I’ve always wanted to live the mid-20th Century experience of riding a Pullman Sleeper hauled by a steam locomotive roaring through the night and while I have been fortunate enough to ride steam excursions many times and even do an overnight ride on an original Pullman car, I’ve never been able to do them together.Is there anywhere in the world where I can actually still take an overnight train hauled by a steam locomotive? The closest I’m aware of is the modern Orient Express being steam-hauled through Hungary as a one-time thing in 2017 and the Cumbres and Toltec possessing a restored tourist sleeper coach (idk if it’s ever been used in that role).
>>2068927What you need for mainline running is a lot of water and a proper bl00dy train ;)Its successor is in the shop.
>>2068932>bl00dyWhy?
>>2068933Having a mishmash of non-matching rolling stock isn't exactly a pretty sight. SP 4449 and N&W 611 used to haul their original coaches and looked better for it but the consists have been broken up and dispersed to different owners since the 90s.Kinda sad if you ask me. I'd love to see 4449 in particular pull a recreation of the original Coast Daylight route from Los Angeles to San Francisco using its original cars (or at least ones that have been appropriately repainted to match it).
>>2068027>there arent coaling stations everywhereUP 4014, SP 4449, and N&W 611 have all successfully gotten around this by using additional tenders/conversion to oil-firing (coal was already going out of style when they were built).
>>2067924Steamy, dreamy... creamy?
What would you do in this situation?
>>2071357>
Why is this so funny
Kek
>>2067318Absolutely demonic
>>2067318what a drama queen, the seat isn't even close to him
Seishun 18 Kippu EditionOld Thread: >>2035672
>>2072729Each card gets 6 minutes of waterflow, most people don't need even half of that because they turn off the tap while applying shampoo/bodysoap/etc. and turn it on again to wash it off.
>>2063194The real issue is that Wakkanai not only was depopulating already, but has recently started depopulating faster>53k people in 1980>48k people in 1990>43k people in 2000>39k people in 2010>33k people in 2020>29k people in 2026The post-war baby boom generation started dying off. People born in 1947 are now 79 years old, and Japanese life expectancy is 81 for men and 87 for women, Wakkanai went from consistently losing ~5k people every 10 years, to losing this many in just 6 years, and the next 5k will likely come even faster given that of the 29k remaining, 7k are 70+(almost 1/4).In general, the upcoming years will see accelerated population drop, and in turn closed lines all across Japan, so ride them sooner than later if you can.
Aum 2.0?https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/crime-courts/20260510-326865/
>>2072960Doesn't look like it:https://mainichi.jp/articles/20260510/k00/00m/040/138000c>何者かがスプレーをまいたという目撃情報はなく>車内の防犯カメラでもそうした状況は確認されなかった。>消防が調べたところ、車内で有毒な成分は検出されていない。
JR Central has revealed the prototype of its 385 Series Limited Express EMU to the presshttps://news.mynavi.jp/article/20260512-jrcentral385photo/
Thinly veiled e-bike containment thread.I bought a Tern Orox to prepare for the Australian madmax fuel apocalypse. Did I fuck up? What else should I have looked at for a cargo hauler with decent range and the ability to ride poorly maintained outback roads?
If Thoth didn't want us to have motorized bicycles then why does He not just allow them to exist, but presumably authored their being and promoted the necessary synthesis of sciences and technology to allow them to be manufactured locally?
>>2072969 Not the poster but many women ride e-bikes - e-scooters.
Ebike riders are the real life power rangers.
>>2073065Those are NPCs. Real women ride bicycles.
The rolling stool is a weapon to them.
Gonna go on a trip to Bulgaria, I want to see their cursed looking steam locos and aging fleet.
>Finally finished that 90s MTB resto conversion mod>It rides badly
>>2069284HAHA THAT'S ABOUT THE SAME SETUP I HAVE ON MINE.On mine the bar doesn't get further up so I'd have to buy parts for it that allow that. My saddle is also tilted down like yours because I HATE bike saddles fucking with my balls so I tilt it down extremely.Needless to say my hands and wrists are fired out as fuck after every ride with the massive load on them.
>>2073074*tired outBut I guess fired would also work considering the disgusting feeling
>>2069171You can get legit Izumi and KMC chains off there
>>2073137how can you tell? bootleggers duplicate the packaging and the engraving on the links 1:1
>>2072933>You'd struggle to find a bike from 98 or 99 that's steel unless its a niche brand or product lineAre you really saying most 90s MTBs weren't steel because the last 2 years of the 90s they switched to aluminium. Are you actually fucking retarded?
