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Paxman Valentas and Intercity Swallow livery. Name a more classic combo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RgfyXZI_Bs
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I saw this thing on youtube where today in 2018 there are Hobos and they still ride trains, do the train driving guys actually care about that stuff?
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Apr 3, 2018 01:07
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MikeCrotch posted:Paxman Valentas and Intercity Swallow livery. Name a more classic combo. Shinkansen Series 0, as featured in the 🚅 emoji. 
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Crankit posted:I saw this thing on youtube where today in 2018 there are Hobos and they still ride trains, do the train driving guys actually care about that stuff? If they are the least bit careful it's almost impossible to notice in transit.
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Apr 3, 2018 11:35
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This could contain few interesting pictures, "Taking the Train from China to Switzerland (or How to Avoid Jet-Lag)". Currently four parts have been posted. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
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Apr 3, 2018 23:06
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Axeman Jim, I've booked myself a first class ticket on Virgin Trains East Coast, from London Kings Cross to Edinburgh in mid-August. What kind of train am I looking forward to? What should I expect?
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Apr 4, 2018 00:32
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A replacement bus.
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Apr 4, 2018 03:28
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Relevant.... https://youtube.com/channel/UC7ttKX46nJxUeXZ0aoD4Q5g I will admit to having watched every episode.
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Apr 4, 2018 03:36
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^^^^^^^^^ As I have I. MikeCrotch posted:Paxman Valentas and Intercity Swallow livery. Name a more classic combo. In like 1992 or 1991, my parents rented a house on the ECML just south of York. There was, and maybe still is, a massive foamer hangout a bit south of where we were where the line split. I was 6 or 7 and absolutely loved the 125s and, to a lesser extent, 225s (125s look cooler and made engine noises). I left England after that and only came back after privatization and the vulgar paint jobs that replaced executive and swallow liveries made me sad. I may have some intercity toys in a box somewhere. I wonder. nm fucked around with this message at 07:32 on Apr 4, 2018 |
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Apr 4, 2018 07:27
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TITTIEKISSER69 posted:Axeman Jim, I've booked myself a first class ticket on Virgin Trains East Coast, from London Kings Cross to Edinburgh in mid-August. What kind of train am I looking forward to? What should I expect? A Class 91 and DVT (a.k.a. Intercity 225) with Mark 4 carriages i.e the ones with proper sliding doors, not the stupid slam doors they put on the Intercity 125 trains that confuse tourists.  The interesting bit will be what colour the trains will be: currently they are in bright red Virgin Trains East Coast colours but the franchise is being revoked mid 2018 due to financial mismanagement. So there's an off chance that your train might look something like this instead -  - because as it turns out, this is the third time in eleven years that the East Coast Main Line franchise has been revoked due to financial mismanagement. In the above case, the government had to take over from National Express at short notice (under the nondescript "East Coast" moniker), during which time the East Coast Main Line had the highest passenger satisfaction scores on the entire network. This lasted until Virgin won the contract to run the ECML, at which point satisfaction promptly dropped. Ain't privatisation wonderful?
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Apr 4, 2018 13:04
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The publicly-owned franchise also turned a higher profit I think?
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you gotta hand it to 'em, they're loving up public transportation in ways i couldn't have imagined ETA something like content: Is rail freight a thing in the UK? While i was looking that up I found out about the post office underground railway ChickenOfTomorrow fucked around with this message at 01:01 on Apr 5, 2018 |
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Apr 5, 2018 00:42
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TITTIEKISSER69 posted:Axeman Jim, I've booked myself a first class ticket on Virgin Trains East Coast, from London Kings Cross to Edinburgh in mid-August. What kind of train am I looking forward to? What should I expect? Likely a 225 as Axeman Jim said but depending on what train you've booked, it may be an HST (they leave KGX at 1000, 1200, 1400, 1500, 1600, 1700 and 1800). inkjet_lakes posted:The publicly-owned franchise also turned a higher profit I think? East Coast's loyalty system was also :kickinrad: Virgin put a stop to giving people free train travel if they spent enough money with them by using Nectar points and tried to play it as a good thing you were getting gently caress all back.
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Apr 5, 2018 02:51
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onoflalks posted:Likely a 225 as Axeman Jim said but depending on what train you've booked, it may be an HST (they leave KGX at 1000, 1200, 1400, 1500, 1600, 1700 and 1800). Thanks, didn't realize AJ had changed his name here. I'm on the 1130 train.
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Apr 5, 2018 03:02
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 http://wgntv.com/2018/04/04/train-hauling-10m-pounds-of-human-feces-stranded-in-alabama-town-god-help-us-if-it-gets-hot/
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Apr 5, 2018 16:18
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Alabama deserves this
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Apr 5, 2018 18:58
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a train of refrigerated cars of chicken got stranded for weeks in a town near New Orleans because of Katrina, the area stunk for a very long time
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Apr 5, 2018 20:02
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FuturePastNow posted:Alabama deserves this
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Apr 5, 2018 22:18
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TITTIEKISSER69 posted:
wgntv.com posted:To add insult to injury, it isn’t even their poop. For the last year, waste management facilities in New York and one in New Jersey have been shipping tons of biowaste — literally, tons — to Big Sky Environmental, a private landfill in Adamsville, Alabama. But in January, the neighboring town of West Jefferson filed an injunction against Big Sky to keep the sludge from being stored in a nearby rail yard. Can't help but wonder how many of the residents there were perfectly OK with this (no zoning laws) until a literal poo poo train got parked in their town.
