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[Hellhound]

Mine is Kyota, a character from "Hellbound" An online comic that ran from 2004 to 2007.

[GCTTowerA]

My profile image is the Grand Central Terminal main concourse.

[Heave]

Just a Seagull hunting food.

Some days are better than others.

[Cooped]

This is my son and I riding in the cupola on the caboose at Strasburg Railroad Day out with Thomas about a year ago.

[lescar]

Mine is a Photo I took of a Union Pacific # 2370, EMD SD60M Loco., out by the cement plant in Apex.  It also had a UP EMD SD70m connected to it, the engine was running on the SD60, is that normal for them to let it idle with no one around.

Les

[Mike]

Les - Most railroads leave the engines running in cold weather (anything below 40 f). For environmental purposes, there is no antifreeeze in the radiators... only water. It would be costly to let the block freeze! And the fuel can be "pre-warmed" to prevent gell formation. While it seems on the surface to be a wateful policy, it makes sense... and avoids all of the hassels of an anti-freeze spill.