Today, I looked at this picture, and my brain broke.
Obligatory.
>>101237 and this
>>101236"Flight level zero" was practiced replacing short distance flights between Düsseldorf, Stuttgart and Frankfurt.And it still is today, though they're no longer in dedicated trains, but seats rented in regular scheduled trains.
>>101236"Flight level zero" was practiced replacing short distance flights between Düsseldorf, Stuttgart and Frankfurt.
And it still is today, though they're no longer in dedicated trains, but seats rented in regular scheduled trains.
Haneda Airport - Narita Airport; Access Express service.
>>101243So you can fly these fuckers.
>>101243
So you can fly these fuckers.
>>101242I know that Air France, instead of flying between Paris and Brussels, would just book you on the Thalys.>>101244Sadly, one of those Pokemon 747s was sent to Tupelo, Mississippi; to be put to the scrapper's torch.
>>101242
I know that Air France, instead of flying between Paris and Brussels, would just book you on the Thalys.
>>101244
Sadly, one of those Pokemon 747s was sent to Tupelo, Mississippi; to be put to the scrapper's torch.
>>101257My mother flew Air France Strasbourg to Paris. She said the TGV was very comfortable.
>>101258 Those PIIGS countries love trains. >>101244 I hope they did one with Porco Rosso!
>>101258 Those PIIGS countries love trains.
>>101244 I hope they did one with Porco Rosso!
>>101242 -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DB_Class_403
>>101301Speaking of the 403s, the british company National Express, who recently won bids for two local lines in germany, apparently plans to lease (and thus finance the restoration of) a 403 unit, after they have been stored outside facing weather and vandals for 18 years.So far, only the (german) site of the restoration mentions this, (http://www.et403.com/aktuelles.html) but it would be pretty cool.
>>101301Speaking of the 403s, the british company National Express, who recently won bids for two local lines in germany, apparently plans to lease (and thus finance the restoration of) a 403 unit, after they have been stored outside facing weather and vandals for 18 years.
So far, only the (german) site of the restoration mentions this, (http://www.et403.com/aktuelles.html) but it would be pretty cool.
A physicist ponders the possibilities: http://what-if.xkcd.com/43/
More train-related ultrageekery. See pic.
Found this while reading AREMA Chapter 30 (Part 3 on timber ties).This is the first I've ever heard of this method of dating ties. Anyone ever seen this in practice?
Found this while reading AREMA Chapter 30 (Part 3 on timber ties).
This is the first I've ever heard of this method of dating ties. Anyone ever seen this in practice?
Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I want to make an HO scale model of a german town, seeing as there's much more kits commercially available than there previously was when I was in the hobby. I'm planning on ordering Faller kits from Reynaulds and using woodland scenics scenery items. Just out of wondering, does anyone here have any good German Town maps or anything? I don't want anything too big, just something that I can put on what appears to be a ping-pong table
No, but why not try Google Maps maybe in the Eifel or in Bavaria? The problem is that today's german town are not the same as German towns of the Weimar Republic or even of the Reich...
No, but why not try Google Maps maybe in the Eifel or in Bavaria?
The problem is that today's german town are not the same as German towns of the Weimar Republic or even of the Reich...
>ping pong table in H0So that's like 230 m x 130 m.You won't fit an entire town in there, aside from some small hamlet like map related (it even has a train stop).http://maps.google.de/maps?hl=en&ll=48.82058,8.445375&spn=0.002034,0.004823&t=h&z=18Or use a small part of e.g. this town, which might offer a little more interesting rail operationshttp://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search/?q=titisee
>ping pong table in H0
So that's like 230 m x 130 m.You won't fit an entire town in there, aside from some small hamlet like map related (it even has a train stop).http://maps.google.de/maps?hl=en&ll=48.82058,8.445375&spn=0.002034,0.004823&t=h&z=18
Or use a small part of e.g. this town, which might offer a little more interesting rail operationshttp://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search/?q=titisee
you should totally model the Wuppertaler Schwebebahn
>>101283>I can put on what appears to be a ping-pong tableThat implies relatively flat terrain, like Mecklenburg or Hanover.
>>101283
>I can put on what appears to be a ping-pong table
That implies relatively flat terrain, like Mecklenburg or Hanover.
>>101287Will he even be able to fit something like that on a ping pong table? That's really not a whole lot of room to work with at all. I know it's only a scale model, but it seems like even if he took the smallest town imaginable he'd need a little more room than that to work with. Unless he has one of those larger ones, but the only ones I've ever seen have been kinda small ones in a friend's basement or something.
>>101287
Will he even be able to fit something like that on a ping pong table? That's really not a whole lot of room to work with at all. I know it's only a scale model, but it seems like even if he took the smallest town imaginable he'd need a little more room than that to work with. Unless he has one of those larger ones, but the only ones I've ever seen have been kinda small ones in a friend's basement or something.
LAKE SHORE RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETYNorth East, PAFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 15, 2013North East, PA. May 15, 2013 \Norfolk Southern Railway has donated to Lake ShoreRailway Historical Society of North East, PA, an Erie-built General Electric diesel-electriclocomotive.The locomotive, a gDash 8-32Bh model is a 1989 product of Eriefs General ElectricTransportation locomotive assembly plant. It is the first gDash-8h locomotive anywhereto be preserved at a museum. The 3,200 horsepower locomotive is one of just 49 everbuilt, of which 45 were purchased by Norfolk Southern. The locomotive, NorfolkSouthern #3563, is currently in Roanoke, VA, and is being serviced and prepared for Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
LAKE SHORE RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETYNorth East, PA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 15, 2013
North East, PA. May 15, 2013 \Norfolk Southern Railway has donated to Lake ShoreRailway Historical Society of North East, PA, an Erie-built General Electric diesel-electriclocomotive.
