r/trains Jul 27 '22

Observations/Heads up Deutsche Bahn’s 13-car ICE 4 compared to other forms of transport

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2.0k Upvotes

*Medium-haul plane, *long-haul bus, and *cars containing 4 people each

r/trains Mar 16 '22

Observations/Heads up Railway Map of Antarctica

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4.0k Upvotes

r/trains Nov 04 '23

Observations/Heads up California can require railroads to eliminate pollution, U.S. EPA decides

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570 Upvotes

r/trains Aug 31 '23

Observations/Heads up I've been reading both airline and railway reviews online, to understand the equipment in preparation for some travels next year, and I've noticed a distinct contrast in tone between the two kinds of blog sites.

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1.7k Upvotes

r/trains Apr 03 '24

Observations/Heads up Interesting fact: when trains shake as they travel, this is what's going on with their wheels. It's a phenomenon called hunting oscillation.

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622 Upvotes

r/trains Feb 27 '24

Observations/Heads up I have found a battery electric locomotive I don't hate.

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850 Upvotes

r/trains Jul 30 '24

Observations/Heads up An engine on a train died, so they dropped it right next to my office!

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391 Upvotes

As a railfan I went crazy. They are going to pick it up today.

r/trains 17d ago

Observations/Heads up Isn't this a National Rail sign, what is it doing in Ireland?

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293 Upvotes

Spotted this in Balbriggan, Dublin

r/trains Oct 28 '24

Observations/Heads up Random fun fact, Amtrak X996 (SNCF CC21003/CC6577) was equipped with what looks like a Nathan P01235

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303 Upvotes

Look closely at the horn. See how one of the bells is quite long, yeah a normal P5 doesn't have that as far as I know.

Rip Amtrak X996/SNCF CC 21003/CC 6577. Scrapped 19 years ago

r/trains 22h ago

Observations/Heads up i just realized that Network Rail kinda ripped off the Amtrak logo

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182 Upvotes

r/trains Apr 11 '24

Observations/Heads up The to-scale, steampunk, functioning locomotive made for Wicked (2024), filmed in Buckinghamshire, England.

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720 Upvotes

r/trains Jan 20 '24

Observations/Heads up The Q1 class looks like it has nipples

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511 Upvotes

r/trains Oct 03 '24

Observations/Heads up So created a app to track trains

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284 Upvotes

So I've created an APP to track trains. What started as a small project for SEPTA only has evolved to support for other agencies such as WMATA, Metra, LIRR, Metro North, MBTA, NJT, Amtrak and several more. will add more agencies and features as time would allow.

https://trackyourtransit.com/Railview/

r/trains May 14 '24

Observations/Heads up Behold Wisdom!

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522 Upvotes

r/trains Nov 08 '24

Observations/Heads up Why does North America have so many level crossings?

62 Upvotes

While living in the UK for the past year, one unexpected aspect I noticed about the railway infrastructure is how few level crossings there are. Even rural lines with little traffic often have overpasses for even the smallest roads (example: https://maps.app.goo.gl/xn5jfpYdnayXGV3b6, only ~20 trains per day). Growing up in China and later moving to Canada, this was quite a surprise. I get how China, with its relatively underdeveloped infrastructure, could be like this. However, even major commuter and intercity lines in North America, including the northeast corridor, are dotted with level crossings; and of course the whole Brightline thing.

r/trains Dec 13 '24

Observations/Heads up With 2025 roughly 2 months away, it's going to be a big year for railway history as there are going to be so many anniversaries related to trains. 2025 will mark:

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87 Upvotes

r/trains Sep 28 '22

Observations/Heads up What happens when weed spray has to be environmentally friendly, and GMO seeds are resistant to herbicides.

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524 Upvotes

r/trains May 19 '23

Observations/Heads up Locomotive chain-tied with the Tracks

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335 Upvotes

The train with its locomotive was resting at it's source station.

The locomotive was tied with the tracks as an extra safety to prevent rollbacks.

Have you all seen such incidents?

r/trains Aug 14 '24

Observations/Heads up Something isn’t quite right…

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246 Upvotes

r/trains 14d ago

Observations/Heads up With today being the second to last day of December, here are some upcoming anniversaries in January that are vital to our railway history:

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119 Upvotes

r/trains Dec 04 '23

Observations/Heads up This is so sad

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374 Upvotes

r/trains Aug 22 '22

Observations/Heads up I’m one of the youngest Engineers/Conductors in Canada! Ask me anything :)

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266 Upvotes

r/trains Jun 06 '23

Observations/Heads up Hey guys, I just noticed something

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159 Upvotes

r/trains Sep 08 '21

Observations/Heads up Reminder to be safe around grade crossings

448 Upvotes

r/trains Sep 02 '22

Observations/Heads up Amtrak telling it how it is

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735 Upvotes