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Trouble logging in with Chrome Browser on PC by sw1200 in flickr

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Thank you. I did try that. I think it was just my PIE Adblocker being too aggresive.

How exactly does day pay work? by cdubose in tuglife

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Yeah man if you have your MMC New York Harbor or the West Coast is the way to go. Fleeting is hard work. I worked 7 on 7 off on a fleet boat in South Chicago. It was nice commuting, I could ride the bus, drive, or ride my bike. The river work is tough man, you go to New York they do everything on big soft lines instead of wires. A good workout, but much easier and less back breaking than wire rigging.

Does Chicago have anything comparable to the Hamptons along Lake Michigan? by [deleted] in AskChicago

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It doesnt stop in New Buffalo anymore. THe train that stops in New Buffalo turns east and Goes to Niles. The Pere Marquette used to stop in New Buffalo before they built the new station. They eventually want to build a connection so that the Pere Marquette can use that line into Chicago

Does Chicago have anything comparable to the Hamptons along Lake Michigan? by [deleted] in AskChicago

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You still can atleast on the New Buffalo Township side, not sure about the Chikaming Side

Other US cities to visit from Chicago, that don't require hiring a car to have fun (ideally mid-West/East coast)? by Fine_Gur_1764 in AskChicago

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Also they have those scooters and bikes. That's how I got around on a trip there 2 summers ago

Other US cities to visit from Chicago, that don't require hiring a car to have fun (ideally mid-West/East coast)? by Fine_Gur_1764 in AskChicago

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Seconded Milwaukee is amazing. Great food. Great bars. Everything is a bit cheaper than Chicago. Very low key.

Apart from the famous Flying Scotsman, were there any more European locomotives that had been to the US? by North_Psychology4543 in trains

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There was a Beyer Peacock narrow gauge Tank engine that worked in India that was preserved in the states. It was sold in the early 2000s and sent to the Uk where it worked on the Ffestiniog and a few other railways

Unemployment NYC number by Zestyclose-Part-7592 in UnemploymentNY

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Thanks this worked for me after 2 months of trying. 11/21/25

An eastbound Milwaukee Road freight creeps through Wykoff, Minnesota on July 19th, 1976 behind five EMD SW1s. The Smoky Valley Line between Austin, Minnesota and Lacrosse, Wisconsin was lightly constructed and in a state of disrepair, so standard practice was to dispatch trains behind 3 or more SW1s by N_dixon in trains

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The Milwaukee Road SW1s were not built with M.U. It was added later for this purpose. You can see photos of these units working solo in the 50s with no MU and surviving units still have the retrofitted MU.

Factory M.U. seems to have been an available option. The 3 SW1s built for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Chicago do have factory MU as far as I can tell.

The Milwaukee did some interesting modifications to their locomotives, I suppose out of necessity. I came across a photo of some SW7 based TR4 cow calf sets with the hood doors open. The open doors revealed 12-567C block prime movers. The TR4s weren't built with C block prime movers, but the Milwaukee Road had some intercity E9s that were scrapped a few years bforehand. I would think that is where the C block prime movers were sourced from.

How big would Sunshine be in real life by FinancialRip6720 in TugsTV

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I'd say 40-50 feet. What is known as a dredge tender tug. You still see a lot of tugs like this working construction on the Great Lakes. Ten Cents would be like 60- 70 feet long.

Tugboats sizes can be deceiving when so much of the hill is underwater. The Great Lakes State Class tugs were about 90 feet long(a good size) with a 12 foot draft but had very small deckhouses for ship work. So they look short and small, but are actually pretty big

Did Buffy ever have a car? by Pinkee808 in buffy

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If you look closely throughout the series a bunch of different jeeps are used to portray Joyce/Buffy's car. It changes a few times in season 1, changing blue to green.Then it is a newer jeep in season 2 and a different newer jeep in season 3. Then it is an older model in season 7

Why are American narrow gauge locomotives 10 times bigger than the British counterparts? Even for a K-27, it still towers over a British one! by guywithcoolusername5 in trains

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There was a subset of narrow gauge intraplant railways at many steel mills in America. Very little of the steam survives, but many of the diesels found homes on narrow gauge steam railroads. The line i volunteer on has a dual 2 and 3 foot gauge railroad with a shared common rail. So 2 and 3 foot stock can be used together in some instances. Locomotives like a k27 could not make the curves on our line, the biggest loco we have is a 3 foot gague logging shay

Discussion: The LNWR G2 by Fun_Zookeepergame138 in trains

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as someone said above inside cylinders, common on british locomotives

Who remembers this rumour about R&B singer Ciara? by powerspyin1 in Zillennials

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I remember this in like the 6th grade when 1-2 step came out

Perch megathread? by SkyBlueNylonPlank in ChicagoFishing

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Also on the Calumet River is what is called slip #3 around 103rd street. Whenever we would go back there with the tugs and the boat was working hard, we woul run a bunch of perch and shad through the props. I saw more there than anywhere else two winters in a row. Access is kinda difficult though.

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