#Railroad

#nightphotography #train #railway #TrainStation #railroad #express #gare #Ecosse #Scotland

Yeah, I'll maybe get the next one...

Looking along the night-time railway platform, when a non-stop express hurtles past from behind me

ZNet (unofficial)

https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/socialize-the-railways/

The decline of major #US freight railroads is a result of capitalist ownership and the adoption of cost-cutting measures.

Wall Street's focus on short-term gains undermines the viability of the railway system. The negative impact includes service delays, increased greenhouse gas emissions, and safety concerns.

Public ownership, advocated by groups like #Railroad Workers United #RWU, is positioned as a solution within the broader context of the Green New Deal.

#Railroad #Safety #UnionPacific #Railroads #Louisiana #News #Workers #Lawsuits

Union Pacific Fired Him Rather Than Heed His Warnings of Dangerous Rail Conditions
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Time and again, Johnny Taylor’s duty to keep the #rails safe from disaster conflicted with his employer’s desire to keep its #trains running as fast and as frequently as possible, putting his career and #family in peril.

https://www.propublica.org/article/union-pacific-railroad-dangerous-conditions-warnings-fired-employee?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Closeup photo of Johnny Taylor in his old Union Pacific jacket. He was manager of track maintenance for a southern swath of Louisiana. Photo Credit: Emily Kask for ProPublica

LordWoolamaloo

#train #railway #railroad #gare #photography #Edinburgh #Edimbourg

Awaiting Iron Horse to visit dad.

Mark Ingalls 🦃🎄 :pdx_badge:

https://www.propublica.org/article/railroad-safety-union-pacific-csx-bnsf-trains-freight

It’s still a good time to nationalize the #railroad.

#USpol

#CSX #UnionPacific #BNSF #Transportation #News #Freight #Rail #Whistleblower #OSHA

“Do Your Job.” How the #Railroad Industry Intimidates #Employees Into Putting Speed Before #Safety
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Railroad companies have penalized #workers for taking the time to make needed repairs and created a culture in which supervisors threaten and fire the very people hired to keep #trains running safely.

Regulators say they can’t stop this intimidation.

https://www.propublica.org/article/railroad-safety-union-pacific-csx-bnsf-trains-freight?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Former Union Pacific inspector Bradley Haynes photographed alongside a freight train in a wooded landscape.

Photo Credit: Elise Kirk for ProPublica

daylightsaver internet person™

#trainspotting #railroad #trains #railroads

'sup

Double stacked passing railroad car against a blue sky with "HEY" graffiti'd on the lower right corner

Dan 🔓:afloppy::donor:

Never seen amzn intermodals before #railroad #shipping #logistics #amazon #trainspotting

Picture through a car window stopped at a grade crossing. With double stacked Amazon intermodals.

Democracy Labs

On the Right Track: Biden's Boost for Amtrak and Commuters
https://thedemlabs.org/2023/11/13/better-digital-storytelling-for-biden-amtrak-investment/
#amtrak #publictransport #trains #railroad

Bob the Traveler

Mexican #railroad brakeman Jesús García, born OTD in 1881, died in 1907 while preventing a train loaded with dynamite from exploding near Nacozari, Sonora; he is a national hero and many locations are named after him https://toilet-guru.com/train.html?s=mb #history

Don Ray

#silentsunday #iowa #abandoned
#railroad

Blockton, Iowa.
An abandoned grain elevator towers over a grassy field. The Chicago Great Western Railroad line lay just in front of the building.

The concrete elevator stands against a deep blue sky. A line of trees behind the building mark the course of the Platte River.

Eishi Noguchi

4 weeks ago

An abandoned railroad bridge
– Newtown Square Branch

A Sunday afternoon walk through the woods within Haverford Preserve - it was a warm autumn day 😊

#Walking #Hiking #FlyFishing #Fishing #Railroad #Nature #Ruin

There is an abandoned wooden railroad bridge along a trail through suburban woodlands. This bridge was in service until 1963. Mom and two kids are walking down a steep path by the bridge. The area is covered by full of fallen leaves.

Bob the Traveler

Mexican #railroad brakeman Jesús García died OTD in 1907 while preventing a train loaded with dynamite from exploding near Nacozari, Sonora; he is a national hero and many streets, plazas, and schools are named after him https://toilet-guru.com/train.html?s=mb #history

MikeDunnAuthor

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #mexico #JesusGarciaCorona #hero #railroad

Today in Labor History November 7, 1907: Jesús García Corona saved the entire Mexican town of Nacozari de García by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometers (3.7 miles) away before it could explode. He was a railroad brakeman and died in the explosion.

