#trainmaster

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SOUTHERN PACIFIC OLD TRAINMASTERS & EMD'S

[aenor-llelo]

A fun little lineup of Halfstack Public Transportation blorbos. The gods do get involved in family matters, after all.

The Trainmaster (right) belongs to @karma-uh

[karma-uh]

@halfstack-smp

[Transcript] A PROPHET'S WARNING - SPOKEN BY THE TRAINMASTER (September, Harvest Moon, 1961)

Trainmaster: There is no perfect man and there is no perfect prophet. There is a selfishness inherent to us all than needs not be removed. What you do or do not desire is your choice. But there is no respect in presenting a path that cannot and will not be followed to those that have heeded you.

Trainmaster: The future will never be defined. It is in shattered pieces that will bleed you when you try to seize them from a fate you are not destined to change. I cannot tell you the words you want to hear. They would not be the truth. I cannot tell you what will happen in two years, because that is not my mural to fix. I cannot stoke the furnace that you will need to pursue a desired image. You must do your own works. I will not seek the pain that you should not endure to melt your shards into something whole.

Trainmaster: We are not meant to see some angles of our reality, and it is not our privilege to seek them out. There will never be a straight path that will not be altered. The variables are not yours to control. You will only twist yourself into a fantasy that will quietly kill you, and would shatter upon a touch. Do not fill what we cannot see with what you do not know.

Trainmaster: The future is not yours.

[timetrek24]

🇺🇲🤝🇨🇭 The BALL Trainmaster Standard Time is a timepiece that merges classic elegance with modern functionality! Crafted by BALL Watch Company, it pays tribute to the iconic railway timekeeping systems that once governed the schedules of trains worldwide.

🚂 Currently BALL Watch Company SA is a Swiss luxury watch company based in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. But originally it was founded in 1891 by Webb C. Ball in Cleveland, Ohio, and is deeply linked to American railroad history.

⌚️ Inspired by the golden age of rail travel, the Trainmaster Standard Time embodies the spirit of precision and reliability. With its distinctive design and timeless aesthetic, this exceptional timepiece captures the essence of vintage railway pocket watches, exuding sophistication and charm.

⚙️ Engineered to withstand the demands of the railway environment, the watch features a high-precision movement, ensuring accurate timekeeping even in challenging conditions. Whether worn by contemporary explorers or enthusiasts of horological history, this watch seamlessly combines tradition with cutting-edge technology.

⏱️ The name "Standard Time" harks back to the introduction of standardized timekeeping practices in the 19th century, revolutionizing the way people synchronized their schedules and travel plans.

🌟 Whether adorning your wrist on a daily commute or a grand adventure, this exceptional timepiece stands as a symbol of precision and sophistication.

[carcinogeneticisst]

I thought I’d continue this post and look at the rest of Team Orange created for Tron Lightcycle Run.

This is Abrahammer, he has a sleeker costume like Foley. By the “come and get it” gesture he does and his name, he seems really full of himself lol.

Next is Trainmaster. Her outfit looks very similar to Quorra’s with her light patterning, but it looks more practical with no cutouts or tunic. I like it.

By process of elimination, this is Bucannon in the front. His light patterning is very unique, we haven’t really seen geometric shapes. Also he’s got some sick shoulder guards.

(No character stats, sorryy)

And last but not least, we have the team leader Rinzler. We know this guy well. Though from his 475 wins compared to his next highest team mate, Foley’s 244 wins, it seems he’s in the games twice as much. That makes me sad, this guy deserves some rest.

[guerrerense]

Trainmaster Jimmy with Southern Pacific 18 at the Laws Railroad Museum. 3/23 por Bryan Burton

[toonilumi]

Any Lady Fortuna Fact?

fortu!

- has a very big and complicated family tree. not due to like incest or whatever but "popped out of the top of someone's head" kind of complicated.

- was frequently forced to wear a blindfold as apart of her "job". She is very happy to not have to do that anymore.

- mostly works in monetary businesses in the IRC. you know, keeping track of inflation and whatnot.

