Any train fans around?
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Thanks for the tip. I want to do a couple of the Baseball games to see the stadiums so taking the Subway to those is probably a must. We're probably not going to have a car but the Subway is famous and there's a ton of things I want to do in New York. I'm going to be there for 8 or 9 days.
Is the London underground a big network? Anyone live there can share any experiences of that?
I'll plant my flag as a minor-league train nerd. I'm into maglev, especially.
But that is so limited in use..... I honestly thought they would exist in the 21st Century when I was growing up in the 70s 80s but here we are and they're not common
I heard a reporter was arrested for doing a story of the Palestine Ohio de-railment
Toy trains
https://www.amazon.com/CORPER-TOYS-..._3?keywords=CORPER+TOYS&qid=1680368166&sr=8-3
Toy trains
https://www.amazon.com/CORPER-TOYS-..._3?keywords=CORPER+TOYS&qid=1680368166&sr=8-3
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I don't believe that
If you want to see both Mets and Yankees games you should try to get a hotel near Grand Central Station (I'm fond of the Grand Hyatt, which is right next door). That way you are right next to both trains you need.
The 4 train goes to Yankee Stadium, and the 7 train goes to Citi Field. Both of those lines converge at Grand Central.
Easy peasy.
And speaking of New York...I cannot freaking WAIT to see the new Long Island Rail Road complex at Grand Central. That looks SWEEEEEEEEET.
plus I have a friend who lives on Long Island and so that means I won't have to go to bloody Penn Station anymore to get on the LIRR.
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When we go, the Mets will have a Sunday game the day after we get there, and then the A's are in town to play the Yankees that week. I don't know where we are staying but hopefully it's near the subway. I'm looking forward to the trip.
Yeah, I think it's a combination of poorly maintained equipment and rails and driver error. There have been at least two big publicized derailments in my province within the last several years, both involving toxic chemicals, the same operators, and I think within the same general areas, and if I remember right, there was an investigation into why it keeps happening, and I think it was due to poorly or improperly maintained track. And the thing is, there's lots of aging infrastructure that these companies don't seem to want to put funds into.
the rail line that passed through my city (and on the way in and out) is very poor condition and the owner is quite happy to have the trains trundle along at low speed rather than actual spend the money to improve the condition.
So, a lot of my commutes are passing by train tracks run by BNSF and I have appreciated the fact that they have crews out regularly maintaining the main lines. We have a lot of trains running through the area a day and it's needed.
I haven't had as much time to look up all the different companies but I see BNSF, a Canadian company and Southfolk something.
I haven't had as much time to look up all the different companies but I see BNSF, a Canadian company and Southfolk something.
Something I have been wondering---are the chemicals being transported eastward to cheap coal energy states to be processed into goods? Even if alternative energy isn't enough to supply the country as a whole---it might ease rail traffic still.
Had the chemicals in Ohio been turned into PVC pipe bits---and that spilled---no biggie.
Had the chemicals in Ohio been turned into PVC pipe bits---and that spilled---no biggie.
Yeah, which seems pretty much par for the course with Canadian rail. And I'm remembering now that at least one of those derailments I mentioned earlier occurred on a reservation, which caused a lot of controversy and questions on rail maintenance.
The thing about railroad companies these days is that they're not very transparent, which makes it very complicated when trying to figure out ownership. I know of at least one railroad operating in Canada that is actually owned by an American company, and it's very confusing because it uses the name of an American company, Genesee & Wyoming. Everytime I hear mention that name, I keep wondering why they're operating so far from their home state. That one company has been in the news a lot in the last several years because it's threatened to shut down several times while demanding government handouts. I see now that it's actually a fairly big international company that operates in the U.S, Canada, and even Australia. I almost feel as though if a railroad company is that big, that maybe they're contributing to the problems on foreign soil.
On a lighter note, I've mentioned this youtube channel once before several pages back, but I really love his 4-part series on Nordic train travel. Scenery is breathtaking.
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I want to see a Bering Strait railway one day…not in my lifetime now.
Another derailment
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/30/us/raymond-minnesota-train-derailment/index.html
End of the line?
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-extinction-steam-locomotives-derails-assumptions.html
"I'd always been fascinated by steam engines because they're the technological equivalent of dinosaurs," Lieberman said. "They're gigantic. We infer dinosaurs made a lot of noise. We know that steam locomotives made a lot of noise, but they're no longer with us."
Another derailment
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/30/us/raymond-minnesota-train-derailment/index.html
End of the line?
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-extinction-steam-locomotives-derails-assumptions.html
"I'd always been fascinated by steam engines because they're the technological equivalent of dinosaurs," Lieberman said. "They're gigantic. We infer dinosaurs made a lot of noise. We know that steam locomotives made a lot of noise, but they're no longer with us."
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