You can hump me cuties
The hump yard is a little old place
Where we can link together
Hump yard, baby
I have a friend who works on the railroad, I sent him a picture of a train car with that sign on it and said “I don’t think I’m mature enough to work in rail” and he replied, “it’s okay, neither are we”
You should ask him how often the big “DO NOT HUMP” printed on the cars gets ignored and the car gets pushed over the hump anyways
He works in signalling so that one might not be on his radar as much.
love the hand drawn angry eyebrows <3
Instructions unclear. Boxcar is pregernant
Is that where The Boxcar Children come from? I never read the first one.
That’s exactly correct. It was pretty raunchy for a children’s book. Thankfully, the publisher convinced the author to tone it down a lot for the subsequent books so it would appeal to a broader audience.
Only way to make new cars after the Budd company went bankrupt. RIP.
That is some really deep train lore that you just shared of the top your head. Much respect.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budd_Company
Edit: I’m learning something today:
https://docshipper.com/glossary/humping-rail-definition-logistics/
Preganté?
Yes, like the way babby is formed.
I went to a nature park once. They had signs “Don’t Molest the Alligators.” as there’s a reason for that sign.
Every sign like that tells a story.
Indeed. What happened? I don’t want to know.
I mean ok fine but what is the car actually for and why can’t I hump it?
Apparently humping in train terms refers to the act of using a small hill at the decoupling point to force the cars apart using gravity. Supposedly this is hard on the cars and their contents especially when coming to a stop afterward.
“Humping” in this context means pushing the trailers onto a small hill and releasing them one by one to send them onto different tracks to make up new trains.
It’s efficient but it can damage delicate cars or fragile contents, hence the warning.
Its the track inspection boxcar its full of cameras.
Ah, so if they hump it the stress might break/misalign the cameras and all that tasty equipment?
nono you are allowed to hump, its okay. you can hump all you want <3
No. No humping that car. 😡
well… at least put a pillow inbetween.
That would destroy the pillow. Knuckle couplers are not gentle.
oh… well then… i guess not. no humping near this car.
but otherwise go ahead
Dragons humping train carts
JoJo Well wrote about this in 1984
