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Those Metro North trains are pretty darn new too. Maybe a year old?
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McDeth posted:I think that if you're driving a truck filled with dangerous chemicals and end up getting hit by a train, your drivers license should be revoked permanently. I mean, it's not that hard to avoid getting hit by a train... From the video, it just seems like a case of everyone getting a little too comfortable with an uncontrolled rail crossing. 99.9% of the time, there will either be a train there already, or no train coming. Just that 0.1% of the time where there's no train just yet is where the accidents come from.
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May 31, 2013 21:28
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Apparently the train was left overnight and somehow rolled into town and then derailed.
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Jul 7, 2013 02:19
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Video of that Spain wreck: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=o32nxuHshv4&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Do32nxuHshv4
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Jul 25, 2013 12:48
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ijustam posted:What do the train engineers do if there's no signal? Just... stop and phone it in? Or do you have to crawl along at 5mph, communicating with dispatch about block activity? Just happened on Metro North a few days ago: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/metro-north-power-outage-forced-50-trains-stop-thursday-due-human-error-article-1.1590344 quote:The technicians unplugged a unit that supplied power to computers controlling train signals remotely from Grand Central Terminal so they could replace the equipment. But they didn’t check to ensure that a second power supply unit was fully connected to keep the computers running, officials said.
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Jan 27, 2014 19:37
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We have some smaller roads around here where the train tracks just have a stop sign protecting them, and very infrequent trains, in a fairly populated area. People pretty much just roll through the stops. If they actually run a train on that line, what kind of procedures do they use?
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May 20, 2014 23:43
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wilfredmerriweathr posted:That is awesome, but holy poo poo that track is pretty beat. Makes me wonder, do the lines that only get used for heritage steam trains tend to be better or worse in terms of maintenance?
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Jun 18, 2014 21:12
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smackfu posted:We have some smaller roads around here where the train tracks just have a stop sign protecting them, and very infrequent trains, in a fairly populated area. People pretty much just roll through the stops. I got some good answers on this when I originally asked, but I did manage to finally see a train, so I have a firsthand report.  They go incredibly slow (like 5 mph) and lay on the horn. The end. Also, this train had three locomotives and three cars, which seemed extremely excessive. I guess they were just using the extra two locomotives around.
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Aug 20, 2014 16:13
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ijustam posted:I know NASA uses buffer cars to reduce the amount of weight on bridges. This way there isn't a ton of strain on any one point and the weight is more distributed. If anyone else is curious what NASA is pulling around: quote:For nearly three decades, the NASA Railroad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida has kept the space shuttle's solid rocket boosters on track. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/flyout/railroad.html
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Aug 20, 2014 18:53
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We took the train from Portland to Seattle a couple of months ago. $50 or so for two and it took three hours. Very convenient.
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Dec 26, 2014 14:21
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The Locator posted:How in the world does a Cherokee even get stuck on a level crossing? Are the crossings in other parts of the country completely different than the crossings here in the Phoenix area? I've never seen a crossing here that even a lowered Civic could get stuck on, let alone an SUV. "Stuck" meaning the car is trapped between the two barrier gates.
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Feb 4, 2015 13:55
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Seems like the wave action has to be practically nil for that to work well.
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Jul 1, 2016 23:37
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Onboard account of Cascades derailment: https://transitsleuth.com/2017/12/21/the-story-on-amtrak-cascades-train-501-derailment/
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Dec 22, 2017 13:54
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nm posted:Remember that the reason the empire builder exists is not for chicago-seattle but like havre, mt to whitefish or something. The problem with taking part of the route is two fold: 1) the train runs all night, so it might get in to your city at 3 am. Ugh. 2) except it is probably running late, so you show up at 3 am and it shows up at 7 am. Double ugh.
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Dec 22, 2017 19:11
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I can’t really imagine using the AutoTrain unless I was a snowbird moving my car from Florida to the Northeast and back once a year. Every other case I would just rent a car.
