#baltimore & ohio

[middleland]

IOOF Building — Baltimore, Ohio (2) by Christopher Riley

[moregraceful]

can we PLEASEEEEE talk about nico sturm's white boy swag PLEASE. like what was that. why were the sharks so intensely hiding his white boy swag. "oh we got him for his face offs" WHAT ABOUT HIS WHITE BOY SWAG. imagine if the sharks had not made a holiday music video we would not have never known about nico sturm's insane white boy swag. ik you all are consumed with thing1 and thing2 and also thing3 and thing4 but what was going on with nico sturm in that video, we need to discuss. why was he the only one giving it's big and i know what to do with it energy. ON THE SHARKS?? HELLO

ALSO. cody ceci can't rap nor should he ever again get his ass off the mic but he DID sound like an npr show host. he has the smooth tenor of a man telling me on all songs considered that this all-female octogenarian shoegaze quartet is going to be playing at hardly strictly bluegrass this year. or like a guy who was an overnight host for a classical music station. he's telling me he's got gershwin to accompany me through the cold winter night. he's signing off with an instrumental version of "st. james infirmary" at 6am. he calls his listeners his "lovers" and gets away with it bc the only people who listen to overnight classic music stations are lonely old men and particularly unwell college students. ohhhh cody ceci you're wasted as a dman you should be romancing old men

[railwayhistorical]

Ubiquitous

Crossing the north/south rail line in Seymour, Indiana, I noticed a headlight. I pulled over and set up for this northbound train, which can be seen with a connector track to the east/west line in town.

The train is on the Louisville & Indiana (former Pennsylvania) with the unseen line being CSX (former Baltimore & Ohio). I was hoping for some spiffy-painted L&I units (which take after the old Pennsy), but instead got yet another dose of the ubiquitous Union Pacific.

One image by Richard Koenig; taken November 15th 2024.

[burkh4rt]

[aryburn-trains]

Sixth Street Crossing

Pittsburgh commuter to Versailles 4 days before this line was relocated to eliminate 23 grade crossings McKeesport, PA May 1, 1970

[20th-century-railroading]

Illinois Central Gulf - Ash Street

A westbound ICG local freight approaches Ash Street crossing while a B&O transfer is on the connection track to the Santa Fe behind the tower, in April 1987.

[doctorwhoisadhd]

thoms england.

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Why do people keep asking me about a glove

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Who's OJ simpson

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HEY DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE THAT ONE SOUL GUY WENT

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Wait have you all seen the gnome

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What gnome???

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⚾️ blaseball

what

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takig a straw out into the garden after it rains and slurping up all the yujmmy delicios mud

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Thinking about divorce

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Thinking about marriage

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What the fuck

[zponds]

My Friends’ Tribute to Rachael Lillis

Hudson: Thank you, Rachael Lillis, for your job in voicing Misty Waterflower and Team Rocket Jessie.

Jason: You did a fantastic job with voicing those two, Rachael.

Perry: As well as Jigglypuff.

Torpedo: And Ursula from Dinosaur King.

Freddy: Regardless of how many voice roles you had, you did a great job voicing them all, Rachael.

Glenn: You brought joy to 90s kids with your role as Misty.

Otto: And Jessie and Jigglypuff too.

Madeleine: Your roles as those Pokémon characters will always be cherished.

Jimmy Guord: And you yourself will always be remembered and cherished.

Union: Your legacy will always be remembered.

Wasatch: Especially your legacy as the OG Misty and Jessie.

Peter Sam: We will always remember you and carry your legacy with us all.

Centennial: Rest in Peace, Rachael Lillis.

Rebecca: May you find peace in the afterlife.

Jessica: You deserved to live a healthy life full of happiness and love and joy.

Artemis: Veronica Taylor and Eric Stuart will miss you dearly, as they’ve been with you since the beginning.

Queen Roanoke: Your loss has not only left a major impact on the Pokémon community, your sister and your fellow actors, but also us locomotives.

Daylight: You didn’t deserve to pass away from breast cancer.

Zane: You were very cheerful and generous, always happy to greet those who wanted to meet you… especially in person.

Cincinnatian: We hope your sister, family and friends will be okay.

Chief: May God watch over your kind soul and be in peace.

Angeles: May we, including Veronica and Eric, one day, be reunited with you.

Rudolph: Your personality was as cheerful as your voice.

Angelo: Let us carry your memory within us forever more.

Donohue: May your soul join the purest and kindest of all.

