Now free for all to read... An old sleeper train carriage on a section of track next to Violet Town railway station summons memories of a terrible tragedy of the past:
“The 1910 weathervane, which depicts a steam locomotive and coal tender, perched on the White River Junction Station in Hartford until its theft on November 3, 1983. Theft of weathervanes was very common, as they are outside and easy to remove since they sit on a spindle to enable them to move in the wind.”
It was going up for sale at a NY auction when they checked DB of stolen items.
El Yufuin no Mori ("El bosque de Yufuin"), un tren KiHa 71 series de diésel, operado por JR Kyushu, atravesando un túnel en el bosque en la línea principal de Kyūdai, en parte del segmento que conecta Yufuin a Ōita. #japan#japon#bosque#forest#trenes#trains
My train is leaving 15 minutes late which is fine although a little irritating since it's the initiating station for the train (have to wait for a late connection) but as I was looking it up I noticed the southbound Coast Starlight yesterday was almost 12 hours late!
I’m interested in a lot of transit activism in N America but I swear people would think you’re a total weeb if you talk about transit in places with good transit. Trying to imagine talking to people in Singapore or Hong Kong or Seoul about.. loving trains
I think they would back tf away from me and run away.
Like my friend always says ‘I don’t want to be a transit fan. I just want great transit’
@skinnylatte nope. people love trains.. there are railfans all over the world. even in ...maybe especially in places with good transit.
Singapore has a very nice railfan website for its system https://www.sgtrains.com/ includes a simulator - experience what it's like to be a train captain
In Europe, flying is cheaper than taking the train.
It's an embarrassment, and a major problem: we have to stop flying for silly short distances. Realise that the overheads of flying (reaching the airport, awaiting 2 hours, the flight, the unloading, reaching the destination) largely cancel out any time gains of flying. And the carbon costs are utterly untenable. Not to speak of the modern, dire conditions of the whole flying "experience".
Another embarrassment is that train connections can't be guaranteed when across countries or companies. They aren't even coordinated. As if those who commission and set the schedules didn't travel by train themselves, at least not internationally. In considering how tiny most European countries are, it's frankly bizarre.
There are so many destinations one could travel by train to, yet in practice, it's not sensible. A disgrace.
New at my Patreon... I jumped aboard heritage train RM 2036, to join a rail excursion from Longreach to historic Ilfracombe. The highlight? Its unforgettable pub:
Good morning! I'm somewhere north of Brisbane on the Spirit of the Outback, not far to go till we reach the big city. Has been a great journey back from Longreach.