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Dec 28, 2017 14:04
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Disgruntled Bovine posted:Yep. This one's pretty good too. I have to partially blame the pedestrians here, but the guy still had plenty of time to get up to the stop and turn right, or turn around, or anything. Very deer in the headlights. So the train runs down the middle of the street? That’s like something out of the early 20th century.
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Jan 11, 2018 23:43
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What’s the benefit of high platforms? Connecticut just spent a lot of money on the Springfield line upgrading a bunch of stations from low (ground level) platforms to high ones, including elevated bridges to get from one side to the other.
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Feb 5, 2018 14:10
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They actually do run local/express on Metro North commuter trains in Connecticut, which uses those quad tracks. As well as Amtrak of course.
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Dec 9, 2018 20:50
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I like the second one where it is blocked by trains passing in both directions.
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Jul 27, 2020 14:07
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Interesting that there is a modern concrete rail bridge right next to the old trestle on fire. That’s convenient.
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Jul 30, 2020 00:51
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Good call: https://www.valleymetro.org/images/uploads/lightrail_publications/METRO-light-rail-line.pdf
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Jul 30, 2020 02:24
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JohnCompany posted:I mean at least the train will be a prettier place in which to still go 30mph through northern Connecticut. I travel the New Haven to New York Penn route fairly regularly and I don’t really see any difference in business class between Acela and Northeast Regional. Acela is a few minutes faster and usually more expensive. (Usually I just travel coach since it’s half the cost and not very crowded.)
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May 31, 2022 14:44
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In the Northeast corridor, regular Amtrak is already skipping most of the stops since they are being served by commuter rail.
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May 31, 2022 16:12
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I’ve been watching some of the California High Speed Rail construction progress videos, and it seems like a lot of the effort (and cost) is building giant viaducts to cross over existing freight rail lines. Is this what other HSR countries have to do too?
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Nov 4, 2022 13:19
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There’s one line in the video where he says “when rail fans looked at the damage to the engines, they thought almost all of them were goners” and I thought it was about the crew but it’s about the actual train.
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Nov 7, 2022 01:51
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I went through the new Moynihan train hall in NYC and it’s undeniable much nicer than the old Penn station basement. But it still has the terrible Amtrak thing where they only announce your departure platform as the incoming train is arriving, unlike every other rail system. Does anyone know what’s up with that?
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Feb 10, 2023 13:43
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I think it’s bucketed pricing, so the cheapest bucket is very cheap but once it sells out, all the tickets cost more. One-way NYC to Boston starts at $31 if you are a few months out and ends at $161 traveling tomorrow.
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Mar 21, 2023 01:29
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Where I live in CT, I can drive 30 mins to get to New Haven which is a fixed $23.50 to get to NYC and very frequent trains, or drive 15 minutes to a NEC station which is $22 at best and has a much worse schedule but nicer trains that you can work on. Too many choices!
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Mar 21, 2023 12:44
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Metro North has some express trains with stops that only let people off and don’t let in new passengers. My guess is that lets them run faster than scheduled if they want?
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Mar 29, 2023 14:21
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Why does the one picture just show a ton of trash in the tunnel?
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Sep 4, 2023 22:26
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Was suggested a YouTube video recently of someone taking Amtrak from San Francisco to Chicago (and then New York). Looked fun if rather expensive. But it was just one person in a roomette and it seemed like it would be pretty tight with two, and moving up to a bedroom is like another grand. Also the Chicago to New York sleeper seemed kind of bad. https://youtu.be/6_An9eAn014?si=8MBMh_kPPwb49nxD
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Oct 21, 2023 14:11
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Wow: Service will be restored between Croton-Harmon and Tarrytown starting 5AM Monday morning using two of our four tracks. Our personnel have been working around-the-clock since Saturday morning to clear debris and stabilize the hillside after a mudslide obstructed our tracks near Scarborough.
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Oct 22, 2023 23:34
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Along these lines: https://youtu.be/jdA0u3WKx1c?si=63au_kwcsRbr_HSV
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Apparently Netflix generates a dozen or so images for each movie so they can target them at different audiences. So I bet it’s all just done by AI now. “Train” is a train, right?
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