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Maps showing the Southern Pacific Railroad and its connections. (28 x 36 inches) $20.00 High quality reproduction of an historic map from the Railroad Maps Collection from the Library of Congress. These maps are dated from 1828-1900. These are High Quality Prints offered by Blackstone Lithographs. Description of this Poster is as follows: Maps showing the Southern Pacific Railroad and its connections. (28 x 36 inches)…. |
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Steam Locomotive by John K. Nakata 20.00X13.50 Framed with Black Metal Frame $138.77 Steam Locomotive, framed black metal, white matte. Beautiful Highest Quality Frame, Solid Finish, LOW SHIPPING!!! Price includes price of print Poster. Framing includes dry mounting, acrylic glazing. Comes ready to hang. and is a better quality then your local framing store Guaranteed…. |
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Steam Locomotive by John K. Nakata 20.00X13.50 Framed with Black Wood Frame $158.77 Steam Locomotive, framed black wood, white matte. Beautiful Highest Quality Frame, Solid Finish, LOW SHIPPING!!! Price includes price of print Poster. Framing includes dry mounting, acrylic glazing. Comes ready to hang. and is a better quality then your local framing store Guaranteed…. |
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Sounds of the Daylight 4449 In 1976, we were delighted by the return of the Daylight 4449 to service, even if it was in red, white and blue. We were able to witness the positioning run to join with the Freedom Train consist, the actual Freedom Train running through mile after mile of California’s Sacramento Valley at night without a soul in sight, and the triumphant return trip with an Amtrak train from Coast to Coast. Even … |
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On the Track; Lifeline of the Nation; 225,00 Mile Proving Ground; Railroads and National Defense All 4 Association of American Railroads films on one tape. Beautiful color with narration. Hugh Beaumont of Leave it to Beaver does some narration…. |
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Train Travel and Modernization: New Horizons DVD $4.99 New Horizons is a magnificent vintage video that demonstrates how railroads in the 1940s were revolutionizing the American South. Emphasizing how the railroads lead the way in modernization, the film explores all the ways in which the South was experiencing an economic, industrial, and agricultural renaissance while still being the South “whose roots are embedded deep in the honored tradition of t… |
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Southern Pacific’s Coast Daylight “The Most Beautiful Train in the World” – SPs Coast Daylight was a favorite of fans and travelers during it heyday in the 1940s. The luxurious, strikingly painted streamliner was conceived in the depths of the depression and revolutionized rail coach travel. The new trains entered service March 21st, 1937, and where an instant success. This video captures the beauty of historic steam-era railroadi… |
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Southern Pacific Railroad Film: This Is My Railroad (1940) [DVD] $9.99 This tribute to the Southern Pacific Railroad shows the inner workings of the trains, the different jobs, and the ways in which the tracks are maintained during inclement weather. The film lauds the role the railways play in the ability to travel freely and conveniently as Americans, possibly a subtle jab at communist foes. There is excellent color footage of different trains, the job of the switc… |
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Whittle – Southern Pacific Diesel Engine WHITTLE Diesel Engine – Dark Gray Southern Pacific Measures approx. 5″L Compatible with Thomas and most wooden railway systems…. |
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gp9 dual drive diesel engine southern pacific loco $25.44 GP9 DUAL DRIVE DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE CHOCKING HAZARD – CONTAINS SMALL PARTS – NOT FOR CHILDREN UNDER 3… |
The Ring of Fire is a horseshoe-shaped line of volcanoes and deep ocean trenches that runs around the Pacific Rim: from New Zealand up through Tonga, New Guinea, Indonesia, Japan, the Aleutian Island Chain, Alaska, and down the West Coast of Canada, the United States, Mexico, and Central America, finally ending where the southern end of Chile meets Argentina near Cape Horn at the tip of South America.
