is it possible before 2030?
>>2061412I'm excited for this project, even though it will have no impact on me personally.
trains are extremely overrated by pro train shills. they dont nearly bring as much usefulness as people claim. how often is your average person from estonia really traveling 50+km to justify the need of HSR? does everyone just jump on the train and travel 200km daily for no reason? something like tampa to orlando makes more sense not soviet city 17 to city 20
>>2061917>Tampa to OrlandoStupid italians
>>2061637>no one has a need to travel to and from those countriesHaving HSR in Baltic countries would both be a strong incentive for people who want to go from Scandinavia to Central Europe (just add a ferry crossing to Helsinki and you got an alternate route from Poland to Finland) and vice-versa, and could also be used to propel the tourism industry in all the Baltic countries. Once Ukraine and Belarus join the EU, they'll actually benefit from having a near-direct land-based link to countries like Estonia and Finland due to HSR infrastructure currently under development.
>>2062087NTA; the main purpose of Rail Baltica is freight and military mobility. Moving people is just a side benefit.
How big can sail boats get? Is there an upper limit?
>>2061055>Is there an upper limit?Relative to how big boats get at all? Not really (above a certain size, finding ports big enough gets hard). But you'd probably want to use modern materials and configurations.
>>2061721What about rotors? There are several ships which use them. Can those sail upwind?
>>2062043iirc Flettener Rotors work best when sailing upwind but need to be powered, so are more for providing modest fuel savings rather than 100% of the propulsive power like youd get with a more conventional sailing rig
>>2061055The problem with sailing ships is that you can't stack containers on the deck. They would have to be xbox-huge to offset that drawback. Technically, it's not that big of a deal, but practically it will cause some issues. Upper limit is dictated by the layout of harbors, bridges, etc.
>>2061485the Earth is only holding the future of sail back
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!!
>>2061558i love using my frame as a brake
>>2061564Aero AF!
Wtf is this:
>>2062032That is clearly 2 of 3.
>>2062033Its clearly a malibu barbi MTB
>*combines the aggressive solipsistic entitlement of an exurban helicopter parent SUV karate lessons karen with the sanctimonious humblebrag better-than-you instagram mentality of a childless upper middle class urbanist in your path (literally in your path because it's in your physical path being as expensive and space-hogging as an actual car, while being as slow and annoying and needy and pointless and "look at me" as a dutch bike, in everyone's path) in your path*>*heh, nothin' personnel kid, as in, look at these kids of mine that I am effectively using as human shields, so give me everything in return for nothing or you're a monster and I will have you cancelled for not buckling immediately and catering to my massive sense of entitlement, kid*When did cargo bikes go from being a crusty, get-it-done, no-nonsense niche improvised delivery tool for reasonable humans, to being the single most punchable conspicuous consumption fashion accessory in the history of wheels?Also, cargo bikes hate thread, and yes I took my meds thanks for the reminder though
>>2056646yes it needs to be smaller so that you fit the style of the time
>>2056644nuts
>>2042821>When did cargo bikes go from being a crusty, get-it-done, no-nonsense niche improvised delivery tool for reasonable humans, to being the single most punchable conspicuous consumption fashion accessory in the history of wheels? Cargo bikes have always been more expensive, the attitude you describe is probably more of the heavy "urbanist" push that really started a few years, using cargo bikes as some sort of gotcha when someone talks about when you need to carry something beyond yourself and whatever you can carry on a milk crate tied to the back of your bicycle; yet no one seems to show you theirs or anything beyond stock pictures on flat, even surfaces.
>>2062035That's like saying "rolexes were always more expensive", nah, you could buy 20 rolexes for the price of a cheap new car back then, now for the price of a new car you can buy one, if you suck off your AD's wife's boyfriend once a month for a year first
>>2042821>and yes I took my meds thanks for the reminder thoughYou might need a higher dosage.
I have been on this site for 10 years and I only noticed this board today. Since I'm already here, I'd like to ask a question:Why are train autists so much more hated than other autist brands?
>>2060462Characteristics of Rail retard1. Low boiling point2. High pride3. Abnormal obsession with railways, coupled with eco-terrorist/leftist-like thinking
>>2060514Touch grass faggot, you make stuff like this up in your schizo head and think you're onto something. It's no different to any other hobby, I don't make it my personality and neither do most that I've known. You talk about "excess pride" when it's literally a matter of telling judgemental pricks like yourself to do one
By the way, where did this idea that“railway enthusiasts are often autistic”even come from?if you actually Google it, you'll find sites and descriptions pointing out that connection—it's not like there are zero of them.i bet there are papers or statistics on it in psychiatry or something.for example, in other countries, like Korea, there seems to be a derogatory term like“Trainsperger,”and if you search in Japanese, it looks like the word“Railfans”itself has become slang for disabled people.
