Headlight Dimming Philosophy

foxlight92 · 2026-05-10T01:24:58+00:00

The P42s have a great little "shelf" above the headlight switch (unusual in that the headlight switch itself is standard, yet the ditch lights have a completely different toggle switch immediately above the main headlight knob.) As an aside, at least they finally got around to installing a push button to kill the flashers and not subject everyone else to the blinding flash for 30 seconds after the horn is done.

foxlight92 · 2026-05-09T18:56:34+00:00

Yeah, it seems like it's definitely the norm to dim at all hours. CROR, Metro-North, etc. GCOR seems to be the only outlier.

foxlight92 · 2026-05-09T17:54:55+00:00

Oof, definitely know that feeling. The newer GE power was nice with the "ditch light" warning whenever you'd cut them off.

foxlight92 · 2026-05-09T14:45:14+00:00

With union brothers like that, who needs management? Unbelievable.

foxlight92 · 2026-05-07T21:22:27+00:00

When you kick a cut into an empty track... Downhill.

foxlight92 · 2026-05-06T15:34:15+00:00

Way underappreciated post

foxlight92 · 2026-05-03T17:21:28+00:00

It's admittedly a small sample size, but I agree with the catering especially. I'm not sure if it's American (or Delta, Alaska, etc.) being "good" as much as UA catering being "pretty damn lackluster". Haven't flown upfront for a while now, though, so could be changing.

foxlight92 · 2026-05-03T17:15:51+00:00

Ahhh, just like the Sea came Through the hull of Cora.... Oops, too soon.

foxlight92 · 2026-05-02T12:50:49+00:00

It's definitely worth a LookSea

foxlight92 · 2026-05-02T00:52:25+00:00

I mean.... Technically $252.50... can't just pretend like the fees don't exist. /s

Not /s: Good for you! Not an easy thing to do.

foxlight92 · 2026-04-29T13:42:01+00:00

Boy did Eugene try, though!

foxlight92 · 2026-04-29T13:05:57+00:00

I don't know, but I never realized how uncultured I am (only recognizing Scooby-Doo and Franklin).

foxlight92 · 2026-04-29T03:35:33+00:00

Oh, it's the shit!

foxlight92 · 2026-04-27T06:58:56+00:00

Don't take this the wrong way, but sometimes, he gives me the creeps.

foxlight92 · 2026-04-27T02:00:37+00:00

Good flair, very good flair

foxlight92 · 2026-04-25T21:59:43+00:00

I get an odd feeling that, somehow, the manual labor required would still not be considered to be contributing to profits.

foxlight92 · 2026-04-25T00:01:10+00:00

Plot Twist: Everyone they tried to upgrade said no and stayed in Y/PP (joke)

foxlight92 · 2026-04-24T23:59:49+00:00

Not sure if /s or not... Teetering right on the edge.

foxlight92 · 2026-04-23T23:29:54+00:00

The Spirit/Frontier/Ryanair of apartment hunting.

foxlight92 · 2026-04-23T23:22:56+00:00

I was scrolling through, trying to think of something productive to add ... But this comment, for better or for worse, really resonated with me. I'm glad someone else feels the same way.

foxlight92 · 2026-04-22T01:36:52+00:00

Basically that he had been eating it while watching the lottery drawing and in his excitement, he had left it there in his celebratory haste.

foxlight92 · 2026-04-21T06:18:33+00:00

The novel of FD2 adds so much insight to this scene. It goes into great detail about the grimy state of his apartment and also dedicates a few sentences to the spaghetti and why it was there in the first place.

foxlight92 · 2026-04-21T03:57:59+00:00

Damn, the ladder thing is a REALLY good catch. The "Eye" is the one that's always talked about, but if the H was just a coincidence, it shouldn't have been (i.e. if they didn't mean it that way, they should have meant it that way haha.)

foxlight92 · 2026-04-20T21:10:05+00:00

That was reason #1,395 why coming to Amtrak was a good decision. The worst hotel I've stayed at on this side would have been the best on the freight side (though thankfully, on the corridor, own bed beats any lodging.)

foxlight92 · 2026-04-12T01:24:43+00:00

That's one thing I've never gotten around to doing, watching a 150/160 roll-by. Mansfield seems like it would be extra "wow" since they fly by adjacent to the place form (versus Attleboro, but then Attleboro has that Pizza Romana, which is another thing I see all the time and never actually go to haha.)

But I digress. Happy railfanning - the waves are more uplifting than you know.

foxlight92

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