#railroads — Public Fediverse posts

... And, what may be even more important in a certain way, we did it all by 🚂 ! A couple of friends were visited along, so nice time, nice views, great experiences.

#trains #railways #railroad #europe #viaduct #crossborderrail #pkp #intercity #db #sncf #tgv #ave #renfe #ice #germany #france #spain #train #railway #rails #railroads #interrail

La Finlande se raccroche à l'Europe du rail

https://www.lesechos.fr/industrie-services/tourisme-transport/la-finlande-se-raccroche-a-leurope-du-rail-2246561#Echobox=1786379936 #EU #railroads

[Artikel] 𝗡𝗶𝗲𝘂𝘄𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝘁 𝗭𝘄𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝘁 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘁

Voor het eerst sinds 1988 rijden er #Treinen tussen #Finland en #Zweden. Voorheen moesten reizigers per #Taxi of #Bus de grens oversteken. De nieuwe lijn herstelt de verbinding tussen Finland en de rest van het Europese #Spoornet.

https://www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/nieuwe-trein-verbindt-finland-met-zweden-en-de-rest-van-het-europese-spoornet~bb2bd451/ via @volkskrant

📷 CC BY-SA 3.0 DE by Falk2 via Wikimedia

#Trein #Train #Spooorwegen #Railways #Railroads #Finland #Sweden #Scandinavia #Travel

Called my dad who spent nearly 40 years as a railroad man for Norfolk Southern (and Norfolk & Western before that) we were talking about what how terrible it would be for American shipping if Norfolk Southern is allowed to merge with Union Pacific like they want to, which in turn would probably force CSX to merge with the remaining big railroad and create a situation where most of the freight railroads in America are owned by just 3 companies (most northern freight is operated by a Canadian company)

#railroad #railroads #trains #train #monopoly #trusts

https://youtu.be/nWnYYdNYLdo?si=IlGN2vIrsSD3qvVB

I saw a Union Pacific train in Austin the other day with 64 cars.

I know that's quite short compared to some; I once counted more than 200, and one with 234 was derailed not that long ago.

I still don't really understand how these scores of cars are put in order.

Although I am always awestruck by these trains, I try to keep in mind the problematic past and present of the railroad business in the USA.

#Railroads #Trains #UnionPacific #FreightTrains #Railways #GoodsTrains #Freightliners #Texas

Got stopped on the way to work by two intermodal trains, both empty, going in opposite directions. What even is #BNSF dispatching at this point?

#Transportation #railroads

Painting the sides of railroad rails white to reduce derailment

https://www.up.com/news/safety/Tracking-Rail-Heat-260608

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48951780

#HackerNews #railroads #safety #innovation #derailment #heatmanagement

Trains come in, trains go out. In Japan!

#Trains #Transportation #Japan #Railroads

https://www.youtube.com/live/GLQhbRGv5qU?si=1z8EmcMD1SCgEhl1

#traintracktuesday

North Point, 北角, Hong Kong

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#AltText #NoAI #No2AI #Photography #Photo #POTD #PhotoOfTheDay #Travel #TravelPhotography #China #Railroad #HongKong #People #Railroads #Railway #Railways #Street #StreetPhotography #Unban #City #Cityscape #UrbanPhotography #Tram #Trams #Track #Tracks #StreetCar #StreetCars #PublicTransport #Transport #CityLife #北角 #香港 #香港島

#TrainTrackTuesday

Mumbai Central Railway Station, (Then Bombay) 1991.

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#AltText #NoAI #No2AI #Photography #Photo #POTD #PhotoOfTheDay #Travel #TravelPhotography #India #Street #IndianRailways #IndianRail #BNW #BlackAndWhite #Asia #Asian #Monochrome #Railroad #Railroads #StreetPhotography #Railway #Railways #BlackAndWhitePhotography #CamelCase #Bombay #Mumbai #Maharashtra #Asia #Asian

Orepuki or Aropaki, Business & Industry - Orepuki Railway & Station Buildings, early 1900s

Orepuki or Aropaki, Business & Industry - Orepuki Railway and Station:

Black and White image of the Orepuki Railway, Post Office and Goods Shed, along with passengers who appear to be disembarking the train at this once upon a time major outpost in the Longwoods District. A group of unidentified shops (can anyone help with this?) sits to the far left of the photo, and it is likely this photograph was taken from the Water Tower. On the far right at the back is the now Orepuki Cafe building. The scene shown here is thought to be from the early 1900's. This image is in the Public Domain and was donated by a descendant of the original owner of the photo, the Brownridge Family.

OREPUKI RAILWAY & STATION MILESTONES:
Orepuki line and 'Fourth Class' Station opened 5th May 1885

Next major milestone in the railways branch line to Tūātapere, was opened on 23rd September 1909

FIRE… in 1941 the Station was badly damaged, rebuilt and upgraded

31 March 1942 - Station changed from officered to flag station (caretaker)

On 24 November 1951, Railways Department attempted to re-establish the station as Aropaki, the original name for Orepuki, but locals refused this

1954 - all passenger services ceased altogether through Orepuki (Tūātapere Branch line)

1960 - with the Post Office moving to its new site (now closed), the station was sold for dismantling. The Fire Brigade asked to retain the office portion

31 July 1976 line from Riverton to Orepuki & Tūātapere was closed down

The Water Tower was removed from the original site & rebuilt where it sits today (2025), it is in the process of once again being restored, thanks to funds from the Tūātapere Te Waewae Community Board being granted.