Jesús García Corona riding a horse days before his death. By Sonora State Government Archive - Sonora State Government Archive, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9567888

René Merced :vm: 🇵🇷

RWU Announces Defense Campaign For Fired Rail Worker

Railroad Workers United (RWU) is initiating a public defense campaign for the unjustly dismissed locomotive engineer, Michael “Paul” Lindsey II.

#Railway #Railroad #Train #Photography #LinuxPhotography #Darktable

Nevada Northern Railway, Ely, Nevada (10/21/2023).

Color photo through a dirty, wire reinforced window into a train engine house. The middle section of an old yellow painted diesel-electric engine is visible. A large number "9" is painted on the side and above the nine the word "Nevada" can be read.

Jester

@WorkingFamilies Repealing the Railway Labor Act in the U.S. would enable profound positive change for rail safety, reliability, and quality of life for #union #railroad workers.

Repeal the Railway Labor Act.

#railroads #RLA

Planet Chad Photography

https://pixels.com/featured/elkin-rail-road-sign-chad-meyer.html

You can find this sign as you go under the overpass along the Elkin and Alleghany rail trail located in Elkin, North Carolina

Construction on this line began in 1907, with the intent to connect the Richmond and Danville Railroad in Elkin, NC, with the Norfolk and Western line at Jefferson, NC,

However only 18 miles of track were ever laid, and the project was abandoned in 1931.

#oldsign #train #railtrail #railroad #fedigiftshop #blackandwhite #NorthCarolina

An old sign showing an old train covered in snow on top are the words E&A RAILROAD while Elkin and Alleghany can be seen on the train.

Ynte

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaBB0Qzb-Ik&t=1

I realise I'm preaching to the choir on Mastodon - but if you live in #Ohio or #cincinnati you should say NO to #Issue22 and prevent a corrupt sale of your local #railway ! Great explainer from @alanthefisher here:

#Railroad #trains #PublicTransport #transit

#Train #Railroad #History #Photography #LinuxPhotography #Darktable

Nevada Northern Railway, Ely (10/20/2023).

A sepia toned photo of the insides of an old rail car storage building. Light from many unseen square glass windows on the left is seen shinning on the left half of the floor along empty tracks. On the right side of the building is two old passenger rail cars. Near the right foreground are two small rail maintenance cars. One appears to be a cement mixer. The other is some sort of small kerosene fueled furnace. (A small sign on the front says, "Use light fuel, oil or kerosene.")

#Train #Railroad #History #Ghost #DogsOfMastodon #Halloween #Photography #LinuxPhotography #Darktable

They have a lot of fun at the end of October running the evening Ghost Train at the Nevada Northern Railway in Ely, (10/21/2023).

Color photo of a yellow diesel train engine cab with a young lady, with long brown hair, dressed in a black and white spotted cow costume with pink accents (for the nose and utter), and a black and white dog with a checkered pink and white scarf. The dog has heterochromia (one moon eye). Below the window that the lady and the dog are looking out of it says, "Nevada Mine Division."

#Train #Railroad #History #Abandoned #BlackAndWhite #Photography #LinuxPhotography #Darktable

You've likely heard of a bucket of bolts. Guess what? I found the nuts! (Nevada Northern Railway, Ely, Nevada, 10/21/2023.)

A black and white photo of ~400 large 7/8"(?) nuts piled on a shelf.

#Train #Railroad #History #Abandoned #BlackAndWhite #Photography #LinuxPhotography #Darktable

Nevada Northern Railway, Ely, Nevada (10/21/2023).

A black and white photo of approximately eight train trucks (the wheels under train cars). The trucks are lined up on a dusty track and are viewed from the left side of the frame (closest truck) moving at angle toward the center-right of the frame (furthest truck). The line of trucks stop at a flat-bed train car with some big unidentifiable object on top. The scene is entirely within an old train storage building.

#Train #Railroad #History #Photography #LinuxPhotography #Darktable

Nevada Northern Railway, Ely, Nevada (10/21/2023).

Color photo of the inside of an old railroad engine storage house. The image appears like a wooden tunnel at the end of which is an wall made of lattice work at a forty-five degree angle through which bright light can be seen and a hint of trees in the background. The brown woodwork of the walls is contrasted by the grey dust covered empty train tracks, ties, and track ballast (rock bed to support and stabilize the track ties). There's a few pieces of metal junk leaning against the walls.

