maximum zenkai brain

This shot of a giant excavator in Germany slowly making its way to a coal site 25km away. [March, 1999]

the hatred for coal mining and coal power leaving my body when i see bagger 288

Bagger 288 being made to devour mountains for coal is abuse, like the robot equivalent of K-9 units. It should be fighting monsters with Ultraman

Oh my god

i may not be gods strongest warrior but there is all sorts of bullshit that he makes me deal with and i hndle it not very well usually

strong contender for my new favorite tee k.o. shirt

@nederlandsespoorwegen this is allowed, right?

Small pets in a travel carrier or in your lap are allowed! As long as they're not disturbing other passengers of course, but this cutie would never

Larger dogs need a supplemental day ticket

For anyone curious this video was filmed in a Dutch ICMm-model intercity passenger train, identifiable by the single-floor design, overhead baggage racks, seating arrangement and seat types!

Also known as the "Koploper ('head-walker')", these trains have been in service since 1977 and are a well-known staple of the Dutch landscape today. Pictured on the right beside a more internationally typical long-distance train, these trains earned their nickname from their unique ability to connect the heads of multiple separate trains together into one long train through a foldable hallway that could pop out from behind the large doors on the front, allowing passengers and conductors to cross between different units en-route instead of having to switch units during stops.

Back in the day this feature particularly benefitted the snack carts that would be brought through the aisle while underway, allowing a single cart to access the full extent of the train and thus eliminating the need to carry a cart for each set in a train, or transfer the cart between train sets during stops.

As this service became discontinued however the extensive maintenance– and reliability issues that plagued this system became much harder to justify, leading to the eventual discontinuation and eventual outright removal of this feature starting in 2005.

Though the ICMm has finally received its successor in the form of the ICNG (pictured below) its end of life is still not yet here, and it will continue its tenure as one of the longest serving models for at least another number of years more!

Bonus fact: Like the ICMm "Koploper", this train too has gotten its own nickname through colloquial consensus! Drawing from its still relatively sturdy head and the emphasis on the driver's cabin window through the use of black paint, it has become known as the "Wesp ('Wasp'!)".

Excellent facts but the train in the video seems to be an ICR, not an ICM. The interior is every so slightly different. Made from the same carriages but with traction provided by a TRAXX loc:

yeah i let her hit., with a b aseball bat. on a completely unrelate dnote i have this terribl e headache

Where is my fantasy female protagonist who's a little too socially adept maybe I'm tired of the assumption being that all fantasy female protagonists don't really understand the nuances of conversation in politicised situations. I want a girl who knows exactly how to play people and is always a little privately concerned that she's evil for it.

nothing more embarassing than when you develop personal beef with a piece of media thats entirely petty. like sorry no i cant talk about that show it. bit me.

this is by far the most fun Ive ever had reading tags on a post that blew up

Bitches love my lifeless dead eyes

it’s monday i’m in the labyrinth

it’s tuesday i’m in the evil lab

it’s wednesday i’m in the time loop

it’s thursday i’m in the medieval torture apparatus

🌸it’s friday i’m in love🌸

If you come in you don’t have to come out

the way this is like baaaaarely parody

bringing in a second actor towards the end of the video to deliver a single devastating punchline is brilliant writing

it's not a metaphor. this is my fetish