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Original Usenet message from rec.arts.ascii, 27 Sep 1994.
Line: Trains

Line: Trains


In article <Cwn...@eskimo.com>, bet...@eskimo.com (Nick Moffitt) writes:
|> 
|> My father is in love with trains.  If someone could send me as many 
|> train-related ascii images as possible, it'd be greatly appreciated.
|>  
|> 
|>      bet...@eskimo.com
|> 
|> -- 
|> | The Beta Pirate |  bet...@eskimo.com  |  Nick Moffitt  |  Niko Suave' |
|> "Do you smoke after sex?"     COMPUTERS ARE JUST SMOKE AND MIRRORS.
|> "Dunno, never checked."        I CAN PROVE IT TO YOU VERY EASILY.
|>                       WHEN YOU LET THE SMOKE OUT, IT STOPS WORKING. (QED)

I didn't draw these:

       ____/^\________________________________________
     / \               ||          ||               /  \
  <______\    [] [] [] || [] [] [] || [] [] []     /______>
=====\-----------------||----------||-----------------/=======================
=======\_______________||__________||_____________ /==========================
                   Disneyland's Monorail

 o_II_--__--__-----______________ /===================\ /==================\
  I___________I__I I     900    I I   I  I     I  I   I II  o o o o o o o II
/~o~~O-O-O-O-O~o~~~~o==o~==~o==o~~~o=o=o~~=====~~o=o=o~~~o=o=o~~~~~~~~o=o=o~

                                                \
                            ____________________/_____  ______________________
                           /_] # #  INTERCITY  # # [_| |[][___][___][___][___]
=====================     <__________________________] |Ll____________________
                          +~o--o~==============~o--o~+-+~ o=o"""""""""""""""""
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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  O-O-O

                                       o O O O O o o o o o o o o . . . . . . .
 __________    ___           ___      __                _
/_______|--`--|_ _|--=-==---|_ _|--,_|__|_             |-+-------`____________,
| ||_| /        -  |        / - \  |      || ________  |                      |
|_|___/------------|----__---------|------|||__|__|__| |Southern Pacific Lines|
|_|____________/-------{__}---------------{__}_______|=|_________     ________|
/_(o)=(o) ( )( )( )( ) [__]  ( )( )( )( ) [__]--(o)     (o)(o)(o)-----(o)(o)(o)
===============================================================================

                   o   o     o        o      o         o
               o o   o    o      o    
             o                      ______________
            o                        |  ____  |    Happy
           | |    _____      ___     | |_!__| |                           
        ___|_|___(_____)____(___)____| |_!__| |    Model                    
       _|            \__________________793   |                          
      |_   _______________________/______     |  Railroading
        |_/_____...___...___...___...____\____|
        /_   _ . ._._._._._._._._._. .  _   _  \__
 _____//(_)x(_)_...___...___...___...__(_)x(_)_________________

                                           _________
              [--------]-------------------|-------|
              |  ____  | |||||                     |
      [-------| |_|__| |     SEABOARD      _____   |
      |       |        |                  |_____|  |
      |/------|   126  |                  |_____|  |
  |-----------------------------------------------------|
{}-|  |------------- (_____________)  -------------|  |--{}
  )|__| (0)^^^^(0)  |_______________|   (0)^^^^(O) |__|
===========================================================
Seaboard Air Line Railroad ALCO C420 #126
Wrecked and destroyed, Cherryville, NC, July 13, 1966 (No, it wasn't a Friday!)

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=++^()xx()^+ +======+  +^()xx()^++=
===================================

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   |__||||||||____E_R_I_E_______|  520 |    |__  |EL|  |  |  |L |A |C |K |A |W 
 |_|  ||||||||  |   |   |   |   |      |_|  |__\3|21|79|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
@|_|===================================|_|@@|___\|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__
 |_| (\\======//) |_____| (\\======//) |_|\/|_|(o)=(o)\______/   \______/   \__
===============================================================================
..[]....[]....[]....[]....[]....[]....[]....[]....[]....[]....[]....[]....[]...