While doing research for my adventure novel TSUNAMI, I found that this highly unstable seismic zone is called the Ring of Fire for good reason. 90% of the world’s earthquakes, over 70% of volcano eruptions, and most of the tsunamis on Planet Earth are spawned around the Pacific Rim, where oceanic (seafloor) plates collide with and relentlessly slide under the continental (land) plates.
The lithosphere is the name given to the earth’s crust plus a portion of the earth’s upper mantle, which is the layer just below the crust. In the theory of plate tectonics, the lithosphere is broken into 15 to 20 pieces called tectonic plates. Geologists can’t seem to agree on the exact number. The plates range in size from only a few thousand square miles to hundreds of thousands of square miles. The crustal portion of continental plates averages approximately 22 miles in thickness. Oceanic plate crusts are 4 miles thick on average. Average thickness of the entire lithosphere is about 75 miles. Temperature at the base of the lithosphere is over 2300 F.
The tectonic plates float on the hot viscous material that makes up the asthenosphere, or lower portion of the earth’s upper mantle, which is estimated to be about 250 miles deep. The floating plates are in constant, though very slow, motion. The rate of tectonic plate drift varies from about 1 inch per year to as high as 6 inches per year. Oceanic plates tend to drift into and gradually slide under the continental plates. This process is called subduction, and is the underlying cause of earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis in the Ring of Fire.
There are many subduction zones, where oceanic plates converge with continental plates, all around the Pacific Rim, home of the Ring of Fire. In fact, the Ring of Fire is a product of this subduction process. When an oceanic plate slips under, or subducts, a continental plate, it gradually slides deep below the earth’s crust into the lower mantle where the temperature reaches 2000 to 4000 degrees F. The dense material of the oceanic plate melts under the intense heat, combines with water molecules, and rises into the upper mantle and up through cracks and seams of the earth’s crust as magma fueling the volcanoes and building the mountain ranges circling the Pacific Rim.
Over many millions of years of seismic activity, the Ring of Fire has created a long line of famous mountain ranges and volcanoes. The Cascade Range in Washington, Oregon, and Northern California with several peaks over 14,000 ft. is a good example. Among the many active Cascade volcanoes are Mt. Baker, Mt. Adams, Mt. Rainier, Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Hood, Mt. Shasta, and Mt. Lassen.
Some peaks of the Andes Range in South America exceed 22,000 ft. The Andes are also home to over 200 volcanoes, 36 of which have had one or more eruptions in the past 200 years. Among the largest and most active are Mt. Cotopaxi in Ecuador, Ojos del Salado on the Chile-Argentina border, Mt. Gualatiri in Chile, and Licancabur/San Pedro in Bolivia.
Alaska has some of the world’s most active volcanoes. The Mt. Redoubt eruption in 1989 shot an ash plume 45,000 ft. high. When a KLM jet flew into the plume at 30,000 ft., its engines ingested the volcanic ash and flamed out. The plane descended 13,000 ft. without power before the crew finally restarted the engines and landed safely in Anchorage. All 4 engines had to be replaced. In addition to Mt. Redoubt, some of Alaska’s most active volcanoes are Mt. Spurr, Mt. Novarupta, and Mt. Katmai.
The Aleutian Islands are an arc of 300 small volcanic islands extending from southwest Alaska for 1200 miles to Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. There are 57 active volcanoes in the Aleutians, and 82 eruptions have been recorded there since 1900.
Japan’s major volcanoes include Mt. Bandai, which had a catastrophic eruption in 1980, equaling the Mt. St. Helens blowout in intensity and amount of material ejected. Mt. Unzen on Kyushu Island erupted in 1991, killing 43 people. The Unzen explosion of 1792 was Japan’s most disastrous volcanic event, killing 15,000. Mt. Fuji and Mt. Usu have recently erupted.
Krakatau and Tambora in Indonesia, Mts. Pinatubo and Mayon in the Philippines, and Rabaul in New Guinea have all had historic blowouts that killed many thousands of people and destroyed thousands of homes.
