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[railwayhistorical]

Inter-modal

Following up on the previous post of the yard engine in Bloomington, a northbound freight came along. It seems to be comprised completely of piggyback cars. The power up front is three Paducah Rebuilds and another black Geep.

Again, this is along Illinois Central's line between Effingham, Illinois, and Indianapolis. It was the Illinois Central Gulf at the time after a merger with the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio four years earlier.

One image by Richard Koenig; taken October 28th 1976.

[kookslastbutton]

do you have any fic recs?

Oh yes, absolutely! I have so many under #tofc fic recs but on mobile, a lot of them get lost 😔 I'm not sure what genre/aus/pairing you are looking for so I'll @ some of my favorite writers ☺

note: I literally re-read every work so when i say everything, I mean everything....but I'll bullet point some fics in particular too

@fantasybangtan

(if I had an ult writer crush it would be gia)

everything

queen cobra | mafia boss!taehyung x undercover cop!reader

something to hold onto | single dad!yoongi x nanny!reader

@lubdubsworld

(...also shyn bc the angst and raw emotions is so good)

everything in this list

personal fav is Amor Vincit Omnia | gang leader!yoongi x reader, arranged marriage au

@yoon2k

(Okay one more ult bc I absolutely adore Fi and her work!)

everything

personal fav is fatal attraction | virgin!jjk x succubus!cheerleader!reader, supernatural au, college au

@kpopfanfictrash

The Holi-date , kth, fake dating, neighbors

@chateautae

everything

personal fav is divine seduction | demon king!kth x angel queen!reader, royalty au, fantasy au, e2l

@junqkook

everything

personal fav is the young wolf | jjk x reader, games of thrones au

@lavishedinjimin

everything

personal fav is muse | art student!kth x art student!reader, f2l

@curly-bangtan

Heatwave Series, kth, roomates au, f2l

@ethertae

Boundaries, kth, coworkers au

@kookingtae

Always the Bridesmaid, writer!kth x reader, holiday/christmas

@joonbird

Bibliothèque, kth, college au, rivals au, librarian!taehyung

Pusher Lover Girl, kth, established relationship

Nightcall, kth, one night stand

Breakfast in Bed, myg, Ikea employee

@dovechim

Tsundere, resident advisor!yoongi x reader, college au

So many others that I love so be sure to check out my tag #tofc fic recs 😊

[doomedbythe-narrative]

my standards for books are so funny because I’ll read the most basic brain meltingly hot garbage bullshit but the second I see it being tagged as male protagonist I back the fuck away

[kookslastbutton]

Just read this. So so cute!!! 😍 I love the creativity! Definitely wasn't sure how it would end and was crossing my fingers 3/4 of the way through because I wanted them together so much hahaha. Tae is also super hot yet still sweet 😗. The little side comment about oc blushing when yoongi accidently kissed thier cheeck once is adorable! 😳 Last thing...i was curious if he really did hear her when he was busy with the other woman before her 👀👀👀 hmmmm

Anyway amazing story! Thanks so much for sharing it!!! ❤

Of Lace and Lust | KTH {M}

friendship rule number one: don’t imagine how amazing your best friend’s cock would feel inside you. except that’s all you can think about after accidentally discovering taehyung’s kink for panties. specifically, the lacy ones you’re so fond of wearing. 

pairing: taehyung x reader genre: smut, fluff, a sprinkle of angst words: 11.8k contains: college au, roommate au, childhood best friends to lovers, underwear kink, masturbation, fingering, oral (f), condomless sex, so much softness, light dirty talk, definitely too much plot

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Sadly my hair is too dark to dye the grey ash tone i wanted but....we made a compromise ~

[railwayhistorical]

Southbound Slingshot

This train, called a Slingshot by the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad, is southbound in Pontiac, Illinois. The idea was to run several, small TOFC trains each day between Chicago and St. Louis on the former Alton. Every time I saw it the train was mostly empty. The locomotive is ex-GM&O 619, an EMD GP35.

One image by Richard Koenig; taken mid- to late-1970s.