- tybalt has banned her from any games of chance or luck because she is one wrong move away from an addiction.

- before becoming a trainmaster she used to be a conductor! nobody really remembers what she was like, but she must have been good at it.

[dogcoding]

just got off the wrong train stop but i played it off soooo well and made it back on in time #trainmaster #subwaysurfer #ihatetoei

[gaymer-hag-stan]

Update on the train incident I posted about earlier.

In case you don't know what I'm talking about, on the 28th of February, a head-on collision occurred between two trains south of the Tempi Valley, near the village of Evangelismos in Thessaly, Greece. The collision, involving the IC62 passenger train and an intermodal freight train, killed at least 57 people, making it the deadliest rail disaster in Greek history and also the deadliest in Europe since the Santiago de Compostela derailment in 2013.

What's been happening ever since is ridiculous, because the vast majority of news anchors on TV have been trying way too hard to push the trainmaster as the sole person responsible for the incident.

At this point two things should be noted.

A. Said trainmaster was grossly unqualified for the position he was put in, reportedly by a politician friend who is still unknown to the public

B. Greece is the lowest ranking EU country for press freedom

I think you can put two and two together, but while obviously the trainmaster should be held responsible as far as his part is concerned. So should the media who consistently ignored train workers going multiple strikes to complain about the unsafe condition of the railway system and had already warned that it was only a matter of time before a serious accident would happen literally a month ago. So should the former transport minister, Kostas Achilleas Karamanlis, who resigned after the incident but would not hear the various warnings by the train workers and would immediately declare their strikes as illegal. Both he and the prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis kept saying that the way the railroad system was operating during the previous government was unsafe and would eventually cause accidents and were bragging about fixing it yet they knowingly did nothing. There are videos of the prime minister arriving at the site of the incident and a bunch of his yesmen directing him at how to appear to look sad, shouting out to him to lower his head and stuff like that.

GPS tracking technology has been purchased TWENTY THREE years ago and has inexplicably not been installed yet. Meaning that every single person in power since 2000 has purposefully ignored the much needed upgrade. Trains have no way of tracking each other other than radio communication which is ridiculous. The two trains that crashed into each other were allowed to move on the same track because the stationmaster at Larissa, who had only been working for one month there, ordered the train to proceed and pass red signals all the way to Neoi Poroi and ordered his assistant – the switchman – to not "turn the keys" (realign the switches) as a local train would be crossing them. The section where the accident took place, located 27.3 kilometres (17.0 miles) north of Larissa, was double-tracked and equipped with automatic controls, but switching and signalling were still being controlled manually.

The European Union announced that they had allocated tons of funds to upgrade the railway system that were never properly invested and were literally about to take Greece to court for the condition of the railway system being a literal health hazard.

The following video features scenes of police brutality.

On the left you can see Kyriakos Mitsotakis' social media post addressing the situation. I could actually translate for you but it's nothing more than empty words. On the right you can see policemen cracking down on people who gathered outside Hellenic Train's headquarters by firing tear gas and using excessive violence. The man with the blurred face exclaims that he was offering medical assistance when the policemen arrested him. The policeman yelling in his face is screaming "What are you doing here? Are you Albanian? Are you a commie? What are you?" And lastly you can see the prime minister in one of his previous speeches inside the parliament formally apologising for anyone who has been affected by police brutality in the past (at this point it should also be noted that during his reign of terror, police brutality incidents have been an at all time high as far as recent years go. He has also seriously overfunded and overhired the police during the last few years)

It should finally be noted that the Monday before the train crash took place was a national holiday, and many of the train passengers were university students in their 20s who had gone back home for the long weekend and were now returning back to their universities in northern Greece

At least 57 people were killed, and 80 others were injured, with 25 of them suffering serious injuries. Of the injured, 66 were hospitalized, with six being admitted to intensive care units. Identifying some victims was challenging due to the high temperatures reaching up to 1,300 degrees Celsius (2,370 degrees Fahrenheit) inside the first carriage. Six Albanians, two Cypriot students and a citizen of Romania are among the dead.