The subduction process of the Pacific Rim, in addition to creating mountain ranges and fueling volcanoes, causes earthquakes on land and under the sea; and it is undersea earthquakes that start tsunamis. Taken together, those three destructive forces – earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis — have taken untold millions of lives. The Ring of Fire has been an important force in shaping the topography of the planet, but it has also been and continues to be the place where trouble starts.
About the Author:
Gordon Gumpertz, author of TSUNAMI, is a working novelist who writes suspense-packed adventure novels featuring believable characters caught up in the dynamic forces of natural and man-made disasters. His books achieve a sense of immediacy and realism through extensive background research. For more, visit
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Article Source: ArticlesBase.com – The Ring of Fire: Where Trouble is Born
MTH HO Southern Pacific Gs4 Northern Steam Engine
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Southern Pacific: Engine #18 $2.00 |
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Southern Pacific: Old Engine & Tank Car $2.00 |
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Southern Pacific: Engine #9 (great shot) $2.00 |
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Southern Pacific Steam Engine No. 1289 in 1954 Negative $9.00 |
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Southern Pacific Steam Engine No. 2453 Negative $8.00 |
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VINTAGE MARX SOUTHERN PACIFIC STEAM ENGINE #666 w/SET $49.99 |
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Kato N-Scale C44-9W Southern Pacific #8110 Engine $82.50 |
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MTH Premier 20-3125-1 Southern Pacific AC6 Steam Engine $209.14 |
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC GE DASH9-44CW’s TRAIN ENGINE POSTCARD $3.99 |
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Altas N Scale SP Southern Pacific Engine Daylight Cars $0.99 |
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Athearn SW 1500 Powered Engine #3906 Southern Pacific $1.34 |
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Williams FM514 Southern Pacific FM TM Diesel Engine $57.78 |
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LIONEL O 38640 SOUTHERN PACIFIC 4-6-2 ENGINE EMPTY BOX $10.79 |
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HO Model Train RR 2 Engines Santa Fe Southern Pacific $19.95 |
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Vintage Revell HO Train Engine Southern Pacific #3571 $15.00 |
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Southern Pacific SP Bicentennial Queen engine 4449 $0.99 |
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N scale SOUTHERN PACIFIC Engine & Rio grande HOPPER MIB $9.99 |
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HO Athearn Southern Pacific SP Locomotive Engine NEW $17.59 |
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Southern Pacific Steam Engine No. 2466 in 1947 Negative $9.00 |
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HO SCALE TRAINS ENGINE SOUTHERN PACIFIC F-2 LOCOMOTIVE $0.99 |
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HO Tyco Mantua Southern Pacific diesel engine 5628 $14.99 |
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N Scale Southern Pacific E7-A Diesel Engine $9.99 |
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Southern Pacific Steam Engine No. 4316 in 1940 Negative $9.00 |
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Photo: Southern Pacific Electric Engine San Francisco $1.99 |
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Kato N Scale Engine SD45 Southern Pacific #8663 $39.95 |
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LIONEL TRAINS SOUTHERN PACIFIC ENGINE TENDER ORIG BOX $305.50 |
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Southern Pacific Steam Engine 2114 at Lodi, CA 1915 $4.95 |
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Southern Pacific 2-8-0 (C9) Engine and Tender – Painted $399.95 |
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Southern Pacific switcher engine $1.30 |
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HO Atlas EMD FP-7 Powered Southern Pacific Engine – New $49.00 |
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HO Atlas EMD FP-7 Powered Southern Pacific Engine – New $49.00 |
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LIONEL SOUTHERN PACIFIC 8960 DIESEL ENGINE ‘79 U36B $129.99 |
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Spectrum Southern Pacific SP GE 44 Ton Switch Engine NR $24.95 |
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Lionel Southern Pacific Freight Set RS-3 Diesel Engine $9.99 |
