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Technically Amtrak doesn’t have any yet. They have some on order; I assume the ones on the train that collided with the truck were running for testing. The ones Amtrak operates right now are actually owned by state governments.
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# ? Feb 22, 2020 18:43 |
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Log082 posted:Oh hey Amtrak got some of those? My local commuter railroad got some in 2018. They look pretty neat. Anyone here enough of a nerd/industry insider to know if they're a good or lovely design? Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner has had them for over a year. Quieter than what they replaced.
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# ? Feb 22, 2020 20:07 |
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America Needs More Trains.
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# ? Feb 22, 2020 20:15 |
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Stairmaster posted:America Needs More Trains.
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# ? Feb 22, 2020 23:49 |
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Stairmaster posted:America Needs More Trains.
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# ? Feb 23, 2020 00:15 |
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Stairmaster posted:America Needs More Trains.
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# ? Feb 23, 2020 00:37 |
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Stairmaster posted:America Needs More Trains. America, More Trains Routes are Key
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# ? Feb 23, 2020 00:43 |
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Make America Trains Again.
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# ? Feb 23, 2020 02:09 |
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Stairmaster posted:America Needs More Trains.
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# ? Feb 23, 2020 04:23 |
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Two killed in a derailment of the Sydney-Melbourne train the other day. Driver and pilot. https://twitter.com/tamsinroses/status/1231475448074231808?s=19 https://abc.net.au/news/2020-02-23/wallan-train-derailment-could-have-been-prevented-rtbu-says/11992256?pfmredir=sm quote:A fire which destroyed the Wallan signal box about three weeks ago left the signals out of action along the section of rail line.
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# ? Feb 23, 2020 15:04 |
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Log082 posted:Oh hey Amtrak got some of those? My local commuter railroad got some in 2018. They look pretty neat. Anyone here enough of a nerd/industry insider to know if they're a good or lovely design? They haven't been that bad from what I've overheard from the mechanical side. Doing better than the GEs they replaced but tier 4 diesels come with a steep learning curve. Cummins is the easiest locomotive engine manufacturer to work with so that helped.
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# ? Feb 23, 2020 16:45 |
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vains posted:the reddit thread had the most onion autistic reporter line ever: God dammit, I hate this hobby.
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# ? Feb 24, 2020 04:15 |
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drunkill posted:Two killed in a derailment of the Sydney-Melbourne train the other day. Driver and pilot. Wait, is this the section of track the train was diverted to? The section where the speed limit was around 15kpm for a train which usually ran at over 100kph? And it had no signals?
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# ? Feb 26, 2020 12:39 |
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Yes. Signal box caught fire the other week so they had a pilot sit with drivers over this section of track while repairs were being made. This section of track is right beside the mainline, it is just a passing loop (I think) and this accident has cut off freight and intercity passenger trains between Melbourne and Sydney. Although I think the line is cleared by now, it has been a week. The driver killed had written about that line being shithouse: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-24/driver-of-wallan-train-had-raised-concerns-with-friend/11993466 quote:The driver killed in the Sydney-to-Melbourne train derailment last week had told a friend about issues along the train line in the month before the fatal crash, an email shows. That other de-railment was a container falling off a freight train. drunkill fucked around with this message at 14:10 on Feb 26, 2020 |
# ? Feb 26, 2020 14:03 |
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A cool video of a ride through the Hoosac tunnel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFjZJet_9VQ For those who aren't familiar with it, it is a nearly 5 mile tunnel in western Massachusetts which was the longest in the world when it was completed in 1873. It took 22 years to construct which meant that when the work started holes were hand hammered and filled with black powder while by the end they were using pneumatic drills and dynamite. 196 workers were killed in the course of its construction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoosac_Tunnel
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Disgruntled Bovine posted:A cool video of a ride through the Hoosac tunnel. Just some recent news on the Hoosac. It had a collapse on Feb 13. https://www.masslive.com/news/2020/02/hoosac-tunnel-closed-after-collapse.html and an update https://www.rtands.com/freight/hoosac-tunnel-still-out-of-service/
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# ? Mar 3, 2020 06:01 |
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A very strong tornado ripped through Jonesboro, northeast Arkansas a few hours ago. Spotted this pic in an album of the damage:
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# ? Mar 29, 2020 03:23 |
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sssh it’s sleeping
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# ? Mar 29, 2020 03:36 |
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Shoes came off. He ded.
