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.
>>2067110Does anyone know if I get fired from a US railroad if there is an equivalent of unemployment benefits from the railroad or if I just go onto regular unemployment?
>>2072227Unemployment is done through the RRB.
>>2067112>entitled shit headsThe older generation who worked for CN or CP could retire at 60 with a full pension and benefits, that's probably where the entitled attitude comes from. They used to be noble professions, now rail work isn't revered as much
>>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
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>lifelong md resident>know trains are the only legit form of overland travelI dont know how to feel about this....
These things happen. Sometimes two trains just like each other and fuck. It can't be helped.
there nothing ever happens, if two trains collide. They are crashed and exploded like a boom.
I will never not see "SEPSIS" when I see SEPTA
>>2066616Considering MARC is probably going to expand to Delaware, is more of this possible in the future?
My hours just got reduced from 50 to 24 a week, and I need quick money.I live in a big city and I want to start doing DoorDash/Uber Eats on my bike downtown and I am wondering if I should use my brothers e-bike (fat tires, 80 lbs, really big) or my city bike (26 lbs)? I know an e-bike might sound like the more logical option, but I am worried about running out of battery only 3-4 hours in, and then having to lug that tank of a bike around. My city bike is a feather compared to that. Please help me decide. I want to basically bike around the city from 9am-9pm without going home to charge for 8 hours. pic rel is just a cute pic I found from Pinterest, but it looks like my bike..
>>2069189run both for a bit, lunch rush on one and dinner on the other. you'll conserve energy to make more deliveries, and you can learn what you do and don't like about that sort of bike vs the general operation of an ebike. and then once you're making money for a bit, you can slap a mid drive kit on your own bike to have a more nimble and efficient machine that can go way farther on the same amount of juice
>>2069520sex with and/or in this creature
>>2069189Do you have a pretty mouth? Invest in KNPD, boy.
>>2072211femboys are literally free, men cant even make money whoring anymore
>>2072212The most successful "femboys" these days are cisgender onlyfans women who put a plastic dildo in their panties to bait coomers into thinking they're actual dickgirls
You guys like Roaring Camp?I like Roaring Camp.
Track maintenance equipment
Entry gate
Walking through the "town"
>>2066880funky hudswell clarke
>>2069754He was a friendgroid normie but if we leave that aside, the important takeaway was that you can die if you ignore those weird pains. Go to the doctor if something hurts, robots. Except if it's your soul, if it's your soul just drink more
>public transportation sucks>decide to buy a bike>nice.jpg>want to go to neighboring cities 50-300km away>no trains>buses suck asswhat do you guys use for transportation for longer distances in a third world country? I can't take my bike if I intend to carry stuff around because I live in a mountainous region.It takes 4 hours to travel 100km by bus here. Should I just buy a motorcycle or something?
Yes, buy a motorbike. KLR 650 is the best bike for third world countries: reliable, strong, no very expence, easy to mantein
>>2070069get a honda cub
>300km>farHow fat are you, OP?>>2070070>>2070074>>2070082>>2070085>>2070091Kill yourself.
>>2070085>klr650hes best getting whatever shitbike is common in his country for the easy spare parts. maybe a thirdie honda or royal enfield>>2070162>300km isnt farthats about the average distance a tour de erance cyclist can go per day, and it takes them all day to do so. how long does it take you to go 300km in one ride?
50km is no biggie on a bicycle but it's getting towards the practical upper limit
yeWax or Oil?What do YOU like better?I don't wanna listen to the youtube silca shills
>>2067296I just cum on my chain
>>2066071It's more about the stretched out chain shifting on its own t b h
Have been using oil until now, but will try out liquid wax with my next chain. Grabbed a bottle of pic related from Decathlon.
I just mount my bicycle while it's upside down pedal with the chain between my ass cheeks.
>>2072151I can't figure out what you're actually angry about but hunter a cute so here is a (You)
https://www.swamedia.com/news-and-stories/news-release/southwest-airlines-announces-partnership-with-america250-and-unveils-independenc-MCTQHRBXFATZFTBOQBNURKSSTEMIWe've been waiting 99 years for this reg.
