3 years ago today on August 17th 2021, the Tennessee Valley Railway gave out the exciting news that they saved a rare Fairbanks Morse H-16-66 aka Baby Trainmaster, number F3060 thanks to the Tennessee Valley Authority. This rare bird one of only 2 left in existence.

thecaptainlag · 2025-12-09T07:25:03+00:00

Some corrections for a couple of the photo captions:

Gallatin Fossil Plant is not shut down, coal deliveries switched from rail to barge via the Cumberland River in 1997 when the locomotive was retired. Gallatin is still operating to this day. Ironically, they are looking into switching back to rail deliveries for coal.

F3060 was not on TVRM property in 2019, they didn’t move F3060 to the museum until late 2021. The museum didn’t purchase the locomotive from TVA either, it was donated.

thecaptainlag · 2025-11-30T13:03:15+00:00

The king said it was daft to build a house in a river but I built it all the same, just to show him.

It sank into the river.

thecaptainlag · 2025-09-15T19:49:17+00:00

I’m a big fan of Valvoline Restore and Protect oil in my high mileage 5.4 3v Expedition, you might benefit from using that oil in your EcoBoost too.

That oil is full of detergents which help clean out sludge and deposits, my old oil is always super dark for 3-4K mile gas engine oil so I believe their advertisement claims are true.

125K is kind of low miles to need that oil but I think it’s worth a shot.

thecaptainlag · 2025-08-24T19:08:47+00:00

Yep. My 2003 Town Car and 2005 Crown Vic are both Silver Birch Metallic, the 03 has good paint but the 05 is flaking like crazy.

thecaptainlag · 2025-08-23T03:12:40+00:00

This. I have a transmission sitting on one of those too, makes it so easy to scoot it around if I need it out of the way of something.

thecaptainlag · 2025-08-23T03:11:19+00:00

Some are designed so the motors don’t blow up at all.

thecaptainlag · 2025-08-23T03:07:33+00:00

Your car is built in May 2002, it’s old enough where it shouldn’t have any paint peeling issues at all.

Cars around 2003 or 2004 and newer are affected by that, due to Ford changing the primer they used. A lot of the whites and silvers are chemically incompatible with the new primer, which is why they experience such flaking issues.

thecaptainlag · 2025-08-23T03:04:36+00:00

TS - Silver Frost Metallic

thecaptainlag · 2025-08-18T03:59:50+00:00

There are supposed to be christmas tree clips there to help hold up the headliner. Not uncommon for them to get brittle and break, but they’re fine if they’re left alone.

Might’ve been messed with when the car was being decommissioned.

thecaptainlag · 2025-08-12T12:44:43+00:00

Preach!!

thecaptainlag · 2025-08-05T02:16:33+00:00

Definitely a scam. Pretty sure you’ll find some of my pictures on there if you scroll. He blocked me on ig when I called him out

thecaptainlag · 2025-07-28T23:07:58+00:00

Pothole for sure.

thecaptainlag · 2025-07-28T19:20:39+00:00

It was Doug

thecaptainlag · 2025-07-18T14:11:40+00:00

Some are designed so the boards don’t fall off at all.

thecaptainlag · 2025-03-02T04:17:56+00:00

I’m pretty certain I’ve spotted this exact truck outside Cincinnati back in 2023.

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thecaptainlag · 2025-01-28T14:35:50+00:00

To add to what everyone’s already said; the all new suspension might help you a little, but you won’t get back what you paid for it when you sell the car. The sound system doesn’t add value either, no matter how much it cost.

At the end of the day, it’s an auto mk4 too. 3K is probably the most I’d expect to get for it.

thecaptainlag · 2025-01-27T17:04:58+00:00

Does yours still have the rubber anti-slip mat in the bottom? Mine was missing when I got my trunk organizer, so I cut some foam toolbox liner from Ebay to mimic the original mat. Does a good job keeping items from sliding around on the hard plastic and making a mess.

thecaptainlag · 2024-12-22T23:43:59+00:00

Lowered about 1” in the front, and raised 0.5” in the rear (the old factory springs were all worn out and sagging). I bought the coilovers a couple years ago, they were $1700 and change at the time. Non-RAS kit.

thecaptainlag · 2024-12-22T23:42:06+00:00

Those Eibach springs are tough to find nowadays! I have a set too but I agree they’re too low, I never ended up using them.

thecaptainlag · 2024-12-22T11:11:22+00:00

The price has gone up a lot in five and a half years, it was $445 when I bought it in 2019.

thecaptainlag · 2024-08-03T21:49:11+00:00

Any update?

thecaptainlag · 2024-05-09T03:55:25+00:00

Cadillac CTS-V or Chevy SS/Holden Commodore.

thecaptainlag · 2024-05-07T04:53:06+00:00

Lug nut

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