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# ? Mar 29, 2020 03:39 |
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madeintaipei posted:Shoes came off. He ded.
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# ? Mar 30, 2020 00:21 |
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Yeah, RIP.
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# ? Mar 30, 2020 03:06 |
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Edit: never I did
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# ? Mar 30, 2020 04:19 |
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Arishtat posted:Edit: never I did The Kenosha Kid?
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# ? Mar 30, 2020 04:34 |
TITANKISSER69 posted:A very strong tornado ripped through Jonesboro, northeast Arkansas a few hours ago. Spotted this pic in an album of the damage: intermodal cars are light and have a massive sail area. doesnt even need to be a tornado to push these cars over like that.
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# ? Mar 31, 2020 20:14 |
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Welp, QAnon got a train driver. https://abc7.com/officials-engineer-tried-to-smash-train-into-usns-mercy/6069395/
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# ? Apr 2, 2020 03:12 |
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NightGyr posted:Welp, QAnon got a train driver. One count of...”train wrecking”
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# ? Apr 2, 2020 05:03 |
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Locomotive Insanity finally delivers on the promise of its name
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# ? Apr 2, 2020 05:17 |
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Almost got a charge of 'boat wrecking' too. Attempted boat wrecking?
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# ? Apr 2, 2020 05:43 |
There are two tracks close to the Vincent Thomas bridge that are also near the USNS Mercy. I wanted to see if I could figure out which track the train derailed from. One is a curving siding with a dead-end far from the USNS Mercy, the other is a straight stub. It would be possible to derail the train on either track. But the train crashed through several barriers, a few train cars, chainlink fences, and it traveled a few hundred feet past the rails. I think that's more consistent with a derailment at the stub. I also think that I like trying to figure out how disasters happened and that might not be socially appropriate. And that I should have been in bed a few hours ago but I'm feeling too tense because everything is awful in the world. Besides trains. And plants. And pets. And a lot of things are good actually.
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# ? Apr 2, 2020 10:07 |
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He wasn't even going in the right direction. drat gubmint, that'll show em.
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# ? Apr 2, 2020 16:13 |
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he did get pretty far i'm impressed
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# ? Apr 2, 2020 17:34 |
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RandomPauI posted:I also think that I like trying to figure out how disasters happened and that might not be socially appropriate. have you considered a career with the US Chemical Safety Board
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ChickenOfTomorrow posted:have you considered a career with the US Chemical Safety Board Whenever I half-rear end a project I narrate it in my head like I'm in a CSB video. "The instructions for the fire extinguisher bracket clearly indicated that the bracket did not come with any means to attach the bracket to the wall. And they instructed the purchaser to securely attach it to the wall using four heavy-duty screws that were at least two inches long. These screws could be drilled directly into a solid surface like a stud, or they could be secured using some manner of wall anchor. The technician, perhaps lacking the proper screws or perhaps pressed for time, installed the bracket using three different screws and three different drywall anchors. Only two of the screws and two of the anchors would have been rated for this purpose."
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# ? Apr 4, 2020 05:37 |
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RandomPauI posted:Whenever I half-rear end a project I narrate it in my head like I'm in a CSB video. "Workers failed to adequately drain the drywall fractioning column before commencing hot work, as would have been recommended by a full risk analysis prior to undertaking work".
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# ? Apr 4, 2020 09:24 |
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https://i.imgur.com/hr6suah.gifv
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# ? Apr 15, 2020 19:58 |
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Associated Press posted:ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — U.S. train horns can deliver an ear-splitting jolt to drivers sitting in traffic or people drifting off to sleep at home, but on Thursday, they’ll be put to another use.
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# ? Apr 16, 2020 04:15 |
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High speed hospital trains. https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...36608_3244.html
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# ? Apr 16, 2020 23:18 |
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https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1250986608842674177?s=19
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# ? Apr 19, 2020 21:07 |
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executive-endorsed showboating: easier than paying essential workers what they're worth, also you get to instruct your lackeys to do a donut/honk the horn
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https://twitter.com/MrTimDunn/status/1252485673153712131
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