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Lost_My_Mind, w How much does it cost to build a shortline railroad?

Not that I have millions of dollars lying around

Guys, he’s lying. He TOTALLY has millions laying around.

beejjorgensen, w Scenic train ride from Bergen to Oslo (Norway)
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Had the pleasure of doing this last year. Recommended!

Schlemmy, w Brita, any way an American can watch this?

Hello guys, our show today is sponsored by insert name VPN.

scrubbles,
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Right, but is there a streaming service for BBC2?

ma11en,

BBC iPlayer

NarrativeBear, w California takes first step in acquiring trains for High-Speed Rail

Hopefully the implementation is done in a well and thoughtful way, such as connected stations in city centers and outskirt towns.

It would also be nice to see these stations interconnected with transit hubs such as subways/trams/buses, and have a pedestrian orientation focus with cycle infrastructure included.

It would be a shame to see these station built outside of walking distance of any surrounding communities in the middle of nowhere with a carpark all around. Something similar to a Walmart Supercenter parking lot.

Rentlar,

You can see on the California government website where the current plan is to integrate with each part of the city. Many of the bigger population centres will have stations right at (what sound like to me as) major transit hubs. Unfortunately, the 2030 target is for operation between Bakersfield - Madera, so the parts around SF and LA will still take a bit longer than that.

daredevil, w California takes first step in acquiring trains for High-Speed Rail

I feel like I've heard attempts at this from over a decade ago... doubting I'll see this within my lifetime at this point.

Rentlar,

I can understand your skepticism, but you may be slightly misinformed. High speed rail corridors don’t pop up overnight, and they take longer if you want it to be built as economically, safe, and well-thought out as possible. For this project we are about 15 years after voters approved the idea 2008, so that part is true as you say. So planning is done to get the most efficient and effective path which takes years, consulting the public takes years, building it takes more years, then testing and commissioning is the cherry on top. The American idea of “I can do this all by myself without any European/Asian help” is certainly slowing things down and making it expensive as well. Due to inflation the costs also will rise but so will the cost of any alternative be it maintaining highway systems, managing traffic and pollution.

See the progress of the project for yourself at their website. Or a detailed summary on the Wikipedia page.

https://hsr.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2021-06-30-Hero-Images2.jpg

These must be golf pegs for Godzilla! :)

zabadoh, w Locomotive EF6418 in Ekimae Jinroku Park, Yamanishi, Japan
zabadoh, w Locomotive EF6418 in Ekimae Jinroku Park, Yamanishi, Japan

As featured in anime TV series Yuru Camp S3, episode 10

https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/d0b3060e-711d-436d-8056-ff915d13e445.png

Martineski,
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The train looks so out of place. Haha

safesyrup,

I can see why, but I kinda like it :D

wtypstanaccount04, w Abt System Train on the Oigawa Railway, Japan
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Ironically the abt system isn’t in the main photo

zabadoh,

You mean the special toothed tracks? Yeah, I couldn’t find a good photo with both the train and the tracks.

allen, w Abt System Train on the Oigawa Railway, Japan
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@zabadoh

This one is interesting. The Abt system is only between two stations on a steep grade and a separate locomotive shunts with the train, not shown here.

The picture is of the beautiful and unique station that is located on top of the bridge.

I've ridden this one, and I would recommend earplugs if you have sensitive ears.

wtypstanaccount04, w Seibu 2000 series serving the Seibu Ikebukuro line as an express train
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This is a fun series, but has been getting increasingly bizarre, even by its own standards.

I kinda wish they put a little bit more effort into the anime (overhead wires, signals, correct tracks, etc.) but the fact that it all takes place after the 7G event makes these issues handwaveable.

zabadoh, w Abt System Train on the Oigawa Railway, Japan
Jumuta, w Seibu 2000 series serving the Seibu Ikebukuro line as an express train

very drippy ngl

zabadoh, w Seibu 2000 series serving the Seibu Ikebukuro line as an express train
Wooster, w Inside America’s First High Speed Rail
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A lot of good first steps, but this shouldn’t be owned by a private company.

Novi,

That’s how things are done in the USA.

Wooster,
@Wooster@startrek.website avatar

Doesn’t mean we should shrug it off as acceptable.

yokonzo,

Still shouldn’t be

Taleya,

It should also be high speed. That speed is honestly laughable

Alexstarfire,

I’m not watching the video, what type of speed are we talking about?

Xavienth,

It says 200 mph in the description, or 320 kph. That’s respectable.

Rentlar, w Ancora Accelerates NS [Norfolk Southern] Takeover Attempt - Railway Age

As much as the praising of Precision Scheduled Railroading is annoying to me and reads like a pacifier for money-hungry shareholders, the promise of putting safety back to the top of the priority list and putting more rail and transportation experience into management seems good.

XeroxCool,

They’re full of shit. It’s a short-term boost to stock price via slashed operational costs. They’ll bail as soon as the momentum starts to derail. Improving safety doesn’t start with reducing maintenance resources. Precision railroading is a scam that investors buy into because it sounds good on paper, but keeps proving to be a disaster when all the minor shortcomings stack up into a collapse of performance - every sick day, every repair delay will cause a larger ripple than before. Safety isn’t lucrative in the short timeline of a pump and dump.

Rentlar,

Safety is not a complicated issue, but this takeover is…

BLET (in February) initially opposed the takeover

BLET recently (At the end of April) changed positions and are now supporting Ancora’s takeover.

So I don’t really know who to side with on this issue tbh.

NS says they are going to do less PSR, but PSR is merely a buzzword and promises from current mamagement ring just as hollow as those from Ancora.

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