#railroad
Alaska Railroad Corporation Awarded Alaska Chamber’s 2023 Rita Sholton Large Business of the Year
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Alaska Railroad President and CEO Bill O’Leary poses with Alaska Chamber President Kati Capozzi during the award ceremony on Sept. 27, 2023. Photo courtesy of Alaska Chamber.
Anchorage, ALASKA — Further...
https://alaska-native-news.com/alaska-railroad-corporation-awarded-alaska-chambers-2023-rita-sholton-large-business-of-the-year/70067/
#alaska #railroad #award #chamber
I will never understand Amtrak's habit of building new "stations" (sometimes literally a bus shelter and a platform), when the original train station is still standing.
In Elyria, OH, using the old station would allow for transfers to Greyhound buses. In Bryan, OH, the old station is literally across the tracks, almost mocking the tiny old Amtrak station. In most cases, the old station is closer to the center of town too.
The Wreck of the Old 97, a rail disaster, occurred OTD in 1903; it inspired a famous #railroad ballad https://toilet-guru.com/blog/30.html?s=mb #train #travel #history
@atlas Another “legend” associated with the #Hellgate clearly apocryphal is the #ghost #train that crosses the #railroad #bridge at #midnight. It stops mid-span and the ghosts of all those who died in the #shipwrecks get off. A related story states that if you are on the bridge when the train roars by, you will be swept straight to hell!
Today in Labor History September 27, 1903: The Wreck of the Old 97 U.S. railroad disaster occurred on this date. 11 people were killed when the train, traveling from Monroe, Virginia, to Spencer, North Carolina derailed and careened off the side of a bridge. It was traveling at excessive speed in an attempt to stay on schedule. The wreck became the subject of a popular ballad covered by The Statler Brothers (feat. Johnny Cash), Charlie Louvin of The Louvin Brothers, Flatt and Scruggs, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Johnny Cash, Hank Snow, Hank Williams III, Patrick Sky, Nine Pound Hammer, Roy Acuff, Boxcar Willie, Lonnie Donegan, and many others.
#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #railroad #disaster #Music #CountryMusic #FolkMusic #Old97
@That_Damn_Frank if the Jill Stein Moscow thing is all you got, it's a weak argument.
The Dems funded the Far-right last Midterms, Biden denied #Railroad Workers the Right to Strike & so many others, while still not trying to push for #MedicareForAll which would send the #Republicans into the dustbins of history which they can & could but don't cause they're owned by the same donors as Republicans.
Nosferatu, I think, painted on a stanchion of a Missouri-Pacific railroad trestle over Slaughter Creek in Austin, Texas.
Greater #Anglia launches Autumn Hare Fares 2023
#GreaterAnglia is launching special #Autumn ‘Hare Fares’ from just £5 return for a limited time, meaning people in East Anglia can enjoy great days out by train for less this autumn.
https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/about-us/news-desk/news-articles/greater-anglia-launches-autumn-hare-fares-2023
#Railway #Transport #railroad #trains
Managed to attend the United Railroad Historical Society's Open House in Boonton, NJ. Despite the rain a good crowd came out.
As always, this is just the teaser post. I will have my extended cut over on my tumblr.
#uhrs #NewJersey #NJ #Boonton #Museum #train #railroad #railfan #railfur #gg1 #pennsylvaniarailroad #ALP44 #ErieLackawanna #U34CH #NewYorkCentral #loungecar #electric #diesel
#Brightline makes its inaugural trip to #Orlando as the #USA's second #train line capable of speeds up to 125mph.
https://thepointsguy.com/news/first-brightline-train-to-orlando/
#Construction work begins on major #improvements at #Luton station
Network #Rail has started work at Luton station as part of an extensive programme of improvements and upgrades designed to improve passenger experience.
https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/govia-thameslink-railway/pressreleases/construction-work-begins-on-major-improvements-at-luton-station-3275065
#railway #transport #urbanism #travel #UK #England #railroad
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!