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ALCO FB-1 SOUTHERN PACIFIC DIESEL ENGINE – G-scale NEW $89.00 |
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Life Like N Southern Pacific SP Daylight F3 F7 engine $9.00 |
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ConCor N Southern Pacific SP PB-1 PB1 unpowered engine $9.00 |
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Old SOUTHERN PACIFIC MALLET ENGINE OGDEN ROUTE POSTCARD $3.95 |
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VANISHING VISTAS – SOUTHERN PACIFIC RR – ENGINE 4488 $4.00 |
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD B&W 8X10 PHOTO OF ENGINE 2349 $4.00 |
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HO Southern Pacific diesel engine and cars $9.50 |
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Southern Pacific: Engine #6380 (F7) $2.00 |
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Southern Pacific: Engine #6393 L (F7) $2.00 |
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Southern Pacific: Engine #6459 R (FP7) $2.00 |
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Southern Pacific: Engine #6387 $2.00 |
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Southern Pacific: Engine #6455R @ Martinez, California $2.00 |
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N SCALE SOUTHERN PACIFIC ENGINE #9725 $5.50 |
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VINTAGE TRIX N SCALE ENGINE & 3 CARS SOUTHERN PACIFIC $4.99 |
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HO SCALE TRAINS ENGINE SOUTHERN PACIFIC F-2 LOCOMOTIVE $0.99 |
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Southern Pacific Turntable & Engines Original Slide 60s $2.99 |
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LIONEL TRAINS RARE SOUTHERN PACIFIC FM ENGINE 2 MOTORS $0.01 |
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LIONEL HO SOUTHERN PACIFIC TENDER FOR ENGINE $9.99 |
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Lionel #18831 Southern Pacific GP-20 Diesel Engine 1994 $139.95 |
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HO SCALE TRAINS ENGINE SOUTHERN PACIFIC F-2 LOCOMOTIVE $24.99 |
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC 3 STALL ENGINE HOUSE at STOCKTON CA $150.00 |
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC 2 STALL ENGINE HOUSE at DUNSMUIR CA $150.00 |
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Southern Pacific Railroad Steam Engines 9 Postcard Lot $6.95 |
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Maps showing the Southern Pacific Railroad and its connections. (28 x 36 inches) $20.00 High quality reproduction of an historic map from the Railroad Maps Collection from the Library of Congress. These maps are dated from 1828-1900. These are High Quality Prints offered by Blackstone Lithographs. Description of this Poster is as follows: Maps showing the Southern Pacific Railroad and its connections. (28 x 36 inches)…. |
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Steam Locomotive by John K. Nakata 20.00X13.50 Framed with Black Metal Frame $138.77 Steam Locomotive, framed black metal, white matte. Beautiful Highest Quality Frame, Solid Finish, LOW SHIPPING!!! Price includes price of print Poster. Framing includes dry mounting, acrylic glazing. Comes ready to hang. and is a better quality then your local framing store Guaranteed…. |
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Steam Locomotive by John K. Nakata 20.00X13.50 Framed with Black Wood Frame $158.77 Steam Locomotive, framed black wood, white matte. Beautiful Highest Quality Frame, Solid Finish, LOW SHIPPING!!! Price includes price of print Poster. Framing includes dry mounting, acrylic glazing. Comes ready to hang. and is a better quality then your local framing store Guaranteed…. |
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Sounds of the Daylight 4449 In 1976, we were delighted by the return of the Daylight 4449 to service, even if it was in red, white and blue. We were able to witness the positioning run to join with the Freedom Train consist, the actual Freedom Train running through mile after mile of California’s Sacramento Valley at night without a soul in sight, and the triumphant return trip with an Amtrak train from Coast to Coast. Even … |
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On the Track; Lifeline of the Nation; 225,00 Mile Proving Ground; Railroads and National Defense All 4 Association of American Railroads films on one tape. Beautiful color with narration. Hugh Beaumont of Leave it to Beaver does some narration…. |