Thom Zehrfeld

Big Bad 6139 Locomotive sitting out in a rail yard in the outskirts of Tillamook on the Oregon Coast. #BuyIntoArt #Art #ThomZehrfeldPhotography #PhotographyIsArt #Photography #Fotografie
#ArtForSale #ArtMatters #MastoArt #Mastodon #ArtforInteriorDesign #HospitalityInteriors
#InteriorDesign #Wallart #InteriorDecorating #WallArtForSale #PNW #TillamookOregon #OregonCoast #locomotive #train #trains #railways #railway #rail #railroad #trainspotting
Prints available at: https://1-thom-zehrfeld.pixels.com/featured/big-bad-diesel-locomotive-6139-thom-zehrfeld.html

#Trains #Roadtrip #RailRoad #Coal #BlackAndWhite #History #Photography #LinuxPhotography #Darktable

Nevada Northern Railway, Ely, Nevada (10/22/2023).

Black and white photo of an old steam engine coal tender. A set of four well worn steel doors are closed. The bottom two doors are angled upwards from their bases to form an area from which to shovel coal from the tender to the firebox of the steam engine. Two flat nosed shovels with wooden handles are inserted into the gap below the doors , ready to move large, volleyball sized, chunks of coal to the engine.

Don Ray

#iowa #railroad #rurex

The map shows location of bridge — 80 meters north of the state line. Photo taken from road bridge at red dot. Circled areas have vegetation that clearly shows the path of the former rail line.

A satellite image and map with markings.

Don Ray

#silentsunday #iowa #railroad #train #rurex

Remnants of the Chicago Great Western railroad bridge at the Platte River near Athelstan in SW Iowa.

Two modern bridge piers and some old wooden pilings in a shallow river that flows between wooded stream banks. Blue sky reflected in the water. This railroad line was built in 1880s and dismantled in the 1980s.

Doug Grinbergs

https://apnews.com/article/railroad-locomotive-video-recorder-derailment-ntsb-rule-b89825deb6ff9594dfdf329b72bc8097

#NTSB chair says new #locomotive #camera rule is flawed because it excludes freight railroads

The Norfolk Southern train that derailed in East Palestine near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border in February did have cameras, but Homendy said that because there are no federal standards for those cameras, investigators have only 20 minutes of footage from before that #derailment.
#NorfolkSouthern #EastPalestine #railroad #freightRailroad #safety

Yimby Earth

https://youtu.be/-cJkBIPUrdw?si=RsyL4w9-JWfhNRiJ

American railoads: we can't electrify because we're running freight! Sometimes doublestacked containers in well cars! Impossible! Might try a battery loco in 10 years?

India: Electrify all the things!
Tracks for double stacked containers on flatbed cars? Electrify!

#electrification #railway #railroad #India #Bharat #USA #DedicatedFreightCorridor

Quincy

#DB #railroad #enshittification

I'm sure many passengers feel the same.

#Safety #UnionPacific #Freight #Shipping #News #Regulation

Regulators Blast Union Pacific for Running Unsafe #Trains
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The nation’s largest freight rail carrier failed to fix and continued to use faulty equipment, according to the Federal #Railroad Administration.

Managers reportedly pressured inspectors to leave the yard so they could keep freight moving.

https://www.propublica.org/article/union-pacific-federal-railroad-administration-unsafe-trains?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Raymond Larabie

これは名古屋市の素晴らしい電車への堂々とした改札口です🚆🌆。#streetphotography #streetphotographyjapan #griiix #ricoh_gr #aichi #nagoya #japan #railroad

Dignified turnstiles heralding Nagoya's grand trains.

#Railroad #Safety #Kids #School #Indiana #NorfolkSouthern

How Norfolk Southern Is Addressing Blocked Train Crossings in Hammond, Indiana
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The railroad company has delivered on early, short-term fixes for the trains blocking kids from getting to school, but some officials are skeptical it will follow through on bigger, permanent changes.

https://www.propublica.org/article/how-norfolk-southern-is-addressing-blocked-train-crossings-hammond-indiana?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2023/7/7/envisioning-a-rail-culture-for-the-us

I really liked this #StrongTowns article about bringing back a "rail culture" in the #usa.

"Anyone who has seen Union Station knows that we do, in fact, have a history and knowledge as to how to build grand transportation of the sort that once connected a nation."

#train #rail #railroad #publictransport #transportation #culture #society #urbanism

It pains me every time I think about it.

The #BuffaloCentralTerminal in #BuffaloNY is a beautiful, unique building with magnificent #architecture, but it was left to rot for years. Although #preservation work is being done, it's still a long way from being complete.

It's a reminder of a time when #train #travel in the #USA was as widespread and common as driving is to most people today.