As a closing statement, I'd like to share a quote that's been flying around social media ever since the above incidents took place.

"The few kids that we didn't chase away abroad, boarded the train to go study.

The ones who survived went to protest for those who died.

We beat up those ones."

[nico-di-genova]

Not Rinzler, but here’s some more orange team stats!

This one’s for Trainmaster, who seems to have elements of Quorra’s design.

ID: 012162

Rank: Striker

Game Specialty: Disc Wars

Armament: Light Disc

Programs Derezzed: 26

Lightcycles Derezzed: 98

Wins: 211

Losses: 25

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Chapter 1: Platform Nine and Thee-Quarters and The Boy Who Lived

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It was about nine or ten in the morning. Eleven year old Harry Potter, a boy with glasses on his face and dark, messy hair. He wore baggy, tan pants, a dark shirt, and a plaid, long sleeve shirt over it. Harry was  walking down the lane between trains at Kings-cross Station in London, looking for Platform Nine and Three-Quarters. A man rushed by, trying to get to his train. He bumped slightly into Harry.

"Sorry." The man apologized, still rushing. Harry looked around, just as confused as he was when he first started. He was visited by a very tall man named Rubius Hagrid, who had told Harry that he was a Wizard. He had been taking Harry to Platform Nine and Three-Quarters when he suddenly had to leave, leaving Harry by himself. Harry spotted a train master and hoped that he could help. Harry walked up to the Train Master.

"Excuse me," Harry said. The Trainmaster was talking to a woman and her child. 

"Right on your left, ma'am." The Trainmaster said. The woman thanked him. 

"Excuse me, Sir," Harry said. The Trainmaster looked at Harry. Harry looked up at the man. "Can you tell me where I might find Platform Nine and Three-Quarters?" Harry asked. The Trainmaster frowned at Harry. 

"Nine and Three-Quarters? Think you're being funny, do ya?" The Trainmaster asked, clearly frustrated. The Trainmaster walked away, shaking his head. Harry looked at the Trainmaster in confusion. [Y/N] was looking down at her requirements that also came with her acceptance letter. She looked up as Mrs. Weasley, a long time family friend of Sanora's, spoke,

"It's the same year after year. Always packed with Muggles, of course." Mrs. Weasley said. She was holding Ginny's hand. Ginny wasn't old enough to start at Hogwarts yet, but she was still seeing her brothers and [Y/N] off. [Y/N] looked over and saw a young boy, probably about her age, staring at the wizarding family in confusion. The boy caught [Y/N]'s gaze, and she quickly looked away. "Come on," Mrs. Weasley urged. "Platform Nine and Three-Quarters this way!" Mrs. Weasley said. The family stopped in front of what looked like a normal brick wall, between Platforms Nine and Ten. "All right, Percy, you first." Mrs. Weasley said. A tall boy with red hair nodded, walking forward. He faced the brick wall and ran towards it. Amazingly, he disappeared right into it. [Y/N]'s eyes widened and a smile broke across her face. 

"Wicked!" She whispered. Harry stared in amazement. Mrs. Weasley turned to two identical boys next. She smiled and nodded her head. 

"Fred, you next." Mrs. Weasley said. The first boy gestured to the second, a look of slight anger on her face. 

"He's not Fred, I am!" The twin said. The second twin shook his head in disappointment. 

"Honestly, woman, you call yourself our mother!" The twin said. Mrs. Weasley groaned and shook her head. 

"Oh, I'm sorry, George." Mrs. Weasley apologized and waved her arm. Fred walked over and stood in front of his mother. He looked at her, smiling. 

"I'm only joking. I am Fred." Fred said. [Y/N] chuckled at the twins' antics. Fred ran through the wall, and was followed by his twin brother, George. Harry shook his head in disbelief. He quickly approached the woman. 

"Excuse me!" He shouted, catching the family's attention. Mrs. Wesley turned and smiled at the boy, whose cart collided slightly with the last, red haired boy. "C-could you tell me how to," Harry asked nervously. Mrs. Weasley smiled and nodded. 

