this post was submitted on 05 May 2025
25 points (93.1% liked)

Railroading

53 readers
36 users here now

founded 2 weeks ago
MODERATORS
 

We were on the radio with the diesel mechanic, after several attempts to reset the faults, when we started seeing smoke. He said "Hang on a second I'm looking into this" to which we replied We are on fire!

top 2 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[โ€“] Rivalarrival 11 points 18 hours ago

Every machine is a smoke machine if you operate it wrong enough.

[โ€“] HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 14 hours ago

Tell 'em it's for the heritage program. Railfans love superfluous smoke for the camera.