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Worked in a Navy engine room. Gotta lot of respect for hot water.

https://www.nationalboard.org/Index.asp ... 164&ID=226

Never knew this.

https://www.inquirer.com/phillies/phill ... 00117.html

Nice article:

https://blog.metrolinx.com/2019/11/13/t ... -90-years/

Would that be something the ship's captain would do? I have read about locomotive engineers bringing their favorite whistles with them when they changed locomotives. I wonder if that holds true for ship captains too. Custom goes back to when ships had bands attached to them. Ships would go alongsid...

Rockingham Racer wrote: ↑Wed Oct 23, 2019 6:03 am That's what's been happening to Hialeah, though. "Bad neighborhood" is used here by some to describe the area.

Would that be something the ship's captain would do? I have read about locomotive engineers bringing their favorite whistles with them when they changed locomotives. I wonder if that holds true for ship captains too. Custom goes back to when ships had bands attached to them. Ships would go alongsid...

No, she was a Westpac ship, but we knew about the whistle.

Dont know the make or model, but the USS Higbee, Gearing class destroyer, had a steam whistle mounted. Not official USN equipment! It was mounted on the port side near the door going below decks to the galley. It was mounted on an auxillary steam fitting on the main deck. It was only mounted only de...

not sure which company owns the train, but tragic nonetheless.

https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/n ... 246359001/

Rockingham Racer wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2019 9:08 am Hanford, CA?

Sitting around bored and found a couple youtubes about plutonium production at Hanford, WA. They used a couple of shielded locos and cars to move spent fuel from the B reactor to the "Queen Mary" processing plants. Neat stuff, but a long lasting legacy. They have put on display two locos a...

Took the grandson out yesterday to ride the Sunrail in Orlando, FL. Cruised from Winter Park to Kissimmee, cab end controls, then Kissimmee to Debary, engine in front. Coming back from Debary we sat up front next to the control cab. Door was open, so we could see the driver work. Engine is a MPI MP3...

Having a cavity search tends to piss people off. That and the stinky asshole with the muscle shirt and the F¥(€ You ball cap.

Hi gang. Stumbled on a part time job as a crew driver, which I guess means picking up timec out crews and taking them back to base or to hotels. Some over night travel, able to lift 50 lbs, so I'm guessing you have to carry their bags? Anyone have any insight on the job? I'm a retired cop/paramedic,...

Must have happened after it passed the 7048. They were on the rails at that point.

So what happened? Train crew not inspect the consist? Idiots in the yard who built it up?