54light15 A guy in England told me many years ago that aviation fuel is not taxed and diesel fuel is. That's politics.
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.
Forcing people to pay more by banning the fastest and cheapest way to travel.
York1 John
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
blue streak 1BBC certainly has a much better report. Odisha train accident: How did three trains collide in Odisha? - BBC News
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.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
BBC certainly has a much better report.
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/
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.
Indian issues
Crimean bridge problems. Bridge columns have vertical cracks. Not clear if only roadway or includes RR bridge.
You do have to wonder what NCL brought in to replace the Toonerville Trolley...
[quote user="Overmod"]it was too light to activate signals effectively, no one bothered to make a shunt for reliable activation
I can't help making a comparison to this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_trHR0PDP4
or this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBbgv2yHhU4
The Leyland railbus was brought in about the time the NEC was undergoing the first stages of its first rebuild to 150mph standards -- there were as I recall two, one of which went 'barnstorming' to see if there was interest in its operation and was then returned to Blighty. The one in question was made with a special long body (over 50') and was intended as a kind of modern higher-speed version of the New Haven FCD Macks. The suspension was a Flexicoil derivative of Alan Wickens' high-speed HSRV and was certainly high-speed capable... on adequate track. As I recall (it has been a long time) the longitudinal damping at high speed left quite a bit to be desired (the follow-on railbuses in Britain were not nicknamed 'nodding donkeys' for nothing!) and the 200hp went through one drive axle so both low- and high-speed slipping could be an adventure, and braking from high speed could be little fun. That was not the thing that queered it, though: it was too light to activate signals effectively, no one bothered to make a shunt for reliable activation, and someone was killed in a 40mph grade-crossing accident.
It was then fobbed off on Steamtown (of all places!) where one of the volunteers thought he would tinker with the torque converter -- and couldn't get it to stop leaking. It then went to West Virginia for a while, where they fixed it and ran it more or less effectively. It then went to Connecticut as part of a trade for a geared steam locomotive.
There was interest in Britain in repatriating the thing, and they actually raised the money the museum wanted for it, but the effort foundered on shipping arrangements. It was a sin to scrap it without notice.
ORNHOO charlie hebdo charlie hebdo wrote the following post an hour ago: Overmod am still bitter they scrapped the Leyland 100mph bus from the Carter years.) Could you provide more details about this? Sounds interesting! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_railbuses Unlike the Japanese example the Leyland Railbus operated entirely on rails. http://preserved.railcar.co.uk/LEV2.html
charlie hebdo charlie hebdo wrote the following post an hour ago: Overmod am still bitter they scrapped the Leyland 100mph bus from the Carter years.) Could you provide more details about this? Sounds interesting!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_railbuses
Unlike the Japanese example the Leyland Railbus operated entirely on rails.
http://preserved.railcar.co.uk/LEV2.html
Like the GM Aerotrain, but different...
Overmodam still bitter they scrapped the Leyland 100mph bus from the Carter years.)
Could you provide more details about this? Sounds interesting!
ORNHOOAnd for something strange, a Japanese ( commuter line? school bus route? tourist attraction? ) that uses hi-rail busses partly on narrow gauge rail and partly on highway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn56bMZ9OE8
By comparison, dust off even the original Evans Auto-Railer and its method of switching mode between road and rail. Add even rudimentary camera guidance; in fact, even the parallel-parking aids on the market years ago could be adapted to the road-rail transition, and going the other way is much easier.
(We could do this tomorrow with converted Thomas cabover buses... if there were any market for railbus service here. I am still bitter they scrapped the Leyland 100mph bus from the Carter years.)
And for something strange, a Japanese ( commuter line? school bus route? tourist attraction? ) that uses hi-rail busses partly on narrow gauge rail and partly on highway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn56bMZ9OE8
slightly more info can be found on wikipedia under Asato line.
First section of Indian RR ( Central Railway ) completes electrification. 3825 Kms
Central Railway completes 100% electrification | News | Railway Gazette International
Article critical HSR2 in UK. Author unknown so do not kow leanings.
HS2 is a total shambles – and reveals a rot at the heart of Britain's economy (msn.com)
Another EU sleeper planned Amsterdam to Barcelona.. Spring 2025. Certainly seems to be an equipment availability or construction backup.
