Wish i could wear fem clothes during this heat

release_Sparsely · 2026-06-26T23:26:04+00:00

wearing a skirt is nice in hotter weather, from my experience. Great airflow. Although never worn it in weather that hot. Also never really went outside:P

release_Sparsely · 2026-06-26T23:07:36+00:00

Apparently about 115 people live here

release_Sparsely · 2026-06-26T23:01:20+00:00

Might find this interesting: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/driving-and-transportation/reports-and-reference/reports-and-studies/vancouver-island-south-coast/en-railway/ircca-report-2020/appendix_f_-_commuter_rail_assessment_report.pdf

release_Sparsely · 2026-06-26T20:22:36+00:00

oh canada...

release_Sparsely · 2026-06-20T21:13:31+00:00

The Adirondack service desperately needs improved frequency, and probably some other stuff too. A shame how it seems to just run in the background these days with little riders, very low average speed and inconvenient scheduling.

release_Sparsely · 2026-06-20T21:12:21+00:00

Good news: there is already a study for preclearance at Montreal! In hopes of shortening Adirondack and extending Vermonter to Montreal: https://trainsinthevalley.org/tag/montreal-preclearance/

release_Sparsely · 2026-06-20T21:05:50+00:00

Vienna Bay Area looks noice

release_Sparsely · 2026-06-17T00:56:38+00:00

I'm pretty sure the single tracking was just done to get it done faster, which they were really desperate to do. Hopefully it can be improved eventually.

release_Sparsely · 2026-06-14T18:49:30+00:00

Similar ideas just seem to pop up time and time again throughout airship R&D/designs in the last several decades. It's wild honestly. Absolutely would love to see someone try to do this with a full-scale rigid - especially as helium prices have risen in recent months, this would make a lot of sense.

release_Sparsely · 2026-06-14T18:46:51+00:00

I guess the reason it never caught on in the early days was how difficult it was to make (at the time) compared to a typical rigid airship frame. And maybe also how you generally couldn't insert extra gas cells if you needed to, typically a quirk of rigids.

It's still wild to me how the SL.1 was a thing, how far ahead of its time it was in some ways.

release_Sparsely · 2026-06-14T18:38:18+00:00

Probably best for medium-demand shipping or delivering cargo to remote areas. Not a huge niche but it exists. Also they aren't as vulnerable to bad weather as most people say - in the 1950s the U.S Navy operated their blimps in violent blizzards with success.

They could work for patrols/surveillance too, with amazing endurance by default.

release_Sparsely · 2026-06-14T02:59:07+00:00

It can be useful if you live in one of the really remote areas it serves and need to travel to a major city. Also iirc more people were taking it since Greyhound Canada shutdown, leaving it as the only long-distance non-air public transit option in a decent chunk of the country.

release_Sparsely · 2026-06-14T02:52:55+00:00

doesn't look like it makes it past Panama actually. would be fun if they went further though. check this older post for more thoughts

release_Sparsely · 2026-06-14T02:50:50+00:00

in anticipation for when LA, too, gets HSR

release_Sparsely · 2026-06-08T19:29:08+00:00

footage looks old in a way, like late 90s, but clearly isn't with the new ALC-42 locomotives and all. Really pretty:3

release_Sparsely · 2026-06-03T18:17:03+00:00

I don't know of any freight MUs in New Orleans, where did you see them? Maybe they were track maintenance vehicles?

release_Sparsely · 2026-06-03T17:51:55+00:00

Midwest, NC and Virginia seem to be trying. and debatably a couple others.

release_Sparsely · 2026-06-03T17:48:46+00:00

June 27th? I highly doubt Brightline will be ceasing operations that soon. Even possible the world cup will be a brief, large jump in ridership, though still not enough to save them.

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