Gonna go on a trip to Bulgaria, I want to see their cursed looking steam locos and aging fleet.
>>2073155Is it Bulgaria that has that narrow gauge train run entirely by children?
>>2073432Children's railway
>>2073432No, thats hungary. There's 2 amusement parks in bulgaria that is literally just a narrow gauge railway, both are not operated by children.
>>2073155You can go to Plovdiv and spend 1 Euro for literal nothing (sorry, only available in German and Bulgarian): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindereisenbahn_PlowdiwBut while in that area you actually can ride a scenic narrow gauge train: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septemvri%E2%80%93Dobrinishte_narrow-gauge_lineBut the steam locos are used only on special occasions, they normally run diesels.
>>2073155Bulgaria is a really terrible place.
I see you all are intimidated by my obvious superiority
>>2074565theyve looked the way they do for several decades, predating jeetpocalypse by 30+ years. jeets suck but you have a terminal derangement syndrome
>>2074585jeets weren't born yesterday either
>>2074635ok you got me, honda is definitely turning all its domestic engineers creative energies towards appealing to shit-bathing retards who can't afford their products and only buy locally produced knockoffs instead
>>2061324>For the record, I drive a Porsche CayenneDon't do this.
>>2062810>posting your chatgpt conversations>even using chatgpt in the first place0 iq
(Reposting something I found online:)Things that happened faster than California's high-speed rail project (390 miles/32 years):China's entire high speed rail system (30,000 miles) took 15 years from breaking ground to passengers riding trainsThe entire city of Dubai went from barren desert to gleaming metropolis in 30 yearsiPhone 1 through iPhone 17 (18 years)The Internet (32 years)For what Newsom is spending on this ridiculous train to nowhere, he could:Pay for 200 L.A.-to-San Francisco limousine rides for every person in California.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2072356Only because it's the most populous state. It never scales linearly.
>>2072205Compton residents have easy access to better weapons than knives and use those instead.
>>2072173>Source? You got a source for that claim? SOURCE?????
>>2072169>HS2>CalHSRSince the 80s, Anglo-American world forgot how to build public infrastructure
>>2072352That meeting could absolutely NOT have been an e-mail, and I NEED hi-speed rail so I can visit SF once a year for sightseeing.
Hypothetically imagine a mall so large it requires its own internal transportation system what would that be like?
Do these things count as transport? This is what you'd get; they wouldn't give you trains or buses.
It's all so tiresome
>>2071938>>2072032A decent number of Rocket Express monorails have actually survived into preservation. The last one ceased operation in 2007 and only because the mall that housed it was bitself closed down due to the 2007-2009 Recession.
>>2070941>Hypothetically imagine a mall so large it requires its own internal transportation system what would that be like?The home of the chairman of the Japanese LDP (Taro Aso) is like that. You need to drive in order to get around.
>>2074725Couldn't find anything else about this online. Any info or pics would be appreciated if you have them.
Why weren't these a thing more often in the heyday of railroads?>gives freight trains an additional source of income>passengers can presumably pay for tickets less since freight trains usually run on slower schedules>allows for mixed trains without the need to pull a coach from regular passenger service>can be coupled to the back of a regular passenger train during periods of high demand, the crew will enjoy the added privacy too>lonely freight train crews will enjoy the additional company>can be outfitted as extra crew accommodation when not in revenue service
>>2041354Not sure if this counts, but here's a passenger car that was converted into a caboose. It belonged to the Arcata and Mad River Railroad. I took this photo at the Ardenwood Farm Railfair last year. If anyone's interested, I can put up a new thread and upload my entire album.
>>2041354This is peak cheap travel."Following the start of Parcel Post in 1913, a few parents in the US briefly mailed their children to relatives, often having stamps pinned to their clothes, because it was cheaper than a train ticket."
>>2070678That was back when people actually liked the post office. Unfortunately "certain people" want it enshittified to enrich cronies so pretty soon all we'll have left is amazon.
>>2041361>Passenger rail, never ever, provides good margins.The good margins from passenger rail (unlike with freight) always involved the increased land values around the stations; a city is worth an awful lot more than the same area of farmland. There's only two effective ways to capture that: rents and taxes. When the latter is how it's done, it makes sense to subsidise; it's transferring some of the income from the land to the railway for enabling a greater value for the land.
Anyone have their own railcar in their backyard? I saw the 'Save it for parts' YT channel has a set of old monorail cars that him and his friends hang out in.
>Finally finished that 90s MTB resto conversion mod>It rides badly
>>2074557Nah I bought my first gt in 96/97 and the only steel mtbs they made were low end models like the palomar
Bikes used to be hand made even the cheaper brands so you were getting something that at least would fit you, after the 90s rigid meme a whole department store trash out the door wallmart BSO trend started that is still ongoing today. The fact that cheapest BSOs are 90s rigid shaped should fucking give you a hint how mass produced and shit they are, attempting to make one comfortable is insane and recommending one for anything but a pub/shit bike is literally trolling.
