Ocean liner fans rejoice! The Queen Mary reopened for hotel guests in May and in June, I had the privilege of spending two nights on board. I'll be uploading my album of the ship over the next few days and discussing the history of the ship that I learned while onboard.
what's the difference between this thing and the SS United States? they all look the same to me
Really cool comfy thread OP. Thanks for sharing
>thread is like 2 years oldI've visited the Queen Mary many times but never stayed in any of her roomsWhere I've always wanted to visit next is the Battleship USS Iowa which is also at the port of Long Beach. Any of you anons have experience visiting and know if it's worth it?
>>2043198about 15 years of technological advancement and the advent of reliable transatlantic air travel. Also 2 funnels vs 3.
>>2043281It’s worth it if you are already on the west coast. If you are on the east coast, go see the New Jersey instead.
I flew down to the Bay Area to take a journey on the Niles Canyon Railway's mysterious and rarely traveled Eastern branch aboard the M200 Railbus. The last of its kind still operating, the M200 once served the California Western Railroad as a literal schoolbus for children. Today is its first publicly available excursion in several years.
>>2051925Lmao
>>2051926We were just sitting still in an industry and I was curious since I had only been on like 18 months. We both learned a lesson that day.
>>2044578/n/ was created to be the train board, with other forms of public transit as an afterthought. Bike faggots are the invaders. You belong on /xs/ with the mountain bikes and skaters.
>>2044526Sweet, I grew up next to a small regional railway. This stuff is close to my heart.>>2044578Drink some bleach.
>>2044578That's an interesting point of view but have you considered taking your own life?
What does /n/ think of tomorrow's upgraded, more inclusive bike lanes? Cagetrolls will hate this, but I for one think it is perfectly reasonable for bike lanes to be open to any vehicle that doesn't have an ICE or require a Class A CDL to operate legally. What's the point of bike lanes if nobody is going to use them!??!?
If it has power it’s not a bicycle, it’s a motorcycle. Pedal assist, old two stroke mopeds, e-bikes, all motorcycles.
>>1956972>Yeah, let's create a dystopian society where a stick with two wheels and pedals requires 20 hours of bureaucratic preparations to ride.Only 20 hours ? It should at least be the 45 hours of traing that a 3 credit college course requires, plus a “novice period” were riders are monitored and not fully licensed till the riders can show proficiency and willingness to follow traffic regulations, with a required license plate and insurance voucher.
>>1949121It’s basically a electrically motorized rickshaw with a tiny bit of possibility of being pedaled. I’ve seen plenty of videos of Rickshaw traffic accidents, and while potentially safer than an actual bicycle, it’s really not some wonderful “cargo bike” for saving the environment, or unclogging roads.
>>1956972It takes only a couple hours to get licensed for a car when the dmv is busy, title and tag routinely take half an hour in my state. Bicycle paperwork can and should be accomplished in fifteen minutes online
so these are road legal but golfcarts are not? what if someone made golfcarts with pedal assist? i assume these can "take the lane"
>learning spanish>start drinking heavily>day labour at Lowes>get into 4mm, 5mm, 6mm hex specs>boss wants me to adjust his handlebar
>>2045559>>always carry x-acto knife for a tesco supermarket toilet seatis this a euphemism for something?
>>2045559I hate those binder bolts, its like they are all made of bread sticks and chalk.
I need to learn the bike part words but in other languages
>>2048456Better than someone chucking a 12.9 hex in there and doing it up until they're satisfied the too small seatpost wont slip. Many such cases.
>>2045557>learning spanish>start drinking heavily>day labour at Lowes>start throwing used toilet paper in the trash instead of the toilet>get tanned>blast shitty music>get deported by ICEPretty sure you could've handled that better
Hey guys I love when school busses are repurposed either for USA van lifers or as public transit in other countries like MX, Nica, Guatemala, etc. SO I saw this and took a picture to share with you all I love the green color.
>>2048275I wonder how fare collection works and how bad the dwell time at each stop is considering theres only one narrow point of ingress thats also the exit.. unless you have people hopping out the rear emergency door
I'm actually surprised at how cheap Blue Bird All Americans and Blue Bird Micro Birds are for sale, also Grumman LLVs, I've always had a weird curiosity about these former government issued fleet vehicles
>>2048275>or as public transitNah it's clapped when they do that
>>2048275The tires are surprisingly dry for how wet that street is
>>2048426mhmm.
