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“any load a steam locomotive can start from a dead stop, it can haul”
You’ve got this, little meme locomotive!
Is this saying something significant or just a tautology?
It’s a railroader saying. Steam makes 100% torque at a dead stop so if it can start moving it can haul it.
So it means if our little train gets going nothing can stop it.
For comparison a diesel-electric locomotive makes 300% torque at a dead stop so it can move things it cannot haul for long distances. The motors would catch on fire or you would burn out your electronics.
Another railroader saying that sounds like a tautology is
“Steam can’t start a load it can haul. Electric can start a load it can’t”
Yeah, I was also really confused initially. Because it seems to indeed be a tautology, or maybe it’s a shitpost
It’s a common railroader saying I replied to the other commenter with more details if you’re curious
Ganbatte train-san!
You can do it little train!
Obligatory fuck Rob Schnieder, maga supporting pos who wants us to go to war and reinstate the draft.
He can go first.
He really did fall off
In the digital age the saying “Don’t meet your heroes” can be interpreted as “Don’t check your heroes’ social media or public statements”
Though he was no hero of mine, it was pretty fun to try to see him in Adam Sandler films back in the day.
Hey, look, I feel seen! Yayyy!