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This Day in Buster…July 17, 1927

The Selma-Times Journal prints the following sum: “A thousand and one laughs, plus a hundred and one thrills, plus one mile-a-minute love affair, equals…’The General’…”

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Made a little something for the month!

Wilbur The Worrying Wagon being a colorful rainbow!

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The Sad Story of Henry - Henry gets bricked up in the tunnel.

Notice the way the wall sometimes decreases in height, and the slight movement of Henry within the tunnel

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One of Transnet Freight Rail’s “new” Luxrailer Inspection Trolleys, K9525020 (3 litre petrol engine), passing through Lions River Station in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands. (via RailPictures.Net Photo: K9525020 Transnet Freight Rail Luxrailer Inspection Trolley at Lions River, South Africa by SAR Connecta)

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Catching a train

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From the May 2015 issue of The Trainmaster, "A wet May in the spring of 1948 created one of the biggest natural disasters in the history of Portland, Oregon. The warm weather caused a rapid snow melt in the Cascade Mountains and the waters of the Columbia River and the Willamette River that both border Portland began to rise significantly ... a 10-foot wall of water rushed out flooding and destroying most of the town of Vanport. ... while the flood waters slowly receded, the rail traffic of the area continued as best it could through the flood waters. Fortunately, steam power was still predominant at the time. Diesel locomotives with their traction motors would never be able to traverse the inundated rail yards. Steam power was still able to make it's way through as shown by the great photo of SP 2-8-2 #3298 doing just that.

With her brakeman and conductor perched safely above the flood waters on the engines tender, the cab crew watches as they plow their own wake through the yards as they deliver their train of cars. The firebox of the big SP Mike appears to be just lightly higher here than the flood waters themselves.

All in a day of steam railroading in 1948!"

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Thinking about wanting to do a diesel 10/diesel or diesel 10/lady roleplay. Human au of course. If you’re interested, dm me here or on discord. My discord is splodge#6863

Lady could return to Sodor after so long to check up on the engines and find Diesel 10 has mostly turned a new leaf and is more of a mischief maker than an actual villain. She takes a liking to him and his silly little pranks and he’s a little stunned by it and decides to flirt with her to see how it goes.

As for the Diesel idea…maybe D10 needs help at the scrapyards and Topham sends Diesel to assist since he’s a jack of all trades. Diesel had a big dumb crush on the guy for years despite never being able to be close to him before so he takes this as a sign that he better get to know 10 and flirt with him….but he’s awkward at it despite his bad boy appearance lmao.

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EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival

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A Dizzying Zoetrope Flashes Scenes of Portugal Through a Train Window

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Strangers on a Train (1951) dir. Alfred Hitchcock

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A trip on the Elizabeth Line :D

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