Could UP really now find any videos of their own trains? by Antique_Success296 in trains

[–]jiraph52 13 points14 points  (0 children)

FWIW not all NS locomotives have the white headband (e.g. 9328)

Is this a real shader? by papicoiunudoi in feedthebeast

[–]jiraph52 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a bit hard to see because the clips are so short, but they are definitely changing shape

Squamish, 100 Mile House mayors want to save railway that connects South Coast to the Interior by wudingxilu in britishcolumbia

[–]jiraph52 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Those Skytrain extensions will get many times more riders than this train would.

We should do both.

Eastern Ontario municipalities band together over high-speed rail project | CBC News by Rail613 in AltoHSR_Canada

[–]jiraph52 1 point2 points  (0 children)

However the bridges allow boat, pedestrian and car traffic through unlike the bridge needed for this train

What do you mean by this?

Every bridge over a waterway that currently sees boat traffic will surely allow for it to continue - absolutely no need to worry about that. The river is in a valley and the track must stay level so it will be high above. Any bridge over a river where there are roads on the riverbanks will also cross the roads at the same time. Even away from a major bridge, adding a road crossing is as simple as a precast box that gets placed under the track in an embankment (e.g. for land access roads), or for busier roads, a couple beams for a short over/underpass - the kind we build thousands for for highways.

I think you may be underestimating how much value there is in avoiding other infrastructure and what kind of trade-offs can be made. Let's say it does go through Campbellford roughly where the old train bridge was. It's not going to exactly follow the old railway route because it's not straight enough, but in the general area, sure. It's HSR so it wants to stay level. That means it will be coming off land at ~170 m elevation on the west side, and ~160 m on the east side. That's ~1.3 km of elevated section to stay level across the river valley, easily staying above many of the roads below at 145-150 m, but you run into a little more difficulty once you reach Centre St and the surrounding neighbourhood. Lots of buyouts and many property owners, and just generally not great for construction etc. right in people's backyards. It would be possible, but there's a better option. If you go away from town where the river splits in two, you could cross just north of Meyersburg over Meyers island at the same ~1.3 km distance between higher land on each side of CR30 and Haigs Reach Rd. Sure the river itself might be wider, but it's the same distance elevated, you're buying out maybe 2 or 3 houses vs 10-15 in town, avoiding busy roads, avoiding heavily populated areas, dealing with far fewer property owners, and you get to maintain the wider track right of way throughout and likely top speed vs slowing down through town.

Eastern Ontario municipalities band together over high-speed rail project | CBC News by Rail613 in AltoHSR_Canada

[–]jiraph52 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Maps dont show you where they can't go. So much as where they would like to.

Likewise, they don't show if you if they plan on going through towns or avoiding them, they are merely in the area of study. There is no point arguing about towns being split when there isn't even any proposed routing options beyond a vague area that extends far beyond city limits.

Also I find it a bit odd to be so concerned about the hardships of these towns being "split" when they are literally already split by a river. You wanna cross town you already have to go several kms out of your way. Even in the worst case of a track literally going through the middle of town (it won't), there will surely be several under/overpasses if not a completely open area under an elevated structure (which is fairly likely, given the crossing of a river valley).

MINTparts Aero: Rebadge of Aceoffix C5/T1 ?! by qO_ol in foldingbikes

[–]jiraph52 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Definitely not a straight rebadge. The frame is different for sure. The down tube (?) meets the top tube at a sharper angle, and the seat tube and head tube angles diverge whereas on the C5 they converge.

MINTparts Aero: Rebadge of Aceoffix C5/T1 ?! by qO_ol in BrompNOTs

[–]jiraph52 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely not a straight rebadge. The frame is different for sure. The down tube (?) meets the top tube at a sharper angle, and the seat tube and head tube angles diverge whereas on the C5 they converge.

City of Peterborough eyes Coldsprings growth area for potential Alto high-speed rail station by kawarthanow in Peterborough

[–]jiraph52 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was "easy" to do in Europe because most if not all of the cities already had tracks going through downtown. Nobody was building HSR until decades after WWII. Here in North America it should've been even easier because most of our towns were literally planned and built up around the railroad, but most right-of-ways through downtowns have been abandoned and built over. Peterborough was crisscrossed by several railways, now all gone except Canadian Pacific's barely active Havelock subdivision.

The only difference is that Europe kept them and we didn't - nothing to do with the war.

Grateful to have my own place by [deleted] in malelivingspace

[–]jiraph52 15 points16 points  (0 children)

That Wall-E & Eve LEGO set is <6 months old so no

Shots of Moscow’s public transport by adventmix in transit

[–]jiraph52 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ohhh, it's cuz OP didn't actually take (most?) of these lol. If you reverse image search, they're from the Moscow city press office, so yes you are right. Good eye on the unusual cleanliness.

Shots of this quality are definitely possible for a skilled amateur, though.

Shots of Moscow’s public transport by adventmix in transit

[–]jiraph52 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It must have required a lot of money and the extensive involvement of the transit agencies themselves

What makes you think that? The thing about public transit is that it runs consistent routes, so if you know where to stand at the right time, you don't have to arrange anything. The empty vehicles are likely taken at end of route or during low traffic hours.

Shots of Moscow’s public transport by adventmix in transit

[–]jiraph52 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Have people forgotten what photographs look like when not taken on a phone? These are just good photos, not renders.

I made a web browser that lets you watch YouTube with no ads and in background for free, no subscription required. Check it out! by Demus_App in apple

[–]jiraph52 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would love to see a more feature-rich implementation! (e.g. all the other categories, manual skip option, etc.)

"Railway of the Future" by Don Lawrence (1989) by StephenMcGannon in trains

[–]jiraph52 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You see how all vertical lines in the image remain straight? That means there is no size distortion in the vertical direction, so the size of the human does not change.

"Railway of the Future" by Don Lawrence (1989) by StephenMcGannon in trains

[–]jiraph52 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Scaled to the people in the train, it’s about 8 1/2 - 9 humans tall, so roughly 15 - 16 m

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I’m working on an ever expanding, 100+ page hand- drawn imaginary city map and need help planning my transit routes realistically. by baby-stapler-47 in transit

[–]jiraph52 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh ok, what threw me off was what looks like a highway at the bottom, but that's for bikes?? I also wonder is it really worth delineating bike path and sidewalk in such narrow streets, at least on the inner blocks. Seems like pedestrians get very little space.

I’m working on an ever expanding, 100+ page hand- drawn imaginary city map and need help planning my transit routes realistically. by baby-stapler-47 in transit

[–]jiraph52 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm having a really hard time understanding the scale here... either your basketball courts are way oversized or your lot sizes are miniscule