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GotLag: Jul 17, 2005; 食べちゃダメだよ

Brief snippet of the Soviet Army building a pontoon bridge and then running a steam train over it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyGRKRKOst8&t=206s
Skip to 3:26 if that link doesn't work, or watch the whole thing because it's cool

# ¿ Jul 4, 2021 00:22

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# ¿ May 12, 2024 23:18

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Gauge 1 Live Steam Merchant Navy Loco 35028 Clan Line
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxPUU87OIEA

# ¿ Jan 31, 2022 07:25

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What's the reason for the sudden change in sound 11 seconds in? The local diesel-electric commuter trains did that too and I could never work it out.

# ¿ Apr 18, 2022 04:10

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A day-release of foamers

# ¿ May 19, 2022 07:26

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The 500 series was the most beautiful shinkansen and if you disagree you're wrong and have bad taste and you were adopted and nobody likes you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuAqNehSn9A

# ¿ May 21, 2022 10:02

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The Real Amethyst posted:

Sorry but I'm an E4 series kind of guy. Absolute beast of a train.

A big, ugly, graceless box :colbert:

# ¿ May 22, 2022 17:43

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If you don't think the Hello Kitty 500 Series is the coolest shinkansen you're wrong

# ¿ May 23, 2022 14:45

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I wonder what the record is for the longest passenger train you can traverse internally

# ¿ Oct 30, 2022 11:35

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Log082 posted:

Strasbug 475 hit a parked MoW excavator after running an open switch while running around an excursion train this morning. The accident was caught on livecam and is all over twitter:

https://twitter.com/Thunderhead925/status/1587845150755135489

(No one was hurt or I obviously wouldn't be posting it.)

The damage should be repairable but still, ouch.

Looks worse from the side:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h060-zhhDD8

# ¿ Nov 2, 2022 21:29

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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:

An interesting short video about a collision, the collision itself pops up a lot on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaOt_nUGUoo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tInDH2FeXaM

The only mention of the crew is that one bailed out and at least one tested positive for cocaine, nothing on if they were injured or killed, or anything else that may have contributed to the collision

# ¿ Nov 6, 2022 23:47

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https://railroads.dot.gov/sites/fra.dot.gov/files/fra_net/732/hq200648.pdf

quote:

Probable Cause and Contributing Factors

The conductor of the eastbound train�s use of cocaine may have contributed to the cause of the accident. However, the toxicological results do not allow a conclusion concerning either possible impairment or when the drug was taken. The blood contains only the inactive metabolite, benzoylecgonine, which is not normally associated with impairment. Neither impairment nor time of exposure to the drug can be derived from urine results.

The FRA determined the probable cause as the failure of Train #1 to comply with automatic block or interlocking signal displaying a stop indication.

# ¿ Nov 7, 2022 01:49

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They'll just fire Kyle

# ¿ Mar 14, 2023 15:17

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evil_bunnY posted:

I'm sure there would be friction at first but there's a reason rental car inspections are thorough and train cars' aren't.
Capitalists aren't stupid (they are greedy and soulless).

Being greedy and soulless to the extent that it costs you money is stupid in my books, and it's not a rare occurrence

# ¿ Mar 14, 2023 16:48

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Posted this is in the capitalism.png thread but thought you guys might also get a kick out of it:

Meanwhile in Poland
Maintenance company SPS successfully bids for the overhaul contract for trains made by a company called Newag, beating out Newag itself to get the contract. It carries out the first few overhauls fully to-spec, and to everybody's surprise, after being put back together the trains just do not start. After several dead ends, out of desperation someone at SPS googles "polish hackers" and they hire an infosec company to have a look.
What they find when they break into the onboard computers:

quote:

