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I believe the Russians (shocker) did actually try it to some degree for the Trans-Siberian Railway. Not sure if they ever actually made a working one. If I remember right, it was the reactor out of the Tu-119 after that was cancelled.
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If you like perty old rail cars in regular service, San Francisco's F line is pretty awesome. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F_Market_%26_Wharves Pretty great to head to your normal working Muni stop and a car from 1915 pulls up.
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Totally agreed. Although now a days, since the cable cars can read the Clipper cards and don't cost any extra if you're on a plan, you're actually going to find them pretty much full of commuters in the mornings, especially on the Powell line towards the BART station at like 6am. Fastest way to BART in the mornings from that area. Friend of mine takes the cable car every morning on his commute which I think is basically the most awesome thing in the world, and he really can't understand my enthusiasm.
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Nov 22, 2011 18:32
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Hezzy posted:I would guess that tram lines hold a loss less power so they aren't really capable of arcing as much as regular rail overheads. I know that there are very strict rules on track safety in the UK governing overheads. They can arc very far and hold a lot of electricity. Most of Japan uses 1,500 V DC on the catenary, which is really common for larger systems all over the world, a lot of which operate in cities (like Seattle light rail, Sau Paulo metro, Shanghai metro, etc). It's higher voltage than a lot of trams use (600-750 V DC normally), but it's not that crazy. New Jersey/New York has an old railroad that runs into the city that pumps 3000 V DC on the overhead lines. Its rad.
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Oh Scotland. Given the area, I assume the lodge was for hunting youths or something because I don't see much else out there.
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Dec 14, 2011 22:56
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Boomer The Cannon posted:It seems like the Class 1s are coming around in some places, re-taking some of the trackage they gave up to short-lines years ago. It's an extreme over simplification, but gas prices going up really tilts the scales in the sea/air/road/rail shipping balance. BNSF and UNP are making money hand over fist recently, something like $8 billion operating income between the two of em in 2010. Rising gas prices will keep shifting it more towards sea and rail.
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The Locator posted:Wake up, train thread! Vids like that always remind me that 'london fog' used to be a real thing. Look at that black coal smoke, and imagine it multiplied by a million. Unreal.
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Jul 18, 2012 09:04
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Xenomrph posted:but I really dig steam trains. Have a gratuitous Big Boy picture 
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Aug 28, 2012 18:31
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Lovie Unsmith posted:The only reason I know about this thread is because B4Ctom1's post about the derailment/collision a few pages ago was recently linked in the SA Quotes thread a while back. Anyway I was idly browsing imgur tonight and saw this, and I thought this might be the one place that appreciates it. It's not a locomotive, it's a grain car, but with artwork on the side: Thats seriously the best tagging I've ever seen on a railcar, and I don't just mean that in the 'hurr, hotbabezz' goony way, but actual like painting.
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Zeether posted:Someone posted that in the GIFs thread in PYF and there was a goon who was able to identify what line that was in Japan. Apparently that happens a LOT there, and it's pretty crazy. Almost looks like they're racing each other Yeah, that one is actually photoshopped pretty badly though, but it does happen a lot.
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Oct 18, 2012 00:29
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hitze posted:Is photoshopped code for sped up? Sped up an the middle portion cut out, yes.
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Oct 18, 2012 03:07
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Yeah, like 7 tunnels are in various states of flooded. Nobody take the elevator. 
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Oct 30, 2012 19:06
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CharlesM posted:I loved abandoned buildings, especially things like subways. You've probably seen this, and its been posted in this thread years ago I think, but this is a great read on abandoned Paris subway tunnels/stations. http://sleepycity.net/posts/252/Demolition_of_the_Paris_Metro
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Minto Took posted:I'm growing to like the new cars on the CTA. i liked the old ankle eater cars with the blinker doors, because im a foaming rail tourist and not a rush hour commuter Preoptopus posted:I dont like how the doors lock so you cant walk between cars. I found it handy when some bum smelling like piss and poo poo stumbles into your car and starts screaming at demons. (for those of you not familiar with the city, this happens often.) thats really any metro in the states
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So Amtrak and CHSR have sent out a combo RFI for 59 trainsets, requiring 220mph operational speed and currently being in service today, for use on both the Northeast Corridor and California's LA<->SF route. Looking at the internet the options would seem to be: Alstrom AGV Max speed: 220mph In service with NTV in Italy Why it will win: The AGV is basically the next generation TGV, and Amtrak already operates and maintains a ton of TGV tech on Acela. Why it won't win: Too unproven. Politics.  Siemens Velaro Max speed: 236mph In service in multiple variants with a variety of customers Why it will win: It's had widespread success across the world, and Siemens can build and maintain them in the US. Why it won't win: Politics, price.  Bombardier Zefiro Max speed: 236mph In service with Italian and Chinese national railways Why it will win: Bombardier helped build and support the current Acela, and they can maintain them in the US. Why it won't win: Less proven and... yeah, politics.  E Series Shinkansen Max speed: 217mph In service in Japan and China (variants based on Shinkansen tech) Why it will win: Incredibly successful and proven technology base, large political and financing efforts behind bringing the technology to the US. Why it won't win: There's someone else with just a little more political and monetary clout.  Sifang CRH380A Max speed: 236mph In service with Chinese national railways. Why it will win: Ok, so this is really just a lightly copied and changed E2 Shinkansen rebranded by the Chinese, as is their long tradition. That means proven technology, plus Chinese government incentives and loans, plus political pressure. Why it won't win: Not much chance of US based production or support, and copyright problems with Japan. 
