#Rail tunnel

[rockyp77mk3]

Abandoned B&O Parkersburg Branch tunnel. WVA.

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[vox-anglosphere]

To think 1700 men had steady work at the height of the Depression

Queensway Tunnel lies underneath the River Mersey in Liverpool and was designed by engineer Sir Basil Mott.

It opened to the public on 18 July 1934 by King George V to an audience of around 200,000 people.

It was a masterpiece of engineering and craftsmanship, taking around 1,700 workers to construct the tunnel that connects Birkenhead to Liverpool City Centre.

[itsredpaint]

good luck on your jing yuan pulls!

[merakiui]

what if,,,,,,, i wrote the scrapped scenes for tmdg……………

[stormyoceans]

the sheer insane incomprehensible levels of psychological damage im experiencing just looking at these pictures. where is my independent spirit award for best actress for only acting slightly hysterical in public after seeing these

[yorksnapshots]

All Chocolate.

[silly-lili-things]

here's wip 1, guess who it is

[dirt-grub]

Smiling friends hc basically canon tho that pim is one of those people who had a lot of really bad shit happen to him but tries his hardest to keep everyone around him happy almost to his detriment. I mean in the first episode u saw his family lol

YESSSSS YESSS and thats why im so obsessed with him i can't think of another character that's like that off the top of my head and its so fucking relatable TWT like the message a lot of people got from the first episode is that pim is naive and i dont think thats the case at all, i think he just realized over time how to keep himself stable as long as he doesnt dwell on shit until he spirals and he started spiraling, i dont believe for a second hes never once thought the same shit desmond was talking about

[network-rail]

The Transatlantic Railway, part 5

Now that we have our trains, a logo, and a route, we just need to figure out what sort of bridge we'll be using. Or if maybe we want a tunnel instead.

Each of these options has various benefits and drawbacks, which we have detailed below:

Truss bridge:

Pros: looks nicer than a basic girder bridge/viaduct, strong and stable, no wind problems

Cons: will need a LOT of pillars

Suspension bridge:

Pros: Very good type of bridge, will have fewer pillars (since they can be further apart), will look really cool, boats can pass underneath

Cons: rather expensive, will be quite wobbly in the strong Atlantic winds, will still need a whole lot of pillars

Pontoon bridge:

Pros: very cheap and easy to build, no pillars at all!

Cons: will be extremely wobbly and may induce seasickness, will also have to worry about trains being washed over the side (a problem since after a recent consultation we've concluded that trains sink in water), will have to prevent the bridge from drifting away and breaking, boats can't pass through it, basically all elements of this plan

Girder/beam/trestle/viaduct:

Pros: simple and easy

Cons: LOTS AND LOTS OF PILLARS, boats may not fit underneath it (drawbridges maybe?)

Tunnel:

Pros: no weather hazards, no several kilometer tall pillars!

Cons: can't put expansion joints (for continental drift) in a tunnel, spending 16 hours in a tunnel is very boring, if something breaks there will be lots of problems, how do you get air in it, how are we meant to build this, this seems even harder than the bridge option, there are all sorts of horrors at the sea floor so let's just stay at the surface

Arch bridge:

Pros: no pillars (well maybe two if you want to be technical/annoying), will look really cool

Cons: the curvature of the Earth may get in the way and we may end up in space (but hey you could take the train to space! if it went like 11km/s), also where are we meant to get the materials, and things don't stay up if they're that big

Causeway:

Pros: exactly one pillar, simple, not affected by the environment

Cons: it's a really wide pillar, where do we get the concrete (or whatever else we're using), may affect the environment by blocking ocean currents, also will block shipping (they can just drop stuff off and let a train take it though, or maybe we can cut a few holes in the causeway for boats to go through)

Cantilever bridge:

Pros: will look incredible

Cons: SO MANY PILLARS WHYYYYYY

[sfmuniphotos]

Forest Hill Station, San Francisco

[bonguri]

20240719 Iida line 5 by Bong Grit Via Flickr: トンネルの出口って希望に溢れてて好き。 Photo taken at Iida line, Yasuoka village, Shimoina district, Nagano pref.

