College Football True Facts

"For Sweden" (rallybeetle) 08/30/2018 at 15:05 • Filed to: True Facts, Purdue University, Purdue, Boilermaker Special, Boilermakers, Purdue Boilermakers, College Football

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The Boilermaker Special is not a train, and it runs on diesel, not steam.

Cé hé sin > For Sweden 08/30/2018 at 15:11

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It fairness, it was never intended to look like a train. It was intend ed to look like a locomotive.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > For Sweden 08/30/2018 at 15:14

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I bet it's GM underneath. 

Wacko > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 08/30/2018 at 15:30

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looks like it was built on a Navistar 4600 chassis since the 7 is a refresh of the 5

Ash78, voting early and often > For Sweden 08/30/2018 at 15:37

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Wait, isn’t that thing just 10 guys running with a big inflatable shell over them?

PanchoVilleneuve ST > For Sweden 08/30/2018 at 16:28

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My uncle works at a railroad museum where he is part of a crew on a working steam train and this would offend him twice.

Mondial goes to 11 > Cé hé sin 08/30/2018 at 17:49

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I was at a railroad museum riding   a Birney car or something similar with a father and his elementary school aged son. The motorman proceeds to explain that we are riding what is called a trolley or tram or streetcar, not a train. He is the motorman or conductor (although usually the conductor is not the trolley operator ) not the engineer. The ride concludes and the father turns to his son and says “Say goodbye to the engineer when we get off the train”. I’ll never forget the look on the motorman’s face.

Cé hé sin > Mondial goes to 11 08/30/2018 at 18:37

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Life is simpler here. No matter whether you drive a tram, a train or a bus, you’re a driver!