"How to get on the platform?" Mrs. Weasley asked. Harry smiled and nodded. Mrs. Weasley smiled as well. "Yes, not to worry, dear. It's Ron and [Y/N]'s first time to Hogwarts as well," she said. Harry looked to a red haired boy, probably about his age, maybe older, who gave him a smile. Harry smiled and nodded his head in greeting. Harry then turned his gaze to look at a girl, again, Harry's age or a little older. She had [h/l] [h/c] hair, which shone beautifully in the light of the sun and the train station lights. She had dazzling, [e/c] eyes, which shone with happiness and kindness. She had [s/t] skin. Harry stared at her in aw for a moment before braking his trance and giving the girl a smile and wave. The girl returned it. "Now," Mrs. Weasley continued, gaining the attention of the children. "All you've got to do, is walk straight at the wall, between Platforms 9 and 10. Best do it at a bit of a run if you're nervous." Mrs. Weasley said. Harry nodded at her in thanks. Ginny smiled at Harry. 

"Good luck." Ginny said. Harry walked up to the wall and looked it up and down. Harry then took a breath and ran at the wall. He shut his eyes, expecting pain.

Instead, he emerged on the other side a magnificent station with a red train and bundles of people. A whistle from the red and black train blew. Harry sighed with relief and smiled widely. He walked towards the train. 

[Y/N] quickly ran through after the boy she and Ron had just met. She, as well, closed her eyes. When she opened them, they widened in aw. A large smile broke across her face as she looked around the train station. [Y/N] turned her head when she heard more feet. Ron, Mrs. Weasley and Ginny raced into the station as well. Ron looked around the station, his eyes wide as well. 

"Wicked!" Ron shouted. Mrs. Weasley put her hands on [Y/N] and Ron's shoulders. 

"Well, let's get you both to the train so you can find your seats." She said. Ron and [Y/N] smiled and nodded, walking with Mrs. Weasley to the train. 

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An hour later, the train was traveling through unknown country. Harry was sitting in a compartment by himself, watching the scenery go by. 

"Excuse me," a voice said, making Harry loo, up. He saw that it was the same boy and girl he had run into at the station. The girl was smiling bashfully. The boy shrugged and looked at the empty seats next to and in front of Harry. "Do you mind? Everywhere else is full." The boy said. Harry smiled and scooted a little.  "No, not at all." Harry said. The boy and the girl smiled. They sat across from Harry.  "I'm Ron, by the way. Ron Weasley." Ron introduced. Harry looked at the girl. 

"And I'm [Y/N]. [Y/N] Scamander." [Y/N] introduced. Harry smiled at the two. 

"I'm Harry. Harry Potter." Harry introduced. Ron and [Y/N]'s eyes widened. 

'Harry Potter? As in, the Harry Potter? The Boy who survived an attack by He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named?' [Y/N] thought. Ron was the first to break the silence, "So-so it's true?! I mean, do you really have the...the..." Ron asked, stammering. Harry frowned slightly.  "The what?" He asked. [Y/N] looked around, as if making sure that no one was listening. She leaned forwards.  "Scar?" She whispered. Harry smiled and chuckled. 

"Oh, yeah." He said. He lifted up his bangs. Smiles broke out across Ron and [Y/N]s faces. 

"Wicked." Ron said, making Harry chuckle as he let his bangs fall. A trolley came by the compartment, full of sweets. A nice, older looking woman and pushing the cart.

"Anything off the trolley, dears?" The woman asked. 

"No, thanks, I'm all set." Ron said, holding up some smooshed sandwiches. [Y/N] smiled sadly and shook her head. She had forgotten her money at her house, which she had realized a little too late. Suddenly, Harry reached into his pocket and took out some gold coins. 

"We'll take the lot!" Harry declared, holding out the coins. Ron and [Y/N]'s eyes widened once again. 

"Whoa!" [Y/N] breathed. 

