If somebody asks me in a casino, the correct answer is "A hot shot is a
video slot poker game, commonly found in both spin and non spin varieties ,
with multiple progressive jackpots." ( PS - I'm lifetime ahead on these ! )
If a bowery bum, hobo, or homeless ask me , I'll use the below definition.
best...Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mickey" <mickeycrimm@yahoo.com>
To: <vpFREE@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 3:23 PM
Subject: [vpFREE] Re: A hot shot
>
>
> --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Sharon" <SS2SWILD@...> wrote:
>>
>> OK I'll try again. 1st post did not go through.
>> It is someone jumping a freight train hauling priority cargo. Faster >and
>> less stops to get you there faster.
>> Sharon
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>>
>>
> Wow! I'm impressed. Sharon, you must be an old freight train rider.
> Several hot shots a day pass thru Las Vegas. It's those trains you see
> with the containers (better known as stackers) stacked one on top of the
> other.
>
> There are red lights and green lights out on the rails just like traffic
> lights. Sometimes too many trains are on the rails and some have to hit a
> sidetrack and wait for other trains to pass thru. The Hot Shots have the
> green light from San Bernardino all the way to Chicago. They are mostly
> carrying dry goods from Japan, Korea, and China. They make the run in
> about 54 hours.
>
> The rail cars that the containers are in are called "48's" simply because
> they are 48 feet long. Many of those cars have solid floors in them.
> There is about a four foot by 10 foot space at the rear. That's where all
> us railriders habitat.
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