Judith: You lived a legend and died a hero.

Stella: Until the day, Rachael Lillis, till all are one…

Red Robin: Till all are one…

Jewel: We all hope you find eternal peace up in heaven, being watched over by God. Rest in Peace…

These are the tributes that some of my friends from the 20 American railroads said for Racheal Lillis. After I told all my friends from the 20 American railroads about the passing of Rachael Lillis, they were all as devastated as I was. And they too wanted to pay their tributes to the OG Misty and Jessie.

[city-flag-tournament]

✯ Round 1 ✯ Match 60 ✯

The current flag of Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Propaganda:

Baltimore residents has thoroughly embraced the black-and-yellow angled checkerboard pattern as a representation of civic pride. It is found throughout the city on many murals, tshirts, hats, and kitschy doodads

vs.

The current flag of Euclid, Ohio, United States

Propaganda:

NON TRADITIONAL FLAG SHAPES MY LOVE

Tournament Policies: ✯ Choose the flag that's more meaningful to you! ✯ Be respectful of place names and cultural symbols in your commentary! ✯ If you want to submit propaganda, you may do so at the submission form linked in the pinned post. It will only be included if it is submitted before the next post with that flag is drafted and will be included in all subsequent posts the flag is featured in.

[blaseballzinejam]

we're SO back @blaseball

[pxmun]

Stinker was crossed, it was Christmas Eve and he was stuck inside the locomotive shop with a broken funnel, foot plate, and faulty wiring.

The dock switcher grumbled aloud in disappointment; he should be out helping his best friend Zappy clear the snow off the track and double heading trains. Instead he was inside dangling above the track from a locomotive hoist.

The workers tried to brighten Stinker's spirits by festively decorating the shop and playing Christmas music, but this seemed to annoy the small engine even more.

"My heavens, you would think the Grinch was the one on that hoist with all the grumbling your making." Came a voice.

Stinker immediately stopped and looked down to his left. Standing there below him was an class AC-11 4-8-8-4 Southern Pacific Cab Forward, but Stinker was familiar with this locomotive.

"Whoa Rivet! I didn't see you. How long have you've been there?" Stinker asked."

"Long enough to recite the Nutcracker play in its entirety. Goodness did a Humbug crawl into your smoke box during the night"? Rivet asked.

Stinker blushed out of shame and embarrassment.

"Sorry Rivet, I've just been in a sour mood lately. The workers broke my funnel and footplate and somehow an electrical wire snapped inside me"! Stinker explained.

"I'm sure the workers didn't mean to break you on purpose Stinker, remember everyone is new here to the railroad and trying their hardest to make things run properly, we're all still learning." Rivet responded.

"I know Rivet. I'm just worried about poor Zappy though, he's been doing all the work since I've been put out of commission and the passengers have been complaining that he's emitting a bad smell. That poor engine is gonna work himself to pieces and we can't help"! Stinker said.

" I understand Stinker, but what can we do"? Rivet asked.

"We could really do with a fourth locomotive, one what doesn't come broken." Stinker said.

"Another engine would be nice, but the railroad is unable to determine beforehand if an locomotive is going to work properly or not." Rivet told the smaller engine.

Stinker sighed in defeat. He looked out the windows into the cosmic sky. A comet flew by as he watched.

"I wish we had another engine." Stinker said to himself.

[middleland]

Smeck Park (2) by Dan Keck

[railwayhistorical]

Brownstown Memory

Here are some shots from today—juxtaposed with a couple from the late 1970s (as teased in the previous post).

We're along an old railroad: built (in broad gauge no less) as the Ohio & Mississippi prior to the Civil War. It became the Baltimore & Ohio later, and was still so, though becoming the Chessie System, when I photographed it as an adolescent. This siding is called Brownstown, though it's removed a bit from the burg itself.

I was looking west for the first two images (that is the same curve in both shots, though difficult to tell). I turned for the going-away shot and have a pretty good comparison capture made today.

Five images by Richard Koenig; two from October 22nd 1977, and three from November 13th 2024.

[burkh4rt]

[aryburn-trains]

B&O GP9 6604 and Port Authority Transit RDC (Monongahela Valley Commuter Trains), Pittsburgh, PA on October 18, 1978

[20th-century-railroading]

Tuckahoe WV Saturday October 12th 1985 1200EDT by bill hooper Via Flickr: A single pusher engine assists an eastbound coal train into the Alleghany summit tunnel