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
>>2042477I don't really get the point of a conductor having a separate compartment. Here in the US, conductors just ride in a pre-assigned seat in the passenger compartment and to my knowledge that's always been the practice.
>>2045720cute
>>2047949>supersized cabooseWe could all use one of those>>2056642This
>>2056653Containers aren't very well insulated against the elements. In hot weather, they become sweltering, in the cold, they're freezing.
>>2061619They'd have to be custom anyway, for fire/safety regs. Ideally they'd be stainless and aluminum too since accessing the inner walls for corrosion maintenance would be impossible. Making them insulated would be easy.
low key been driving 10 years and im not sure who has to yield in this situation.Say you are at a red light and the light just turned green. does car 1 have to yield to the bus? or will the bus zipper in between 1 and 2?
>>2059973car 1 should never yield to the bus wtfget out of its way
>>2060062Is there a more traditional yet just as simple way to refer to someone who only drives occasionally for personal reasons?
>>2061643>I seldom driveLLMs and social media have ruined your mind.
>>2061645Seldom isn't quite right, and neither is occasionally, really, to describe what>>2060060 is saying. I hate to say it, but the zoomers might have come up with a useful phrase here.
>>2061646Communication is not about inviting new and exciting catch phrases to cut everything down to the fewest characters to smash into your phone. If that's your goal, drop all pretenses and use only grunts, sighs, gestures, and skibidi toilet to get your point across, cretin.Saying,>I've had a license for a decade, but I seldom drive except for personal errands and commuting,makes you sound like an adult human being and not some infantile rube.
is it possible before 2030?
>>2061524Looking like Russia will be fine, I think the Americans are more interested in China now.
>>2061532>Looking like Russia will be fineHow hard did you have to look away to reach that conclusion?
the line ends in Elk, Poland. and then what? I get that you can route cargo trains on one of the northern routes to Berlin and probably a sleeper train as well to circumvent Warsaw.but why not extend it to Bialystok while they are at it? the other question is if they will ever build a tunnel between Talinn and Helsinki.
>>2061535About 8-10,000km
>>2061412the problem here is that 1. no one lives in those countries2. no one has a need to travel to and from those countries
girl cabin editionPrevious: >>2017914
>>2060578and there it is folks. Big baby alert
>>2060413 They already massively use third worlders for this job.
>>2060239all the big ships at MSC have an IT crew but you dont really get a choice of which one to serve on.
>I show up as bong on /int/Bloody hell
>>2059528ChatGPT says it's equivalent to 25,000 - 30,000 horsepower.A VLCC is in the low 30's, so more or less it could power any kind of tanker.A newcastlemax is in the 20's and even the Valemaxes are in the very low 30's so it could power any kind of bulker.It's enough for any kind of car carrier, the modern ships by BYD and Grimaldi peak at around 20,000 hp.That already covers the majority of oceangoing ships.It's not enough for a large containership, only ships of around 6000 TEU have this size of engine.
Hear me out, we need one of these.
I made a thread inquiring how could I look like a yuppie to stop being harassed, and linked entirely work safe pics of the clothes and thread was stroked.Might have been some hints at shorts meat and news articles about outlines of shorts meat being and issue in cycling communities....
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>>2054083They look real to me. Would suck either way.
>>2060616do you think she's aware that a camera is doing that?
>>2061542I mean yeah sometimes I feel that way when I see "sporting goods babes" posing their walled bodies next to some boomer golf club shit or whatever
It is said that if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem. Are you one of the good ones, /n/? Do people say you're not like those other cyclists?
Looks like someone had a meltie
>>2054689t. millennial
>>2028001I strive to present my own set of unique problems to society.
>>2057325It's not driving it's travelling so I don't need a license.
>>2061503I'm confused at the fact that sovereign citizens haven't worked themselves up to the highest levels of power, considering the miasma theorists somehow got control of the CDC it's only fair that the "I don't need car insurance or a valid license" people get their fair share of the federal government
Post your shitbikesssss
New project shit bike for next year. On the trainer this winter. Can anyone figure out the year?
>>2061594based UAE-based virtual cycling platform enjoyer
>>2061599Free is best for beginner. My trainer is only good for 6% and 600 watts. I can barely manage that for more than 5 seconds.
>>2061603i also am a UAE-based virtual cycling platform enjoyer, started two weeks ago
>>2054460This is the faggiest post I have read since 2013
Post road network gore.
>>2061500>contributingsomething that you shills have never donce in your life once
>>2061481literally nobody likes or wants to see you, yet you keep on spamming your putrid garbage unprompted again and again. hopefully those Bezos bucks are worth being despised by your neighbors, family and strangers alike.
>>2061514Absolutely. I cant push along project retard. Pride of my life not to.>>2061515Thats the whole thing right there>"wants"What little babies care about mean less than nothing to me, as I am the big dick of reality thats coming for them, like it or not. And why would jeffy b finance the undermining of his greatest scheme (toilet paper by mail)?
>>2061566>as I am the big dick of reality thats coming for themThe micro dick that you cut off to appease your jewish masters you fruitlessly shill for, you mean?