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Oooh this was great! Taehyung is so so hot and that man has a way of words. I really loved this!! Also not him being a theatre student and using it to his advantage 🤭 Thank you for sharing 🥰

Champagne Popsicle | KTH | Bottoms Up

You’re not a fan of social gatherings, especially not the ones where you have to show up in a stupid dress that you didn’t pick while it’s a 100 degrees outside. However, a handsome stranger with a popsicle that matches his pink hair might be able to turn your frown upside down.

›› Bottoms Up Masterlist ›› Genre: Smut / Fluff ›› Rating: 18+ (sexual content) ›› Pairing: KTH x Reader ›› Word Count: 10.1k Warnings Include: Alcohol, fingering, handjob, cunnilingus, blowjob, mouth fucking, food play, ruined orgasm, multiple orgasms, slight dom!Taehyung, almost getting caught.

A soft breeze catches your hair and you’re forever grateful for it. The magenta dress you’re wearing sticks to your skin in the heat and cooling down seems almost impossible in the middle of the summer. The wedding below you is bustling, your friend dancing in her ivory dress with her husband. You’ve escaped to a higher floor — social gatherings aren’t your thing and neither is the hundred degree weather. This is way past your comfort zone.

You toe off your heels, stepping down onto the tile floor in the hope to cool down a bit. Your friend Sooji really had to put you in a skin-tight silk dress of one of the most hideous colours. The pink doesn’t suit you and it’s painfully obvious.

“I see I wasn’t the only person who decided to escape?” A voice sounds from behind you and when you whirl around you find the groom’s friend with the pink hair. The one Sooji definitely mentioned in regard to not wanting him at her wedding because he’s too wild.

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[20th-century-railroading]

MP 5010, Texarkana, TX

Missouri Pacific train CFZ departing Texarkana with an SD50, SD40-2C, two GP50's, a B30-7A, and an SD40-2 consist. The new SD50 was an unusual visitor as they were initially assigned to Powder River coal trains. The train consist was still 100% TOFC at this time. Southern Pacific had been running doublestack business for SeaLand since 1977 but Union Pacific did not buy in until 1984 when they started operating APL trains between Chicago and LA. In the background the shells of the 10 story McCartney Hotel and Texarkana Union Station can be seen above the train. Thirty years later and both building have yet to be redeveloped.

2-15-1985

[aryburn-trains]

CRI&P - Joliet, IL by d.w.davidson Via Flickr: Westbound Rock Island train No. 7, the Corn Belt Rocket for Omaha, makes its station stop at Joliet Union Station, on March 29, 1970. To offset the train's expenses, piggyback traffic was frequently carried on the rear of the train. Today's train has so much TOFC business that a caboose has been added for the flagman to ride. Notwithstanding the extra intermodal income, the train would be discontinued later in 1970. Photo by David Leonard

[lobstersinmyhouse]

Freight run 4 2day: Union Pacific Yermo to Colton, two EMD DDA40X Centennials with one EMD SD40-2 pulling 40 TOFCs.

[kookslastbutton]

“Because, no, it was not creepy for Seokjin’s little sister to stand in the doorway of the kitchen, silent and standing still as you listened to the boys talk amongst each other. And, no, it was not weird that you kept staring at the new face amongst your brother’s friends, giggling when you saw him accidentally drop a piece of pepperoni on the floor.”

Absolutely love this line haha so pure!! Thank you so much for writing this series! Amazing thus far!

matilda (pt. 1) | myg

summary: Loneliness had always been a constant for you, haunting you like a ghost; until your older brother’s best friend, Min Yoongi, came into your life. You both promised each other something back then - you’d always have his support and he’d always have yours. But with time and age, you weren’t sure how much that all still stood to be true.

pairing: yoongi x fem!reader rating/genre: 18+ Minors DNI | brother’s best friend au, f2e2f2l, slice of life, angst, fluff, eventual smut word count: 13.6K it only gets longer from here warnings/notes: this is based off the song matilda because i couldn’t help myself so beware of the hurt in this fic, first two chapters follow reader and yoongi throughout their lives, explicit language, unrequited love, a whole lot of pining, alcohol usage (mentions of throwing up), unsupportive/neglectful parents, mentions of loss of virginity (but nothing described/not between main pairing), yoongi and reader just want the best for each other, angst angst ANGST, this was originally posted on ao3 and i’m just now uploading it to tumblr, so bear with me i’m a mess, filter is called ethereal, but i can’t rmr the creator, so if it’s yours, pls contact me so i can give credit, i think that’s it but if i missed anything pls let me know (i wrote this a while ago and have no long term memory), ok ok hope you enjoy <3

