James McDonald

South African Railways ran them into the 1990s. Occasionally you’ll find video of them with just exhaust smoke but no steam escaping. Search YouTube for “SAR Red Devil and Class 25 Condenser 1986” and you’ll see some condenser locos (extra large tenders are the giveaway)

You’ve got to drop your fire with a quickness. Water is a consumable but it’s also a coolant. Without water on the top of the firebox, or crown sheet, the sheet will fail and because a boiler is a pressure vessel, it explodes catastrophically, usually killing everyone around it.

… condensing systems to recover water vapor from the exhaust steam. There was no one solution and the dynamics were very different around the world and over time.

The situation changed over time and dependent on circumstance. Passenger demands for speed made frequent water stops less ideal. Curvy or hilly sections worked locos harder so they needed more water. Some rrs did go to bigger tenders or supplementary tenders. Other railroads used …

Color photograph showing members of eastern standard time smiling while standing in front of the R Bar in Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas, USVI with palm trees in background.

Flyer for the Bolongo Bay Beach Bash festival. Text reads Iggie’s Beach Bar Presents the Bolongo Bay Beach Bash concert series featuring Robert Leonard, steel pan, Eastern Standard Time, DC ska jazz reggae, Cooperate with Relo of Ubersoca. Open beach, food & drink specials, local vendors, Saturday February 21st, 2-10pm. Flyer is a yellow green and blue gradient fill with photos of the artists and logos of the venue and CCI Virgin Islands production company.

Had a fantastic time playing at R Bar for our first Virgin Islands show! Thanks to everyone for the warm welcome!! Tonight we’re at Iggie’s for the Bolongo Bay Beach Bash festival, alongside steel pan master Robert Leonard, Soca champion Relo, DJ JonQuan, and Steady Rock Sound System!!Come thru!

Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

Not refrigerated. It’s actually a tank car. It would be pre-loaded with brine and then cucumbers at the fields, so the picking process could start as the car moved to the cannery.

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Huge news. We’re backing up the legendary Susan Cadogan at this year’s @supernovaska.bsky.social in September!!!

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Flyer advertising Eastern Standard Time shows on St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. Has EST clock logo in upper left. Background is a sky with palm trees. Test says Eastern Standard Time, live, St.Thomas, V.Islands, 2.19 R Bar, 2.21 Iggie’s

One month away! EST heads to the Virgin Islands! 🇻🇮 19.Feb at R Bar St Thomas and 21.Feb at Iggie’s Beach Club. Both shows alongside DJ Quan and Steady Rock Sound System!!

Headlines decades from now will all be about "someone found the last intact copy of XYZ digital media thought long lost because a person saved it for future generations in an old storage format"

BE that someone with the stuff you love, especially the ephemeral and obscure stuff.

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There’s def more ppl into both ska & trains than either community realizes.

Don't steal pies this Christmas.

Or you could rock it Life Like style with a roll of kelly green painted kraft paper with sawdust glued to it. 😉

Drain hose from washer popping loose and draining into the house? 0/10. Would not recommend.

mexlist.com has a groups.io mailing list that seems to be quite knowledgeable and helpful for such things. That’s where I’d start my inquiry.

Line drawing of an oval soap cake with words “Buttermilk and Borax” pressed into it in old-timey lettering.

Anyone want to start a new band? Specifically a duo named after this old soap?

Cool! Looking forward to it!

Me for sure. Most of the stuff I model isn't available commercially so it's either extreme kitbashes or scratchbuilding.

My #1 goal for all of what I do is to make OUR lives hopefully a bit more joyful.

Are there "serious" topics about the model railroading hobby?

Sure. Mostly centered around inclusiveness of gender/race/economic status.

The key is inspiring people to enjoy the hobby at a level they wanna enjoy it!

Timonium train show this coming weekend. Hoping to pick up some new tools and maybe a freight car kit or two. #ModelRailroading

Check out this super weathering technique for modelers.

A bittersweet farewell to our 2000-series! 🚇
 
Today, we removed the final one from Greenbelt Rail Yard. These trains were first introduced in the early 1980s, operated nearly 200M miles, and carried more than 775M passengers.
 
Now, we’re making way for our 8000-series! 👋

Poster for One Love Reggae Music Festival. Black background with text in yellow, blue and white. Texts read: Oct 4, 5th annual One Love Reggae Music Festival, 11am to 9:30pm. Free admission. Coastal Fermentory & Ironclad Distillery. 206 23rd Street Suite B, Newport News, VA. Bands listed: Eastern Standard Time, Rio, Cultivated Mind, Lost Soul Society, Nature’s Child, Trevor Daniels and The Reef, Young Lions, Lionsbridge, Native Dread, Josh Craig.

Our next show is this Saturday in Newport News. One Love Reggae Music Festival!! Come forward!

This is very true, unfortunately.

I’ve been trying to organize an oral history project at the RF&P HistSoc for these same reasons but it’s quite a task to undertake. Progress is slow.

IC is really under-appreciated, and this bubbles over into model production.

Wow

I cycled thru many scales before landing on HO as my primary. Nowadays I mostly restrain myself from purchases outside of HO unless they’re from pre-1990 Eastern Europe. Then I’ll buy TT or N stuff.

It’s always sat poorly with me because its “humor” posits that an interest in trains and being on the spectrum are things to be ashamed of. Neither are.