The seats were now packed full of almost all of the sweets from the trolley. Ron's rat, Scabbers, was perched on Ron's knee, a box over his head. Harry picked up a small box of what looked like jelly-beans. 

"Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans?" Harry asked, reading the label. [Y/N] nodded. She took out a Licorice Wand, taking a bite of it.   

"They mean every flavor!" She said. Ron nodded, taking a bite of a chocolate cauldron.

"There's chocolate and peppermint, and there's also spinach, liver and tripe," Ron said. After eating her Licorice Wand, [Y/N] opened a bag of Peppermint Toads, popping one into her mouth. She watched as Harry ate a Bertie Bott's bean. "George swore he got a bogey-flavored one once!" Ron said. [Y/N] chuckled as Harry quickly took the bean he was chewing out of his mouth. He then reached over and picked up a blue and golden package. The package was a chocolate frog.

"These aren't real chocolate frogs, are they?" Harry asked. [Y/N] shook her head, finishing chewing the Peppermint Toad she was eating. 

"It's only a spell. Besides, it's the cards you want. Each pack's got a famous witch or wizard." [Y/N] explained.

"I got about 500 meself." Ron said, sounding proud of himself. 

"I've got about 400." [Y/N] said. Harry shrugged and opened the package. Once he lifted the lid, the frog came to life. The frog croaked and jumped onto the window and climbed up.

"Watch it!" Ron shouted. The frog then leapt out the window, disappearing. Ron hummed. "Oh, that's rotten luck. They've only got one good jump in them to begin with." He said. Harry looked down at the card, seeing that Professor Dumbledore was in the card. 

"Hey, I got Dumbledore!" Harry exclaimed. 

"I got about 6 of him." Ron said, sounding quite proud of himself. 

[Y/N] smiled. "I've got about 8 of him, myself." She said. Ron rolled his eyes at her. "Show off." He said, making [Y/N] chuckle. Harry looked down at the card again, to see the card was empty. He looked up in astonishment.  "Hey, he's gone!" He exclaimed. Ron gave Harry a 'well duh' look.  "Well, you can't expect him to hang around all day, can you?" Ron asked. Scabbers, Ron's rat, gave a squeak, making Harry look at the animal. "This is Scabbers, by the way, pathetic, isn't he?" Ron asked. Harry shrugged. "Just a little bit." Harry said. Ron looked at the two.  "Fred gave me a spell as to turn him yellow. Want to see?" He asked. A smile broke out across Harry's face.  "Yeah!" He said, excited. Ron took out his wand, and cleared his throat.

"Ahem. Sun," but before he could finish his sentence, a girl with bushy brown hair, wearing the Hogwarts uniform for the girls and her black robes, walked into the doorway. The girl sighed in what seemed like annoyance.  "Has anyone seen a toad? A boy named Neville's lost one." The girl said. Ron looked at [Y/N] and Harry, the two of them shaking their heads in confusion. Ron looked back at the girl.  "No." He said, shaking his head. The girl caught sight of Ron's wand.  "Oh, are you doing magic? Let's see then." The girl said. She sounded, a little snobbish, at least in [Y/N]'s opinion. Ron started the spell again, clearing his throat.  "Aghhhemm. Sunshine, daises, butter mellow, turn this stupid fat rat yellow!" Ron recited. The only thing that happened was sparks coming out of Ron's wand and sparking the rat, making Scabbers squeak in surprise. Ron looked at [Y/N] and Harry. Ron shrugged, making the other two shrug as well. Not all spells worked the first time. The new girl with them didn't look very impressed. 

"Are you sure that's a real spell?" The girl asked. "Well, it's not very good, is it? Of course I've only tried a few simple spells myself, and they've all worked for me. For example," the girl walked over from the door way and sat across from Harry. She pointed her wand at his glasses, making both Harry and [Y/N] tense. "Oculus Reparo." The girl commanded. Sparks shot out of the end of her wand and the tape, which had been around the noseband of Harry's glasses, suddenly snapped off and disappeared into thin air. Harry took his glasses off and looked at them in amazement. His glasses were fixed. The girl smiled. "That's better, isn't it?" She asked. Her eyes suddenly widened. "Holy Cricket, you're Harry Potter. I'm Hermione Granger, and you are?" Hermione asked, looking at Ron, again, not too impressed.  "I'm...Ron Weasley." Ron introduced, his mouth full. Hermione gave and unimpressed look. She then looked at [Y/N]. 