https://youtu.be/-cJkBIPUrdw?si=RsyL4w9-JWfhNRiJ
#electrification #railway #railroad #India #Bharat #USA #DedicatedFreightCorridor
An urbex video from this station: https://youtu.be/4DU64vWLWOo
Abandoned station (Güterbahnhof S) Germany May 2019
#urbex #auto #transport #urbanexploring #youtube #spoor #decay #urbandecay #rusty #abandonedplaces #photooftheday #photography #vehicles #rsa_preciousjunk #foto #fotografie #abandonedworld #europe #abandoned #Germany #nofilter #lostintime #duitsland #nature_takes_over #train #station#rails #oldtimer #railroad #railway
An urbex video from this streetcars: https://youtu.be/RkTSGw29ckE
Abandoned trams (Trolley Graveyard) Germany September 2019
#urbex #auto #transport #urbanexploring #youtube #spoor #decay #urbandecay #rusty #abandonedplaces #photooftheday #photography #vehicles #rsa_preciousjunk #foto #fotografie #abandonedworld #europe #abandoned #Germany #nofilter #lostintime #duitsland #nature_takes_over #train #station#rails #oldtimer #railroad #railway
An urbex video from this station: https://youtu.be/qXGiQRlGQwQ
Abandoned train station (Bahnhof NN) Germany September 2019
#urbex #auto #transport #urbanexploring #youtube #spoor #decay #urbandecay #rusty #abandonedplaces #photooftheday #photography #vehicles #rsa_preciousjunk #foto #fotografie #abandonedworld #europe #abandoned #Germany #nofilter #lostintime #duitsland #nature_takes_over #train #station#rails #oldtimer #railroad #railway
#Riding The #Rails, In A Literal Sense | #Hackaday
Hundreds of miles of #railroad #tracks are scattered across the US and other countries. Despite how they look, many aren’t abandoned. But in the case of a genuinely abandoned #track, having a #railway #bike to explore the #rail seems quite intriguing.
https://hackaday.com/2022/07/16/riding-the-rails-in-a-literal-sense/
@john Something you may be interested in.
I'm sure many passengers feel the same.
I had a dream where the (𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘭) #HS2 was serving the stations in the #Crossrail Elizabeth line tunnels.
This could happen in practical, but the train doors need to be designed to align with the platform screen doors.
#Transport #Urbanism #HighSpeed #Railway #Railroad #Trains
An urbex video from this trains: https://youtu.be/m6Lf9RAbymY
Abandoned trains (Magdeburger Hafen) Germany August 2019
#urbex #auto #transport #urbanexploring #youtube #spoor #decay #urbandecay #rusty #abandonedplaces #photooftheday #photography #vehicles #rsa_preciousjunk #foto #fotografie #abandonedworld #europe #abandoned #Germany #nofilter #lostintime #duitsland #nature_takes_over #train #station#rails #oldtimer #railroad #railway
James J Hill, born OTD in 1838, was the chief executive officer of a family of North American #railroad lines headed by the Great Northern Railway, he was known during his lifetime as "The Empire Builder" https://toilet-guru.com/train.html?s=mb #travel #history
The #railroad link between the People's Republic of #China and Kazakhstan was completed OTD in 1990 at Dostyk https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/china/yangshuo.html?s=mb #travel #history
An urbex video from this train workshop: https://youtu.be/2361LEcoTp4
Abandoned train workshop Germany May 2019
#urbex #auto #transport #urbanexploring #youtube #spoor #decay #urbandecay #rusty #abandonedplaces #photooftheday #photography #vehicles #rsa_preciousjunk #foto #fotografie #abandonedworld #europe #abandoned #Germany #nofilter #lostintime #duitsland #nature_takes_over #train #station#rails #oldtimer #railroad #railway
First Group: Avanti West Coast’s Pendolino fleet upgrade reaches major milestone
The UK’s largest ever fleet upgrade has passed a major milestone with the refurbishment of its final 11 carriage Pendolino.
