#4100

[wally-b-feed]

Anthony Fineran (B 1981)

[opaleiro]

Arraste para o lado #opalas #opaleiros #opaleirosdopiaui #comodoro #ss #opalass #4100 #placapreta #placaamarela (at UFPI - Federal Piauí University - Teresina, Brazil) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnAAvTNuSFB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[1863-project]

LOOK WHO I SAW TODAY IN PERSON FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER A YEAR!

[desertduality]

Chapter seventeen sneak peek to prove I'm working on it :)

[bettie-may-page]

Wow!!! I remember when I had 200 followers, it just blew me away and to have 4100, it just blows my mind. Thank You, Thank You. I try very hard to repair damage photos, badly cropped pictures, over exposed and under exposed images. One important point, I never photoshop Bettie’s face or body, except, I have added a foot or hand because of them being cropped out of photograph. But thank you my Bettie Mae Page family for always stopping by and thoughtful comments

[james-spooky]

this is a test

[damnfandomproblems]

Fandom Problem #4100:

I know there's discourse over marketing books with AO3-like trope tags and whether it's bad for dumbing down the market or good for helping people find more books they'd like, and while I understand both sides my main complain is people who advertise a book as containing a certain trope that it then doesn't deliver on. Don't call it "enemies to lovers" if they're only "enemies" for about 5 minutes. It SAYS "soulmates" but there's only like one throwaway line three-quarters of the way through the book that only kinda halfway implies they could be fated lovers that's then never followed up on.

Sure it's already a bit of a problem when it happens with fanfics, but the thing is, if I'm dissatisfied with a fanfic, the only thing I've wasted is my time, but if I bought a book, now it's time AND money wasted.

[fushiglow]

also because it's my birthday this week, i'm using it as my deadline to finish chapter nine. my gift to myself this year is PRESSURE SO MUCH PRESSURE 😃

so... new over the threshold chapter this week i guess????

[verypurplepenguins]

Can wait to go into medical debt next month... fuck my life.

[chaptertwo-thepacnw]

1970 Sony TR-4100 |2023|

[lookninjas]

Anyway, I was trying to find out what poetic meter is most used in Latvian, because Latvian (almost) always puts the stress on the first syllable, so for obvious reasons you wouldn't be using iambs, and anyway along the way I discovered the Cabinet of Folksongs, which I thought some of you would think was neat.

(It's trochaic meter, by the way. Sometimes dactylic, but usually trochaic.)

[sophaeros]

i have five magazines pending delivery rn ahfjwbds my mom's gonna kill me

[bluerepository]

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hi!! i'd love to share your campaign!

this is a vetted/verified gfm, so if anyone who follows me sees this please spread & donate some money if you're able!!

[1863-project]

Free pass to talk about the affectionately named "Old Fuck".

Yes yes thank you I love talking about the Old Fuck!

I'm the only person who refers to the locomotive by this name, but New Jersey Transit has a few old locomotives left that actually predate NJT itself - three EMD GP40PH locomotives that were built in 1968 and originally worked on the Central Railroad of New Jersey. In the early 1990s, they were rebuilt as GP40PH-2s. The three survivors are NJT 4100, NJT 4101, and NJT 4109.

NJT 4101 is a heritage unit now, painted in NJDOT livery. NJT 4109 is also a heritage unit, wearing the colors of the CNJ.

NJT 4100 is The Old Fuck.

The oldest locomotive in the entire NJT fleet, the Old Fuck still runs regularly, and I spend a fair deal of my time keeping an eye out for her because I want to get her earmarked for preservation if they ever decide to pull her. She works just fine, and as of now there don't seem to be any plans to retire her. I've spent most of my adult lifetime commuting into NYC and around New Jersey, and many times I've been pulled by the Old Fuck. Usually I spot her on the Bergen Line or Main Line these days or hanging around in the yard at the end of the line.

Sometimes I'll go a while without seeing her. Recently, I went without a sighting for over a year, and I was getting nervous. But then in April 2023 she popped up in the yard near the engine shed. I wonder if she's having work done or being prepped with new heritage colors.

My most recent Old Fuck sighting was in June 2023.

Here she is by the engine shed with some younger locomotives.

I've gotten pretty good at getting my camera lens to peer right through holes in the fence to get shots without trespassing. Note the discarded Wawa coffee cup in the bottom left of the photo to remind you this was taken in New Jersey.

I couldn't tell from this angle if she was coupled to the locomotive in front of her or not, so I had to move to the left...

One more wide shot from that angle first, though.

Further inspection shows they were coupled together! For what purpose, however, is unknown.

A shot more focused on her and her cab.

And lastly, a shot from the back.

Normally, I'm not too keen on diesel locomotives post-1960. Their designs feel uninspired to me, and they're more or less used because they're cheaper to operate and easier to maintain than steam or even electric even though both outperform them (steam locomotives can pull significantly heavier loads - it takes multiple diesels to match one steam locomotive's strength - and electric locomotives can outspeed them and the GG1, the best American electric of all time, was also stronger). But I have a huge soft spot for the Old Fuck. She's been here for so long now doing a wonderful job, and she's such a comforting, familiar sight. I know she won't run forever, but I think she needs to be earmarked for preservation when she's retired.

In the article I linked above, there's a short video on her. Here it is:

Many happy returns, Old Fuck.

[deadtower]

i uhm. just got an offer. for a salaried job. i'm in shock rn tbh

[bobbie-robron]

Turning green fields into fancy homes that locals can’t afford. Where’s the common good in that?

Jack talks to Pollard about Sadie and the councilman asking his help to learn more. Pollard has words with Sadie about the compulsory purchase order and, in the end, sees a benefit for himself. It’s here that Robert tries to encourage Jack just to give in but don’t bet on it. Scott’s barbecue has an extremely low turnout (unfortunately, if this was for Robert, he would have had same or fewer coming 😔).

15-Jul-2005