>>2060514Nothing more conservative than not wasting public money...
whats the deal with that "how to dragon your train" thing
It's the most wonderful time of the year, and you know what that means? Time for heritage railways everywhere to shake us down for more money with some Christmas-themed excursions.Post anything holiday trains related. Can be your local Polar Express, Christmas-themed model trains, Rule 34 of Santa Claus shoving a wooden train up his ass. You name it.I'll start off with Niles Canyon Railway's Train of Lights, which I had the privilege of riding in first class of earlier today.
The cabooses are available for rentals by private parties
>be random fisherman on Florida's St. Johns River in 1980>be on your comfy boat, catching some catfish as your Southern ancestors have been doing for generations >be anchored next to the local train trestle>Amtrak's Silver Meteor service passes by as it does every day>think nothing of it, continue fishing>suddenly a steaming fat pile of shit lads right on your fucking head>before you even have time to react to being covered in more excrement than an Indian swimming in the Ganges, the Silver Meteor disappears into the distance>go straight to the town sheriff to file a complaint>it turns out that Amtrak's Budd and Pullman-built rolling stock that was inherited from other railroads upon nationalization, are all equipped with direct-dump-on-the-tracks toilets that will literally dump piss and shit on the fucking tracks at high speed; and that this is a practice dating all the way back to the first passenger trains that has essentially remained unchanged in over 150 years>judge is no more amused than you are, win the resulting lawsuit easily>literal legal shitstorm ensues as now Amtrak is on the hook for whenever someone gets splattered by human waste from one of their trains>outfitting the entire Heritage Fleet with retention tanks that are periodically emptied at stations turns out to be too expensive, so most of the fleet is sent straight to the scrapyards as soon as they can be replaced>incoming Amfleet, Viewliner and Superliner cars all have to be redesigned from the ground-up to use retention tanks>thus the era of the classical American streamliner comes to an abrupt end>all because of a fucking toiletComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2061868But what if I have to go right now?!
>>2061900Shit in your seat like a real man
>>2061790I rode on a historic train in the US in the 90s that just had a hole under the toilet and you could see the ground go by underneath
America and India Superpower 1917. Greatest alliance sirs joined by the designated shitting rail.
>>2061859That's why you want long range lines to have high speed. At an average 150 mph, a 250-mile distance is covered quickly enough for the toilet to remain passable.
Post Your Bike ThreadWinter Warriors EditionPrevious Edition>>>2054430
>>2062012I don't understand it either. Fenders always look great.
>>2062012>>2062013nta fenders are suddenly like 900$ each for some reason so thats why i dont have any>>2062005would pet
>>2062005I don't see any shakti stones though
>>2062012>it's some type of mental illness. not the type that debilitates you and prevents you from functioning in society, but still.>tfw have the opposite kind of mental illness, super autism+adhd, extremely proficient at nearly every skilled task but dysfunctional at fitting into society
>>2062025it's the same mental illness, but you can't tell because of said mental illness
let me guess....you need more?
That would actually look bad ass if they did internal cables, got rid of the stupid dropper post, and put on a proper aerocockpit. I realize it's not necessary and not what the customer wants, but it would look totally sick
NOI need less!
>>2061162>full sussy gravel bike
>>2061162these are cool. i dont think i will ever buy one but they are cool.
Well well well Looks like you can list high end bikes on bringatrailer nowhttps://bringatrailer.com/listing/1996-porsche-bike-fs-bicycle/4 hours left of this baby
its like a klein but with extra chromosones
What would your dream transportation job be? Any time period, any place. For me, it would be running steam locomotives on the ATSF from the late 1930s to the end of steam. A close second would be an airline captain in the 1950s and 60s to experience the beginning of the jet age.
>>2059826That's a good one, you get to work on some of the best steam power around. A's, Y's, the occasional J (I like the A's the most of the three). And you get to drink while you work
>>2061463The only downside would be getting blinded by an O. Winston Link nighttime flash photoshoot.
>>2061350Mostly to see the ghost of Marshall Pass in person.
>>2053197AB Rigger during the age of sail. I want to be the crew that is responsible for all the rope/lines on the boat, master of the marlinspike craft. In fact, I still want to do that now. Alas, for now, I have to accept being just an economic unit sailor on modern motor vessels. Hopefully I can get on a tall ship sometime soon and larp my dream.
>>2056129>>2061351Sounds comfy. In documentaries on deep ocean or Antarctic exploration, the crew always look like they're having a good time. Dunno if they have a dedicated IT person or if one of the scientists just picks up the duty of comms/networking for the trip.
What was air travel like before 9-11?
Moslums were a mistake.
>>2058936Me too, man. Tha captain was really nice.