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Train Travel and Modernization: New Horizons DVD $4.99 New Horizons is a magnificent vintage video that demonstrates how railroads in the 1940s were revolutionizing the American South. Emphasizing how the railroads lead the way in modernization, the film explores all the ways in which the South was experiencing an economic, industrial, and agricultural renaissance while still being the South “whose roots are embedded deep in the honored tradition of t… |
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Southern Pacific’s Coast Daylight “The Most Beautiful Train in the World” – SPs Coast Daylight was a favorite of fans and travelers during it heyday in the 1940s. The luxurious, strikingly painted streamliner was conceived in the depths of the depression and revolutionized rail coach travel. The new trains entered service March 21st, 1937, and where an instant success. This video captures the beauty of historic steam-era railroadi… |
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Southern Pacific Railroad Film: This Is My Railroad (1940) [DVD] $9.99 This tribute to the Southern Pacific Railroad shows the inner workings of the trains, the different jobs, and the ways in which the tracks are maintained during inclement weather. The film lauds the role the railways play in the ability to travel freely and conveniently as Americans, possibly a subtle jab at communist foes. There is excellent color footage of different trains, the job of the switc… |
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Whittle – Southern Pacific Diesel Engine WHITTLE Diesel Engine – Dark Gray Southern Pacific Measures approx. 5″L Compatible with Thomas and most wooden railway systems…. |
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gp9 dual drive diesel engine southern pacific loco $25.44 GP9 DUAL DRIVE DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE CHOCKING HAZARD – CONTAINS SMALL PARTS – NOT FOR CHILDREN UNDER 3… |
Wifie says I’m nuts. Am I?
In getting long of tooth I have most essentials planned for my demise. There are one or two loose strings yet to tend to, primary of which is this:
It is the final disposition of my ashes after cremation that she thinks is goofy. Star Trek’s miracle worker Scotty (James Doohan) had his ashes scattered in space. Appropriate. Expensive, but appropriate.
When my ashes come into my executors possession, when the fireman sands out the flues on any Southern Pacific engine under steam, my ashes go in with the sand and wind up being blasted skyward.
Other than being kind of a morbid question (I see it as a practical question), am I nuts, given my roots? I mean, that and planting a tree in my name is as good as it gets, isn’t it?
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I admire your choice. Based on your career path and how most of your ‘ashes’ will contain molecules from railroading already, sounds honorable and fitting.
Sounds unusual, but not from a railroad man perspective.
There is one issue that I see a problem with:
When [if ever] will there be a SP Steamer in service? And where will it be running?
And then there’s the final question of:
Suppose you are Raptured? None of this will occur.
Anyway, put it in writing, and make sure the family understands how you feel. Also consider a steam engine running on SP trackage, just in case an SP engine is never fired up.
Then lastly, worse case scenario:
Having the ashes spread along your favorite route of the SP, and around places you have favor for.
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Southern Pacific: Engine #18 $2.00 |
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Southern Pacific: Old Engine & Tank Car $2.00 |
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Southern Pacific: Engine #9 (great shot) $2.00 |
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Southern Pacific Steam Engine No. 1289 in 1954 Negative $9.00 |
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Southern Pacific Steam Engine No. 2453 Negative $8.00 |
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VINTAGE MARX SOUTHERN PACIFIC STEAM ENGINE #666 w/SET $49.99 |
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Kato N-Scale C44-9W Southern Pacific #8110 Engine $82.50 |
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MTH Premier 20-3125-1 Southern Pacific AC6 Steam Engine $209.14 |
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC GE DASH9-44CW’s TRAIN ENGINE POSTCARD $3.99 |
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Altas N Scale SP Southern Pacific Engine Daylight Cars $0.99 |
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Athearn SW 1500 Powered Engine #3906 Southern Pacific $1.34 |
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Williams FM514 Southern Pacific FM TM Diesel Engine $57.78 |
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LIONEL O 38640 SOUTHERN PACIFIC 4-6-2 ENGINE EMPTY BOX $10.79 |
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HO Model Train RR 2 Engines Santa Fe Southern Pacific $19.95 |