#rail #railroad #railway #history #histodon #trains #Buffalo #NewYork

A photo of Buffalo Central Terminal taken from a distance in 2007. The building features a tall office tower above the main entrance on the left side of the photo and a large window for the main concourse is visible. There is a long five story tall section on the right side of the photo. The building is in a visible state of disrepair with many windows damaged or missing, especially on the right side. Significant rust is visible on metal surfaces. Fences are visible to prevent people from entering the property.

Thanks to Dave Pape for releasing this photo into the public domain.

Marlowe

A few images from a morning walk.
#Photography #Monochrome #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Railroad #Boats

Two rail workers repairing a train track as viewed through an open gate.

Photograph of the bow of a boat viewed from a bridge overhead.

Planet Chad Photography

https://pixels.com/featured/elkin-creek-train-trestle-in-north-carolina-chad-meyer.html

Last year I made my first trip to Elkin, North Carolina to explore the area. I ventured into the downtown area and noticed this bridge that was built in 1899 was listed a photo opportunity on their map.

With this still being an active rail line, I carefully framed this shot and gave it a vintage look in post processing.

#railroad #trestle #northcarolina #elkin #vintage #Fedigiftshop #AYearForArt

A picture of a railroad train trestle with tracks leading back into the woods done in a monochrome style

MikeDunnAuthor

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #GeneralStrike #scranton #KnightsOfLabor #railroad #strike #massacre

Today in Labor History August 2, 1877: During the Great Upheaval strike wave sweeping the country, workers held a General Strike in Scranton. They attacked the mayor and fought with militiamen. 4 people died. The following year, the people of Scranton elected Terence Powderly, head of the Knights of Labor, as their new mayor.

The Scranton Citizens' Corps fires on strikers, August 1, 1877, by Frank Leslie. By Frank Leslie（1821 - 1880） - "Frank Leslie's Illustrated" August 1877., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=62402391

Dave Rahardja

#massTransit #transit #slowCinema #futurism #railroad #lightRail #publicTransit

I love this unauthorized #documentary of the #sfba #BART system, featuring beautiful golden-hour footage from a surreptitiously-attached GoPro on the front of the train, which hitched a ride from SFO to Pittsburg.

The documentary features voices from interesting people from BART’s past and present. I learned a lot about how the system came about, and how it’s run.

The ride is accompanied by the lovely, analog synth-heavy soundtrack of the game Manifold Garden, which invokes an ethereal, futuristic, Blade Runner esthetic as you glide in the first person through tunnels, bridges, and open air, always following the silver tracks ahead.

Kudos to Vincent Woo for this movie. It’s breathtaking. Watch it on your 4K TV.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-Jrp6it9Ss

MikeDunnAuthor

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #pullman #strike #railroad #EugeneDebs #socialism #LaborDay #haymarket #anarchism #union #PoliceBrutality #PoliceMurder #police

Today in Labor History July 26, 1894: President Grover Cleveland created a Strike Committee to investigate the causes of the Pullman strike and the subsequent walkout by the American Railway Union, led by Eugene Debs. After four months, the commission absolved the strikers and placed the blame entirely on Pullman and the railroads for the conflict. Roughly 250,000 workers participated in the strike. And an estimated 70 workers died, mostly at the hands of cops and soldiers. To appease workers, the government came up with a new holiday, Labor Day, to commemorate the end of the Pullman Strike. However, President Cleveland had other interests in creating the new holiday. Rather than rewarding workers, his goal was to bury the history of the Haymarket Affair and the radical anarchist and socialist history of the labor movement by choosing any day other than May 1 as the new national labor holiday.

Political cartoon from the Chicago Labor newspaper from July 7, 1894 which shows the condition of the laboring man at the Pullman Company. The employee is being squeezed by Pullman between low wage and high rent.By Chicago Labor Newspaper, July 7, 1894. - http://www.gompers.umd.edu/visual.htmhttp://www.gompers.umd.edu/Pullman%20Cartoon.htm, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=72914442

Antti Peltola

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-Jrp6it9Ss

Tunnel Vision: An Unauthorized #BART Ride

Tunnel Vision: An Unauthorized BART Ride is a documentary film by local timelapse photographer Vincent Woo. Embark on a journey with a camera secretly attached to a BART train and ride through the arteries of the Bay Area. A hidden world is revealed through intersecting passageways, flashes of graffiti, and sections of track only witnessed by BART operators:

#Transit #Transport #BayArea #SanFrancisco #Rail #Railway #Railroad

Pekka Mäkinen

#introduction

Working as a requirement specialist in the railway industry. Outside of work an expert on all industries, based on my googling skills.

Interest and tooting on #requirements #engineering
#systems
#quality
#nuclear power
#electricity prices
#energy
#PublicTransport
#railway #safety
#railroad
#music
#travel
#books
#hifi
#SciFi
#Italy
#Spain
#wine

Mostly in Finnish, but also in English.