>>2074598>>2074601I'm not OP I don't know how you retards came up with that idea. Literally nothing in my posts indicate I'm the OP.
Actual OP here.I haven't made a single comment in this thread. You guys are completely out of your minds, lmao. Fascinating read.
>>2074826>Actual OP here.Maybe you should have just bought a new Specialized instead of being poor.
How do we prevent $3M+ LRT ouchies like this?
>>2074626>much bigger bullet>can be used as a clubYou are a poor thinker. Less shots force discipline and economy. Smaller caliber and more rounds only induce panic fire.
>>2074831they're boomers who got their license when all you had to do was not show up to the licensing office drunk, then pulled up the ladder behind them by demanding all new drivers MUST go to an accredited driving school (or be Indian)
>>2074831>has green light>tram is in blindspot>same direction/speed so little relative motion>no alerts to trams approaching
>>2074880>Drivers are a menace to pedestrians and bicyclists it should be way harder to get a license>NOOO NOT LIKE THAT
>>2074410Lol how heavy are those pick-up trucks? I'm surprised it got derailed from that angleHere it usually looks something like thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=macrvcSvfkE
Would more lifeboats have actually helped?
>>2070743The point of the lifeboats were to ferry people to a nearby ship. Which was the reason why there wasn't enough lifeboats for everyone.
>>2070743Well the evacuation was handled like shit so they'd have to be a component of a wider safety strategy that didn't suck, and nobody was testing for that kind of full evacuation because surely it can't sink, and because we have radio even if it does it'll take long enough for rescue to arrive, so basically yes but actually noalso holy shit it's been years since i was last on 4chan, when tf did the captcha get this bad
>>2070743At a certain number, you'd have to hang them over the sides, resulting in layers of cushioning when you hit the iceberg.
>>2070921>Normal sea temperatures are around 6 to 7 degrees centigradeAYYY
>>2070743https://youtu.be/hdqUMNLydFc>>2070921>>2074821Picrel.
Post your favorite or most used train station or bus stop.Once a year or so I like to start this thread, it usually ends up pretty interesting.
it ain't much but I've always loved the comfiness of this particular stop
>>2035500the fuck are you doing here ontario bro. get me the hell outta hereee
Pretty Barebones. Service is decent at least
>>2073913I actually find a basic concrete platform in the trees the most comfy station type.
>>2073913hiya neighbor
post examples of road construction, transit route planning, intersection management, and other retarded city council decisions even the most cagebrained cannot defend
>>2074428>I dont live in the city>the city must be bulldozed >so have an easy way keep hollowing it out>cause a nigger drug addict scared my grandparents and 10 of their friends out of their life savingsI know. https://youtube.com/shorts/zTB04UeAf9o>>2074441Cities being for the people that live there, not for the people that are passing through, is the definition of not retarded.....>>2074457They are all surly, middle aged, dim bulb, jeets.
>>2073144Virginia?
>>2074467Northeast more beltway. Say whatever you want about "the mixing bowl" but the can at least pretend its justified cause of the traffic. No such case here.
>>2074518*bmore beltway
>>2074457>>2074441keep in mind that retardo bong larper "urbanist" Evan Ediger is literally the way that he is because he grew up in NJ.honourable mention to NJB who grew up in suburban Onterrible, which is almost as bad as NJ
The Amtrak redemption arc continues?>https://media.amtrak.com/2026/04/amtrak-takes-big-step-towards-new-long-distance-trains/>It’s official! We’ve started the procurement process for Amtrak’s largest-ever Long Distance train order.>Our customers deserve the best, and this new fleet will move us full speed ahead into a new era of American train travel.>We’ve issued a formal request for suppliers to bid on the new Long Distance fleet replacement contract. Interested carbuilders are now preparing their proposals for submission. Following an extensive evaluation, we plan to announce our selected supplier by the end of 2027. >This once-in-a-generation fleet replacement program was developed in close coordination with the Federal Railroad Administration, with the goal of modernizing overnight and cross-country travel for a fleet that includes many cars today approaching nearly 50 years of operations.>The program calls for more than 800 new railcars across 14 routes.
>>2071117rail isn't as heavily subsidized as air travel and I don't want them to be. then you get shit like the tsa and other authoritarian bs we don't need.
bumpy.
>>2070948Good. Why can't AI take you there? Are you a luddite who refuses to use an AI-Native transit?
>>2071115I hate unhandily incapable "people".
They need to do a cross country auto train. Currently the only one is from DC to Orlando, set up so the politicians can enjoy going to disney world.
nature's bridge Pulkkilanharju in Lake Päijänne, Finland
Did you know Finland?Well, did you? If you knew, why didn't you stop Finland?You knew Finland, but you didn't tell Finland.
