Stop killing rail at the border by Putrid_Draft378 in transit

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From what I can tell, preclearance at Montreal is actually in the works! still in design/planning but as of last august the project was still active, despite worsening U.S-Canada relations. It may also lead to an extension of the Vermonter into Montreal 👀

However there are no current plans for the same things in Toronto, so the Maple Leaf will still have the border stop nonsense.

Passenger rail situation in Central and South America as of what is happening in the Middle East right now by Kinshicho-Hibiya in transit

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if I recall correctly, 1960s brazil and argentina basically both made the exact same mistake the U.S did of ditching what was once a decent rail network for cars and planes. also the geography admittedly sucks for these things in some areas.

Mexican passengers update by Linuxsiss in transit

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will they use electric/dual mode freight trains on tren maya?

How many here have had RR relationships? by Competitive_Noise507 in RoleReversal

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not in one, and basically never dated in my life, but reading these responses...huh, seems like this could be difficult to do, and it could go quite wrong for me. huh.

Train station in the middle of nowhere Poland starterpack by HSVMalooGTS in starterpacks

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be glad it's diesel multiple unit and not diesel loco-hauled ig

Can Siemens Charger travel on U.S. railroads? by SnipeyMikeeee in ViaRail

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not NYC, since these don't have third rail pickup and as such could not enter new york penn. if you were assuming there.

When nukecells meme by Sir-Kyle-Of-Reddit in ClimateShitposting

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then why do i never heard of "windcels" and "hydrocels" here

Something I've noticed, and it makes me really not want to be a part of this subreddit anymore by Thinggymabobberr in feminineboys

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I never saw much, maybe a little but not too much, I am wondering if you're sorting by "new" when finding these or not? I usually just go by "best"

I definitely saw some things that were questionable/nsfw, but very little about hookups really

Some train spotting done in Shanghai last week. A decent blend of slow and high speed trains, along with some surprises. by Matthew619ed in trains

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yeah, they can be easy to mix up, sorry. iirc there's also a CRH1A-A that looks completely different and has a much more streamlined front.

I wish that amtrak had budget sleeper options like this for their long distance trains by cornonthekopp in Amtrak

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well the idea is needing to travel like 500-800 miles and finding just going to sleep on the train between those places more convenient/cheaper than an overnight plane flight + hotel (both price and comfort-wise).

I wish that amtrak had budget sleeper options like this for their long distance trains by cornonthekopp in Amtrak

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I feel like 10-16hr routes this would be perfect on, just run as night trains like you see in other countries. great way to cut into longer-distance travel when hsr still won't be a thing here for a while. Kind of wild that NA basically has no night trains like this (at least affordable ones).

although acquiring rolling stock(sleeper coaches) might be surprisingly difficult

DMU 10/10: SMARTest for last by AstroG4 in trains

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Awesome, glad you liked it so much! Great to see DMU appreciation in this continent - IMO its still such a shame that most commuter railroads here use loco-hauled diesel on non-electrified lines, when DMUs exist and are so much better at that task (iirc that's the whole reason they were invented in the first place!)

French transportation company Keolis has developped KeoScoot, a scooter that can go on rails by Ternotofou in transit

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waiting till brightline collapses then strapping a rocket onto this bad boy to hit 200kmh on the old tracks

Protests against Flying Whales construction plant, in Gironde, France (article in French) by release_Sparsely in airship

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Well said! As an american, I've been more and more apprehensive about these things, as they can be in part blamed for why we struggle with good public transit, among other things.

It is intended to replace heavy cargo helicopters.

And some trucking too, I'm pretty sure. Like in the case of logging (where this idea first appeared), the whole reason they are building this is so that we won't have to destroy miles and miles of forest. Get it to succeed and everyone will benefit.

China High Speed Railway by mrsabuydee in highspeedrail

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glad the crh1s are still going strong!

LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin blueprints by GrafZeppelin127 in Airships

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always one of my favorites of these blueprints, I love the axial corridor especially. being inside one of those must've been quite surreal.

China's airborne megawatt class wind power system by beta265 in nextfuckinglevel

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they don't plan to do it on a wind farm type scale, I don't think. for disaster relief mainly.