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Leadfoot17
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[2004-12-01 20:01:30 +0000 UTC]
"Nightmare on Freeport Road"
(United States)
# Statistics
Favourites: 202; Deviations: 497; Watchers: 90
Watching: 48; Pageviews: 28895; Comments Made: 3391; Friends: 48
# Interests
Favorite movies: Avatar, Unstoppable, Twister...Favorite bands / musical artists: Hans Zimmer
Favorite writers: Edgar Allan Poe
Favorite games: FS2004, TS12, Forza 3, GTA IV, RCT3, Locomotion
Favorite gaming platform: PC and Xbox 360
Tools of the Trade: Praktica MLT3 (film), Canon PowerShot A720 IS (digital), pencil, paper, scanner, and PhotoShop
Other Interests: Trains, cars, games, computers, tornadoes, art, planes, and model railroading.
# About me
Current Residence: Blawnox, Pennsylvania, USAFavourite genre of music: ...everything except Rap
Favourite style of art: Traditional drawing and photomanipulation
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate x86 (Laptop), Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (Desktop)
MP3 player of choice: iPod Touch 8GB
Wallpaper of choice: Trains, cars, and abstract
Favourite cartoon character: Wile E. Coyote
# Comments
Comments: 150
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I know you've probably never had anyone ask this. But I was wondering if I could use your AWVR roster in a story/comic idea. The story involves the events following the runaway of 2009.
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Mmm, not really...
I did put together a fictional history of the company when I first started this project. Briefly mentioned some of the problems the company experienced after 777's little escapade.
After the incident, AWVR faced massive lawsuits. Most were settled out of court. In order to survive, the company downsized its operations. This included selling its AC4400CW fleet, among other things. 777 went to CSX and 767 went to Canadian Pacific. 1206 was repaired and continues to work for AWVR.
As suggested by the film's epilogue, Frank Barnes retired in mid 2010. Oscar Galvin was forced to retire and was replaced by Connie Hooper as VP of operations. Connie's assistant, Bunny, is not the yard master at Fuller. Will Colson was promoted and is now the yard master at Brewster. Dewey, of coarse, was fired for letting 777 off the leash. Gilleece still works as a hostler at Fuller.
Under Connie's leadership, AWVR underwent corporate restructuring. The company's fleet is currently undergoing a 4-year rehabilitation program in which old engines will be rebuilt, sold off, or traded for new equipment.
In a bizarre twist, CSX 5131 (formerly AWVR 777) collided head-on with Canadian Pacific 9846 (767) just outside Chicago on Christmas Day, 2010. 777, which had been sided to let 767 roll by, failed to stop at the light and rejoined the main, right into the path of 767. Fortunately it was a low-speed collision. There were no major injuries and the locomotives were repairable.
However, after the incident in Pennsylvania and the one in Chicago, rumors began to spread that the engines were cursed. The rumors got so bad that the engine owners (CSX and CP) sold the engines to their builder, General Electric. GE rebuilt the engines and upgraded them to ES44AC specifications, though reported them as AC4400EVs to indicate that they were rebuilds. The two troublesome engines were sold back to AWVR and were given their former road numbers, much to the dismay of the public.
"The Beasts", as the two are known, are still up to no good...
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My plan was to have AWVR fighting to stay alive as it slowly deteriorates physically, and financially. I was going to base it on the Milwaukee Road's final years (Poor track conditions, structure conditions, and equipment conditions). Infact, the first thing that really stuck out in my mind was a train derailing due to poor track.
But it seems we have about the same idea when it comes to events happening after the movie(Though I thought more along the lines of them abandoning branch lines, and secondary mains insetead of selling equipment). Maybe there's a way of combing the two ideas. What do you think,worth a shot?
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what trains do you see when your out spotting?
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that red and black engine next account name looks like an illusion
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Thank you for adding [link] "Dwarfed" to your favourites heap.
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Ok everyone, here's a quick warning.
There have been some spamming going on lately, as you all know. If you get any comments with:
"Hey. this person wrote something about you in their blog..CLICK HERE"
or
"I just took this IQ quiz..." blah blah blah...
or any other nonsense like that, DON'T, whatever you do, click on the links. They take you to bogus websites and steal your username and password.
Thanks for reading!
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Thank you for adding "Buran Atmospheric Prototype" [link] to your favourites.
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Long time no see! Hope things are going well! My daughter, Summer now lives here in Lincoln, and things are fine!
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Woo for the middle-of-nowhere PA!
Awesome gallery, great work.
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I need to ask u something WHERE IN THE WORLD DID U GO TO GET YOUR TRAIN ICON FROM ? ive looked all over and I caint find where to get one. can u help me out
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My avatar? I made it. I found a picture of the FerroMex SD70ACe on Google, saved the image, cropped and resized it in Picture It!, and uploaded it here.
I'm thinking about changing it to something else, though. This avatar is getting old.
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YOU'VE BEEN HUGGED!
Spread the DA love around! (you can copy and paste this message on their userpage!)
RULES:
1- You can hug the person who hugged you!
2- You -MUST- hug 6 other people, at least!
3- You should hug them in public! Paste it on their user page!
4- Random hugs are perfectly okay! (and sweet)
5- You should most definitely get started hugging right away!
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Hello! im a train fan like you and i was told about this new chatt called #railwaychat made by ~sampug and he wants me to tall you about it and other train fans and for you to pass it along! 
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Hi Leadfoot, How are things going? I hope well! I thought I would let your know that my Daughter Summer left Wichita and is now living with me until she gets a job and her own apt.!
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Thanks for the watch. You have some interesting stuff.
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Haha! Got you with a DA snow ball!
It's the start of..... Snow Ball Fight 2007 !!!!
One rule to this game....
You can't hit someone who has already hit you!
Now... go out there and get as many people as you can, before they get you!
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Hey hey. "Before I die....Breakfast!"
I didn't know you two had accounts here. Cool. ^_^
Thanks for the add.
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No problem.
....that quote is going to haunt us for years to come.......
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Hahaha, it's in your brother's signature already.
You have to admit though, it was really funny. ^_^
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Whoops! You do, sorry. Didn't read the interests fully.
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Hey Merry Chirstmas, hope santa got u everything u wanted =3
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Wow! I have not been on here for over 4 weeks! Thanx for putting "My new car" on your favorites. Your artwork is getting much better all the time! Have a good Thanksgiving!
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