[eltristanexplicitcontent]

Had to do with this, of course:

That was at less than 125mph.

...and this, ladies and gentlemen, is why the California HSR is over budget doing massive grade separation. Because Brightline trains have *killed* more than 100 people since going into service (who knows how many injured?). Don't get me wrong: I think Brightline is great! But at what point does it become sensible to spend a little extra to make things safer? California HSR is being built to achieve 220mph, a whole 100 mph faster than Brightline, and even the Phase I will be 2½ times longer than Brightline but target a schedule of arriving 1 hour quicker LA to SF than Brightline's Palm Beach to Orlando...

[grusik]

The Tunnel by navejo

[tomorrowusa]

Ukraine bombed two parts of the Russian railroad system. The really cool part is that the bombings were almost 5,000 km away from Ukraine. Much of Alaska is closer to the targets than Ukraine is.

Ukraine’s Security Service is responsible for explosions on two trains traveling along a strategic rail route in eastern Russia this week, a Ukrainian defense source claimed Friday. The first explosion occurred Wednesday along the Baikal-Amur railway as the train passed through the Bessolov Severomuyskiy tunnel in Buryatia, in the eastern Siberia region of Russia that borders Mongolia, the source told CNN. With train traffic rerouted around the tunnel, the Ukrainian Security Service on Thursday targeted the second train as it passed over the nearby Devil’s Bridge, according to the source.

This coordinated attack was apparently carried out by individuals working WAY deep inside Russia. This was not a drone attack.

“The Russians have fallen into the SBU’s trap twice,” the source said, using an acronym for the Ukrainian Security Service. The twin bombings were a “special operation to disable this important railroad,” the source added. “The first freight train exploded directly in the Severomuyskiy tunnel. To maintain the traffic, the Russians began using a detour route through the Devil’s Bridge. This is exactly what the SBU was counting on: as the train was passing over this high 35-meter bridge, the implanted explosive devices detonated,” the source said.

Both sides are being rather cagey about the attack for different reasons.

Ukraine has not officially taken responsibility for the attack and the Ukrainian Security Service has not offered an official comment. CNN cannot independently confirm the explosions. Russia referred to the Wednesday incident as a “cargo train fire.” It did not call it an attack or blame Ukraine. It has not commented on the second incident. Russian Telegram channels reported news of two train fires in the area. Videos circulated by some Russian telegram channels show wagons on fire along a rail track, although it is not immediately clear which incident the videos are from. The Ukrainian source said the Russians use the railroad for “military logistics” and characterized the route as “the only major railroad connection between Russia and China.” The targeted trains were carrying fuel, the source said.

Ukraine may not wish to endanger people engaged in major operations deep inside Russia. While they could be actual SBU agents, it seems more likely that they're Russians who are anti-Putin or possibly even local contractors doing this for monetary rewards.

Russia may not wish to admit that Ukraine is capable of striking sensitive infrastructure in Siberia which connects it to North Korea and China. The Kremlin is desperately trying to project normalcy to Russia's population; if major trade and commerce routes can be seriously disrupted for a few days then that undercuts Putin's narrative.

Here's some footage from a Ukrainian news source which it obtained from the Russian Telegram channels BAZA and Mash.

We can see that this was a significant operation, not just somebody tossing a Molotov cocktail at a train or two.

This gives Putin and his fellow war criminals something new to worry about.

[the--firevenus]

Went back to rewatch begining of beloborg arc playthrough on YouTube and I-

Oh I'm reminded again why I love this dude so much... LOOK AT HIM!!!! HE'S SO OUEYSIGEIED 🥺🥺🥺

The urge to give him forehead kisses or pinch his cheek get stronger everyday I'm playing this game..