Hmm, that's a calming scene... https://www.youtube.com/live/M1PxXx_8zZY #trains #snow #trainspotting
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New at my Patreon... Fun fact: tourists could once scale Mt Vesuvius – an active volcano – by rail. And this 19th century funicular inspired a famous jaunty song...
Volcano train! https://www.patreon.com/posts/volcano-train-125563772
The entire Pacific Northwest region of the US essentially has no train service indefinitely.
"Amtrak determined its fleet of Horizon trainsets had to be parked immediately due to concerns about corrosion in the aging equipment.
The decision left only one trainset in service on the route that serves 18 stations between Eugene, Oregon and Vancouver, British Columbia."
www.cascadiadaily.com · Amtrak Cascades riders shuttled onto buses after trains grounded suddenly | Cascadia Daily NewsTrainsets from national fleet will be redistributed to meet demand on Cascades route
Nearly all the passenger trains from Eugene to Seattle are cancelled indefinitely while they figure out some... corrosion problems?
We need a real passenger rail system...
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/03/26/amtrak-pulls-cascades-railcars/
OPB · Amtrak pulls aging railcars from Cascades route due to safety concerns
When you think the kids are hanging out with the grandparents, but actually the 14-year-old is working as ÖBB cover model
British Rail No 47620 Windsor Castle at Cockwood - Dawlish Warren Postcard
Well shit.
I don't usually post bad news (because many here already know it) and try to concentrate on positive things that we can do to effect change.
But this sucks and I want to scream into the void.
The Amtrak (America's only "national" passenger rail service - there are smaller regional rail services, some that even cross a couple of states, but Amtrak is the only one that really goes all across the nation) CEO was forced to resign.
The US has shitty rail service as it is, and Amtrak is often hampered by state governments that don't want passenger rail (they're paid off by car companies, airplane companies, even bus companies, and even even freight RAIL companies).
But this just means that passenger rail is going to suck even more in the US and the US regime installs a loyalist to the Amtrak CEO position.
Texas can say goodbye to their high-speed rail line from Dallas to Houston:
(edit: And to be clear this isn't the worst of any of this by a long shot. It just hit me sideways today in the midst of everything else. Anyhoo... back to it)
#transit #rail #trains #passengerTrains #amtrak
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-passenger-railroad-amtrak-ceo-abruptly-steps-down-2025-03-19/
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@harry_wood @OSMLondon I love how that second image shows the right alignment of the Mail Rail — an underground railway for *post* (in the past). #rail #Trains
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Trains are by far the most civilized mode of transportation. 
Amazing how beautiful and efficient it is living in a functioning society: infrastructure built for people, to make daily lives easier.
Goes for big — Port of Rotterdam's investments to go zero-CO₂ within 25 years — and small: train travel made so easy, it's show up, tap, go.
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My view the next 3 hrs.
First up, catching up on some essential viewing: Buttigieg on Colbert https://youtu.be/Nfelwch5INA
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Similarly designed to break the American mind: competitively priced longish-distance train tickets.
The French just introduced the next-generation TGV.
The low-carbon transition comes with 5G at 350km/h.
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@EUCommission what about LESS cars and LESS planes overall ?
Zero-emission tech is already there and it's called #trains and #bikes.
You better support bike and train infrastructures instead of focusing on car and airplane decarbonation.
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Old Trafford (the stadium) always struggled to build more because the trains ran alongside the place. And then the other side of the train track, none of the residents would sell their place.
I guess Manchester United has finally bought all the houses around the stadium and convinced the local government to shut off the train line to Liverpool whilst they redevelop the entire area.
Some big big money being thrown around here.
Unexploded WWII bomb in Paris halts Eurostar travel to London and trains to northern France.
@abc reports: "The device was found close to where dozens of Olympic events were held."
ABC News · Unexploded WWII bomb in Paris halts Eurostar travel to London and trains to northern France
Your semi regular reminder that #trains are awesome 
One Wikipedia editor did a pretty good job of pointing out the major issue with #Alto
You scoop up significant'y more people going down the lake hitting Oshawa, Bellville, Kingston, Brockville, Cornwall than Peterborough and... Well that's about it.
Also, we'd probably get it sooner if it wasn't being blasted through the Canadian shield.
Also, get ready for the NIMBYS who will defend the peaceful rail trail running past their house.
#HFR #trains
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alto_(high-speed_rail)