https://www.firstgroupplc.com/news-and-media/latest-news/2023/14092023.aspx
#Railway #Transport #Trains #Urbanism #Railroad
An urbex video from this train workshop: https://youtu.be/ihH2maEUA38
Abandoned train workshop (Old Railway Turntable) Germany May 2019
#urbex #auto #transport #urbanexploring #youtube #spoor #decay #urbandecay #rusty #abandonedplaces #photooftheday #photography #vehicles #rsa_preciousjunk #foto #fotografie #abandonedworld #europe #abandoned #Germany #nofilter #lostintime #duitsland #nature_takes_over #train #station#rails #oldtimer #railroad #railway
An urbex video from this train workshop: https://youtu.be/2361LEcoTp4
Abandoned train workshop Germany May 2019
#urbex #auto #transport #urbanexploring #youtube #spoor #decay #urbandecay #rusty #abandonedplaces #photooftheday #photography #vehicles #rsa_preciousjunk #foto #fotografie #abandonedworld #europe #abandoned #Germany #nofilter #lostintime #duitsland #nature_takes_over #train #station#rails #oldtimer #railroad #railway
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.
An urbex video from this train workshop: https://youtu.be/3RFu9EVEhHE
Abandoned train workshop (RAW Sangerhausen) Germany September 2018
#urbex #auto #transport #urbanexploring #youtube #spoor #decay #urbandecay #rusty #abandonedplaces #photooftheday #photography #vehicles #rsa_preciousjunk #foto #fotografie #abandonedworld #europe #abandoned #Germany #nofilter #lostintime #duitsland #nature_takes_over #train #station#rails #oldtimer #railroad #railway
Mother in #car in traffic: look at all this #traffic there are too many cars.
Mother on #train platform: I wish I had my car. Why is the train late? When will it get here? I have to get home to my cat (who was being well cared for by a neighbor).
Me: because we wasted all our money building #highways instead of trains. There’s 8 lanes (4 each way) on the highway but only one #railroad track (really).
Mother: sssh! (Yes - she hushed me for stating the obvious)
An urbex video from this train workshop: https://youtu.be/snzBHo-1oA4
Abandoned train workshop (Bahnbetriebswerk Nordhausen) Germany April 2018
#urbex #auto #transport #urbanexploring #youtube #spoor #decay #urbandecay #rusty #abandonedplaces #photooftheday #photography #vehicles #rsa_preciousjunk #foto #fotografie #abandonedworld #europe #abandoned #Germany #nofilter #lostintime #duitsland #nature_takes_over #train #station#rails #oldtimer #railroad #railway
I've had a copy of this #map of #Ohio from 1895, and I finally found the digital version. You can see that there was once #rail lines to nearly every city and town across the state. The map is a little difficult to read (and compressed a bit by Mastodon), but most of it is there.
However, even this very comprehensive map doesn't show every #railroad line (there's a least two more that don't show up here for some reason), and it doesn't include the interurbans.
#Transport #Scotland: Rail #decarbonisation programme moves forward
The #Scottish Government has today confirmed funding of £140m that will see the delivery of the East #Kilbride Enhancement Project.
https://www.transport.gov.scot/news/rail-decarbonisation-programme-moves-forward/
#Railway #Railroad #Urbanism
An urbex video from this station: https://youtu.be/T36ljyy0qVY
Abandoned Station (Bahnhof Wolkenburg) Germany October 2017
#urbex #auto #transport #urbanexploring #youtube #spoor #decay #urbandecay #rusty #abandonedplaces #photooftheday #photography #vehicles #rsa_preciousjunk #foto #fotografie #abandonedworld #europe #abandoned #Germany #nofilter #lostintime #duitsland #nature_takes_over #train #station#rails #oldtimer #railroad #railway
West #Midlands Combined Authority: New £2.4m #sustainable #transport hub to pave the way for #Dudley Port station revamp
https://www.wmca.org.uk/news/new-2-4m-sustainable-transport-hub-to-pave-the-way-for-dudley-port-station-revamp/
#Travel #Railway #Railroad #Urbanism #Trains
Partnership project helps people find out how to travel around #Norfolk and #Suffolk - Greater Anglia
https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/about-us/news-desk/news-articles/partnership-project-helps-people-find-out-how-travel-around-0
#Transport #Travel #Railway #Railroad #Journey
West #Midlands Combined Authority: Plans for a 30-year #rail revolution updated following Covid pandemic
"Plans include:
Removing #diesel #trains from out network and supporting further line #electrification"
https://www.wmca.org.uk/news/plans-for-a-30-year-rail-revolution-updated-following-covid-pandemic/
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
A while ago I went to see some of the locomotives restored by the #FortWayneRailroad Historical Society in #Indiana, and I took some #pictures. The first #photograph is of steam #locomotive #NKP765 just after it returned from a passenger run. The second locomotive is the newly restored #NKP358. This might even have been its first time in public since #restoration.
