blue streak 1Crimean bridge problems. Bridge columns have vertical cracks. Not clear if only roadway or includes RR bridge. Crimean bridge is falling down – cracks appear on its pillars, photos (msn.com)
Crimean bridge is falling down – cracks appear on its pillars, photos (msn.com)
Looks like Russian construction skimming at play. Typical.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
BaltACDIndian issues https://www.npr.org/2023/06/02/1179865254/india-train-derailment
https://www.npr.org/2023/06/02/1179865254/india-train-derailment
News is reporting death toll over 280.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/06/03/india-train-derailment-what-we-know-could-similar-happen-in-us/70284471007/
BBC certainly has a much better report.
Odisha train accident: How did three trains collide in Odisha? - BBC News
blue streak 1BBC certainly has a much better report. Odisha train accident: How did three trains collide in Odisha? - BBC News
Makes much more sense of the incident - with that being said, the incident itself makes no sense in a line that seems to be operating with some form of CTC control infrastructure. A CLEAR signal should never be displayed into a occupied track segment. A CLEAR signal should never be displayed for a diverging route.
Somewhere their is either Signal Maintainer failure or vandalism in configuring the location to display a CLEAR signal for a diverging route into a occupied track segment.
Interesting PDF report from Greenpeace about rail ticket prices greatly exceeding those for air:
https://greenpeace.at/uploads/2023/07/report-ticket-prices-of-planes-vs-trains-in-europe.pdf
Forcing people to pay more by banning the fastest and cheapest way to travel.
York1 John
A guy in England told me many years ago that aviation fuel is not taxed and diesel fuel is. That's politics.
54light15 A guy in England told me many years ago that aviation fuel is not taxed and diesel fuel is. That's politics.
International flights usually are not taxed.
54light15A guy in England told me many years ago that aviation fuel is not taxed and diesel fuel is. That's politics.
How many passenger trains in Europe use diesel locomotives? I was there recently and I saw only electric.
York1 54light15 A guy in England told me many years ago that aviation fuel is not taxed and diesel fuel is. That's politics. How many passenger trains in Europe use diesel locomotives? I was there recently and I saw only electric.
In Germany at least, some light-traffic lines use diesel for passenger service.
And there are a lot of DMUs in the U.K.
54light15 And there are a lot of DMUs in the U.K.
As recently as 2017 I rode some from Darlington to Whitby. Quite old units but fun.
I rode that line myself last summer. That switchback was interesting. Lord, it was hot! I took a bus from Whitby to Scarborough then the train to Beverly to stay at a friend's house. The next day I had to take a bus back to London as the trains could not run because of the heat affecting the rails. A 3- hour layover in Nottingham where it was the hottest weather I've ever seen since I was in Guantanomo in May years ago. Not fun, but the beer went down well. The day after I got back to London, it cooled down to a mere 85 degrees.
Eight KM's of track and electrical cables in Gotthard tunnel damaged in derailment. Rail is anchored in concrete. Passenger traffic rerouted.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/swiss-tunnel-to-reopen-for-freight-as-supply-chain-backs-up/ar-AA1flBsv?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=4d2e085a09e74df0b38ab82dfae89f24&ei=19
8 Kms of track torn up? that is about 5 miles. You would think that the tracks would have some kind of sensor detecting a derailment about each Km?
BBC report. Imagine it is going to be some time to get the construction specialists rounded up to do repairs. It is not like they are unemployed for work.
Crash shuts world's longest rail tunnel for months (msn.com)
Poland RR signals apparently being hacked?
Poland is investigating disruptions to train traffic from unauthorized radio signals (msn.com)
A new visit to Cierny Balog to enjoy a football (soccer) match and a heritage steam railway (both. at the same time.): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHhqWsmo_Z0
Boondoggle UK style?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/sunak-should-go-further-and-scrap-hs2-entirely/ar-AA1hgaWM?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=37c92d1ad149477d9e65613a0da2ecef&ei=20
Here is what started the present discussion:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/07/29/hs2-future-in-doubt-plan-unachievable/
In context the project was supposed to cost a little over 42 billion and is now over 200 billion, apparently not counting the extension from Old Oak Common into Euston Station (which was put on hold at just under 1 billion a mile). They can apparently save over 30 billion by not building from Birmingham to Manchester as anticipated.
Saw one diesel powered DB train in Germany last week ... traveling under the wire. Otherwise ... all electric.
Regarding the HS-2, from London to Birmingham is only a 2 hour trip. What were they thinking?
They prefer it to be only one hour.
Other European countries thought in similar terms.
The badger team is digging up RR ROW!
Set back as badgers undermine 11 km of railway | News | Railway Gazette International
blue streak 1The badger team is digging up RR ROW! Set back as badgers undermine 11 km of railway | News | Railway Gazette International
Thought beavers were natures Engineering battalion.
The ore body played out in southwestern Wisconsin.
This happens in Poland should it be considered sabatoge? By either builder or hackers?
Polish Hackers Repaired Trains the Manufacturer Artificially Bricked. Now The Train Company Is Threatening Them (404media.co)
The UK passenger rail system is having many problems all coming down from a Prime Ministerr who appears to not like passenger rail. Some cancelled Christmas eve trains.
Rail is on track for managed decline, with fare rises only part of the problem (msn.com)
UK rail and other transportation catching H**L from storm.
Storm Gerrit latest: Train crashes into fallen tree, causing 'horrendous' damage (msn.com)
Dramatic Moment Waves Crash Over Lighthouse as Storm Gerrit Rages | Watch (msn.com)
Water flows along flooded railway line at Bowling station | Watch (msn.com)
Looking at the British National Rail website that has been "upgraded" and "modernised" it's now damn near impossible to use.
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