The numerical values 53.13845 and 17.99011 found in the computer code seemed familiar at first glance. It soon became apparent that these were GPS coordinates pointing to the vicinity of Bydgoszcz Gł�wny Railway Station, specifically the PESA (another Polish train producer and maintenance center) site located next to it. Soon the coordinates of other maintenance centers that could carry out train repairs and maintenance in Poland were also found. Below we show the pseudo-code of the algorithm (the names of the variables or functions are given by the researchers for clarity � we do not know what the original names were):
code:
check1 = 53.13845 < lat && lat < 53.13882 && 17.99011 < long && long < 17.99837; 
check2 = 53.14453 < lat && lat < 53.14828 && 18.00428 < long && long < 18.00555; 
check3 = 52.17048 < lat && lat < 52.17736 && 21.53480 < long && long < 21.54437; 
check4 = 49.60336 < lat && lat < 49.60686 && 20.70073 < long && long < 20.70840 
        && (this->lock_function_test & 1); 
check5 = 53.10244 < lat && lat < 53.10406 && 18.07817 < long && long < 18.08243; 
check6 = 50.12608 < lat && lat < 50.12830 && 19.38411 < long && long < 19.38872; 
check7 = 52.77292 < lat && lat < 52.77551 && 18.22117 < long && long < 18.22724;
Coordinate pairs define the workshop areas. A condition has been written in the computer code to disable the ability to run a train if it spends at least 10 days in one of these workshops. One of the workshops belongs to Newag itself � but a different logical condition was defined for its coordinates, presumably for testing purposes.

Other surprises were soon discovered. Among them was the blocking of a train when one of its components is replaced (verified by its serial number). An option to undo the lockout was also discovered � this did not require setting flags at computer memory level, just the right sequence of button clicks in the cab and on the on-board computer screen. When news of the successful launch of the Impulse hit the media, the trains received a software update that removed this �fix� option. On another train, a code was found instructing it to �break down� after a million kilometres.

quote:

A rather funny situation was encountered on another train that refused to work on November 21, 2022, even though it was not in maintenance at the time. The computer reported that the compressor had failed, although the mechanics said that everything was fine with the compressor. Unfortunately, the train still did not raise the pantographs. Analysis of the computer code detected a condition forcing the failure, which sounded like this:
* if the day is greater than or equal to 21 and
* if the month is greater than or equal to 11 and
* if the year is greater than or equal to 2021
then report a compressor failure. The situation was funny because the train had been scheduled for servicing in November 2021 (the year before the breakdown), but the condition did not work then by coincidence. The train went into maintenance a while earlier, and was not put back into service until January 2022 � and the sophisticated logic condition described above no longer met this date. Presumably, it was the software developer�s lack of skill in constructing IFs that made it necessary to wait until November 21, 2022 for the scheduled failure.

quote:

Surprises lurked not only in the software of the computers. In one train set, researchers discovered a device signed as a �UDP<->CAN converter�, presumably enabling remote communication with the train. Removing it did not make anything stop working. Analysis showed that the on-board computer was sending lock status information to this device, and that the device itself was connected to a GSM modem.

# ¿ Dec 7, 2023 12:28

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evil_bunnY posted:

LOL they should sue Newag into the loving ground.

Newag is suing them.

https://www.404media.co/polish-hackers-repaired-trains-the-manufacturer-artificially-bricked-now-the-train-company-is-threatening-them/

# ¿ Dec 15, 2023 02:35

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drunkill posted:

Some Truckfuckling happened this morning here.

Somehow, a truck and dog went down a one way road which only leads to a trainstation staff carpark and platforms 4 and 5 of a station, somehow, and then managed to almost fall off a bridge while trying to reverse, in the process dumping soil onto the only pair of dual gauge tracks leading into the Port of Melbourne and the city, which meant The Overland train had to be replaced by buses while interstate freight was also delayed.

Some A grade truckfuckling

The incident occurred here, on McNabb avenue, on the bridge over the freight tracks that dive down into a tunnel. Normally the truck incidents in Footscray are oversize loads hitting the Napier st bridge 200m to the South and causing trains to be delayed until the bridge is inspected.

https://www.google.com/maps/@-37.8021884,144.9014127,121m/data=!3m1!1e3?authuser=0&entry=ttu

WITHOUT TRUCKS
AUSTRALIA STOPS

# ¿ Dec 21, 2023 17:38

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# ¿ May 12, 2024 23:18

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I would blow Dane Cook posted:

https://twitter.com/SarahJMcConnell/status/1741310277994549676

The truck driver has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-01/truck-driver-charged-over-crash-that-killed-train-workers/103276656

# ¿ Jan 4, 2024 09:42

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