#train #trains #rail #railroad #railway #photography #preservation #HoosierMast
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.
Historic, yellow Thurmond, West Virginia railroad station:
https://pixels.com/featured/thurmond-railroad-station-norma-brandsberg.html?product=art-print
More fine art: www.ElegantFinePhotography.com
#thurmondstation #oldtrainstation #westvirginia #westvirginiarailroad #yellowrailroadstation #oldrailroadstation #AYearforArt #normabrandsberg #elegantfinephotography #railroad
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."
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2023/7/7/envisioning-a-rail-culture-for-the-us
#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 few images from a morning walk.
#Photography #Monochrome #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Railroad #Boats
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.
https://pixels.com/featured/elkin-creek-train-trestle-in-north-carolina-chad-meyer.html
#railroad #trestle #northcarolina #elkin #vintage #Fedigiftshop #AYearForArt
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.
#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #GeneralStrike #scranton #KnightsOfLabor #railroad #strike #massacre
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.
#massTransit #transit #slowCinema #futurism #railroad #lightRail #publicTransit
#California’s new rule mandating the use of zero-emissions locomotives could create numerous jobs and reduce #CarbonEmissions. The #railroad industry, however, has filed a lawsuit, claiming that states cannot enforce regulations stricter than federal emission limits.
The #unions support the new rule, aligning with their commitment to environmental justice.
“The technology has been around for a long time… We’re just talking about bringing the US up to date.”
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-new-climate-rule-could-change-the-face-of-americas-railways/
A Colorado police officer who put a #handcuffed #woman in a police vehicle #parked on #railroad #tracks that was hit by a freight train was found guilty of reckless endangerment and assault but was acquitted of a third charge of criminal attempt to commit manslaughter
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/29/colorado-police-officer-car-freight-train?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
An urbex video from this roundhouse: https://youtu.be/o6i7nCTNhnY
Abandoned train workshop (Roundhouse) Germany Mar 2023
#urbex #auto #transport #urbanexploring #youtube #spoor #decay #urbandecay #rusty #abandonedplaces #photooftheday #photography #vehicles #rsa_preciousjunk #foto #fotografie #abandonedworld #europe #abandoned #Germany #nofilter #lostintime #duitsland #nature_takes_over #train #station#rails #oldtimer #railroad #railway
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.
#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #pullman #strike #railroad #EugeneDebs #socialism #LaborDay #haymarket #anarchism #union #PoliceBrutality #PoliceMurder #police
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:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-Jrp6it9Ss
#Transit #Transport #BayArea #SanFrancisco #Rail #Railway #Railroad
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.
Got to ride on one of #Indiana Rail Experience's #trains. It was a short #ride, but it was pretty comfortable, and the scenery was beautiful. There were areas where passengers could stand near an opening and look down the side of the #train. Sitting at a table on a train is so much nicer than a cramped car. Indiana Rail Experience runs several #excursion trains throughout the year, which you can check out at indianarailexperience.org.
#rail #railway #railroad #vacation #trip #photo #photography
Never knew much about my father’s side of the family until we found a box of letters from his cousin. Turns out my great-grandfather (1863-?) was a #railroad pointsman (aka switchman) in #Stirlingshire #Scotland. “The most dangerous of any of the different branches of railroading” says #Wikipedia. Glad he survived! 🛤️👍😁https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switchman
Today in Labor History July 21, 1877: 30,000 Chicago workers rallied on Market Street during the Great Upheaval wave of strikes occurring throughout the country. Future anarchist and Haymarket martyr Albert Parsons spoke to the crowd, advocating the use of the ballot to obtain "state control of the means of production," and urged workers to join the communist Workingmen's Party. Parsons was later abducted by armed men who took him to the police where he was interrogated and informed that he had caused the city great trouble.