Additionally, here's the original #station #building for the #Dayton Union Station. This #photograph is from before the tracks were elevated. However, the station building itself was still used after the tracks were elevated. You may also see some electric #streetcar tracks in the roadway.

#rail #railroad #railway #history #history #histodon #ohio

A black and white photograph of Dayton Union Station. The brick station is visible in the background with large glass windows and a looming clock tower. A large pavilion seperated from the building marks the front entrance with greek/roman architecture and columns.
Two covered platforms are visible with several tracks crossing the street in front of the station. A streetcar line is visible traveling down the street.

#abandoned #train #rail #history #histodon #thenandnow #railway #railroad

Here's some #beforeandafter images from #Dayton Union #Station in #Ohio. Although the station building has been torn down for #parking, the platforms are still there, although significantly overgrown and unmaintained. This station is basically within #Sinclair Community College's campus.

Photo from 1978 of Amtrak 412 departing Dayton Union Station in the snow heading westbound. Several downtown Dayton buildings are visible behind. A few platforms and several tracks are also visible.

Special thanks to Hikki Nagasaki for releasing this photo into the public domain.

A Google Earth image taken from the same angle as the previous photo. The platforms are no longer visible and are obscured by significant overgrowth and trees. Only two tracks remain in the photo for trains. Many of the same buildings are visible in the background.

Map from circa 1918 showing the area around Dayton Union Station. Several tracks and platforms are shown, as well as a turntable and small roundhouse. Several sidings are also shown.

Another Google Earth image taken from the same angle as the previous map. Several abandoned platforms are visible with significant overgrowth on the western side. The original station has been replaced by a parking lot and a road. None of the sidings or other railroad structures remain except for two mainline tracks passing through the old station area.

#Train #Railroad #Steam #History #Photography #LinuxPhotography #Darktable

"Nevada Northern No. 93 is a 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type steam locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in 1909 for the American Smelters Securities Co. to haul ore trains on the Nevada Northern Railway." (Ely, Nevada, 10/4/2019.)

Photo of a steam locomotive with black smoke belching from its smoke stack and a stream of white steam coming from a whistle. It sets alone on tracks with a pinon / juniper and sagebrush covered hill in the background and wispy clouds in a blue sky.

#Railroad #Train #StreetArt #Photography #LinuxPhotography #Darktable

Street art in the old Donner Summit / Truckee train tunnel / snowsheds. These abandon tunnels and snowsheds are on the original route through the Sierra of the old Transcontinental Railway (1869). The UP recently repurposed the abandon tunnels as a service road. Street art is allowed (kind of a gray area) inside, but prohibited outside of the tunnels / snowsheds.

A large street art panel in bright red, orange, green, and yellow, depicting horned monsters with sharp teeth and drooling mouths, flying saucers, pills, and a syringes.

If you're interested in locating or learning about old train stations in #Minnesota, #Ohio, or #Pennsylvania, there's a really good database available online with the majority of old and existing stations listed.

Minnesota: https://www.west2k.com/mn.htm
Ohio: https://www.west2k.com/ohio.htm
Pennsylvania: https://www.west2k.com/pa.htm

#train #station #rail #railway #history #railroad #research

Pekka Mäkinen

#introduction Working as a requirement specialist in the railway industry. Outside of work an expert on all industries, based on my googling skills.

Interest and tooting on #requirements #engineering
#quality
#nuclear power
#electricity prices
#energy
#PublicTransport
#railway #safety
#railroad
#music
#travel
#books
#hifi
#SciFi
#Italy
#Spain
#wine

Mostly in Finnish, but also in English.

CelloMom On Cars

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-06/canada-rail-safety-still-lagging-10-years-after-quebec-train-disaster

"Ten years ago, a train exploded in #LacMégantic, killing 47.

It was the deadliest rail accident in North America in nearly a century. A decade later, it’s become another lesson in the slow pace of #safety improvements in the #railroad industry.

An older design of tank cars known as DOT-111s, which ruptured that night in #Quebec, still carry flammable goods in the #US, despite plans by both countries to phase them out."

benjamin melançon

Despite the overwhelming weight of #government #oppression against #unhoused people that i briefly touched on above, i think we have a pretty good chance of keeping some space to live in this case— it is #railroad land, and the #Minneapolis #ParksAndRecreation employee John or Jon is going out of his way to push the railroad to go along with the city's plans for total elimination.

A little bit of pressure could convince parks to stay in their lane, and #BNSF truly, profoundly, doesn't care.

benjamin melançon