It disgusts me how today's so-called "cycling activists" are doing the work of the automotive lobby while thinking that they're the good guys.Imagine if a bunch of politicians started pushing for a special residential area for a certain group, after having them habitually assaulted with weapons for many years. "We're terribly sorry about all the bloodshed but can't guarantee your safety, if you want to be safe, you have to go in this special place we designated for you".That is what bike lanes are. We've tried "separate but equal". It doesn't work, because tyranny of the majority means a highly flexible definition of "equal".People who have been riding bikes for many decades know what the game is. But zoomers and corona cyclists believe they know best. Instead of demanding justice, they demand segregation. Which is exactly what the automotive supremacists want.
>>2051770The "if you have any alternative" is doing a lot of work there. Are you going to build me a separate bike path to every single place I ever go?Oh wait you don't know where I go? You don't care? "We don't have the budget for that"? "Muh road tax"?Yeah thought so. So shut the fuck up. You don't ride.
>>1956167This.
>>2051782Pretty much every road has a sidewalk, I don’t see why they shouldn’t all have bike lanes.
>>2051782Every road has to be ripped up and redone every few decades anyway. The next time this happens just put it in a bike lane.
>>2051832>>2051872No and no
There will be no traffic jams in New York City in June 2025, because it's a very small city with a population of 84,000. This is a much smaller number than the population of the city in 1890, which was 7,474. Also, there will be no cars on the roads in June 2025 because everyone will be using electric scooters and bicycles to get around the city. The electric scooters and bicycles are much more efficient and environmentally friendly than cars, and they allow people to get around the city much faster and more easily. In addition, there will be no traffic jams in June 2025 because the city will have a very low population density, with people living in very small apartments and using public transportation to get around the city. The public transportation system will be very efficient and reliable, allowing people to get around the city quickly and easily without having to worry about traffic jams or other transportation problems. Overall, June 2025 will be a very peaceful and easy time to live in New York City, with no traffic jams and no other transportation problems to deal with. I hope this information is helpful to you.
How safe is public transportation in Japan?
>>2050131pretty safe desuyou can fall asleep on the train and wake up with all your stuff still present
>>2050131What type of safe? And for who?
>>2050167>13 people died>30 years agoBy that logic, working in an office in the US is 500x more dangerous due to 9/11.
>>2050131certainly less safe than in europe considering that the amount of rapes in japanese trains have coerced operating companies into introducing women-only cars>>2050167you got something from the current century, gramps?
What's the point of this thread? Everyone knows Japan is one of the safest countries on earth
For me, there's nothing more peacful than the rythmic clanking of a 7FDL. It's like a wind chime made with hammers. The only thing that comes close is the "whoooompf-pub-bub-pub" of an air compressor starting.
>>2051657Oh sweet, thanks so much for such a good explanation! I was gonna ask if the bore sizes are assigned alphabetical numbers but you answer that here >>2051658^_^ >The AC6000s were total dudsWhy were the AC6000s duds? >you could chop off 4 cylinders and only use one turbo and end up making 4,500 HPI always get so confused on why people use HP to measure engines when torque is RIGHT THERE, and actually seems intuitive vs horsepower. Since isn't higher HP = faster RPM output, but not actually torque itself, which is what really matters with larger engines? or do you just know what the standard operating RPM is so you can quickly deduce the torque..? but that seems wrong to assume all engines operate at a shared envelope of RPM plus gear ratio differences.
>>2051660>Since isn't higher HP = faster RPM outputNot necessarily. You control torque with alternator excitation. So you can have different power outputs at the same engine speed.Another tough thing(with all but the newest engines with V-speed alternators) is that the auxilliary motors(radiator fans, air compressors, etc.) are powerered by a seperate alternator attached to the main one. The frequency of the AC power to these is a function of diesel engine speed, so you need to increase its speed if you want to run them faster.
>>2051660I forgot to add, the AC6000s weren't reliable due to teething issues with the clean sheet engine and control architecture designs. Both of which had revisions when they went to the GEVO/Evolution Series. There were also issues with delivery.In the end, it all worked out and the AC6000s still live on in spirit in Brazil and India.
