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Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

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No Pun Intended posted:



This is an interesting idea for a HRV. No idea about it other than I found a picture on the internet.

Reminds me of a UPS truck.

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Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

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drat, look at the rails. Was that before or after the derail? What was the cause?

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

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Ron Pauls Friend posted:

Nothing says tomorrow better than your mid-60's "modernist" HQ that looks just as in place in Jacksonville as it does in Moscow with a hammer and sickle on it.

I hate that the communists built those atrocities in beautiful old cities in Eastern Europe. But that's pretty far off topic...

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

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sincx posted:

I am amazed that, in 2014, there are still passenger trains in the UK without automatic doors. The fact that the manual doors are opened and closed by passengers themselves is astounding. No agency in the United States would trust riders enough to shut the doors when they are supposed to be shut.

That would violate the Americans with Disabilities Act I imagine.

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

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It's hard to believe that planners didn't have the foresight to put hydrants on both sides.


Well, maybe not that hard to believe.

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

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The point is you don't have to sit next to smelly weird hobos, I guess.

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

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Prague streetcars sometimes get off by a few stations too. I don't know what kind of technology they use.

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

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It really would have been great. There's another episode where they try and chase a truck off road, the car gets stuck and lights the grass underneath it. Then...

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

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I never expected cat gifs in a train thread. That's cute though.

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

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Cygni posted:

Also happening in Seattle where the First Hill Streetcar trains will use OHCS to go up the hill, and battery power+gravity to get down the hill. Unfortunately the trams (built by the Czech) are way behind schedule and the finished track is currently sitting and waiting. Cause like some of the posts above have pointed out, dualmode stuff is hard.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Hill_Streetcar

Not dual-power but Seattle related, but I hate the sound of the South Lake Union line, at least from the inside.

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

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Mooseykins posted:

Apparently the driver was killed.

Where was it?

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

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McDeth posted:

Locomotive Insanity: Russia Edition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ql3DBLILTA

That's somewhere in the Balkans like Croatia, I believe.

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad posted:

The crash in Germany was seems to have been due to a dispatcher playing candy crush or whatever http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/14/world/europe/bavaria-germany-train-crash.html

It mentions autobrake systems were installed after 2011, why didn't those do anything?

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

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I can't believe they spent the money to crash a train but put a small airbag between the two people.

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

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Ah well that makes a lot more sense. Guess I shouldn't make assumptions based on what I see in a GIF :v:

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

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B4Ctom1 posted:

I cannot believe this. Not the impact. Later, near the end. This might need to be shown elsewhere in AI. Holy poo poo what kind of car is that?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lph35AFnpQo

It's a Honda Civic coupe, maybe Si.

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

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Did they high-center it in the first place? I swear I heard them revving it.

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

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Well they got their photo published.

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

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Can somebody link me the video of the Japanese train that plays a melody as it accelerates? Sorry I want to show somebody and I couldn't figure out what to Google.

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

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MeatloafCat posted:

This is the one that comes to mind, but it's from Austria(I think) so I'm not sure if it's what you're talking about : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zDkTVFL61g

Yeah, like this, I meant from the electric motors
Thanks :)

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

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What are the advanced brake systems that NTSB says could help reduce the severity of the accident?

Also, what caused the auto emergency stop? Do the cars have electric sensors in their wheels?

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

While that would be something, I believe the Space Shuttle would have been a more impressive experience. Just the visuals caused by the SRB's would have been something.

The time I went (that I can remember) it was delayed. :( I did get at least to see it up in the sky :)

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

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They want to use their electric semis!

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

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I like the slow pan to reveal that there are no leading cars or locomotive. Is there any news article about this? I searched for "train IFV", "unattended IFV", "unattended train", etc.

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

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Resume production of the Tatra T3!

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May 9, 2004

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Kilonum posted:

iirc DS9, Voyager, and Enterprise were all shot on film but all the post production was done on tape.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4rDBV1MCfU

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

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Oh shoot. Hope everybody is okay.

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

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Shoulda kicked her out of the way

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

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drat the police come by rail now too?

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

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Magnaflux posted:

Did this get posted here yet? I have no idea where this is from. I found it posted on a different forum.

Automotive train cars getting scalped on a low bridge.

https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=kWtkE_1599678102

I think those are Ford Explorers and Escapes, at the very least.

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

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Seems like a bad idea to stand on that bridge, IMO.

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

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I think they're harvesting brine shrimp? Bing has better aerial imagery.
https://www.bing.com/maps?osid=7c1e6546-4a0d-48ec-a055-b919eea9cbb4&cp=53.146895~78.384952&lvl=14&style=h&v=2&sV=2&form=S00027
edit: Artemia

Kia Soul Enthusias fucked around with this message at 02:17 on Sep 21, 2020

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

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Working link
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/mar...see/ar-BB1b1U8w

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

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https://twitter.com/mayama_kodomo/status/1423486325353709569?s=20
lol

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

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I don't know what's happening but lol?

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

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Nebakenezzer posted:

That's a hell of a thing. It's like those British Royal Flying Corps dudes who started their careers fighting Zeppelins and ended their careers planning jet nuclear bombers


I've been told this is a picture from China, which explains it a lot too, given their rapid modernization and huge growth of their rail network. I can't find an actual source, though.

edit: This article says he started in 1992, so a 20 year difference max. omg I'm good at math
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202012/28/WS5fe93034a31024ad0ba9ed9b.html

Kia Soul Enthusias fucked around with this message at 23:59 on Jan 31, 2022

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May 9, 2004

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While I want that too, a large public project should benefit the most needful population first, instead of rich coastal communities.

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