Want to live close to the tracks?
- mikerm19
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Want to live close to the tracks?
Have you always wanted to live close to the tracks?
So close you can wave to the engineer?
So close that the the train plows your driveway for you?
Then this is the place for you: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=228921
It's now a B&B, so you can enjoy a night stay at your dream house. A house that's pretty close to the tracks.
Stay a night! http://www.portgalenainn.com/
So close you can wave to the engineer?
So close that the the train plows your driveway for you?
Then this is the place for you: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=228921
It's now a B&B, so you can enjoy a night stay at your dream house. A house that's pretty close to the tracks.
Stay a night! http://www.portgalenainn.com/
Mike
http://www.mitrain.net Come see us!
http://www.mitrain.net Come see us!
Re: Want to live close to the tracks?
I live about about 500 feet from UP's Villa Grove Sub. Work keeps me up at night...er...during the day. Wave to the engineer? Chances are I just saw him at the yard office
And plowing the drive for you? The way I look at it, it makes to MORE LARGE piles for you to clear
And plowing the drive for you? The way I look at it, it makes to MORE LARGE piles for you to clear
Re: Want to live close to the tracks?
I thought my Dad in Pennsylvania had it good. The back door of his house is roughly 60feet off the Norfolk Southern Northeast Corridor. Actually I think its called the East Pen Corridor, anyway Its awEsome. His back yard is at the exact spot that the head end of the trains sit while waiting for clearance to proceed west onto the single track into Reading PA. In the summer we drink alot of beer and BS with the engineers. We always offer beer and are always refused.
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Re: Want to live close to the tracks?
Now THAT'S the ultimate railfanning spot! Sit back on your lawn chair on a hot summer afternoon with a cold beer, BS with the engineers waiting for the greens, and probably get the latest scoops on anything railroading! 50 years ago the beer wouldn't have been refused!JUST AARON wrote:I thought my Dad in Pennsylvania had it good. The back door of his house is roughly 60feet off the Norfolk Southern Northeast Corridor. Its awEsome. His back yard is at the exact spot that the head end of the trains sit while waiting for clearance to proceed west onto the single track into Reading PA. In the summer we drink alot of beer and BS with the engineers. We always offer beer and are always refused.
Re: Want to live close to the tracks?
[quote="GTWFRED"]and probably get the latest scoops on anything railroading!/quote]
HEH...us railroaders are just as ill-informed as railfans, if not moreso!
HEH...us railroaders are just as ill-informed as railfans, if not moreso!
- TrainNut85
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Re: Want to live close to the tracks?
Now thats hospitality, you wouldn't even have to go far. Prop onto a chair and watch the action, now thats living!
Re: Want to live close to the tracks?
This house is located right next to CSX at MP 129.3 west of Clarksville.
http://www.pprmi.com/GR-747647?-session ... TnRY433C28
http://www.pprmi.com/GR-747647?-session ... TnRY433C28
Re: Want to live close to the tracks?
They should list that as one of the selling points. A railfan might snap it up. LoL.Mark F wrote:This house is located right next to CSX at MP 129.3 west of Clarksville.
http://www.pprmi.com/GR-747647?-session ... TnRY433C28
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Re: Want to live close to the tracks?
Well, This one did't stop but this my Dad & Uncle in Dad's back yard.
Beer is Good.
Notice, Thats not just a "Prost", That's a "Heil NS".
Thank you to my Cousin Andrew in Kutztown PA. for the photo.
Beer is Good.
Notice, Thats not just a "Prost", That's a "Heil NS".
Thank you to my Cousin Andrew in Kutztown PA. for the photo.
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Re: Want to live close to the tracks?
I seen something like that on the CSX St Clair Branch near St Clair.