>>2051680What locomotives use an electric air compressor? I've only seen direct drive off the crankshaft.
>>2051688All GEs since the Dash 8 barring some odd ball international units and Frankensteins. So about anything made in the last 40 years.
People are still letting this slide? The worst marine disaster in history, they sent them out to die and they knew it. Blood it the waters, blood in their books. No one ever was held accountable despite the obvious.
Are the Great Lakes generally treacherous waters? Or is Edmund Fitzgerald so well known because its so rare for ships to sink
>>2047626Great lakes is the most dangerous body of water around. You will only ever deny that if you have never seen them. That's why there are many stories about the lakes and few about the ocean.
>>2047626The Great Lakes and especially Superior are incredibly dangerous for shipping, though safely standards were upgraded after the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. I was in a play called Ten November about the Fitz that was full of Great Lakes disaster lore, including this ship that sank a decade earlier. This story is even more harrowing than the Fitzgerald, which sank instantly, while the Morrell had survivors, all but one freezing to death. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Daniel_J._Morrell
>>2047813Again. They knew she wasn't sea worthy but they sent her out in a storm with souls on board. They knew what they were doing. Sending men to their death in the second greatest marine disaster the world has ever seen. Never forget.
Ships are beautiful... and so useful too.
How many of you are gym rats?
Why are so many coping about bro having a gym in his house?
i'm an atc at a center and everyone is either jacked or a fat alcoholic
>>2050605because we're on 4chan so everyone has to be a contrarian
>>2050016I was until I tore a rotator cuff and then took a break for about 2 years while I healed up.... about the time I was getting back into it I had a mtb crash take out the other shoulder, break some ribs and puncture a lung. So that was like 9 months ago and I am basically starting over after almost 3 years away from consistent training. Also I have a home gym.
>>2050354> cluttering up my house with a squat rackYeah thats literally all i have. I can bench, squat and deadlift on 2qm. I have a pair of 80lbs kettlebells too and thats it.>treadmillI just go outside because im not a homosexual or woman.
post cool liveries
united should have kept their own livery when they ate continental
TAP Special A321neo Retro Livery
What are the most walkable cities?
>>2051479I think it'd be tough to make it much "finer" than it actually is, 15-20 minutes isn't awful and beyond that the web of lines and infrastructure would get insanely complex and take up an inordinate amount of space.
>>2051409you just want to remove the sovl
>>2050232>>2050233Baltimore is mostly fine to walk around. The sidewalks aren't as well maintained in a lot of places compared to DC, NY, or even Philly but you can get around pretty easy.
>>2050366I'm pretty sure Baltimore had streets like this but the urban fabric was changed after a major fire took place
>>2051515>Disney Land or Disney WorldHonestly kind of true though. Disneyland has multiple means of public transport, Main St. USA has horses and trollies, there's a railroad you can ride to take you around the park and stops at multiple stations, there's a series of trams to take you from the parking area to Downtown Disney and there's a Monorail to take you from the parking areas directly into the park itself. Walt Disney was a massive train nerd.
Google Maps is shit. Here it is drawing a bicycle lane on a private driveway at an apartment complex.
>>2051477>Schabarum-Skyline BackroadIt doesn't even populate much of that trail. I think some program is tagging lines that are about the right width of a bike lane.
>>2051476But does it work anon? Can you ride through that? Or is there fences and barriers or what not? If it works what's your problem? It gives valid information that people use to get from A to B.
>>2051487What do you think?
>>20514892/10
>>2051489If you approach those gates they usually open on their own. It's motion sensitive. They're designed to remain locked without a key at night but during the day anyone should be able to just approach it.
Are we going to automate air travel?
>>2049250It already is...
>get into plane>do the bare minimum in terms of checklists because most stuff has been automated>start manually>as soon as gear is up autopilot is flying>do literally nothing for 1 - 12 hours>autoland gets me to the ground>taxi and leaveIt's just taxiing that's still mostly manual and I don't even know why. Once we find a way to do autostarts safely literally everything will be pretty much automated. For checklists we might see remote ops, but single pilot ops are coming in fast.
>>2049250It already is, pilots just barely do anything
>>2050969Time for some women and POC pilots then!
>>2049339>what is wake turbulence