>>2071877Can't wait to get to 1993.
>>2071948Already taken apparently, but not registered to an actual aircraft.
American society is centered around...
>>2071948There's a T-28C at the Planes of Fame museum that has the 1663 registration.
>>2071877I'd rather just have open boarding back
Are there any actual disadvantages to them? They seem to perform as well as standard bike frames but with the advantage of being easier to mount and dismount without the top bar getting in your way. I know they were originally marketed to women who wore skirts because the top bar on traditional bikes got in the way and exposed their panties but it never quite made sense to me why these weren't just the "default" frame style in the first place, especially since most utility bikes and pretty much every single E-bike on the market uses this style of frame.
protestants are why i cant have maintainable bike components
>>2069047I am being oppressed by hypsistarians, they are the reason my cleats are creaking
>>2062178I just wear bike shorts under my dress. because it keeps my ass way more comfortable on the saddle, and also so I don't have to worry about anyone seeing my dick.
>>2072079god I wish I was that saddle
>>2072079>>2072080also gotta remember how easy it is to stand up on the cranks for bit, getting all sweaty up a hill or whatever, and accidentally sit back down with the saddle right up your skirt. shorts is a must.
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.
>>2044578Most schizo melty seen on this site in a while. Ssed.
>>2044655por que no los tres
>>2069737>ShunterThat's faggot euro talk. It's called a switcher.
>>2063531Cute
>>2063516>gonna post a few dozen more pics>only posts 16 and disappearsMaybe Candle Jack got h
Why did bi-level vehicles go out of style?
high center of gravity and people are scared of them. probably also clearance for tunnels and underpasses and shit back when stuff wasnt built so huge, same for longer vehicles just not fitting around corners, as places have bene BULLDOZED FOR THE CAR it's less of a concern and there have been enough improvements into suspensions and steering that you can really have some longass nonsense going aroundalso theres only like two companies making buses in NA and they simply choose to not make them. they're still all over the place in yurop in more modern variants than the classig bonglander open topped nonsense thing. but the NA companies just make one bus and the bendy bus that is basically just two buses attached ass to ass with a vinyl accordion thing (ok not that simple but it's clearly just two of the same frame)>>2071796>muh road wearno one cares. frost heaves and bad drainage do way more damage than a vehicle being heavy. if cities gave a shit about road wear they wouldnt let hicks drive snowmobiles on the road
>>2071862In a way yes, but on many issues there's objectively better and worse options (or at least decisions that clearly lead to one desired outcome or another). With double-decker buses and trams it's really a kind of meh issue, doesn't really make much difference either way.
>>2071712>Boris Johnson introduced the bendy buses (long single deck) to London and caused chaos.No, he quite famously got rid of the bendy buses, that was one of his main pledges for his first mayoral term. Ken Livingstone introduced them. Pic related is a Boris Bus.
>>2071997In a rare moment, contemporary industrial stylists gave us a W
>>2071999This>>2071997Didn't those also have an open platform in the back like the old Routemasters? Man what a chance of retvrning to tradition
What the fuck is wrong with these mongoloid slackers? They completely underschedule longhaul trains everywhere outside the NEC so almost no one can use them for shorter trips and then wonder why ridership is in the shitter. Each route should be minimum 3x a day per direction.
>>2064866is that too high for you, or too low?
>>2064866there is no need for racism
>>2066369Pls respond
>>2026197That's including the commuter rail in providence.Maybe boston has something like that, but that's an urban area of over 4 million
>>1999706more accurate to say because the glowies wanted it.
Should more American transit systems buy Chinese rolling stock?
no, its mtbf is a third of what it should be and half as much as claimed
>>2071791How did California's HSR went from $30 billion to $230 billon? And how did it delay the project from 1990s planning to now may not even finish this century?Did Elon Musk buy out the unions and the Californian politicians to delay the project and increase the cost?
>>2071969>How did California's HSR went from $30 billion to $230 billon?>"stupid train autists lol let's just keep getting funding and taking out cuts from the budget and keep asking for more money lmao!!! infinite high speed money train!!!!"