The strike wave started in Martinsburg, WV, on July 16, and quickly spread along the railroad lines throughout the country. In Chicago, striking workers from numerous industries took to the streets daily. They shut down the railroads, mills, foundries and many other businesses. They carried banners that said "Life by work, or death by fight". One speaker said, "We must rise up in our might, and fight for our rights. Better a thousand of us be shot down in the streets than ten thousand die of starvation."
On July 26, the protesters threw rocks and fired pistols at the cops, who fired back until they ran out of ammo and were forced them to flee. However, they ran into a detachment of reinforcements and federal troops, sent in by President Hayes. This led to the Battle of the Viaduct, resulting in 15-30 dead strikers and dozens wounded.
In Pittsburgh, 20 striking railroad workers were killed by state troopers during the Great Upheaval. The second book of my “Great Upheaval” trilogy, “Hot Summer in the Smoky City,” takes place in Pittsburgh during the Great Upheaval.
#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #GreatUpheaval #railroad #strike #GeneralStrike #chicago #anarchism #communism #haymarket #police #acab #HistoricalFiction #novel @bookstadon
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.
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.
#abandoned #train #rail #history #histodon #thenandnow #railway #railroad
Today in Labor History July 20 1877: In the midst of the Great Upheaval (AKA Great Train Strike), the Maryland state militia fired on striking railroad workers in Baltimore, killing over 20, including children. The strike had started on July 14, in Martinsburg, WV, at the B&O Railroad yards. It quickly spread into Charleston, WV and Baltimore and Cumberland, MD. In Baltimore, as the 5th Regiment marched toward Camden Station with fixed bayonets on their Springfield rifles, crowds attacked them with bricks. Miraculously, no serious injuries occurred. However, when the 6th Regiment began their march, the crowds drove them off with paving stones and fists. Without orders, they began firing at the crowd, killing several. When the two regiments met at Camden Station, the crowds again hurled stones and bricks, disabling locomotives, tearing up tracks and driving off the engineers. They set fire to railroad cars and buildings and cut the firemen’s hoses when they tried to douse the flames.
The Great Upheaval came in the middle of the Long Depression, one of the worst depressions the U.S. has ever faced. My novel, “Anywhere But Schuylkill,” (hopefully out by year’s end) takes place in the years leading up to the Great Strike and is Part I of “The Great Upheaval” trilogy. I am currently working on Book II: “Red Hot Summer in the Smoky City.”
#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #GreatUpheaval #railroad #baltimore #massacre #children #GeneralStrike #AnywhereButSchuylkill #novel #HistoricalFiction #writer #author @bookstadon
Beautiful piece of #photojournalism on the Chinese #immigrant workers who built the #railroad to the Pacific ocean in @NatGeo. Very worth checking out. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/for-freedoms-american-history-chinese-railworkers
Bob, a docent at the California State Railroad Museum, explains typical activities aboard a mail car. He is a few months away from turning 94. #mail #railroad #california #sacramento #museum
Today in Labor History July 19, 1877: In the midst of the Great Train Strike of 1877, Pittsburgh workers drove soldiers out of town. Trainmen took control of the railroads in Pittsburgh to protest wage cuts. Two days later, National Guard moved in, killing 20 people.
#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #railroad #strike #GeneralStrike #pittsburgh #massacre
"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.)
#Train #Railroad #Steam #History #Photography #LinuxPhotography #Darktable
In 1985, #mining giant Vale opened a railroad that cuts through the Mãe Maria #Indigenous Territory in the Brazilian #Amazon.
Since being built, the #railroad has driven away game, cut off access to important water bodies and disrupted the Indigenous peoples’ way of life by introducing compensation money paid by Vale into the daily life of the villages.
