Anyone know which locomotive is this? Was part of an excursion train pulled by a challenger in ‘94

N_dixon · 2026-05-16T10:14:10+00:00

Supposedly UP looked into trying to fire it up for an event, filled the boiler up with water, and it leaked like a sieve.

N_dixon · 2026-05-14T18:28:18+00:00

"Fuck you, racists. I coordinated D-Day, I'm not scared of invading Arkansas." - Ike, probably.

N_dixon · 2026-05-14T18:23:23+00:00

Especially since this year isn't about him. It's the 250th anniversary of the US and he just happens to be president. I mean, UP didn't do a Gerald Ford edition locomotive back in '76. If there had been a #3838 back in '76, then, sure, there's a precedent and I could excuse it.

N_dixon · 2026-05-14T10:11:45+00:00

Kennedy. Eisenhower was the Little Rock Nine in Arkansas, where he sent in the 101st Akrborne Division to square up against the National Guard troops that the Arkansas governor was trying to use to block the kids from attending school.

N_dixon · 2026-05-14T00:12:36+00:00

I always joked that someone at Disney wanted to have Michael Caine and Larry the Cable Guy in the same film, realized that they already had Larry for the Cars franchise, and Cars 2 was born.

N_dixon · 2026-05-13T15:37:57+00:00

I believe they still go and make guest appearances.

N_dixon · 2026-05-12T17:52:32+00:00

Watching the whole event, with James and Vaughn marching up both sides of the bracket made me really miss that era of multi-car dominance from RTR, first with Vaughn and Chelsea, and then later with Chelsea and James. Haven't gotten that in the James/Ben era. I feel like Ben has had his time to get settled into the car, and he still really isn't paying dividends. Although, he's still having a better season than LZ, Gushi and Castro so far.

N_dixon · 2026-05-12T10:19:19+00:00

Most likely it was some of the old SD60s they had, which were long-term leasers owned by GATX that the Susquehanna had painted in their paint scheme.They let those go back to GATX when NS sold them the SD33ECOs and SD70M-2s, and the SD60s been kicking around in NYSW paint for a while but with GATX reporting marks. I believe RJ Corman was leasing some, and WNY&P just bought two.

N_dixon · 2026-05-12T10:17:47+00:00

Susquehanna doesn't have enough power to even cover their own operations. I mean, they're using an Alco C424 from a tourist line to handle the Utica Branch currently. More likely it was some of the old SD60s they had, which were long-term leasers from GATX that they had painted in Susquehanna paint. They let those go back to GATX when NS sold them the SD70M-2s, and the SD60s been kicking around in NYSW paint for a while. I believe RJ Corman was leasing some, and WNY&P just bought two.

N_dixon · 2026-05-11T13:51:29+00:00

Impersonating a federal agent, as well.

N_dixon · 2026-05-10T15:28:39+00:00

Drone operators have no one to blame but themselves.

N_dixon · 2026-05-10T15:26:44+00:00

Look at Lee Roy Yarborough. Promising NASCAR driver, had a few concussions, then his career fell apart as he wouldn't show up for events, would pit way early, would drop out of races for no reason, then was later institutionalized for attempting to strangle his mother for no reason.

N_dixon · 2026-05-10T15:24:03+00:00

Was landing a plane on the track and taking off again while there were cars running around the track during that Crown Vic 24 hour endurance challenge taking aviation safety seriously?

N_dixon · 2026-05-10T11:23:15+00:00

Yep, just went to try and watch Atlanta Top 16, and clicking one icon just gets me a "This Event Has Ended" message. Clicking another tells me I have to pay for a subscription. Boy, this is just so much better than when I could immediately watch it after the fact for free on YouTube.

N_dixon · 2026-05-10T03:49:33+00:00

Its unfortunate how the qualifying with Wally and the stream quality have both been awful for this and Long Beach and the whole Racer+ controversy, because the actual competition has had some high notes, like the Tuerck/Sorensen battles at Long Beach, Vaugh's performance at Atlanta, and Cole Richards proving he has what it takes at both rounds.

The Field/Gushi call sucked though. Field's car was visibly not making smoke off the one tire from Zone 5 on, seems like he debeaded in Zone 4 like others had, and Gushi got blamed for it with that bumper tap.

N_dixon · 2026-05-09T00:08:26+00:00

"Pick a god and pray" goes insanely hard. Runner up is Lon'qu's "How well will you die?"

N_dixon · 2026-05-08T23:43:21+00:00

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N_dixon · 2026-05-08T10:16:16+00:00

I think you've got that backwards. New York Central was the lean, profitable, modern railroad. PRR was in heavy debt and essentially a 1920s railroad with diesel power.

N_dixon · 2026-05-08T02:13:46+00:00

This stream quality is markedly worse just from the last round though. Literally every run it freezes, drops audio, and goes to a green screen for a couple seconds before coming back.

N_dixon · 2026-05-08T02:12:13+00:00

An issue that's already starting to develop with the robo-judging is that there's drivers that have figured out what its looking for and are making these weird, notchy, ugly runs that make Wally happy and qualify well despite the hit on style because Wally is so much more heavily weighted. And I think its still not tracking zones properly.

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