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, A/K/A Dementia Donnie

Friday, July 14, 2023

Because It's Friday

One of those huge-ass, insanely-long frieght trains got stuck on a grade in Nebraska.

Fortunately, help was available:

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4 comments:

Eck! said...

AS far as I know 4014 has done this several times before.
Another case was a stalled double stack consist going up
one of the more famous hills. I think they lost an engine
and 4014 was on the track and was given the dispatch to push.

Blair Hill back in 2019 was such a case but there were others.

It easy to forget the Big Boys were designed to haul large
consists over the terrain back when to supplant the dual
and triple 484s that were in use. If I have it right it
was also used when being relocated to haul revenue freight
loads.

Eck!

7/14/2023 10:36 AM
JustMusing said...

That's the one that shows up every time I decide to go shopping or get a haircut. How do they know??

7/14/2023 1:17 PM
Comrade Misfit said...

There have been proposals in Congress to do something to stop the railroads from blocking grade crossings for hours or days. But their pet senators ensure that nothing ever comes to fruition.

7/14/2023 6:19 PM
J4rh34d said...

4014 uses 200 gallons of water and burns 20 gallons of recycled motor oil per mile. Probably not at the start, but Big Boy was moving 550 tons per mile per gallon of oil,

7/15/2023 1:15 PM

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