In addition to that, you should expect to see either a diesel and/or a power car on every excursion this locomotive runs. Because this locomotive was designed purely to haul freight trains, it’s highly unlikely it’ll have Head End Power (HEP) to power lights, AC, etc. for excursions.

Pretty simple actually - a dynamometer car is coupled directly behind the locomotive, and it measures the force transmitted by the locomotive through the coupler/draft gear, along with the speed. Force X Speed = Horsepower

Cool as all get out. My son was a bit of a train freak when he was young (and it rubbed off on me a bit). I took him to see a 3900 series Challenger loco (Boy Boy’s slightly smaller predecessor) as it meandered its way across the country - that was seriously friggin’ impressive, I can only imagine what the Big Boy is…

Really... tomorrow is May the 4th and you’re not going to mention how they have Luke’s Landspeeder? C’mon man.

It burns #5 oil now.

Live in it?   Not permanently!   You should have showed them photos of your house - lawn and dishwasher, etc.

Was about to complain then saw were were on Giz, not Jalopnik. Carry on.

It won’t be long before bros with lifted electric pick ups will start EVing gas stations.

Given that it currently runs, it’s not eligible. 

But but he never stopped to think about whether he SHOULD do it!

Mustang is crowned the best-selling sports car in the United States

Italians fixing potholes? Old news!

And one of the nice features of capitalism is, if you don’t like it, you don’t have to pay for it.

64 yr old was British, that was his hard Brexit.

“In Rust We Trust”

Failure is always an option, I’ve been perfecting it for years.

Jeez, it’s too bad you don’t have another Jeep that you could press into service in a pinch. You should think about buying a spare. 

The road marking thing has long been an exploit...

I really loved that sequence they did with Ocon visualizing his lap with his eyes closed. That was such a human moment. He actually looked like an awkward kid, rather than some superman, but it was so engaging because you knew how passionate he was about his craft.