WELL THAT ANSWERS THAT :

THE NEW UGM MASCOT "THE PINK ELEPHANT"

It may be required as standard equipment on ALL missions.

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cool, we can name him, lets see.........

i know.......

sprag!

yea, sprag, the pink elephant. he can have a purple comfo cap and wheat lamp.

man can you tell its midnight? im going to bed, 5:30s gonna come fast

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just noticing, what a disaster this thread turned into it started out all exciting about your new equipment you acquired and now we are talking about pink elephants and purple mining gear! yea, im going to bed before this really gets bad, see ya

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O.K. I just had to show you guys a bituminous picture of these locomotives.

This shot was at the Crozer Creek Coal Co. in Elkhorn, Wv.

Very neat town to visit & the local people were great. This town is like it was locked in time.

These images are from two collections Buddy French as well as:
VT ImageBase (http://imagebase.lib.vt.edu/),

http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/norfol ... nw1262.jpg

We have always liked this shot:

http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/norfol ... nw1261.jpg

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"just noticing, what a disaster this thread turned into it started out all exciting about your new equipment you acquired and now we are talking about pink elephants"

My day was not much better. I started out seeing (fake) mine cars,
http://news.webshots.com/photo/2584483460095054516viNVKi
then ended up on top of a giant (partially pink) elephant.
http://news.webshots.com/photo/29982096 ... 4516Qseuif

HA! nice. mike!

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hey notice in the pic of lansfords, one axle has a coil spring and the other has leaf springs? hmm. i was also told by these guys this is a vulcan. they must be mistaken, also they think its 20 ton, its probably more like 6

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Yes,, Chris you are correct on theLansford ideas about that mine locomotive.
Yes it is probably a 6 ton & yes it is a Baldwin Westinghouse.

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Piersa, what the heck were you doing at Atlantic City?? If you hit a big jack pot & are holding out us............................

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My grandmother went to Atlantic City for vacation, so I said I would meet her there. I don’t gamble, so I went to see the elephant and photographed an abandoned casino.