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Jan 26, 2013 07:25
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HSR will work great in some areas, and not it all in others. And given the cost of freeway and airport expansion/construction, hopefully people at least recognize its value in those places that it does work.
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Florida would actually be great for HSR considering how unbelievably terrible the toll higways are and the semi spread out nature of the cities, but not far enough to demand air. Not saying it makes political sense, but that whole map is a for-fun fantasy thing anyway.
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Feb 6, 2013 05:07
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Heres a cool train pic, care of NatGeo. The Lethbridge Viaduct.
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I dont think you guys really grasp what Russia is dealing with here in the cold department.
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ijustam posted:5 mph? Does the locomotive just crumple like a can or what? Trains are heavy. Just like getting crushed between two concrete blocks at super low speed will end you, so will being between two trains.
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Hm, weve got a derailed engine in a ditch... pulling it out with some other engines and some rope sounds like a good idea. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_p0MsIDhGc
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Kids like to steal them from work sites and leave them in inconvenient places too, cause gently caress da man bro!!!!
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some texas redneck posted:What happened? Im gonna guess that one of the pantographs probably lost contact for a second. It's a pretty normal occurrence on third rail systems when going over an at-grade crossing (like in Chi's brown line) or switching shoe-sides. I havent experienced it in pantograph systems like DART except in T intersections.
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dubzee posted:It does look feasible though and at 7.5 billion Musk could probably build the drat thing all by himself. It looks feasible in the same way a space elevator looks feasible. And 7.5 billion wouldnt even get an elevated structure from LA to bakersfield, let alone installing, testing, and engineering a 700mph untested theoretical rapid transportation system on that structure. It's fun pie-and-the-sky talk, but since its Musk who is a hell of a salesman and self promoter, suddenly its news.
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http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/19/20090374-driver-beaten-by-angry-mob-after-train-kills-37-pilgrims-in-india?lite ~*India*~
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Just spent a truly horrifying amount of money for Amtrak Coast Starlight to California Zephyr (LA to Chicago) tickets. Sprung for the roomette sleeper because when the hell else am I going to do this type of trip again. I guarantee you the lady will hate trains within 5 hours of the journey.
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CharlesM posted:Are there any simulators / addons that model Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner line?  They might have to update their color pallet though because that looks a little too drab/UK for Socal.
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Brother Jonathan posted:82 mph in a 30 mph curve, and the engineer had twenty years of experience. Get ready for more PTC chat in congress/the media. Honestly, a busy piece of track with lots of commuter trains is where PTC really should be.
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MassivelyBuckNegro posted:Passenger rail rates are pretty insane. It would cost me $750(and 2 hours of driving to get to Cleveland) to get from Cleveland, OH to Jacksonville, FL and back. It costs me $300 for a round trip ticket airline ticket from where I live and I wouldn't have to drive 2 hours. Long distance rail like that isn't really meant to be actual transportation, anyway. They are leisure tours more than anything. Even at high speeds, they would be uncompetitive with airlines on any route of that length.
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I honestly can't think of an AnsaldoBreda customer in the last 20 years happy with their units... no idea how they still get contracts.
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Motronic posted:...and are sometimes bound by legislation to accept the lowest bid. This is a tried and true lovely contractor/manufacturer business plan in many industries. Speaking of that, meet CA HSR contract winner Tutor Perini!
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ctishman posted:Sort of like Jeremy Clarkson's condescending railfan brother travels the world, riding on broke-rear end, dangerous track. Fun stuff to watch, particularly if you think Amtrak is bad. Just watched all 3 of the episodes, really like this show. Thanks for posting it! Hope they do some more.
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Zeether posted:I wish we had more electrified rail lines here. The NEC is so cool and yet nearly all the other commuter rail services in the US use diesel. I know it's less expensive than just putting up catenary and ordering new rolling stock but electric rail is badass and I love seeing sparks fly off the pantograph/third rail The irony being that if CAHSR has the same effect that Acela had on the NEC, it will essentially be immediately overcrowded with all the regional/HSR trains. Guess thats a better problem to have then, you know, it never getting built.
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MrYenko posted:but it had wildly optimistic ridership numbers to make the red ink stop dripping off the proposal, and in the long term, would have ended up as a Florida State Amtrak. I guess thats what Floridians get for electing Rick Scott and just being Florida residents in general. Cygni fucked around with this message at 08:09 on Feb 10, 2014 |
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The only good thing about JAX is that they have an NFL team, for however long that lasts (not long)
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Man, people give the US a lot of poo poo (sometimes rightfully) for not getting with the times on stuff like the metric system... and then I see a picture like that and remember that all of Europe outside the high speed stuff still uses fuckin' buffer-and-chain coupling.
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The PTC drum beats ever louder.
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Axeman Jim posted:Despite the fact that automatic sliding doors had been used successfully on trains in the UK since the 1930s, the EPBs featured the imfamous “slam” doors, that were opened with a handle. To slightly reduce the number of drunks or children accidentally opening the doors and falling to their doom at 60mph (this happened a lot), the inside handles of the doors were removed, meaning that you had to lower the window and lean out of it to open the door from the outside. This made them somewhat draughty, and introduced the hilarious spectacle of impatient commuters leaning out of the windows as the units pulled up in stations and accidentally headbutting people on the platform, or simply opening the doors in their faces, as well as terrified tourists being carted to the far corners of the network because they couldn’t figure out how to get the doors open.  This doesnt... I mean how... I just...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqZwDTToH5o This is why we can't have nice transit things in the US.
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Gas/ban D&D, excited for part 3 Axeman.
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