Hobo Jungle

[P&R Pete]

Jon, you going to be at Fort Indiantown Gap? I'm exactly 100 miles from there, and if you're riding in on a boxcar from the south, I'd like to ride a cement car down from the north and see if we can't find each other outside some freight yard.
Hell, there's a bunch of Pennsylvania hobos might like to converge, if the word gets out. Hev's pretty close, maybe Mitch, Willy, and there's a couple over by Philly.
You happen to have the dates pinned down?
I ain't getting in any drinking contests, gotta tell you now. That'd be a fool's errand on my part!
I'd be damn proud to hoist a beer with you though. I'll be bringing my tin cup, too. Only got to christen it with one other hobo so far.

[P&R Pete]

Cody ain't no dummy. Kinda guy I'd like to hang with.

[2railjon]

Pete, That would be a bonifide honor!! I'll email you the details and my cell phone number. I'm hoping I'll get the middle weekend off, and possibly a rent-a-wreck, 'cause I hear this base in in the middle of nowhere!! But you can bet I'll bring my cup just in case!!
The wife says I can't bring my lump of coal, though. It has to stay underneath my pillow.

[2railjon]

Sounds as if Cody made a wise choice.

I don't know guys. As long as none of the ho's were chewin' tobacco, it could'nt be that bad. Could it?

[clouser]

[2railjon]

[P&R Pete]

Nothing like getting some Beaver between your cheek and your gum.

[2railjon]

20 minutes 'till dead-guy-thirty.

[Tramp]

Jon, catch me if you can. A fin of Bens spends good.

[2railjon]

LOL, Tramp!!! I'm fixin' to be another fin O' Bens poorer to boot!!!
Am I even in the runnin' with my fourth brew?

[Tramp]

Four? Add the temp. Hey, but you'll be one amazing steamer richer. At least I hope.


Whippets? I don't see no whippets.


One of my best pals (27 years) died last night. Raise a glass if you can.

I turned on both my Stroh's neon and my Ballantine's neon in his memory.

"Charles, no one was ever kinder or more generous."

[2railjon]

One of my best pals (27 years) died last night. Raise a glass if you can.

Sorry for the sad news. Here's a farewell toast from down South.

[Tramp]

Thanks, Jon. 59 is a tad soon. He was one of the best.

[2railjon]

If he was anything like you, I'm sure he lived every day to the fullest.

[rogruth]

Some of you may be interested in an article in the May issue of Trains on page 66 titled "the needle in Proviso's haystack". It's about one of your favorite topics.