Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Monday, April 19, 2010

About the Most Fun You Can Have With Your Clothes On

The Your Hand on the Throttle course at the Essex Valley Railroad.

This is the locomotive for the 2010 course; different engine will be used next year, as #97 is going in for rebuilding.

This is the "office", as it were:

The lever at the top is the throttle. The vertical lever with the red handgrip is the reverser, also known as the "Johnson Bar". The two brass levers are the brakes; one for the train, one for just the engine and tender.

This is the view from the cab.

If you're a railfan, you need to do this. It's the best money you will ever spend.

4 comments:

SkinnyDennis said...

EB, I found out the Nevada Railroad Museum in Carson has a program like this. I'll be looking into it. They're only 4 hours away.

Comrade Misfit said...

So I see. A little more expensive than the CTVRR, but you get almost double the time.

Go for it. You won't regret it.

(And screw doing the diesel.)

Comrade Misfit said...

Lot further, too, and through a tunnel! You get maybe 8 miles or so on the CTVRR. And on the CTVRR, they can't turn the engine around, you have to run it ass-first half of the time.

PhysioProf said...

Awesome!!!!