since we've entered june i had thought of doing another follow up post. this one is once again on nick's animated shows (since i've seen everyone seemed to like the two i did at the start of the year i've been thinking hard of doing a third one). this is going to include only three shows. (two not talked about in the first post and a slight review of one show that's recently).

first is the two show's i didn't mention:

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well today is june may went by pretty slow. i've been trying to think of what to write but i've not been able to come up with anything. but when i do it'll come.

today is a real special day. today is when the norfolk & western would roll out a new steam engine on may 29th 1950 that would become an icon for steam. the n&w employees of roanoke out shopped n&w class j 4-8-4 no. 611 from the n&w roanoke virginia shops. thus began a the career of one of the most highly advanced steam locomotives ever built. for 9 years the 611 and her 13 class j sisters worked hauling the n&w's passenger trains. but by the late 50's she and her sisters couldn't compete with

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now i just wanted to wish everyone a happy memorial day! as i always post on memorial day a big thank you to all the men and women who serve so that we can enjoy today.

and second i wanted to do a follow up as csx released a video showing the seaboard coast line heritage unit (it was released last friday i was going to share but i was busy). so here's the video for the recent heritage unit from csx.

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i just wanted to share that i did win the bid on the 4th thomas tape i was looking for. (the tape was the gallent old engine tape). i thought i wouldn't win it but i did. so that is now 4 of the 5 tapes i said i'd go for. the last one i need is the sing along and stories tape (they keep showing the re-release version for sale but i want to look for the original tape released in 1997). maybe i may get lucky that someone will sell it new like the other 4 tapes i've found so i just will keep

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on the afternoon of may 22nd 2011 the us would witness one of the most violent tornadoes to strike in modern history. today is the 13th anniversary of the joplin tornado.

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I just learned that csx has released the 14th heritage unit no. 1967 for the seaboard coast line and it's a pretty impressive unit. as I said this was another one of those road names I had hope they'd do and they did. they're coming close to finishing the gap of the total of units they're doing after a year since they started this project. now the pittsburgh & lake erie unit is the next one and the csx equipment updates page shared concept art for the 16th unit (going to wait to say what that

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now there has been some big news that i wanted to share. for the first time hasbro and mattel are coming together. they are making a hot wheels toy of optimus prime from transformers g1! here's what the description is:

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So last night I bought the last car I needed to finish for the metal maniacs from the acceleracers line flathead fury. I'm glad I got it and this was a pretty big buy. (i made an offer to the seller and they accepted what i offered). so I now got all 9 of the metal maniac cars. (a little fact when I said I had most of the cars from acceleracers the metal maniacs were the ones I had the most oit of the four teams. I had 7 of the 9 the only ones I didn't have were flathead fury and piledriver).

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I've not posted again (I think life has been catching up with me what's transpired In my life). but anyway I got the thomas meets the queen vhs in the mail today. I never thought I'd ever find one of the other three tapes I've been looking for brand new. (I was thinking of giving up but i found them new so it's just luck). and I just found one of the last two tapes I've been looking for. (though this one is a bid). the bid ends next thursday so I'm hoping I can win that. than that only leaves

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