Possibly. Mine was a diesel locomotive.

We totally did the Sam's Club wedding cake, too! It was pretty damn good, too!

this won't ever see the light of un-grey, but here goes a short story. Before my wife was my wife, she took her '98 Civic in for an oil change. She took it to a quick lube place. Luckily, she's not an idiot. She asked them to change the oil and filter. They pulled the car into the bay. During the oil change, they came…

I had a recall on my TDi Jetta concerning idiots putting gas in a diesel vehicle. It required replacing the filler neck and cap. I'm not an idiot and have another diesel vehicle so it's never been a problem. Hell, I have more worries of putting gas in my one has vehicle over putting gas in my diesel. So, I said I…

Groom here. Ceremony done. At the reception dinner immediately afterwards but before pictures were taken. We had barbecue catered (it was fantastic!). So, I'm getting my plate in line buffet style and I'm putting some sauce on my plate. Well, the sauce got a clog in the nozzle. When it let go, I covered my arm in…

In going car shopping with a friend (for a car for him) we went around driving my truck. One dealer almost ignored my friend wanting to buy my truck. I didn't think much about it. Fast forward a few months and I decided to sell my truck. First stop was that dealer. Turns out they didn't want my truck, just my…

#7. Along with tagging and bagging, take pictures. Take lots of pictures. Everyone has a digital camera these days.

I have had 3 different VW's. An '02 Jetta 1.8T 5MT, an '03 Passat V6, and an '09 Jetta TDi 6MT. The '02 was bought used at 48,000. Traded in with 90,000. Only problem was a coil pack failed. The '09 is my daily driver that I bought new. 85,000 miles currently with zero problems. The '03 I bought a few years ago with…

Once saw an ad for something for sale that stated it had hidrawlic breaks. My head hurt after reading that one.

This. This is a real thing. I have an '06 Chevy with extended cab and know exactly what you are talking about. You open the front door to get the back door open and now you are stuck between doors and can't get the stuff out of the cart.

But this one is an import. It was only legal to import it last year. So, at worst, it has only seen one Minnisota winter.

Eh, I have an '09 Jetta TDi, which has given me zero issues and I love. But, it has had about 5 separate recalls, 3 of them related to dumb people putting gas in them. One of the recalls is to stick a big yellow sticker on the dash that says "Diesel fuel only". I have the sticker but I refuse to put it on the dash.

Na, just a group of 15,000 of them.

Generally found in farm and home stores as these types of shovels are typically used for shoveling grain.

There are. All grade crossings in the US, whether they are signaled or not, have an identifying number on either the signal box or the crossbuck post. Usually, one signs also contain the railroads emergency number. Call that number first before 911. If the numbers aren't listed, here are the 4 major railroads numbers.

Good advice here. Roadside services such as AAA are nice and all, but it's really not hard to change your own tire. I remember one day when I was a kid when my mother broke down. Called AAA (actually had a cell phone back in those days) and ended up waiting 3 hours. Fast forward many years when I was driving home from…

No. There is about 3" of clearance between the top of the rail and the bottom of the front pilot on the locomotive.

As a locomotive engineer, I'll weigh in. We are required to sound the horn 15-20 second before reaching the crossing. Honestly, it wouldn't matter if we just ran around constantly sounding the horn. People will still pull out in front of us, risking their lives to save a minute or 2. In the case of this video, the…

The job is hours of boredom followed by a few seconds of shear terror.

Freight railroads generally are not scheduled. Also, for security reasons, freight railroads won't let you track their trains and cars anymore unless you are an employee or a customer of the railroad. Amtrak, though, allows you to track their trains right on their website.