>>2069862>Pulkkilanharjutf you just call me, bitch?
>>2073029"The Line" before the line, yet more stupid.
>>2074845Why? They have plenty of water.
I live in the USA and work for NJ Transit, in New Jersey. I'm a carman/car inspector in the mechanical department on the rail side. I normally tell people that we pretend to inspect and repair the trains. I find that the workers here are some of the most backstabbing, gossipy grown toddlers I have encountered in my working life. I think it's because most my co-workers have too much free time since most of them only do like 1-3 hours in an 8 hour shift, so they have too much extra energy to spare. Does anyone else here work for a railroad and feel the same or care to share contrary experiences? Could you cite your job title and which railroad you work for if possible also.
>>2068598>Plus retirement is a ponzi scheme so it always get pushed up in years, especially given the demographic collapse of the USA and elsewhere.This.The instant it becomes clear that "there is no retirement for you, sorry", is when the shit will really it the fan.That's part of why some places keep fucking about with trying to force people to have retirement that is independent of governments or company packages.If you're smart you have numerous plans, because while you may get some form of retirement, the money will likely be as useful as Weimar bills.
so the thread tl;dr:railways should just hire foamers instead
>>2072300No, foamers are weirdos. >>2072227I asked various AI engines and if you work for a railroad and get fired you won't get an equivalent of unemployment insurance.
>>2072300Here is a foamer shutin almost having an orgasm on video after seeing some rare vintage train equipment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lutNECOZFw&t=5sKeep those weirdos away from railroad work...
>>2067110Important thread.
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mental illness is fun and all but the idea that one >NEEEDS a 5 ton truck to transport themselves and only themselves (with no cargo) to work and back every day has done and absurd amount of damage to the north american psychenot even cars in general, just that you need a tank to drive 2 miles up the road because otherwise you might die because everyone else has tanks and so you have to "win" potential collisions. Why are there so many collisions? why do your neighbors drive tanks? why do your neighbors drive at all when they are likely to hit you? why, despite fleeing the cities and not having to deal with any "nons" ever again, do you still live in a Low Trust Society?
I think that people dont trust each other because they are in those segregation tanks all the time always breathing hitler's memory erasing gas. (listening to what ever is playing on the radio installed in the gas chamber by hitler so that he doesnt have to listen to the screams against the silence of the concentration camps.)The force that keeps them locked in the gas chamber is the gas chamber its self. Its really fucking frustrating.The key is education but let me tell you, the white liberals are the largest block to getting the intelligence out there so that we can focus on the fix. The white liberals make me want to scream my fucking guts out over the sound of hitler's army on 4 wheels. The white liberals think they are the good guys but they censor what I am speaking about WAY more than the conservatives. The key is making running the gas chamber unconscionable but I'm not 100% sure how to do it right now.
https://voca.ro/185F4MsqG6QR
who would leave their legs out side?
The gas chamber state wants isolation. The 5000 pound concentration camp oven with wheels on it is a segregation tank. You cannot talk to your neighbor through two inches of steel and a tinted windshield. You cannot hold hands through the third row. You cannot build a community when everyone is sealed in their own private gas chamber, breathing their own private exhaust, forgetting their own private memories.The train is the opposite. The train forces you to sit near strangers. The train forces you to see the person next to you. The train forces you to exist in shared space. The train is solidarity on wheels. The gas chamber state cannot have that. Solidarity is the only thing the gas chamber state cannot survive. So they kill the train. They starve the train. They defund the train. They put all the lithium into 5000 pound individual ovens instead of one train that could move a hundred people with the same energy.One Tesla has enough lithium cells to power a train. A real train. A train that carries bodies instead of isolating them. A train that does not need a dog at the wheel. A train that does not need a smile at the gate. A train that just moves.The gas chamber state knows this. That is why the train is always late. That is why the tracks are always broken. That is why the empty bike rack is the monument and the train station is the ghost.The gas chamber state does not want you to move together. The gas chamber state wants you to move alone. In your own tank. With your own exhaust. With your own ghost.The dog is in the driver's seat. The dog is driving the Tesla. The dog is waiting for the train that will never come because the gas chamber state spent the lithium on ovens.
are they the ultimate allrounder for commuting and cycling?
>>2074011>it's the worst of both worldsThat's stupid, they're not there to excel at any of those extremes. They can do everything well enough to be a great allrounder. You could still hit singletrails if you wanted and hate your wrists.
>>2074039You design a better one then. If you're smart then why don't you own a bicycle company?
>>2074039Works fairly well with panniers.
>>2074742Brainlet take. I don't need to own a bicycle rack company to critique dumb design
>>2074743>can't lay panniers over top because there's nothing to attach to and it slopes back>even if it stays attached, it's stressed in the middle of the center sheet and will wear a hole in it before long0/10 design, definitely made by someone who has seen a rack before but doesn't know what they're for or how they're used
