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• It is Texas law that when two trains meet each other at a railroad crossing, each shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has gone.
• Old railroad people never die, they just lose track!
• If you can't tie good knots... tie many.
• King's Cross is an area where terrible things happen to people
  to buildings, to cars, to trains, usually while you wait, and if you weren't careful you could easily end up involved in a challenging dialogue yourself....
• It is Texas law that when two trains meet each other at a railroad crossing, each shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has gone.
  In one of those "true facts" books there was an explanation for this law....
• You can neither win nor lose if you don't run the race.
• Number One: This ritual is called...Crossing the Desert.
  [Homer gets paddled on the butt by Hibbert, Skinner, Brockman, Krusty, Moe, Quimby, and Willy in succession] Number One...
• Old Barlow was a crossing-tender at a junction where an express train demolished an automobile and it's occupants.
  Being the chief witness, his testimony was vitally important....