>big things are little thingsWe are not the same. Good job staying on topic
A few years ago people starting referring to certain China wheelsets as not just "the best Chinese wheels" or "the best budget wheels" but simply "the best wheels". This year, Winspace released the T1600, a CDM (Chinese Domestic Market) product that costs more than a Madone or a Tarmac. It's UCI approved right out of the box (though you may need to tape some lead weights to it to get it to pass the weight restrictions). Western buyers need not apply, though they no doubt will try.Western brands were folding right and left before the iron curtain 2.0 was raised, now the "tiro de gracia" has been fired and big companies like Trek are going to go bankrupt because their supply chains have been cut off by Import Substitution Industrialization, a popular third world development tactic pioneered by visionaries like Pinochet and Galtieri.Is this the end of the western bike era? Will tomorrow's dentists settle for nothing less than Chinese bikes on 100% Chinese groupsets?
It's frustrating because I prefer the look of rim jobs but a decent set of rim brake alloy wheels is like $1000, I can get a better set of carbon wheels for less
DT Swiss finally came out with carbon spokes, for like $4000 lol. And they're heavier than the China rims.
>>2047764>gaspipe surly with QR dropouts and cable disc brakes,that's a nice bike thoughit the tubing is swaged tubing without a seam, so not "gaspipe" at least
why can't I get a fucking pardus here in Canada
>>2040096What about the >some road grime shreds my breaking surfaceOr>i can’t stop as good as my aluminum rimsThe mental gymnastics rim brakers go through
After years of frustration, Toronto’s major LRT projects — the Eglinton Crosstown and Finch West lines — are finally taking shape. The infrastructure is largely in place, testing is active, and the city is on the verge of a real step forward in how people move across it.The Crosstown will finally link east and west through midtown, while Finch West is basically a super streetcar in a poor area of the city. Is light rail still a legitimate form of transit, or were Doug and Rob correct with their subways subways subways mantra?
>>2060960
>>2060960It's true, the White people there are less self-hating and more protective of their heritage.
>>2061002> more protective of their heritage.Most all the things that we associate with Canadian culture are from Quebec, including (but not limited to): Maple Syrup, Hockey, Poutine, Tuques, Bilingualism (duh), Skidoos, Fucking natives and/or fucking them over and learning them some Christianity, and William Shatner
>>2061044Yeah, because Anglos have been brainwashed into rejecting their heritage and merely consoooming for generations. The only people I see flying their actual flag in this country are Acadians. Everyone else just flies the Canadian flag as if it represents anything other than compliance.
>>2060743suburban subways everywhere are fucking retarded, hell no jane and finch doesn't need one lmao
Old thread finally hit its bump limit >>1750878 2023 started out as a crazy year on the collectible market but things seem to have settled down a bit Have you made any new acquisitions ?What do you wish to buy year?Collectible bike thread!!
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If you don't own every bike ever made you're a poorfag. Simple as.
>>2061558i love using my frame as a brake
>>2061564Aero AF!
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.
>>20611289You can't fit them anywhere but HS1 (and maybe HS2?). As anon says in >>2061134 it increases dwell times. On long-distance trains with few stops this is ok, but for suburban and commuter trains it adds up. In fact, you can reduce capacity as you cap the maximum frequency of trains possible on the line due to this dwell time increase. >>2061143I like the livery, it's a shame they haven't matched the yellow shades on the front and sides. I wonder if this is the start of a return to passenger transport authorities and executives.
>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c78vrzpzle2o>Leeds-Bradford £2.5bn tram plan delayed after government reviewSaving you a click:>To speed up delivery of the project, WYCA had hoped to plan the detail of the route while also submitting the business case for the system to the government, but it has now agreed to separate those two elements of the process....so, no surprise, but, still. So it goes.
A little good news, anyway - following up from >>2057741:>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12/17/king-meets-huntingdon-train-attack-heroes-buckingham-palace/>The King welcomed Samir Zitouni, the railway catering worker who was left in critical condition after confronting the attacker...and the newly-reopened Northumberland Line seems to be doing well for itself, coming in at about 800,000 passengers using it in its first year, against predictions of around 380,000:>https://www.northumberlandline.uk/post/almost-a-million-reasons-why-the-northumberland-line-is-a-successNot Elizabeth Line numbers, but worth shaking people by the lapels and yelling TRAIN GOOD! TRAIN GOOD! TRAIN GOOD!.
>>2043128
Chris Rea is dead. RIP, Deltic Man :(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PW9Ld34ON4
For when you want to fall over in front of a crowd without getting drunk first
>>2052818>literal animal feed.wheat, corn, and rice are literally the foundation of the premodern economy
>>2043375>without getting drunk firstlil bro thinks i'm not biking sloshed out of my gourd
>>2043377WTC this fit?
i never understood why you need to be physically tied to your pedals. just get better shoes nigga
>>2061429post bike
Welcome to Juarez city... now look at pic relatedCargo train runs right through this buys intersection en el centro.So if you need to get somewhere sometimes there's a massive cargo train in your way preventing you and making you LATE. How do you fix that. Not only that it's dangerous. There are no "Train crossing beware" it's just hopefully uou don't get hit by the train
>>2049405a big fuckin trumpet interchange. demolish all housing and commerce within a mile to make it fit
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>>2053854what am I looking at here, why is there a giant wall of dirt?
>>2058605it's to catch stray south korean 737s, should they choose to overrun any nearby runways
>>2055306And that helps pedestrians how?
Postan my old folder of /n/ images since I found it on a usb drive in a drawer. These are circa 2009 I think.
>>2057499What do you think it feels like to ride?
>>2058883Good to see you, dude.
>2008 wowzers, I went on 4chan for the first time that year.
>>2059838Total shit like all early DH bikes.
>>2058883I saw you today, kek. Won't name the road but the initials are F H. Near C H Place.
