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TP is a broad category of materials, including PET, that are strong and can be very transparent. In LEGO, it is both tougher than PC (so the thin fire doesn’t snap) and softer than ABS (so the brick separator is less likely to damage other bricks).
The brick separator is clearly different from the earlier PC brick separators of the same shape — if you drop it on a hard surface, TP sounds much duller. The flame here came from Pick-a-Brick in 2022, and definitely feels softer than older versions. The cheese slope is just a placeholder; LEGO's Materials webpage shows a transparent cheese slope under TP, but I haven't actually found one that's decisively this new plastic. Need to buy some newer sets and replace this picture :)
Ex RCPE SD40-2's now assigned to the TP&W wait with an EB train at the west end of the old "Hoosier Lift" site.
Remington, IN.
12-19-15
After waiting out a southbound CN train at Gilman the TP&W is once again rolling east with work at Crescent City next.
The days trip from East Peoria to Effner, IN, was off to a very foggy morning and the rest of the day was heavy overcast.
Slide purchased from Al Chione.
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TAP Air Portugal Airbus A330-941 at São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governador André Franco Montoro International Airport
Peregrine Falcon at Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve.
Tokina RMC 500mm F/8.0 Mirror Lens, ISO 320, 1/2000s.
A big Tunnel motor waits to take a train west on the Tip, back when they were under Rail America Control. At the time we couldn't believe they RA was running such heavy power on the shit TP&W track. Eventually the RA paid for it when their lack of track maintanance, lack of business, and heavy motors didn't quite make sense on this small RR. The big tunnel motors didnt quite agree with small, unkept, spur tracks found in towns like, say, Piper City, IL. The Tip in today's G&W control now demands big power, which shows when they pull 140 car trains. As much as as I dislike a conglomerate company owning my Tip, the G&W sure has turned this railroad around for the best.
Today's OARCB (old ass rivet counter boomer) mundane high sun, silver box, gravel pile, leaning, wirey, mindless wedgie!
Todays pic for National NS Week is #177 at Moreland, Ky on September 28, 2025.
A TP&W engine set sits east of Forrest, IL after running along the line to clear snowdrifts. This was a chilly morning, with the car reading -12F.
2/5/2022