The locomotive, a gDash 8-32Bh model is a 1989 product of Eriefs General ElectricTransportation locomotive assembly plant. It is the first gDash-8h locomotive anywhereto be preserved at a museum. The 3,200 horsepower locomotive is one of just 49 everbuilt, of which 45 were purchased by Norfolk Southern. The locomotive, NorfolkSouthern #3563, is currently in Roanoke, VA, and is being serviced and prepared for
I would like to add that two of the three "Original" D8-32Bs are still sitting at the GE plant. Both are the Ex- Burlington Northern demo units. Both have the Preproduction style cabs.
>>101227
Have fun finding parts!
Nostalgia Thread:>TRAIN EDITIONI shall start.
Nostalgia Thread:
>TRAIN EDITION
I shall start.
Funny thing though, I couldn't find the above cover. I always got this
Funny thing though, I couldn't find the above cover.
I always got this
I nostalgia hard whenever I see a picture of a Class 1100.
Do this work?
The original!
The other Lionel game
>>101264>tfw I have digital edition>tfw no physical copy
>>101264
>tfw I have digital edition>tfw no physical copy
will you opleasd photodhsop this train int mypicture?
I AM YOUR GOD NOWBut really, what was the problem with the HHP-8s? I don't recall anyone having anything nice to say about them.
I AM YOUR GOD NOW
But really, what was the problem with the HHP-8s? I don't recall anyone having anything nice to say about them.
>>101138 I luled when someone asked on Amtrak's Face book if they would see them on the Texas Eagle.
>>101154I laughed. Maybe if they reroute the Eagle to terminate in New York? Anyway, have a heroic GG1 pic.
>>101148Hideous, yes. But there are times when you gotta forget about form and be more concerned with function. Especially when you're a quasi-governmental agency that has to beg and scrape to it's masters in Washington just to keep existing. As pretty as they were, the Acela and HHP were colossal clusterfucks. It's time to stop chasing the bitchy Prom Queen, and go after the otherwise homely girl who's good in the kitchen and the sack.>>101152It's better than the "Goth Make-Up" on NJT's Genesis units.>>101154Hahaha, no.
>>101148
Hideous, yes. But there are times when you gotta forget about form and be more concerned with function. Especially when you're a quasi-governmental agency that has to beg and scrape to it's masters in Washington just to keep existing. As pretty as they were, the Acela and HHP were colossal clusterfucks. It's time to stop chasing the bitchy Prom Queen, and go after the otherwise homely girl who's good in the kitchen and the sack.
>>101152
It's better than the "Goth Make-Up" on NJT's Genesis units.
>>101154
Hahaha, no.
>>101177>Juggaloco
>>101177
>Juggaloco
I know we've gotten used to the AEM-7, but the ACS-64 doesn't look too bad. A bit bigger, a bit of a nose, a bit better paint: I think we'll get used to them in no time--IF they're reliable. I suspect those "pouty eyes" headlights will look more like a snarl when it's belting along with a half-dozen or more cars. Still, not an instant classic.Now has anyone made plans to preserve an AEM-7?
I know we've gotten used to the AEM-7, but the ACS-64 doesn't look too bad. A bit bigger, a bit of a nose, a bit better paint: I think we'll get used to them in no time--IF they're reliable. I suspect those "pouty eyes" headlights will look more like a snarl when it's belting along with a half-dozen or more cars. Still, not an instant classic.
Now has anyone made plans to preserve an AEM-7?
>>101185 There is a huge discusion on RYPN about that now.
>>101185If you want one, NJT still has their ALP-44 fleet in mothballs.
>>101185
If you want one, NJT still has their ALP-44 fleet in mothballs.
>>101183
>>101189They're not in much better condition than the AEM-7s.
http://englishrussia.com/2013/05/13/me-and-locomotives/
Me from like 2 years ago.
Those abominable Ukrainian minibuses.
hurr dee durr
>>101173'sup Kim Jong-Un?
>>101173Hello sexy.
>>101191
>>101196
Well I took the train today to go see Shen Yun in downtown Chicago... and well, what do you know....IT'S NATIONAL TRAIN DAY!!!So here are the pictures.
Well I took the train today to go see Shen Yun in downtown Chicago... and well, what do you know...
.
IT'S NATIONAL TRAIN DAY!!!
So here are the pictures.
Sorry, but I need to be going... see ya real soon!
>>101107I bought one of these recently. Just need to get the 4 pack 'B' set of add on cars to make my texas eagle consist.
>>101107
I bought one of these recently. Just need to get the 4 pack 'B' set of add on cars to make my texas eagle consist.
>>101136>>101137
>>101110The Japanese even make American trains awesome!>>101114Did they let you pet the doggie? I would have! And told the doggie it's a really good doggie; yes it is!>If you see something that doesn't look right, tell an Amtrak Police officer or an adultI thought the unwritten law in Chi-raq was "Snitches Get Stitches"?>>101115Wut about Thaddy? Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>101110
The Japanese even make American trains awesome!
>>101114
Did they let you pet the doggie? I would have! And told the doggie it's a really good doggie; yes it is!
>If you see something that doesn't look right, tell an Amtrak Police officer or an adult
I thought the unwritten law in Chi-raq was "Snitches Get Stitches"?
>>101115
Wut about Thaddy?
>>101175Z scale is your friend for long trains?http://www.zscalemonster.com/azl/pass/pass.htm
>>101175
Z scale is your friend for long trains?
http://www.zscalemonster.com/azl/pass/pass.htm
>>101184I find the lack of non-corridor Superliners and locomotives disturbing.
>>101184
I find the lack of non-corridor Superliners and locomotives disturbing.
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