"And who are you?" She asked. [Y/N] smiled slightly at Hermione. 

"I'm [Y/N] Scamander." [Y/N] introduced. Hermione's eyes widened again. 

"Wait, you wouldn't happen to be related to Newt Scamander, author of the book, Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, would you?" Hermione asked. [Y/N] smiled and nodded. 

"He's actually my grandfather." [Y/N] said. Hermione hummed and nodded.  "Interesting," she looked at Ron and Harry. "You three better change into your robes. I expect we'll be arriving soon," Hermione said. With that, she got up and started to leave. She stopped and then turned to Ron. "You've got dirt, on your nose, by the way, did you know? Just there." Hermione said, pointing to the side of her nose. Ron furrowed his brows and rubbed at the spot Hermione had pointed to. With that, Hermione left the three first years in silence. 

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//Here's Chapter 1. I hope you all like it. I'm debating on whether I should put [Y/N] in the Gryffindor House to make the story go smoother, or to change it up and put [Y/N] in the Hufflepuff House, following in the footsteps of her Grandfather, mother, aunt and father. Let me know what you all think in the comments.//  

[aryburn-trains]

CNJ Push Pull by Bob Anderson Via Flickr: FM Trainmaster 2407 starting the push on other end at Newark, NJ Penn Station 9/67

[lobstersinmyhouse]

top 5 locomotives >::)

FUCK YEAH FUCK UEAH FUCK YEAH FUCK YEAJ FUCJ UEAH FUCK UEAH

1) THE EMD SD40T-2 improved cooling and mountain performance is neato

2) The GE C40-8W, kinda the first of GE's truly modern locomotives

3) The Baldwin AS-616, a rectangular prism that learned to walk

4) The Fairbanks-Morse Trainmaster, probably the single best road switcher ever built that did yeoman service on SP's bay area commute well into the 70s

5) The EMD F45, the last American cowl unit in freight service

Thanks :3

[vacantgodling]

UUUUH specific music artist for trainmaster chidori and amon 🌝

🌚 graziiiii

for TMC firstly i am going to shamelessly plug it’s playlist -> gogogo

but if i were to pick one artist i would say takayan. his style the electronica bg with the rougher vocals just give me such a vibe for the world :’)

AMON DEAREST is a bit hard. i think i would say DEAN? specifically because dean has a lovely voice (and i do think amon has a nice voice,,) and ranges from talking about sex and “shallow” shit to deeper songs about yknow. the state of society and everything. it gives me a vibe for the boy

[breezzelle]

I know I haven't finished all the Underexpress! characters spreadsheets yet but here are all the roles for the main cast i've been thinking about so far.

Frisk - trainmaster

Chara - train conductor

Asriel - delivery boy/mailman, train conductor

Toriel - in charge of handling the snack vendor cart and handing out snacks to passengers

Sans - ticket seller, office worker

Papyrus - station attendant (future security guard)

Undyne - chief of security guards

Alphys - office worker, engineer

Asgore - janitor, station attendant

Mettaton - entertainment purpose

[guerrerense]

Working the put-away por Kevin Madore Por Flickr: After completing a full slate of "Steam & Sleighs" runs from Sheepscot to Top of the Mountain, the crew of the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum's Locomotive #9 performs some yard switching, putting all of the passenger equipment safely away in the museum's 3-track car barn. Because virtually all of the 2-foot gauge rolling stock is of wood construction, it is of the utmost importance to store that equipment under cover, keep it good working order and to ensure its longevity. In this scene, Engineman Gordon Cook is on the throttle of #9 and Trainmaster/Conductor Ed Lecuyer rides the footboards on the pilot as the locomotive backs away from the car barn.