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Vintage Revell HO Train Engine Southern Pacific #3571 $15.00 |
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Southern Pacific SP Bicentennial Queen engine 4449 $0.99 |
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N scale SOUTHERN PACIFIC Engine & Rio grande HOPPER MIB $9.99 |
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HO Athearn Southern Pacific SP Locomotive Engine NEW $17.59 |
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Southern Pacific Steam Engine No. 2466 in 1947 Negative $9.00 |
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HO SCALE TRAINS ENGINE SOUTHERN PACIFIC F-2 LOCOMOTIVE $0.99 |
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HO Tyco Mantua Southern Pacific diesel engine 5628 $14.99 |
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N Scale Southern Pacific E7-A Diesel Engine $9.99 |
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Southern Pacific Steam Engine No. 4316 in 1940 Negative $9.00 |
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Photo: Southern Pacific Electric Engine San Francisco $1.99 |
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Kato N Scale Engine SD45 Southern Pacific #8663 $39.95 |
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LIONEL TRAINS SOUTHERN PACIFIC ENGINE TENDER ORIG BOX $305.50 |
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Southern Pacific Steam Engine 2114 at Lodi, CA 1915 $4.95 |
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Southern Pacific 2-8-0 (C9) Engine and Tender – Painted $399.95 |
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Southern Pacific switcher engine $1.30 |
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HO Atlas EMD FP-7 Powered Southern Pacific Engine – New $49.00 |
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HO Atlas EMD FP-7 Powered Southern Pacific Engine – New $49.00 |
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LIONEL SOUTHERN PACIFIC 8960 DIESEL ENGINE ‘79 U36B $129.99 |
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Spectrum Southern Pacific SP GE 44 Ton Switch Engine NR $24.95 |
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Lionel Southern Pacific Freight Set RS-3 Diesel Engine $9.99 |
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ALCO FB-1 SOUTHERN PACIFIC DIESEL ENGINE – G-scale NEW $89.00 |
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Life Like N Southern Pacific SP Daylight F3 F7 engine $9.00 |
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ConCor N Southern Pacific SP PB-1 PB1 unpowered engine $9.00 |
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Old SOUTHERN PACIFIC MALLET ENGINE OGDEN ROUTE POSTCARD $3.95 |
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VANISHING VISTAS – SOUTHERN PACIFIC RR – ENGINE 4488 $4.00 |
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD B&W 8X10 PHOTO OF ENGINE 2349 $4.00 |
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HO Southern Pacific diesel engine and cars $9.50 |
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Southern Pacific: Engine #6380 (F7) $2.00 |
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Southern Pacific: Engine #6393 L (F7) $2.00 |
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Southern Pacific: Engine #6459 R (FP7) $2.00 |
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Southern Pacific: Engine #6387 $2.00 |
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Southern Pacific: Engine #6455R @ Martinez, California $2.00 |
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N SCALE SOUTHERN PACIFIC ENGINE #9725 $5.50 |
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VINTAGE TRIX N SCALE ENGINE & 3 CARS SOUTHERN PACIFIC $4.99 |
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HO SCALE TRAINS ENGINE SOUTHERN PACIFIC F-2 LOCOMOTIVE $0.99 |
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Southern Pacific Turntable & Engines Original Slide 60s $2.99 |
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LIONEL TRAINS RARE SOUTHERN PACIFIC FM ENGINE 2 MOTORS $0.01 |
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LIONEL HO SOUTHERN PACIFIC TENDER FOR ENGINE $9.99 |
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Lionel #18831 Southern Pacific GP-20 Diesel Engine 1994 $139.95 |
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HO SCALE TRAINS ENGINE SOUTHERN PACIFIC F-2 LOCOMOTIVE $24.99 |
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC 3 STALL ENGINE HOUSE at STOCKTON CA $150.00 |
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC 2 STALL ENGINE HOUSE at DUNSMUIR CA $150.00 |
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Southern Pacific Railroad Steam Engines 9 Postcard Lot $6.95 |