYO&W and N&W to provide hoppers of coal to for the power station.
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Regards Bruce Bruce F. Smith Auburn, AL https://www5.vetmed.auburn.edu/~smithbf/ "Some days you are the bug, some days you are the windshield." __ / \ __<+--+>________________\__/___ ________________________________ |- ______/ O O \_______ -| | __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ | | / 4999 PENNSYLVANIA 4999 \ | ||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__|| |/_____________________________\|_|________________________________| | O--O \0 0 0 0/ O--O | 0-0-0 0-0-0
On Mar 14, 2012, at 9:44 PM, Douglas Harding wrote:
I want to know what golf has to do with the UP, Sherman Hill, or for that matter the town of Buford? It would appear that being the sole owner of such a spread (includes 10 acres) between I-80 and the UP main would be appealing. You could even put in a golf course, if you need one. After all the tourists would flock to such a Mecca, causing the coffers of the local convenience store to overflow. Just those looking for evidence of N&W hoppers (remains?) should double gasoline sales. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org<http://www.iowacentralrr.org> ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links
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Bill Schneider
Unfortunately, negotiations with the NYO&W are not likely to get far due to the fact that the UP has managed to take more than four years to unload a single O&W hopper.
Further, the UP is refusing the per diem charges on the car, claiming that it never arrived on the line even though agents have reported seeing it under a coaling station somewhere along the UP line. To make matters worse, visiting O&W officials have not been able to inspect the line to look for the car, being confined instead to the Laramie engine terminal under the watchful eyes of UP supervisors who threaten to “throw the red switch”. Bill Schneider http://oandw.home.comcast.net/~oandw/ From: Bruce F. Smith Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 9:05 AM To: mailto:STMFC@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [STMFC] Re: Buford Wyoming Since the town of Bruceford is growing, what with the new siding installed last year, the livestock loading facilities, and the ballast pit, the town notables are seriously considering buying adjacent Buford and annexing it to allow Bruceford to continue to grow. One suggested use would be for a power station to provide electricity for catenary, with the goal of electrifying Sherman Hill. Negotiations are already underway with the NYO&W and N&W to provide hoppers of coal to for the power station. Regards Bruce Bruce F. Smith Auburn, AL https://www5.vetmed.auburn.edu/~smithbf/ "Some days you are the bug, some days you are the windshield." __ / \ __<+--+>________________\__/___ ________________________________ |- ______/ O O \_______ -| | __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ | | / 4999 PENNSYLVANIA 4999 \ | ||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__|| |/_____________________________\|_|________________________________| | O--O \0 0 0 0/ O--O | 0-0-0 0-0-0 On Mar 14, 2012, at 9:44 PM, Douglas Harding wrote: I want to know what golf has to do with the UP, Sherman Hill, or for that matter the town of Buford? It would appear that being the sole owner of such a spread (includes 10 acres) between I-80 and the UP main would be appealing. You could even put in a golf course, if you need one. After all the tourists would flock to such a Mecca, causing the coffers of the local convenience store to overflow. Just those looking for evidence of N&W hoppers (remains?) should double gasoline sales. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org<http://www.iowacentralrr.org> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Bruce Smith says:
"Since the town of Bruceford is growing, what with the new siding installed last year, the livestock loading facilities, and the ballast pit, the town notables are seriously considering buying adjacent Buford and annexing it to allow Bruceford to continue to grow." According to the Wyoming census for 1953 the population of Bruceford is indeed growing. In fact it doubled from the 1952 census...now reaching a value of 2. "One suggested use would be for a power station to provide electricity for catenary, with the goal of electrifying Sherman Hill." Odd. I have always found Sherman Hill to be electrifying. This is particularly true if you stand near Sherman during a thunderstorm. Bill Schneider notes: "Unfortunately, negotiations with the NYO&W are not likely to get far due to the fact that the UP has managed to take more than four years to unload a single O&W hopper." Well, actually the &%*$# thing is stuck under the coaling tower at Harriman. What little coal it contained is long gone...some pilfered [ according to the UP ] by the residents [ 2 ] of nearby Bruceford. "To make matters worse, visiting O&W officials have not been able to inspect the line to look for the car, being confined instead to the Laramie engine terminal under the watchful eyes of UP supervisors who threaten to "throw the red switch"." Well...don't blame the UP supervisors. They finally found someone who could operate the turntable at Laramie and... BTW...is this in scope? Mike Brock...where IS that red switch?
