trains

collapse_already, 3 dni temu w Another American railcar chemical leak: White House urges Ohio residents to heed calls to evacuate

Well, looks like Donald’s deregulation of the railroads is continuing to pay dividends.

fpslem, 3 dni temu

I’ll blame the former guy all day long for his failings, but the Staggers Act deregulated the railroad industry in 1980, and was signed by Jimmy Carter. This mess has been a long time coming.

collapse_already, 2 dni temu

In 2018, Trump rescinded an Obama era rule that required hazardous waste train cars to have pneumatic brakes intended to prevent derailments.

ChicoSuave, 3 dni temu w Another American railcar chemical leak: White House urges Ohio residents to heed calls to evacuate

They should evacuate out of Ohio.

UltraGiGaGigantic, 3 dni temu w Another American railcar chemical leak: White House urges Ohio residents to heed calls to evacuate

Some day we will all be Ohio.

lemmyseizethemeans, 3 dni temu w Another American railcar chemical leak: White House urges Ohio residents to heed calls to evacuate

Heckof a job Mayo Pete! Way to reign in those risky rail behaviors and insure public safety. Very presidential.

nokturne213, 7 dni temu w PSA: Getting Train Sim World 5's free starter pack automatically gives you the TSW5 versions of all the previous DLC you've purchased, even if you bought the previous DLC for e.g. TSW2

Windows only. Sad train noises.

Aatube, 7 dni temu

Works well with Proton

nokturne213, 7 dni temu

I use MacOS.

Aatube, 7 dni temu

Sad train noises indeed, though I think buying CrossOver would be very useful

nokturne213, 7 dni temu

It is on my list of things to purchase. But since I do not have a lot of time for games I only purchase those that support macOS. Plus then I do not have to worry about fiddling with the game to get it to work.

LainTrain, 7 dni temu w PSA: Getting Train Sim World 5's free starter pack automatically gives you the TSW5 versions of all the previous DLC you've purchased, even if you bought the previous DLC for e.g. TSW2

Bruh like I’ll give em any money

Aatube, 7 dni temu

This is about if you’ve given them any money already, you don’t have to give any more

XeroxCool, 7 dni temu

What’s wrong with them?

LainTrain, 6 dni temu

Too expensive for what it is, no £1k or so for the game with all DLC? Bit of a ripoff. Even DCS is cheaper.

jqubed, 7 dni temu w PSA: Getting Train Sim World 5's free starter pack automatically gives you the TSW5 versions of all the previous DLC you've purchased, even if you bought the previous DLC for e.g. TSW2

Like, I don’t need to have TSW5? It will just put them on my account if I ever do buy it later?

Aatube, 7 dni temu

You don’t even need to buy it, you just get the free TSW5 starter pack

I’ve seen some reviews say the free starter kit is only for a limited time. Dunno if that’s true but this is the first time they’re doing it so I’m not taking chances.

Rentlar, 7 dni temu

The TSW5 Starter Pack is free to register to your account on Steam, Epic, Microsoft and Sony platforms, available to claim until Oct 17 2024.

• If you don’t have any current or previous TSW addons you will only have access to the tutorial training centre route.
• If you have compatible content from earlier Train Sim World routes, getting the starter pack will allow you to obtain the TSW5 version of the route and locos as a free DLC.

CarbonAlpine, 15 dni temu w Half-century-old locomotives still pulling for BNSF

The oldest engine I have been on was built in 1965, those damn thing refuse to give up.

CarbonAlpine, 15 dni temu w How do I learn a freight trains schedule?

I’m a freight conductor. There is no schedule, unless you notice them happening at around the same time every day, you won’t find a pattern. We pretty much get a call and hour and a half before we need to go in at any random time of day or night and that’s when the train moves.

Rentlar, 25 dni temu (edited 25 dni temu) w ‘Transformational’: how a California city launched America’s first hydrogen-powered passenger train

To play H2’s advocate for a moment, if LA can’t seem to get the financial and political backing to invest in electrification quickly, it is a potential way for LA to pull a “passenger train network” out of its ass in time for the 2028 Olympics…

It’s quieter and no emissions at the location of travel kind similar to CNG/LNG. (Some electricity face similar problems of not being zero emissions from generation)… but I do think it’s worth exploring for some minor applications.

Edit: to be clear, electric and battery trains are better technologies by miles and miles. Just that the oil and freight rail lobbyists are in California’s pocket for now so I’m just saying the best case scenario for Los Angeles given the powers that be and hold SoCal back

fpslem, 25 dni temu

Honestly, if LA did tons of rail and it was all diesel powered, it would still be a huge improvement in carbon emissions, not to mention the traffic and urban density benefits.

fpslem, 25 dni temu w ‘Transformational’: how a California city launched America’s first hydrogen-powered passenger train

I posted this because I think this is absolutely silly. A hydrogen-powered train that runs on a low-volume 9-mile track? Why on earth couldn’t this just run on gantry-provided electric power? I guess it’s fine as an experimental trial system, but let’s not pretend that hydrogen is better than electric in basically every rail application imaginable.

Jumuta, 25 dni temu

it’s also hilarious that the picture in the article shows overhead wires

davel, 25 dni temu w ‘Transformational’: how a California city launched America’s first hydrogen-powered passenger train

the first hydrogen-powered, zero-emissions passenger train

That depends entirely on how the hydrogen is being produced: it’s an energy storage medium, not an energy source.

Though the onboard process does not directly emit greenhouse gases, the production processes to create hydrogen fuel in the US almost always do.

fpslem, 25 dni temu

100% agree, this article glosses over that (and many other aspects) of this supposedly newfangled system.

usrtrv, 25 dni temu

But what’s wrong with working in parallel? Develop hydrogen while the grid becoming greener. A traditional electric train has the same issue of being grid based.

Latuga17, miesiąc temu w California’s new electric train makes for a shockingly better trip—we tried it

So glad that caltrain go ally has what would be considered normal in the rest of the world 🙄. But seriously this is a massive improvement and commuter rail systems should see this success and do this instead of trying to have battery powered trains and diesels that run under northeast corridor wires.

fpslem, miesiąc temu

Agreed! I feel like Americans can’t imagine a future without seeing it somewhere in their home country. They travel to London or to Paris, enjoy the high-speed trains and the frequent metro service, and then come home and keep getting in their cars. So actually experiencing modern electric rail service (albeit not yet high-speed rail) in their own country is a big deal.

mondoman712, miesiąc temu w How do I learn a freight trains schedule?

There’s a facebook group for that line, perhaps they could help you: www.facebook.com/groups/upbelvideresub/

yokonzo, miesiąc temu w How do I learn a freight trains schedule?

Hey coding nerds, I know you’re nearby, do you think I’d be able to use tensorflow or something to identify an incoming train with this view?

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/d0ca8a73-2870-4b66-a65f-685c973fc633.jpeg

Technoguyfication, miesiąc temu

You could, but if this is taken from another window in the same building you’ll likely only get ~10 seconds of warning.

If you could put a couple cameras a mile or so down each direction on the track you could get an earlier warning system

yokonzo, miesiąc temu (edited miesiąc temu)

This is taken from my window, and I’m not sure how I feel about leaving expensive equipment out in a suburban area for anyone to pick up and run off with