New Sleeper Train Will Connect Amsterdam and Barcelona | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
Bew report. 67 dead and soe critical in hospital
Greek train crash: anger grows as government admits network problems | Greece | The Guardian
Am wondering about signaling. Signaling appears to be manual blocks?
Another report.
Dozens dead after collision between passenger train and freight train in Greece | Watch (msn.com)
Some one in the know?? What is the normal direction of travel for trains? Left hand or right hand ? Or is this a 2 main track operation?.
blue streak 1Prelimanary report of Greek head on collision/ Greece train crash: at least 40 killed and dozens injured in collision | Greece | The Guardian
Greece train crash: at least 40 killed and dozens injured in collision | Greece | The Guardian
Head on collision is as bad as it gets. Total FAILURE within their system.
Prelimanary report of Greek head on collision/
Can understand why the persons living in the NW of Spain feeling very slighted, Here we have Spain slowly working to have the Broad guage tracks reduced to standard guage to be compatible with Europe especially France,
However, it appears that no effot to get at least 1 standard guage line into NW Spain is in the plans. That alone does not allow for any thru train service to the standard & broad guage only cities. As well no way for single train service to France which is desired by many residents on both side of the border ?
You would think Spain would have at least change the loading guage of one meter line's tunnels to allow standard guage trains. As well, those renovations should have started when the standard guage decision was made. How many tunnels involved with total number of feet / meters of tunnels ?
ORNHOOAnd in the area of commuter trains, a design "oopsie" from Spain: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/spain-spends-%E2%82%AC258m-to-build-trains-too-big-for-its-tunnels/ar-AA17d0zZ https://euroweeklynews.com/2023/02/10/update-cantabrian-president-demands-heads-of-big-shots-must-roll-over-new-trains-not-fitting-through-tunnels/
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/spain-spends-%E2%82%AC258m-to-build-trains-too-big-for-its-tunnels/ar-AA17d0zZ
https://euroweeklynews.com/2023/02/10/update-cantabrian-president-demands-heads-of-big-shots-must-roll-over-new-trains-not-fitting-through-tunnels/
English/Metric conversion??????
And in the area of commuter trains, a design "oopsie" from Spain:
charlie hebdoTrue. I'm not going to guess at what the OP intended his phrase to mean when the words are clear enough.
Even for those lines with mixed passenger and heavier freight, my understanding was that European freight generally operated faster and more directly than North American, and that the long-distance sleeper service could be 'one-speed' run with relatively slower freight traffic during the period that sleepers would be inhabited (cf. the California Zephyr).
I am of the opinion that a great many 'prospective' multicountry long-distance trains actually intended to compete with or 'stand in for' air traffic would involve careful overnight timing along the lines of trains like the Century, departing reasonably after a 'business day' with arrival at the start of the next. What becomes
BaltACD Overmod charlie hebdo blue streak 1 EU pushing multi country trains especially overnight. To say "especially overnight" is not an accurate summary of new services. I think what he means is that the most valuable 'multicountry' trains will be those that take advantage of sleepers to permit longer overnight runs, when other traffic on the lines concerned would be at a relative minimum. Thought EU countries run most of their freight at night, so as not to delay passengers.
Overmod charlie hebdo blue streak 1 EU pushing multi country trains especially overnight. To say "especially overnight" is not an accurate summary of new services. I think what he means is that the most valuable 'multicountry' trains will be those that take advantage of sleepers to permit longer overnight runs, when other traffic on the lines concerned would be at a relative minimum.
charlie hebdo blue streak 1 EU pushing multi country trains especially overnight. To say "especially overnight" is not an accurate summary of new services.
blue streak 1 EU pushing multi country trains especially overnight.
EU pushing multi country trains especially overnight.
To say "especially overnight" is not an accurate summary of new services.
I think what he means is that the most valuable 'multicountry' trains will be those that take advantage of sleepers to permit longer overnight runs, when other traffic on the lines concerned would be at a relative minimum.
Thought EU countries run most of their freight at night, so as not to delay passengers.
True. I'm not going to guess at what the OP intended his phrase to mean when the words are clear enough.
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