You derail 'em, We rerail 'em

@\
|\\       250 Tons
| \\
| |\\                  :
| ||\\\                :
| || \\\  _____________H__
| vv  \\\ IHH      WPMW  I
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  "H/ O=O=O \_H_/ O=O=O \H"

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       \ \     / [] ZORRO|     
         \ \  |  ||      |     
           \ \|  ||      |     
             =============     
   ____________()______()______
 
                                        _______
                                         \   /
                                           |
                                        ___|___
    _____________                     _|__(*)__|_
 /   (UNION STA)   \               / |[LongBeach]| \
|  ____  ___  ____  |              | |     |     | |
||     ||   ||     ||              | |     |     | |
||     ||   ||     ||              | |_____|_____| |
| ----- |   | ----- |              |\|====(M)====|/|
|       |(M)|       |              |\[][]_____[][]/|
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   \ |= |_[] |=| /                  ==((       ))==
    ((         ))-+\              ===//=========\\===
   //           \\ | \           ===//===========\\===
 //               \\ | \
    Metro Red Line                   Metro Blue Line
 
L o s  A n g e l e s  M e t r o  R a i l
         _______
          \   /
            |                       ___i_#####_i___
         ___|___                  / _______0_______ \
       _|_______|_               | |  __||___||__  | |
    / |[ Norwalk ]| \            | /o // //*\\ \\ o\ |
    | |     |     | |            |[861]//  *  \\[861]|
    | |     |     | |            |// //_________\\ \\|
    | |_____|_____| |            | /|    ->0<-    |\ |
    |\|====(M)====|/|            |//|__METROLINK__|\\|
    |\[][]_____[][]/|            | *   oo     oo   * |
    |/  |0 [ ]  |  \|            |  III   [}]   III  |
     ==((       ))==              -------------------
   ===//=========\\===          ====//============\\====
  ===//===========\\===        ====//==============\\====
 
    Metro Green Line                    Metrolink
 
 
 
 
           _______________________________________________
         /  |    _____  _____    _______    _____  _____
       / / | |  |     ||     |  |   |   |  |     ||     |
     / /   | |  |     ||     |  |   |   |  |     ||     |
   / /_____| |  |_____||_____|  |   |   |  |_____||_____|
  |          |                  |   |   |
   \      206|==================|___|___|=================
==========================================================
          B a y  A r e a  R a p i d  T r a n s i t
 
Daly City * San Francisco * Oakland * Richmond * Fremont
 
   _______________<__>___  _______________
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`/o===o-------------o===o  o===o----------

__________________  ___<__________________
_______________] o||_________ICE_________[\\
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(courtesy rst...@pro-palmtree.socal.com):

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      ;########||########|     \******/  ||||| |\_____/|'''
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        '''  ~~  '''                               '''  ~~  '''

            ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,            ..      ..
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         ,' ;  ###   ###  ;;'' ________________________;;#
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  !   !   ,,;    %%%      ;    :  ::  : :  ::  : :  :  ;;   !
  !   !,,;  ;   ;;'       ;    :  ::  : :  ::  : :  :  ;;   !
  !,,,!;,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,;,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,;,,,!
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 _|;;; '(;U;)'|''|'(;U;)';;;;;;;;;;;;;'(;U;)'|''|'(;U;)' ;;;|_
         '''   ~~   '''                 '''   ~~~  '''
  North Western RR  SW-7

________   ______________________>__    Los Angeles   Metrolink
[]_[]||[| |]||[]_[]_[]|||[]_[]_[]||[|   Metro Rail    Metro Red Line  
===o o==/_\==o o======o o======o o==/______(M)_______ Metro Green Line (1994)

