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lemmy suggested the title. It's Finnish 'Log into facebook'. Just an old train picture a local meteorologist posted on fb. works for me
Union Pacific Big Boy steam locomotive, the largest operating steam locomotive in the world. This absolute unit is 26 meters long and weighs 600 tons when including its tender. It came around in 1941 after other locomotives were unable to pull trains up steep slopes in the Wasatch Mountains on their own, requiring help from other locomotives. The 4-8-8-4 Big Boy, with its tractive effort of 135,375 lbf, could do it alone. 25 were built in total, and they traveled millions of miles moving materials crucial to the war effort
I booked a train to Germany. 2 hours before my train even started at it’s origin station, it was already announced that it will be delayed in the station where I need to change (6 hours from now). I have no way to get the money for my seat reservation back, despite that the journey has not even started yet and despite me and the train company assuming right now, that I’ll miss the train. It’s an infuriating system and I hate the German train company. I probably wouldn’t be able to wait and reserve a seat for the train that I can actually catch, because the trains are hopelessly overbooked. I can only hope, that someone misses the next train, that I have to take instead, just like I missed mine and find a free reserved seat there.
one of their switchyards was in my hometown. still a switchyard there but don't know who owns it. this from 1989
