Re: Re: Re: Shipping Costs


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Posted by name witheld on June 13, 2000 at 07:40:46:

In Reply to: Re: Re: Shipping Costs posted by Sean Chisham on June 13, 2000 at 07:06:35:

Well, I have it on good authority (a tale told while deep in the cups) that the downrange folks on Ascension Island in the late '50s, ordered a locomotive and tender from the gummint supply organization. Reportedly, the items were duly acquired by said gummint org and shipped to Florida, where some unusually alert gummint employee asked what they would do with the locomotive on Ascension, since there were no tracks!

I heard this tale while I was working at BMEWS, a period when I dropped out of playing (required tuba content)

Sorry for this, but the notion of AMTRAK to the Bahamas triggered a memory.


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