Do you guys ever have conversations with other people on public transportation, or try picking up girls there?>yet another day riding the subway sharing a car with plenty of cute girls, normal looking guys, and never make conversation with anyone to try to make friends or get a date>it's been like this nearly daily for 10 years>even see the same people getting on and off at my same stop, they live near me, and still never speak to anyone
>>2069522>>2070584Imagine dying alone, filled with regret at all the milestones and experiences you missed, and your final thought is "Well... at least I never bothered anyone"
>>2070586At least someone will show up at your funeral, maybe your landlady or something. If you bother IRL women like the "just bee urself it works for me" crowd is recommending, you'll end up unemployable or maybe you'll be able to work as a janitor in a warehouse where no one will see you, because you are now on a sex offender registry for life. They'll find your dried up husk, surrounded by a you-shaped ring of dried up maggots, when the city comes to disconnect the water for nonpayment, and they'll burn your possessions and raze the building to the ground and toss your ashes in an unmarked box in the local potter's field.
Earlier this week I just had close to my nightmare relating to this thread>living at home at 34 due to being a complete loser>luckily have never had to see anyone I grew up with, they probably all moved away to become adults>take subway every day and for weeks now in the morning a guy is next to me for a few minutes on the platform before the train comes, think nothing of it, just "oh there's that guy again">a few days ago he has his name badge on and I happen to glance at it>the name is in big lettters>it's someone who I went to high school and probably also middle school with, we graduated hs in 2010>even though I haven't seen or thought about him in 15 years, I see the facial features, just a bit aged, of what he looked like back then... it's interesting how not seeing someone for so long they can become unrecognizable>I see how he has a wedding band on his finger, maybe he even has kids, I wonder why he's in town, no way he would still be living at home since he's married, maybe he inherited the house or just likes it here so never left>I look up the name of the company on his badge and how he frequently is wearing a suit and know that he's got at minimum a decent status career while I'm the pathetic wage slave faggot loser living with my parents at rock bottom of lifeOnly way this could have been a bigger nightmare is if he actually recognized me and I would have had to pretend like I wasn't myself. I was laughing to myself thinking about bringing one of our school yearbooks and just asking him "excuse me sir, is this you?" and showing his picture, he's like "wtf do I know you, did we go to school together?" and I just say yes but never tell him who I am
>>2066589hell yeah brother
>>2069436>bumpkin think
post examples of road construction, transit route planning, intersection management, and other retarded city council decisions even the most cagebrained cannot defend
>>2072862>"Just make the turn bro, don't be a pussy"
couldn't at least make it straight in there, huh
>>2073140Its actually a nice light and air boulevard if youve been there. >they took housesIn baltimore, that means nothing of value was lost. If all highways weren't for suburban raiders, it would be an improvement.Picrel really feels like a cyclopedian cathedral. Thats all elevated highway in the middle of nowhere. Ive driven all over the country, I cant think of something more padded.
>>2073144Reads like an ESL using AI to come up with a post
>>2073145Im overwhelmed with concern at your need for suppositions.
If steel is so great, why do the companies that make the best steel tubing in the world use carbon for their forks?If steel is so great, why do the finest steel bikes in the world use carbon forks?It seems to me that steel has an aesthetic value that cannot be substituted by anything else, but as a material for building bikes, its value decreases the more that is demanded of a component.
>>2070604california is constantly 72 "degrees" and sunny, with a lot of money allocated for road maintenance. it does have hills thoughbeit
>>2070609Sounds alright to me. Too bad everything is illegal there except wearing a grey organic cotton jumpsuit and eating beige vegan slop from a non-cancer-causing state-issued utility bowl
>>2070614the state of california is known to cause cancer
>>2034085A "good" modern carbon fork is going to cost more than the entire bike is worth, and unnecessarily nice. Just get an entry level modern bike with a generic carbon fork and it will wipe the floor with a 2005 bike of any category or price class. Sorry luddites, but old things ARE bad
>>2032229u just got btfo bro calm down
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.
>>2071819>having train stations outside of town is good actuallyliterally negative IQ take
>>2071823Read my reply again, uncle. It's more nuanced than that.
My home stop until early adulthood.Now I live in the countryside with no trains nearby.
>>2072648Clean and simple
>>2071515Dumbest take ive seen all year
I miss this lil dude like you wouldn't believe
>>2073117>>2073111
>>2073072It was built from the An-124 specially to carry the Soviet shuttle, that's not really a large marketThe USA only ever made two of the modified 747s to carry the Space Shuttle during the entire program.
>>2073124they look so happy together...better times, man.. better times.
>>2073071you never met that nigga in your life
>>2073124is this /ss/?