>>2058931Not as shitty as today but still shitty. Before then I used to catch rides in the jumpseat but that all ended in 2001.
>>2059136I'm very sorry you got deported, anon, but the law is the law.
>>2058931I got my picture taken in the cockpit I used to walk onto the tarmac and up the stairs that was pushed up against the planeI also flew as an unaccompanied minorGot a free pack of playing cardsTook home a neat small plastic cupAirline food was a thing sometimes even on four-hour flights>>2058963Lines got way worse after 9/11
Why does a graffitied train have to be taken out of circulation immediately? How much does it cost in your country to clean up one graffiti piece? In Finland, the average cleanup cost is 600-700ish.
>>2061920>NYC has legit concerns about terrorisim.Graffiti is usually considered to be vandalism, not terrorism. In case you hadn't noticed, there is a difference.
>>2061922If the graffers are there, the chance that someone else follows them in, or uses what the graff people are doing to find vulnerabilities. And that in NYC's case, this isn't just a theoretical risk. There are definitely assholes with mass murder on their mind around who would glady do that shit in NYC..
>>2061928> Ah yes ahmed now that we have followed this graffiti artist to a train yard that spans for block and blocks openly we can complete our duty to allah and make the pigs pay by writing our names on the containers!you're such a pussy just say you're scared and shutup
>>2058177i've never heard of it by that name but it's pretty well known that it's a thing. people even joke that you have to keep bathroom stalls clean because once the first child draws a little stick man in there, it's fucking over conversely, if you get some particularly talented vandal to just do a huge mural, vandals are less likely to write over it, and sticker-bombing stuff or even hanging shitloads of flyers is a good way to at least keep vandalism PG/limited to further being just people slapping stickers for their home businesses instead of scribbling GAIUS WAS HERE AND IS NOW A HOMO WITH HIS BEST BRO AULUS. and again many cities have designated tag walls specifically to contain vandalism/reduce hood nigga nonsense since even hood niggas seeing a well done mural of a local pop star or something wont tag over it (much)
>>2061947LOL. Flex more, toy bitch.
Is it the blimp trains time to shine?Could this be used to get Ukraine grain to the rest of europe?They have different rail gauge between rooskie and EU tracks but blimp can be handed off with out even slowing downTHIS CAN WORK???!!!!!!!BLIMP TRAIN HOLEY ROLLERRIDE ON THE BLIMP TRAINBLIMP TRAIN SAVE THIS COUNTRY AND MAKE IT WHOLE AGAIN Now Im on the edge of something Wondering bout the blimp train ooooohhhhaaaaa eeeeeaaaaahhhooooaaaaTalking bout the blimp train
im love blimp t so much what do?
>>2050570Thats very intereseting doctorI am a doctor also
>>1932354best song ever for this board
happy 888daysiversary
>>2061804That is pretty cool anon, how were you able to calculate that?
Theoretically speaking, if I was an entrepreneuring billionaire and I wanted to bring back one of the great American passenger trains (Super Chief, California Zephyr, Panama Limited, Empire Builder, City of Los Angeles/San Francisco, 20th Century Limited, Broadway Limited, Powhatan Arrow, Coast Daylight, etc.) to run on a regular basis (let's put it at at least two times a month for a start), which option would be more feasible from an economic/technical/legal perspective?1. Acquire all of the surviving rolling stock (sleepers, dining cars, dome/observation cars, baggage cars, etc.) from the original consist from private owners, heritage railways, and museums, as well as matching surviving locomotives (can be from ones different railroads since thousands of functionally and aesthetically identical EMD F and E units were sold to all Class I railroads). Renovate them as necessary to make them FRA-compliant, obtain waivers wherever possible. Put them into service as a part-luxury train, part-mobile museum.2. Commission the construction of a replica consist. Building entirely new streamlined cars from scratch, designed to match the internal and external appearance of its original as much as possible, with changes only being made when it's literally required to make the car FRA-compliant/modern user friendly (updated wiring, HEP, power outlets at seats, WiFi support, replacing wooden paneling with MDF paneling etc.). Motive power consists of custom-built Siemens Chargers designed to resemble the original E and F units (streamlining, bulldog noses, matching paint schemes, etc.) as much as legally possible.1/2
>>2048178> or just get drunk or high enough on Amtrak to imagine yourself in the golden age of rail travelIf you take the Piedmont service between CLT and RGH, you can ride for 3 hours in 50's era coaches. Put on a suit and tie to complete the feel and it's like stepping back in time with the very dated interiors and comfy large seats with ridiculous leg room.
>>2053389I know you jest :(
>>2011902Why didn't you just post an update itt?
Every time you bump your other thread I'll help you out by bumping this one too
>>2061797different anon