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[usravenslogistic]

What is Intermodal in Logistics? Different Types of Intermodal Transportation

The word ‘Intermodal’ means using two or more modes of conveyance for moving freight. Intermodal transportation offers a combination of transport solutions: air (plane), land (truck or train), waterways (barge and boat), and sea (cargo). The brokers involved in intermodal logistics are committed to transporting the goods from point A to point B. In Intermodal shipping services, there is always a unique supplier involved, and thus, there are individual contracts. Several transporters join forces in completing this task within the same itinerary, yet using different transport modes: train, plane, truck, and barge, for instance.

Different Types of Intermodal Transportation

There are two types of intermodal transportation:

COFC – COFC stands for container on a flatcar. This is an inexpensive and efficient method for intermodal shipping. All four containers can be loaded onto the car at once.

TOFC – Trailer-On-Flatcar or TOFC is a type of intermodal transportation method where the over-the-road or OTR trailer is placed on the well-car directly.

Both the COFC and TOFC have proved helpful in intermodal transportation as it helps cut down on manual labor. Thus, saving time, effort, as well as money for the shippers.

Why Do You Need Intermodal Trucking Services?

Intermodal services are about finding the right supply chain to maximize value for customers. A logistics  company in US can help you:

Accommodate your freight by various means of transportation.

Easily transport your load to its destination.

Quickly meet shipping deadlines.

Advantages of Intermodal Shipping

There are many advantages of getting intermodal services. Some of them are:

You get direct access to multiple transportation service options.

Intermodal service providers give you competitive long-haul transit choices.

You have cost-saving opportunities.

Offers alternative capacity.

Let’s explore the advantages of intermodal shipping further:

Fast Delivery: One of the advantages of intermodal transportation is that it results in quick freight movement. This reduces the cost and time needed for loading, unloading, and issuing documentation. If we use railways and ferries for logistics, it eliminates unnecessary stops that take too much time.

Lower Costs: You can minimize transportation costs by transporting freight via intermodal shipping. Railways and truck services help save more because railways use less fuel and can travel long miles. Thus, long overhauls won’t be a problem anymore!!

Easy Handling: Intermodal shipping includes containers that do not require individual handling and easily fit into every space. They are easy to use, so it takes less effort to move the shipment.

Good Capacity: You can use intermodal trucks when and wherever needed. Many logistics companies are now using intermodal transportation because of its reasonable price and quality.

Quality and Safe Service: Logistics trucking companies provide one of the fastest services that guarantee secure and reliable cargo dispatch. There are fewer chances of mishaps as trains travel on a fixed track. So, you can quickly unload and load cargo, which speeds up the shipping process.

Convenience: Intermodal transportation has advanced so much today. It is convenient, reliable, and safe. Shippers do not have to worry about their shipping as intermodal logistics have made shipments easier and more accurate.

Flexible transportation: There is flexibility in freight movement under intermodal transport. However, if you have an effective plan, you can save more.

That’s all about the benefits of intermodal transportation.

If this blog was able to convince you and you would like to get the service from a logistics company in US, we are here for you!

Original Source:- https://usravens.com/intermodal-transportation/

[plushfrogg]

Rant Time!

Don’t expect this to make sense, whole thing under the cut

Ok, so, I’m very tiered from work, but, can I just talk about 80’s era railroading? Like, before the big GEVO’s come around, before container traffic was a big thing, like, when you could see 4-5 SD40’s on the head end of a true mixed freight train, like, before UP and BNSF divided up the west and the super seven like, EXISTED??? I have really come around to this era as of late and it just feels so… nostalgic, like yeah, the whole 80’s are nostalgic but just seeing locomotives who nowadays would be puttering around on short lines or sitting in museums actually battling it out on long freight trains or crack TOFC trains just really makes me miss that era, like, nowadays every train looks pretty much the same, just 2 miles of containers behind 2-3 of the same locomotives that you can see anywhere else. Back then the trains were varied, the locomotives were being changed every few years, it all seemed so reminiscent of the years before with the early diesels or even the steam engines, not to mention that they still used cabooses, it’s just, such a good blend of railroading, man, I miss that time.