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Apr 6, 2018 00:25
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FuturePastNow posted:Alabama deserves this
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Apr 6, 2018 00:30
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Frankly I'm surprised the other town had any luck kicking the cars out of their local yard. I looked it up on google maps and it wasn't even within town limits. Railroads generally have some pretty substantial powers when it comes to what they do on their property.
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Apr 6, 2018 02:24
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ChickenOfTomorrow posted:While i was looking that up I found out about the post office underground railway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYRkLJTZjms Apologies for the vertical video. It's really rather cramped, and the carriages are held together with magnetic interlocks so if you lean too hard against the door the train will stop and the driver will walk back down the tunnel and be annoyed with you.
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Apr 8, 2018 02:20
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youtuber Mustard did a video on Aerotrains, the forerunner of maglev, good poo poo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUXEFj0t7Ek proclick
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Apr 8, 2018 16:46
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I'm still the same sperg I always was, just haven't checked into the thread for a while. Anyway, here's India's railways showing the way forward - instead of unreliable diesels just let trains roll down hills. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-india-43697965/engineless-runaway-train-in-india-gives-passengers-a-scare
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Apr 9, 2018 15:46
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Axeman Jim posted:I'm still the same sperg I always was, just haven't checked into the thread for a while. "Officials managed to stop it by piling rocks on the track."
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I can see this getting annoying as hell on a freight train: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av_Kkh3mp4E Apparently, they point at all important signage as they go. Aka, speed or other warnings. This provides proof to the camera watching them that they did indeed see the signage. It also visually makes sure both are aware of the other's actions. But, even in north america, there isn't many driving accidents as much as either bad maintenance or just mishandling when parked (such as the oil car collision sever years ago in canada).
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Apr 15, 2018 02:11
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I'll point at cars and such while driving, usually for my own use, as a "merge in behind that guy" or "go after this guy goes past". And US freight trains should totally do that.
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Apr 15, 2018 04:37
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JuffoWup posted:I can see this getting annoying as hell on a freight train: Yeah it’s pretty cool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpkrIu2p_iM https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pointing-and-calling-japan-trains
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Why aren't they pointing at any of the signals? You'd think, especially since they're non-static and the indication can change, that the signals would be the most important thing to acknowledge.
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Apr 15, 2018 21:01
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Isn't that exactly what the driver is doing? Pointing twice, first two acknowledge the signal and then the second time to confirm that it's showing a proceed aspect?
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mackintosh posted:Isn't that exactly what the driver is doing? Pointing twice, first two acknowledge the signal and then the second time to confirm that it's showing a proceed aspect? You're probably right, they're just pointing earlier than the signal is visible in the video.
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JuffoWup posted:I can see this getting annoying as hell on a freight train: based on what data? most mishaps occur in the yard and most mishaps are the result of people not leaving a car in the clear or running through a switch. both of which are usually the result of people not paying attention and could be aided by pointing. iospace posted:I'll point at cars and such while driving, usually for my own use, as a "merge in behind that guy" or "go after this guy goes past". csx already does something like this when the crew sees some variety of approach signal. in theory, once an approach signal is seen, all other conversation in the cab is supposed to stop.
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Apr 16, 2018 02:17
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Radioing signal aspects to the dispatcher already takes care of the calling part, I suppose.
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So apparently due to anticipated budget cuts, and the recent spate of bad press Amtrak has received, they are going to cut all special trains and chartered service. This means no more private railcars hauled by Amtrak trains, but it also means no more excursion services using Amtrak crews. It is my understanding that all excursion trains on class 1 railroads use Amtrak crews, even when they use historic equipment (ie: steam) because they're the only crews the class 1's will authorize to operate passenger trains on their lines. This could mean an end to most steam excursions in the US. http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2018/03/28-amtrak-to-stop-operating-special-trains-charter-moves
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TITTIEKISSER69 posted:
UPRR has a manpower shortage. This is just the retention bonus on it's way to us.
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Apr 18, 2018 15:36
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Locomotive burned up in Green River Wyoming http://www.sweetwaternow.com/two-employees-from-union-pacific-railroad-went-to-mhsc-for-treatment-of-smoke-inhalation-in-locomotive-fire/ post fire drone footage https://www.facebook.com/sweetwaternow/videos/1023485767800052/
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B4Ctom1 posted:Locomotive burned up in Green River Wyoming GEs? Catching on fire? Why I never.
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B4Ctom1 posted:Locomotive burned up in Green River Wyoming So is the locomotive now scrap, salvage, or do they try to remanufacture it?
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Wow ouch! https://www.facebook.com/wardcountydaily/posts/433023740490993
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Bet that made a noise.
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