This thread is for talking about railways, and things related to railways, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - that means we're all about big intercity trains, modest rural trains, long freight trains, trips, tracks, trams, subways, stations, you get the idea. Trains are cool.If you're planning a journey, take a look at the nationalrail.co.uk/ journey planner - tell it where you're headed from and to, and it'll show you your options before handing you over to a train company so you can buy a ticket. Doesn't matter which train company, they'll all charge the same price for the same seat on the same journey. Overseas visitors - trip.com and thetrainline.com are your best option.Here's a few links:~New rolling stock currently on order, listed (trainlogger.co.uk/units/)~A Visual History of Railway Rolling Stock in Great Britain (gaelan.me/br-stock/)~The Man in Seat 61 (seat61.com/) - easily the best rail travel resource out there.~Geoff Marshall (youtube.com/@geofftech2) - likes trains. Mostly harmless.~Jago Hazzard (youtube.com/@jagohazzard) - London train history. Ditto....and some cool 'open data' stuff:~Realtimetrains (realtimetrains.co.uk/) - live train timetables: ideal for keeping on top of ETAs and platforms.~Openrailwaymap (openrailwaymap.org/) - not quite 'Google Maps for railway infrastructure', but close.~TIGER (https://tiger.worldline.global/home/) - live departure boards.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
I suppose doing the 'five whys' thing, any answer ultimately boils down to 'because knobheads keep pulling the INFLATION GO UP geopolitical lever, or if not that, the FUCK UP GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS geopolitical lever.
>>2072762>Only Hull Trains and LNER's bimodes would be able to use the wires - and it's not like Northern or anybody else is straining at the leash to order new rolling stock these days, for some reason.Transpennine's 802s are bimode too. Currently they operate electrified on the Liverpool-Manchester and York-Newcastle sections of the network.
>>2072757>>2072758If they were looking at a decent thing to invest it, they should look at substation/feeder station storage. Could act to capture regenerated electric energy and reduce peak energy usage. Trains are pretty intermittent and power-hungry energy users and this could make a big difference.Trials in Rotterdam with port cranes (similar high power, intermittent use) has resulted in a 65% reduction in peak grid power demand.
>>2072704>Why is there such a focus on big projects rather than a programme of incremental improvements?If a politician offered me a "programme of incremental improvements", I'd tell them to piss off. It's code for doing nothing, and we all know it. Shouldn't small incremental improvements be happening anyway? You might visit a new supermarket to check it out, but you wouldn't visit an existing supermarket because it had new trolleys. Big changes are fun and exciting; small changes are frankly the bare minimum and not newsworthy.
>https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/news/high-tech-hs2-train-depot-and-control-centre-deal-provides-jobs-boost-for-birmingham...looks like the contract for contruction of the main HS2 rolling stock depot & control centre has been awarded. Progress.
Old thread from 2023 finally hit bump limit >>1955863New thread. "Cycling infrastructure" is harm reduction. But not in the way you probably think. The anti-bike crowd considers riding a bicycle on public roads as an offense against the interests of motorists. An so, they wish to create infrastructure to reduce cycling (harm). Yes! Those who advocate for "separate but equal" are (whether they admit it or not) working against the interests of bicycle users:-The American Automobile Association strongly supports bike lanes-Countries that place responsibility on car drivers have 70-90% fewer fatalities per billion km traveled by bike. This is of course beyond the pale, drivers must always have total immunity. But hey, look, green paint! We solved safety!-The true purpose of bike lanes is to neutralize the opposition by corrupting the discourse. Don't support bike lanes? Then you must not care about safety!-Bike lanes have a curious pattern of appearing where they are superfluous, and vanishing as you approach potential traffic conflict zones. This way, when you get run over by a dump truck making a turn, it's your fault! You shoulda been in the bike lane that wasn't there!In conclusion: bike lane activists hate cyclists and want to eradicate cycling as a form of transportation.
>>2069013>expect them to have object permanenceReminder that blinking/flashing lights on bikes are considered unsafe because they make you "disappear". The average american literally cannot conceptualize that if a light goes out, its fixture is still there.When it's dark out and your tail light is in a non-steady mode, drivers literally think you are a brand new cyclist and the old one they saw must have left the road, every time that little red light comes back on.
>>2069013>>2069023glad to see you totally ignored the other posters point while replying too him and then go on to immediately make an adhom attack.
>>2064086>Road for the roadies, bike lane for the commuters.Very much this. Separate traffic by speed, not vehicle type.
>>2069067nah imma just buy an SL8
I saw John Forester at a book store in the Bay Area once. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?” I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my browsing, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen copies of "Roads to Ride: A Bicyclist's Topographic Guide to Alameda, Contra Costa and Marin Counties by Grant Petersen and John Kluge" in his hands without paying.The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.When she took one of the books and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each book and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.
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
>>2041354Nice red vs blue reference.
>>2041436>Passenger rail is a lot more profitable than the highway network though.road network provides benefits that go beyond catering to mentally ill impoverished losers.
>>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.
I'd like to learn how to ride a bike, but I'm a few hundred pounds overweight. What can I do?
>>2072218is it possible to stand upright with this much weight?
>>2072019op, are you even in the thead anymore?how's it going?
>>2072097Imagine trying to stop that on 190mm hydro discs, even.
>>2073090them discs gonna turn haystack to blue, to purple after trying to slow down
>>2073023I used to be able to walk but I’ve been bedbound for the last few weeks after a hard session in the gym led to me throwing out my spleen