       _,--"
       `-._        _______________       "----
   _----'--'-----------------------------'--'----_            DB
  //_| | \  ===== ===== ===== ===== =====  / | |_\\          103
 (_____|_|__===== ===== ===== ===== =====__|_|_____)      (1970)
_\______=___________________________________=______/_   200 km/h
  \/-(o)-~~-(o)-~~-(o)-`-----'-(o)-~~-(o)-~~-(o)-\/      7780 kW

              --_____________________
     ________//\_\_\==#############==`--------------------.-----
   -'   _-------------------------------------------------|-----
  /_,-'  (_o__________o____o________|_|_|_____!_!_|_|_!_!_|____!
_(_________~________________________|_|_|_________|_|_____|_____
  `---(o)~~~~~~(o)---------------------------(o)~~~~(o)---'`---(
Trans Europ Express DB VT 11.5 (1957), 140 km/h, 1618 kW

      ____________________--------______________          DR 242
   _-'___####_############______________________'-_       (1976)
  //_| o     (_)  (_)(_)--(_)(_) == ## ## ##  o |_\\    120 km/h
 \    | |               ##          ## ## ## | |    /    2940 kW
_|==================================================|_   Made in
 |/  (o)---(o)---(o) ------------ (o)---(o)---(o)  \|       CCCP

    _____        _____
   ' \X/ `      ' \ / `     DB InterCityExpress (class 401)
   ___|___      ___|___
  / _____ \    |_!_____|    and
  ||__|__||    |       |
  |   o   |    |_______|    AVG dual system railcar GT8-100C/2S
  |oo===oo|    |oo   oo|
  \_______/    |---O---|
    ^   ^        ^   ^
                                  "-._
        ______________________---"__,-'___  __________________________________
    _,-'/| #### | |              ####     || _  ______________________________
 _-'            | |                       |||O||____||____||____||_____||_____
(_--------------------------------DB------|||_|-----DB------------------------
 \------(o)~~~~(o)------------(o)~~~~(o)--'`---(o)~~~(o)----------------------
InterCityExpress DB 401 (1990), 280 km/h, 9600 kW

      o o o o o o o . . .   ______________________________ _____=======_||____
    o      _____           ||                            | |                 |
  .][__n_n_|DD[  ====_____  |                            | |                 |
 >(________|__|_[_________]_|____________________________|_|_________________|
 _/oo OOOOO oo`  ooo   ooo  'o!o!o                  o!o!o` 'o!o         o!o`
-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-

___________   _______________________________________^__        
 ___   ___ |||  ___   ___   ___    ___ ___  |   __  ,----\      
|   | |   |||| |   | |   | |   |  |   |   | |  |  | |_____\     
|___| |___|||| |___| |___| |___|  | O | O | |  |  |        \    
           |||                    |___|___| |  |__|         )
___________|||______________________________|______________/ 
           |||     I'd rather be at DisneyWorld...    /------
-----------'''---------------------------------------'       

        _ _|_______====___H____===_====_====_====_====_===____H___====_______
         |_______| ]]]]        \###########||###########/         [[[[       |"
   _______| [][] |____  """         UNION |  | PACIFIC        """            |
   |o ____|  UP  |__| \___________________|_ |____________________/\_________|
 |_| /    |__74__|   \_|  |  |  |  |  |  ||  |  |  |  |  |  |  | /  \|   |  |_|
 |_|=|====|======|=o=|===\/=================================|=\/=|======|=o=|_|
 |_| [(o)=(o)=(o)=(o)]|_________________||________________[(o)=(o)=(o)=(o)] |_|
|==============================================================================
[]    []    []    []    []    []    []    []    []    []    []    []    []   []
                           5000 H.P. Track Straightener


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|=|============================|
__`(O)#(O)' ```````` `(O)#(O)'______



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(| |___\ The Draftsman             |_|_\_\__|_| |_\___/\__\__|_||_|_`_\_/__/__/
Of Course, my opinions do not reflect those of my employer, that's not my job!

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