Funny, Strange, Random Pics
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Guest, it's time once again for the massively important and exciting FoH Asshat Tournament!
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jeydax
Death and Taxes
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Hekotat
FoH nuclear response team
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Movie was released today in 1985 (Happy 30th BttF)!
Here's more of this guy's shitArtStation - Khyzyl Saleem
Here's more of this guy's shitArtStation - Khyzyl Saleem
Hoss
Make America's Team Great Again
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Well, my anatomy is a little different than yours, so I wouldn't mind nearly as much.I bet her snatch smells like a Golden Corral dumpster on a 100 degree day.
For reference, this is how I picture you.
Gravel
Mr. Poopybutthole
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Especially since his point was the smartest, best Mexicans are probably staying in Mexico (making his suits apparently), not sneaking past the border in sewage pipes.
Palum
what Suineg set it to
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So interesting history on that locomotive.Freedom Train '76. Still remember going and seeing it.
This is the original SP livery (also how it remains today):
During the WWII they removed the flares over the wheels for ease of maintenance similar to 4460 (GS-6 wartime model vs the GS-4 prewar model that the 4449 was) below. Also notice the light cover on top of the headlight in order to reduce the possibility of enemy aircraft being able to make out the engine during night runs if the US was invaded.
After the war it did some light service until eventually getting dumped and left to rot. They chose to resurrect it for the freedom train for 1976.
Some of those giant steam engines are awesome to watch move - they're like warships in that they're just impressively large and remind you of a time when it was about brute force and huge ironworks and foundries. Pretty cool.
Union Pacific also recently repurchased and pulled the UP 4014 'big boy' out of static display to restore it to full working condition. They basically lubed it up and it rolled away after sitting for decades. To give a reference, the 4014 with tender weighs (dry) 1.25 million pounds. The driver (big) wheels are 68" in diameter and delivered about 6300 HP and a whopping 135K pounds-feet of tractive force. By comparison most of the modern diesel-electric locomotives are not close to that number, though the more advanced, massive ones (like the more recent SD70 models) exceed it. Of course, unlike electric motors, 4014 could evaporate 120+ thousand pounds of water (not to mention the coal to heat it) in an hour going up steep grades. These engines were made to basically reduce payroll costs running freight through the Watasch Mountains by reducing the number of personnel needed to operate. It frequently took 2-3 locomotives to pull what the 4000 series did. At the end of life in the early 1960s it was rated to pull something like 8500 short tons of freight per locomotive - up mountains. Once the restorations are complete it would be a cool thing to go see if one of the UP excursion services comes to a nearby city.
Palum
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Here's another one of my favorites, the NW J-class. They were built for speed (famously flipping over from time to time due to poor engineers who can't read speed limits or aren't paying attention... sound familiar?) running 110+ MPH. Recently number 611 was restored for a second time and it pulled it's first consist in over 20 years after a short stop in the restoration shop. I'm glad some US industrial heritage is saved, all 4 Iowa Battleships, these huge steam locomotives, classic cars, they're all pretty awe inspiring to see what was done with a bunch of tools and a lot of labor decades and decades ago. The picture below was taken on May 30th of this year. The GS-4 4449 Daylight (freedom train) is undergoing it's mandatory 15 year refurbish and refit and should begin pulling excursions again. It's quite possible you could see NW 611, SP 4449 and UP 4014 under steam at the same time within 5 years.
Tenjikuronin
Avatar of War Slayer
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Big Phoenix
Pronouns: zie/zhem/zer
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Looks like they got a homo leading the squad pushups. Tho that aint very gay, DIs always told us in bootcamp to get nut to butt. Your dick would be in some dudes ass and some other dude would have his dick in your ass.
