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- Train porn: /r/trainporn
- Transit news: /r/transit
- Railroading as a profession: r/railroading
- Tram Related Content /r/Trams
- Subway Trains /r/Subways
- Trains that tried to escape /r/Derailed
Trains anybody can drive /r/trainsim
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New NS heritage unit
Sorry for the crappy pic, it's still pretty deep inside Juniata. I'm sure a lot more pictures will be posted with the event on Wednesday.
16:26 UTC
Somewhere in Poland 50 years ago
14:21 UTC
simple looks but mighty when it comes to perfomance and comfort.
13:31 UTC
Purpose of UP Weed Sprayer train's last car
Hello,
question is about this >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/genericrailfan/52088656851 << car.
What's the purpose of it? Is it a "cab car" (to operate the train in reverse)?
And was added later to the newly build weed sprayer train consist?
€dit: The control-stand railcar with windows all around has rear-facing horns and headlights. so it was already able to make back-up moves with headlights and horns. So, why add an addional railcar?
What's the purpose of the rotatable (?) platform and ramp?
Where was this car used before? Part of another MoW train set or purpose-build for weed sprayer?
Car number is "UP 980359", pictures can only be found with weed sprayer train
Youtube Video of weed sprayer train from 2021: >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWj9vOqtpUE << without "cab car"
Youtube Video from 2024: >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu0_T93-APM << with "cab car"
13:12 UTC
LRT 1 4th generation on a southbound run
LRT 1 4th generation Mitsubishi-CAF 13000 class
11:58 UTC
PKP Intercity ED250 Pendolino Train at Gdańsk Główny Railway Station | P...
11:06 UTC
Teaching a high speed train driver to drive a steam locomotive
10:56 UTC
"Cursed train"
09:43 UTC
The ‘Train of Lights’ steaming along the River Dart in Devon, England.
09:18 UTC
The DB with the 143 637 and an empty switch train, taken near Paderborn-Elsen on March 25th, 2023
09:15 UTC
Metro north
07:52 UTC
Brakes for tabletop controls
With freight locomotives that have tabletop controls(such as some dash-9s), how do the brakes work? I've been told pushing the Auto brake applies(and haven't confirmed) bit how does the independent work?
05:54 UTC
Ticket To Ride Europe Overview!
Hey y’all! My partner and I recently reviewed Ticket To Ride: Europe and we thought y’all may enjoy it! Thank you so much for your consideration :)
04:08 UTC
Am I the only one to think that the Siemens Chargers are the Airbus A350 of American Passenger Locomotives?
If the Siemens Chargers were a plane, I think the plane that I can compare the Siemens Chargers to the most is the Airbus A350, because they are both ULTRA-MODERN and EFFICIENT vehicles manufactured by a European company, but in service with American Transportation Companies like Amtrak and Delta Airlines.
03:58 UTC
Just found this fascinating video on 'Nadal ratio' - ie the ratio of lateral force to weight required to bring-on a derailment …
… & how - possibly counter-intuitively (but some folk might say it actually fits their intuition, IDK, can't speak for others) - the ratio is actually less the higher the coefficient of friction between wheel & rail.
There's a convenient way of re-expressing that formula, which isn't mentioned in the video: the formula has the 'shape of' the tangent of difference of angles formula … so if we express the coefficient of friction as being itself the tangent of an angle ^§ , say η , so that μ=tanη , or η=arctanμ , then the formula becomes
L/V = tan(θ-η) .
And η has a maximum of 45° , corresponding to μ=1 .
§ Coefficient of friction kindof is a tangent of an angle, anyway : it's the angle @ which a surface must be tipped for a block resting on it with that coefficient of friction to start sliding.
02:08 UTC
P42 198 departs out of Solana Beach CA while rescuing charger 2116
P42 towed 2116 for the remainder of the day after 2116 had a power outage at the same exact station just after departing (I was on the train), luckily they were able to start 2116 up again though. Once at Los Angeles, 198 was waiting and coupled up to the nose of 2116 and ran with 2116 for the rest of the day before being taken off the nose.
21:06 UTC
What are all those pipes on the USATC S160 for?
18:18 UTC
A plan for a massive development of a high-speed rail network in the United States around 4 rail companies ! Artist : MapMythos
17:30 UTC
A full ride on Munich's U-Bahn U3 Line, on board an A class train, one of the oldest metro stocks still in service
17:06 UTC
Help with Trainz 2019: Missing assets
I need help finding 3 assets for the Backshops FEF-3. Here are their kuid's.
644769:100553
644769:100554
655769:100555
Please tell me what these are and where to find them.
16:55 UTC
Budapest Metro M1 Ride - Deák Ferenc tér to Oktogon | Hungary | 09/08/24
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