Now, the mining giant has secured permission to build a second railroad track.
by Maurício Angelo and Sarah Sax
I've looked at every #Amtrak station in #Ohio. You simply cannot get on a #train between 8am and 11pm at any #station in the entire state (not that there's a lot of them anyways).
Who planned this?!?! It's no surprise that ridership is an issue when the trains only stop here when most people are asleep. We need some trains that most people can actually utilize.
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.
#Railroad #Train #StreetArt #Photography #LinuxPhotography #Darktable
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
#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.
"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."
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.
Lobbying the railroad to displace houseless people is a horrifying use of Parks resources. Morality, empathy, and human decency aside— is it really policy to assist the city in its campaign of incessant displacement until people are forced back onto park land?
[ #Minneapolis #Minnesota #MNastodon #parks #sanctuary #homelessness #railroad #displacement ]
Travel poster by the Santa Fe railroad - the southwest chief.
#ephemera #railroad #TravelPoster #DesertSouthwest #Southwestchief #canyonlands #buttes #monumentvalley #SantaFerailroad #santafe
Oops. Be glad that it was merely 30 tons of the stuff that was used to blow up the Federal building in Oklahoma City. The article says that they are only guessing where it went - they don't know for sure.
Happy #WaterfallWednesday with a photo I took this morning at #Ohio’s Cataract Falls on Mill Creek in Garfield Heights, near #Cleveland. This #waterfall was actually created in 1905, when workers used picks and shovels to move the waterfall 100 m upstream to make way for a #railroad. Hard to fathom the hubris or the effort. #clevelandmetroparks
If you talk to a #railroad track inspector who has been doing it for more than a few years, most of them will tell you the same thing: at some point, they found something wrong with the track and had it fixed, preventing a derailment. The cost of that derailment that never happened is more than the wages, benefits, and health insurance costs of that track inspector’s entire career.
Railroads have stated on public record that they don’t believe their workers contribute to profits. #morale
Blocked Railroad Crossings Crisis Draws Local and National Calls for Action
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After seeing images of kids crawling under trains, regulators ask companies to address blocked crossings, lawmakers demand consequences, residents clamor for solutions and Norfolk Southern’s CEO calls a mayor to work out a fix.
As Rail Profits Soar, Blocked Crossings Force Kids to Crawl Under Trains to Get to School
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When crossings are blocked for hours, kids risk their lives to get to school by crawling through trains that could start at any moment.
Ambulances and fire trucks can’t get through. The problem has existed for decades. But it’s getting worse.
Rail.chat is a server themed around railways and trains:
:Fediverse: https://rail.chat
Their official description: "Discussing passenger and freight rail, its connections to transit and other non-car options, and the economic, environmental and equity benefits of seamless mobility."
If you have any questions, ask their admin at @conductor
Discover more travel themed servers at https://fedi.garden/tag/travel/
#FeaturedServer #Railway #Railroad #Trains #Travel #Transport #Fediverse #Mastodon
The Real Reason Long Trains Keep Derailing
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#Trains are getting longer. Railroads are getting richer. But these “monster trains” are jumping off of tracks across America and regulators are doing little to curb the risk.
#Abandoned railroad tracks blending into #nature…, wonder why and when they became useless.
Vertical -> tap for full image
#railroad #old #forgotten #Prints #Wallart #ArtBooster #Art #ArtReference #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #PhotoOfTheDay #AbandonedAmerica #Snoqualmie #Washington #PNW
https://pixels.com/featured/abandoned-railroad-tracks-ez-lorenz-imagery.html
Well. "Leaked audio reveals US rail workers were told to skip inspections as Ohio crash prompts scrutiny to industry
Exclusive: employee says manager told her to stop marking cars for repair, as Ohio derailment brings hard look at industry’s record of blocking safety rules"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/03/us-rail-workers-east-palestine-ohio-train-crash
An #urbex video from this railway bridge: https://youtu.be/HSzNgjrpqpg
Abandoned railway bridge (Spoorbrug line 20) Belgium Sep 2022 #abandoned #railway #bridge #Belgium #Belgie #YouTube #lostplaces #lostplace #photography #photooftheday #photo #foto #fotografie #rusty #railroad #hdr