[railwayhistorical]

Surprise on the C&EI

This was an interesting sight: a northbound (TOFC) train with Southern Railway power on the former Chicago & Eastern Illinois (Mopac by this time). We're in central Illinois, not far from Tuscola.

Perhaps this run-through arrangement was a way for the Southern to make it to Chicago—they really should have snapped up the Monon prior to the L&N getting that road in 1971.

That lead unit, as SD35, was built for the Central of Georgia in 1966. It's interesting to note that the Southern purchased all their locomotives with high-short-hoods and tended to run long-hood forward, but not always. I always loved this idiosyncrasy with the Southern Railway as well as the Norfolk & Western.

Two image by Richard Koenig; taken November 20th 1976.

[kookslastbutton]

LOVE THIS SO MUCH!! Thier dynamic works like gold. And yoongi 👀 boy is HOT. Him taking her out to the club was low-key so cuteeee uhhhh such an amazing job you did! Also the smut was 🔥 and im so glad the got together at the end 😍 it was perfect. ❤❤❤

tsundere (m)

⇢ resident advisor! yoongi x reader, college au

⇢ word count: 11.2k

⇢ summary: according to the rumours, min yoongi is a bad apple- doesn’t take grades seriously, drinks as if he has two livers, a certified bad boy™. when you get paired up with him for a project, you’d never expect that someone like him would have a thing or two to teach you about life itself- and how it should be lived. 

⇢ warnings: angst, smut

🎵 song recommendation: something just like this by coldplay x the chainsmokers

a/n: finally something that isn’t pwp????? :”) 

Panic races through your veins and fills up your airway, causing your breathing to double itself, chest heaving in an attempt to calm yourself down. No, this can’t be happening, you chant to yourself over and over. The clock on your laptop is glaringly bright in the near darkness of your room, and the numbers burn themselves into the back of your eyelids. When you close your eyes, the uncomfortable stinging of your contact lenses makes your eyes water and at this point they might as well be tears of desperation.

It’s not like you’ve never had writer’s block before, you reason with yourself. You just have to start writing and edit along the way. Your own voice of reason is drowned out by the anxiety that echoes all the possible consequences of not acing this paper. It’s nearly 4 am and the essay you have so far in front of you is not enough to get an A, you know it in your bones but you can’t come up with anything better either. You could just submit this as it is, but anything less than an A on this paper would pull you down from the cusp of that ever elusive first class honours. And you can’t afford to graduate with anything less than that. The very thought of it sends a fresh chill of panic that creeps down your spine and jolts your fingers into a typing frenzy, spilling thoughts and ideas onto your screen till you reach the end of the page.

But when you read over what you’ve written, it doesn’t make sense at all, just incoherent rambling sentences strung together into a never ending paragraph. In frustration you shove your laptop away from you and push back your chair, reaching for your keys and phone. Sneaking a peek at your roommate’s still form across the room, you let yourself out of the room silently, feeling your tensed shoulders relax immediately as the cool night air embraces you with open arms.

It’s a little chilly to be out in just a long shirt and sleep shorts, but since there’s no one awake to catch you dressed like this, it’s the least of your concerns for now. The balcony that is attached to your room affords a little privacy, and it’s one of the perks of occupying the corner room on this floor. The tranquillity of the cold, autumn night directly contrasts with the millions of theories and concepts running through your mind, and any attempts at clearing your mind are failing pathetically. The residential halls are eerily silent at this time of the night, and as you glance down over the protective railings, you consider how easy it would be to just climb over, just one leg over and then-

“Late night?” You whirl around at the interruption of a raspy, gruff voice sounding from behind you. Your eyes are met with a figure clothed in an oversized sweatshirt and jeans, but it’s only when you squint in the darkness to survey his face that you realise who he is.

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