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Mike
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Strictly speaking, it's not in scope. But then, you're the sheriff, so unless you're planning to arrest yourself for excessive mirth and frivolity, you have nothing to worry about. Those O&W malefactors, and the residents of Bruceton, however, are another matter... Lock 'em up I say! Tim O'
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From: "Mike Brock" <brockm@cfl.rr.com> Well...don't blame the UP supervisors. They finally found someone who could operate the turntable at Laramie and... BTW...is this in scope? Mike Brock...where IS that red switch?
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john.allyn@...
This may be the funniest thread I've ever seen on STMFC. No jailing, please.
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John B. Allyn
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From: timboconnor@comcast.net To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 9:24:04 AM Subject: Re: [STMFC] Re: Buford Wyoming Mike Strictly speaking, it's not in scope. But then, you're the sheriff, so unless you're planning to arrest yourself for excessive mirth and frivolity, you have nothing to worry about. Those O&W malefactors, and the residents of Bruceton, however, are another matter... Lock 'em up I say! Tim O' ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Brock" < brockm@cfl.rr.com > Well...don't blame the UP supervisors. They finally found someone who could operate the turntable at Laramie and... BTW...is this in scope? Mike Brock...where IS that red switch? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Bill Schneider
Where is “Bruceton”? Probably some back-water SP town.....
The residents of Bruceford... errr... Buford SHOULD be locked up if they stole O&W coal! Bill Schneider From: john.allyn@comcast.net Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 10:27 AM To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com Cc: STMFC@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [STMFC] Re: Buford Wyoming This may be the funniest thread I've ever seen on STMFC. No jailing, please. John B. Allyn ----- Original Message ----- From: mailto:timboconnor%40comcast.net To: mailto:STMFC%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 9:24:04 AM Subject: Re: [STMFC] Re: Buford Wyoming Mike Strictly speaking, it's not in scope. But then, you're the sheriff, so unless you're planning to arrest yourself for excessive mirth and frivolity, you have nothing to worry about. Those O&W malefactors, and the residents of Bruceton, however, are another matter... Lock 'em up I say! Tim O' ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Brock" < mailto:brockm%40cfl.rr.com > Well...don't blame the UP supervisors. They finally found someone who could operate the turntable at Laramie and... BTW...is this in scope? Mike Brock...where IS that red switch? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Tom Vanwormer
From my research of the western RRs in the 1880s & 90s it was normal to
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have a coal car (gon) of company coal in each town with a section crew or operators and station agents. The coal was regularly shared with the rest of the town. It was only later that the merchants realized their could sell bagged coal as a product that you see that "service" ended in the railroad communities. Tom VanWormer Monument CO Bill Schneider wrote:
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Jared Harper
I think Hladik has a nice ring to it.8>)
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Jared Harper Athens, GA
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SUVCWORR@...
Well there is a Bruceton SW of Pittsburgh on (at the time of this list) P&WV tracks. Does this mean we should be on the lookout for P&WV hoppers on Sherman Hill?
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Rich Orr
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From: Bill Schneider <bschneider424@comcast.net> To: STMFC <STMFC@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thu, Mar 15, 2012 10:45 am Subject: Re: [STMFC] Re: Buford Wyoming Where is “Bruceton”? Probably some back-water SP town..... The residents of Bruceford... errr... Buford SHOULD be locked up if they stole O&W coal! Bill Schneider From: john.allyn@comcast.net Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 10:27 AM To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com Cc: STMFC@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [STMFC] Re: Buford Wyoming This may be the funniest thread I've ever seen on STMFC. No jailing, please. John B. Allyn ----- Original Message ----- From: mailto:timboconnor%40comcast.net To: mailto:STMFC%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 9:24:04 AM Subject: Re: [STMFC] Re: Buford Wyoming Mike Strictly speaking, it's not in scope. But then, you're the sheriff, so unless you're planning to arrest yourself for excessive mirth and frivolity, you have nothing to worry about. Those O&W malefactors, and the residents of Bruceton, however, are another matter... Lock 'em up I say! Tim O' ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Brock" < mailto:brockm%40cfl.rr.com > Well...don't blame the UP supervisors. They finally found someone who could operate the turntable at Laramie and... BTW...is this in scope? Mike Brock...where IS that red switch? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/ Individual Email | Traditional http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/join (Yahoo! ID required) STMFC-digest@yahoogroups.com STMFC-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com STMFC-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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