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Apparently posting cute anime girls is the key to getting a banger post so here's your occasional reminder to watch Nurse Witch Komugi.

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

So 10/11 is apparently loli day, so have some cute brats to bless your feed this fine weekend

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I don't think I've ever seen that many reefer containers at once before. Also, all the yard power over at Conrail this week is old high hood GP38's

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

First time flying first class (it's not super fancy on a 717-200 apparently 😂) We're back in Detroit, and I could actually see my house from the plane on our final decent, so that was pretty neat.

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

More shots from my adventure to Myrtle Beach.

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Swapped out as a driver with my mom in Cleveland and slept through most of Ohio. The drive through Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia was amazing. Ended up staying in Luray and we're heading the rest of the way to Myrtle Beach this morning. Luray Caverns is absolutely amazing btw.

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Going on a mini vacation to drop off a PC I built for my aunt in Myrtle Beach Driving this toaster down there from Detroit after work tonight and flying back, I wanna run down US 340 along the Shenandoah on the way down, but I need to see how much time I've got.

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Life has come full circle, I'm once again parking a P body in my parents back yard, 21 years after my first Sundance.

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Something I've noticed about TTX intermodal cars since I joined the railroad. Cars starting with 888, 889, and 890 are renumbered Pacer Stacktrain cars and cars that start with 893, 894, and 895 are renumbered BNSF cars. 400, 500, 600, and 700 series cars are built for TTX.

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'm stoked it's finally cooling off around here, but now I really need to get the Caddy on the road before the salt flies 😂

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Is Grand Live actually better than Unity Cup, or does the GL RNG just hate me? I struggle to hit anything higher than S+ in GL but consistently hit SS-UG in Unity and I've never gotten anything higher than an SS from Grand Live.

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"we need a logo for our container shipping company Dong Fang" "How about two dolphins fucking?" "Genius, give this man a raise!"

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Welp, found out why my trains are late. Rail got knocked out of gauge shoving back around a tight corner right in front of the busiest junction in my local network with a car sideways across 6 tracks with both sets of trucks deleted. Nothing's moving for awhile over here.

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Second time seeing these intermodal dumpsters here. Of course they're running the trash train on the hottest day of the week too so it smells fantastic on the east side of the yard today 😂

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Looked way better in person, but the full moon was ringed by clouds was awesome tonight

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Top of group B at least, I'll take it.

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

For how few of these they made it's wild seeing one as a sign for a junkyard.

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Someone knocked a chunk of the exhaust off my yard truck at work since the last time I used it and it sounds fucking great. It's still slow AF tho 🤣

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Figured I'd do the gaming version as well

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

In light of recent events in the Pokemon TCG scene. Watching the scalpers get bodied online is restoring a little bit of my faith in humanity.

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Figured out which HDD is on it's way out in my PC. 19 years old with over 92.k hours on, he's tired boss.

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

One of my favorite odd features of the Dodge Shadow and Plymouth Sundance is that the cupholder perfectly fits a 2 liter.

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I love that most Vtuber and Artist plushies are pre orders because my ADHD brain forgets I bought them and I get surprised by an adorable plushie a few months later. That said, I probably shouldn't leave Yomi alone in my car with access to tools and flammable liquids...

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Blew the dust and cat fur out of the rig after work tonight. I'm so used to sitting next to it all the time I sometimes forget how how fucking magnificent she looks, especially after a fresh clean.

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Couple more shots of 1852 in slightly better lighting. Today was a carnival (as per usual) so I didn't get out in the yard until around 7pm tonight.

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Only problem with working the overnight shift is the lighting is trash by the time something interesting rolls in. Anyway, here's some scuffed low light shots of CSXT 1852, the Western Maryland heritage unit. I'll try and get some better shots in the morning if she's still in the yard.

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

You know it's been a long night when the traffic lights stop flashing on the drive home =/

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Interesting lashup heading south out of the yard this afternoon.

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

They put up some new informational posters at work over my weekend about spine cars and hitch plates. Them being from 1996 is actually more accurate than brand new posters since I have yet to encounter a spine car that wasn't 30+ years old and clapped to hell

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Hit the same puddle that took out the Shadow last with the barge today at the same speed and she handled it exactly as expected. Driving this 3 ton barge, through every sort of weather imaginable for the last 7 years has made me forget how to drive compacts in poor weather.

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Painted the center console black while I had it out to replace the shifter bushings. I wasn't planning on painting the interior trim in this, but I really feel it matches the center stack trim better in black.

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Something oddly nostalgic about walking out to the Barge all by itself at 2am leaving work I'm glad the Shadow is back up to daily duty after the last couple weeks, this big girl is tired, and the gas is killing me, but it was nice to have her back for a bit.

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

One last ride. Interesting bit of iron in the yard tonight, a couple of former BN GP28-2M's headed for the scrap track, these two are just rolling shells with the engines, traction motors, and controls already pulled out.

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Scuffed lunar eclipse pictures, it looks way cooler in person

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

How the fuck is the universe gonna take Dolly Parton and Tim Curry back to back. Now, more than ever, stay true to yourselves, be excellent to each other, and take on life with genuine passion.

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

First real trip since we got the brakes back together went excellently, it seems to ride smoother at freeway speeds too, so those rear bearings were definitely on the way out. Once the Fleetwood is up to daily duty I'll dig into the bodywork, but for now it's at least mechanically sound again.

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It's been 7 years since we lost my big buddy here made it to 19 years before he got out during a storm and found somewhere quiet to lay down one last time I think he I knew I wouldn't be able to handle losing him He was a 26lb monster that ruled the neighborhood around my parents house in his prime

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

First Unity Cup run after the last event and this is what I roll, Grand Concert never gave me higher than a SS 😂

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Everything is back together, new copper lines have been run to all 4 corners, just need to bleed the brakes and get the wheels back on.

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Got all the old brake parts out, got the rear passenger line rough plumbed in, cleaned up the hubs and replaced the bearings. I need to do one more parts run to get shoes and a couple of bolts in the morning, but we're outta daylight here so it's time for porch beers and a shower tonight.

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Haven't really been watching much anime this year but dove back in hard the last few months Finished CITY, Frieren S2, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Reflection/Detonation, just finished ViVid Strike, and started Symphogear while I wait for Tanya S2 and Nanoha Exceeds to finish

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

It's crazy how $5.k in shitboxes in 2026 would have been an absolute baller setup 30 years ago

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Did the shitbox shuffle this morning to free up the Barge for daily duty, get the Dak off the dirt, and make space to work on the Caddy and the Shadow. Barge is STILL leaking coolant somehow after replacing literally everything in the cooling system but she's good enough for now.

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Fuck, I knew life was going too well this month. Hit a puddle on the freeway on my way to work and it spun me into the wall at 45, I'm shaken up but fine, car is mostly ok, front bumper is a little tweaked in the corner, I lost a side skirt and it popped a brake line when it hit

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Managed to hit plat in this months CM today as well, life is pretty damn good right now.

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Dex 🩷💛🩵 @dexkunfails.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

She ain't the prettiest thing in the world, but she runs strong, fires up first crank, and is actually pretty clean underneath. Just needs a little TLC to get her roadworthy and I'll be able to give the Weabarge a well deserved break this winter. Hell of a deal at $700

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