The new EMD locomotives will go into service for PT KAI’s South Sumatra coal haulage operations and join more than 50 other GT38AC locomotives already operating in this service since 2011. The EMD GT38AC model was designed specifically for Southeastern Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa environments. The locomotive features an 8-cylinder EMD 710 engine and durable AC traction, along with a cab and car body designed for improved visibility.
“We welcome the opportunity to once again work with PT KAI, delivering another wave of our GT Series locomotives, which have demonstrated strong performance, reliability and efficiency in global service,” said Marty Haycraft, President and CEO of Progress Rail. “We look forward to continuing to support PT KAI with our broad solutions to help them achieve their operational goals.”
Progress Rail anticipates delivery of the locomotives in late 2021.
— From a Progress Rail news release. April 16, 2020.
Actually, “inking” has a long and proud verbal history stemming from printing’s earliest practices in Western culture, i.e., the Gutenberg Bible, wherein each sheet was inked before pressed to the type. Craft printers do the same today. “Inking” contracts, then drying the wet ink with sand, a blotter, waving the sheet in the air or blowing on the signature was a natural corollary. “Inking” in journalistic practice is one of those colorful words that immediately evokes a mental picture, far more interesting than “signing” for a headline.
Pardon me for piling on Al, but if your going stop turning nouns into verbs, you won’t be able to hand someone an object, elbow them aside, finger them as a suspect, knee them in the groin, knuckle down, head a committee, mind your manners, eye someone suspiciously, go nosing around, mouth the words, neck with your sweetie, shoulder the load, stomach a bad idea, belly up to the bar, skin your knee, or toe the mark…and that’s just parts of the body.
Oh, and it gets worse. We also turn verbs into nouns…”Parting is such sweet sorrow”…and turn adjectives into nouns…”I’ve got three green and two blue”…”I’ll take two medium, three large and an extra-large, please.”
And congratulations to the good folks at EMD for the new locomotive order. (Yes, I just started a sentence with a conjunction. Deal with it.)
That’s your takeaway from this?
Is someone under 25 on your lawn?
According to Merriam-Webster, “ink” has been used as a verb since 1562. It’s a common US slang for signing a contract or tattooing someone.
Great news.
The U.S. still makes world class exports.
“INKS”? Here we go again with this dumbass practice of making verbs out of nouns. I hope someone lensed the inking.