The good news: "In 2024, nearly one million passengers boarded the state-supported trains between Eugene and Vancouver, British Columbia. That surpassed the pre-pandemic high of 829,000 riders in 2019."
The bad news: "Corrosion problem knocks most Amtrak Cascades trains out of service"
When you think the kids are hanging out with the grandparents, but actually the 14-year-old is working as ÖBB cover model
Shasta Daylight Portland - San Francisco Streamliner Train 1950
#California, #Mid20thCentury, #Mountains, #Oregon, #Portland, #Railway, #SanFrancisco, #Trains
Vintage ◦ Classic ◦ Historical | Art ◦ Design ◦ Inspiration | Restored ◦ Enhanced ◦ Remixed
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Train & Rainier National Park, Washington State 1920s by Gustav Wilhelm Krollmann
#Early20thCentury, #Forest, #GustavWilhelmKrollman, #MountRainier, #Mountains, #NorthernPacificNorthCoast, #Scenery, #Trains, #Tress
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Train & Montana Rockies, Northern Pacific 1920s Gustav Wilhelm Krollmann
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"Amtrak discovered corrosion on Borealis’ railcars this week during a routine inspection in compliance with federal requirements. More intense inspections turned up “additional areas of concern” and Amtrak decided to remove the cars from service, spokesman Marc Magliari said Wednesday."
https://www.startribune.com/amtrak-restores-borealis-rail-service-between-st-paul-and-chicago/601246039
Random interest thing. Ever notice how many trains have seats in blocks facing forwards and backwards? This is not to encourage passenger interaction (though that might work), but rather so the carriage doesn't need to be turned around at the end of the track. The seats are basically non-directional.
So what if the seats are placed all in the same direction? Well, there is a solution for that as well (a foot pedal at the base of the seats is what releases them to swivel)...
https://www.tiktok.com/@momentsgang/video/7355119601904176416
Train ride across Austria (Bludenz - Arlberg - Giselabahn - St. Pölten - Tulln): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E2ycdUi2m8&t=3501
That's cool Vanessa, let's build a high-speed train network in Australia instead. Solved.
"Net zero could make flying 'something for the privileged,' the boss of Australia’s biggest airline has warned.
"Qantas chief executive Vanessa Hudson said the higher costs associated with clean fuel were likely to push up airfares and could put them out of reach of the masses."
#flying #train #trains #australia https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/air-travel-could-become-too-expensive-for-most-of-us-warns-qantas-boss-20250326-p5lmku.html
After the museum, we headed out of downtown Takamatsu to the east, where there are tons of workshops and other art stops. It's a really nice tramway that connects everything together, both quaint and efficient
Jacques Tati bothering 'a woman' sleeping beside him on the train. September 1958.
Must be his wife, Micheline Winter.
Woah. Some actually positive news that could use spreading around:
For the first time in 67 years, the MBTA will, once again, go to Fall River and New Bedford, MA! We got some trains back!
En ce jour à #Tuebingen, il fait un temps de #canards.
Je pense qu'iels vont chercher des amis venus exprès pour en profiter.
Mentally I'm here (and physically I was as well until about 3 hours ago.
"successive studies have determined that high-speed rail is the only mode of transport that is cost positive when accounting for all externalities — that is, all of the up-front and hidden costs associated with a given mode of transport."
From: "How the railways will fix the future", by Gareth Dennis.
American train system: slow, never on time, dirty, considered low class.
Japanese train system: fast, always on time, clean, everyone uses it (they do have first-class cars).
If a Japanese train is late to the station, it's only because some sad-sack Japanese Salaryman got fed up with his life and threw himself onto the tracks in front of the oncoming train.
I shit you not.
#Shinkansen #Trains #Japan