OREPUKI RAILWAY EARLIER HISTORY
According to 'From Goldfield to Fields of Green', by Marjory Smith, on 13 May 1872 it was confirmed "the construction of a tramway or light railway, from Riverton to the Orepuki Goldfield, would open up a large area of good agricultural land, and render the same available for settlement," forthwith.

But not everyone was happy, gold miners who relied on the land being available for diggings, saw the incoming influx of settlers and farmers as a threat to their livelihoods, as the land they were working would need to be given up to them. The 16 miles between the two settlements was set aside for a railway and sections of land on each side of this, was procured for the railway, before the workings commenced. The Southland Waste Lands Act of 1865 allowed for this. There was great excitement at the coming of the railway to what was then pretty much the wild west of Murihiku Southland.

There had been many claims of necessity made by those with interests in agriculture, shopkeeping, timber mills and even some championing the goldfields and the as yet untapped coal mining were clamouring for the railway to be constructed. Some of their claims were that this area of the southwest could easily provide all the timber needed for the whole of the Otago region, if only if could be easily transported after extraction, claims were made that there was 40-50,000 pounds of timber in the bush there. It was also claimed, the area was one of the richest goldfields in the whole country, and easily able to support 3-4,000 workers! Then the land itself, with a claim of there being 8-10,000 acres of land between The Waiau and Orepuki which could be used immediately for agricultural purposes. It was further claimed that the land would double in price when the rail arrived.

By 1873 it was reported that the railway workings had been put through the bush 2 1/2 miles from the Jacobs River Bridge at this point, so it is thought that construction had begun immediately upon the contract being secured. By 1874, there is news that part of the Orepuki Railway contract was awarded to a very familiar name in Railway history of the South Island, David Proudfoot. This part of the project was at a cost of 28,397 pounds.

The railway works proceeded every slowly onwards, through back-breaking bush and sinking swamps, creating many challenges for the builders. Along the way various other stations were opened up as the railway reached those settlements. Progress continued northwards and eventually by 1885, the line arrived at Orepuki.

On the 5th May 1885 the Orepuki section of the line was officially opened. It is noted that the Railway buildings at Orepuki included a goods shed and engine shed, a loading bank, crane and water tank. The wood and iron station was built with entrances which separated out the railway and post departments, there was a waiting room for the ladies, a public ticket lobby, a workroom for th...
Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive via DigitalNZ

http://api.digitalnz.org/records/59743468/source

#OrepukiOrAropaki #WesternSouthland #Murihiku #Business #Railways #RailwayBuildings #Railroads #Mail #RailwayStations #GarfieldAnd #Black

#traintracktuesday

North Point, 北角, Hong Kong

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#AltText #NoAI #No2AI #Photography #Photo #POTD #PhotoOfTheDay #Travel #TravelPhotography #China #Landscape #Railroad #HongKong #People #LandscapePhotography #Railroads #Railway #Railways #Street #StreetPhotography #Unban #City #Cityscape #UrbanPhotography #Tram #Trams #Track #Tracks #StreetCar #StreetCars #Market #Markets #PublicTransport #Transport #CityLife #北角 #香港 #香港島

[Paywall] Met de trein ben je in 12 uur in San Sebastián, boegbeeld van de verfijnde gastronomie

Het surfstrand met de hoogste golven en de beste #Pintxos-bars: chef Eneko Irizar, geboren en getogen in #SanSebastián, gidst je door zijn stad.

https://www.nrc.nl/index/slim-leven/lokale-inwoner-en-chef-eneko-irizar-gidst-je-door-san-sebastian-alles-draait-hier-om-eten-a4929041/appview?app=63d4a38e-0b55-406e-bc77-ec7ad97c316c&glitrcookieid=6be776a3-b86c-4aff-a88f-f65c68f7c452&glitrsessionid=7148ab4a-415d-4620-bc6e-94c5a1fb92e8&font_scale=medium&gift_token=88%7E1782936548%7EUZprYJ0IEeKfgABQVoV_mg%7EeWOdtq2fxIh_F1RAF3tzM6XpoQwNptqfGEq65zHiKqE via @nrc_nl

📷 CC0 by Tin Tran via Pixnio

#Donostia #Travel #Trein #Treinreizen #Zug #Zugreisen #Train #Railways #Railroads #Railroad #Railway #Spanje #Baskenland #Spanien #Spain #Gastronomie

New Mexico Corrizozo El Paso & SW Railroad Depot Station Postcard
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#NewMexico #Railroads #Travel #Postcards #Trains #TrainsofMastodon #Retro #Vintage #Ephemera

#traintracktuesday

Photo Taken Under Adult Supervision
Or
Did The Romans Build Railways ?

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#AltText #NoAI #No2AI #Photography #Photo #POTD #PhotoOfTheDay #Travel #TravelPhotography #Arizona #US #USA #Landscape #Railroad #LandscapePhotography #Railroads #Railway #Railways #Abstract #AbstractPhotography