>>2071969What I want to know is how ANYONE ever thought it was going to be $30 billion, that's like the price of a light rail loop that connects the sportsball arena to downtown and the airport.
>>2071791It isn't going to happen at this point because le trump administration, but it would've been cool though.. Chicago cta and Boston mbta are gonna be the only systems with Chinese models we get probably...
I love mountain biking, ill thrash anything on a trail idc, but fr why do they put handlebars so far forward it hurts everyones back i guarantee, i stole the handlebars from my mums ancient commuter bike and the steel connecting bit for the handlebars from my dads old race bike which is like twice the weight of his new one so neither of them mind. then i put a rack on it and a pannea bag which is actually just a 20 year old traddie bag, it desnt make noise its perfect and it still rips on trails why tf do people may 1000 dolars for this shit? ive got no idea
>>2071280OP is a faggot
>>2071928The clean skateboard wheels with no chips, trucks and deck with no scratches, and completely intact stickers are triggering me even more. I wanna see the grip tape.
>>2071932looks more like a non-long longboard from the large flat wheels protruding past the board, straight trucks, and generally flat profile, which is honestly worse for carrying a tryhard LOOK AT ME HOW COOL AND ALOOF I AM intentionally suboptimal commuting device on another tryhard LOOK AT ME HOW COOL AND ALOOF I AM commuting device
The longer I look the worse it get. Stem and bars aside.>2x but no front derailleur >shattered stub of a plastic pedal on drive side >the current state of that chain stay
>>2071977all of that is entirely normal Trek Engineer and Trek Rider behaviour
Anyone else feels like absolute shit after crashing? it's not even the pain of it it's just the faith in your ability slowly dying inside. When I was younger it was whatever but now it feels like someone chipped away a chunk of confidence.
>>2044901fuck yes. I had a repaired front tube fail* and ate shit on a paved turn full of gravel. at least I think that's what happened. road rash on hands elbows knees and face. didn't have facilities so washed them out with hand sanitizer. replaced everything but never trusted the bike again and wound up selling it for a song because I could never be comfortable on it again.*at least I think that is what happened, I went downhill at speed to a T coming from the post and the tire folded over off the rim, the front end went sideways at the turn. I really don't know if it was half flat and I somehow didn't notice or if it burst or just folded and then lost pressure. regardless I was never comfortable on it again and haven't been on an upright since.
>>2069883>I had a repaired front tube fail*Did you put the orange part down?
>>2045580my worry is becoming a vegetable for the rest of my life due to a brain injury, rather than straight death
>>2044901>got a new bike>commuting it to work, bout a 6 mile ride with 2 miles on actual roads and the rest in a greenway>few weeks into my new commute, it rained>ride through the main roads just fine>there's a wooden bridge section in the greenway that's still wet from the rain>immediately crash the SECOND I get on it>chain is off the sprockets>trying to get it back on, cut myself on the sprocket>walk it off the wooden bridge and get forward to the next paved section of the greenway>ride it back to work, but I'm in pain and my hand is bleeding>lock the bike at the rack at work, uber back at the end of the day>never bike commute againThe bike is still sitting at the office garage, the tires have deflated, there's cobwebs all over it, and I can't even look at it without feeling shameful. Wast of money, I never should have dreamt that I could do this properly.
>>2060860This is it for me. Every time I've been hit, or nearly hit, I'm just pissed off for a couple days straight.I've accepted that I'm going to die riding these things. I'd really prefer it to be a massive heart attack at like 102 years old doing a century, or yeeting myself over a guardrail doing 65mph on some insane descent. Not getting dragged under the tires of a Kia Soul because Dashkneeqwa was too busy scrolling tinder for her next babydaddy while driving.
How do these large cargo backpacks compare with a bicycle trailer? I need to haul 100kg of cargo on a bicycle
Use backpacks to carry diesel fuel.
>>1957568Put the pack on a trailer to make it easier to carry, you're welcome :)oh yeah +1 to bump limit :^)
>>2067542>My gf is 105kg
>>2055802it's for flavor
>>1957568lol how is this thread still alive
