#railway yard

[streetmatt]

On track.

By Matti Merilaid.

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"TRAIN WRECKER GETS TWO YEARS," Sault Star. May 6, 1912. Page 1. --- Found guilty of attempting to derail an A. C. R. train at Hobon last week, Mike Dunbovitch was this morning sentenced by Magistrate Mackey to spend two years in Kingston Penitentiary.

Dunbovitch was previously in the employ of the O'Boyle Construction Co., but had been discharged. He tried to derail the train by plugging a switch. He was arrested by Provincial Constable Connor.

[AL: Dunbovitch or Dunbodie was an 'Austrian' immigrant to Canada, 20 years old and unemployed; this was his first offence. He was actually convicted of breaking locks and stealing a railway handcar. He was convict #F-389 at Kingston Penitentiary and worked in the quarry and trucking gang. He was a very poorly behaved according to prison rules - he was 'admonished' (reported and lectured) five times between June and October. He was reported again in November and December and lost his 'good time.' He was put in solitary for 12 days in February 1913, and again in March and April. Finally, he was transferred in mid-April 1913 to the high security permanent segregation unit - the Prison of Isolation. A few days later he was given 7 days bread and water in his cell. He was kept in Isolation for the rest of the year, and released at the almost full extent of his sentence in April 1914.]

[gyandutt]

रेल के यार्डों में घूमते हुये

रेल के यार्डों में घूमते हुये

सन 1984-85 में मैंने अपनी रेल यातायात सेवा की प्रोबेशनरी ट्रेनिंग की थी। उस दौरान मुझे अनुभव लेने के लिये यार्डों में भेजा गया। माल यातायात के लिये उस समय शंटिंग यार्ड बहुत महत्वपूर्ण हुआ करते थे। रेलवे तब रेक लदान की ओर मुड़ चुकी थी और अस्सी प्रतिशत लदान पूरी रेक का होने लगा था, पर तब भी कई मालगोदाम और औद्योगिक इकाइयां इतनी बड़ी नहीं थीं कि तीस-चालीस आठ पहिया वैगनों का एक मुश्त लदान कर सकें। फुटकर…

[meanscarletdeceiver]

Edward scolded the twins severely, but told Gordon it served him right. Gordon was furious.

I don't think we, as a fandom, have grappled enough with the fact that these are the first two sentences of "Edward's Exploit" (RWS).

[retropopcult]

"Conductor handing engineer copy of train orders before a Chicago and North Western freight pulls out for Clinton, Iowa. Since the track between those points is under automatic train control, the engineer hands the conductor the key to the automatic train control lock of the engine. The conductor will keep the key in the caboose until the train arrives at its destination." Photographed January 1943 in Chicago by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information.

[greyhound-with-a-mega-wizard-hat]

Shout out to the new Doctor Who episode for showing one of the most horrific parts of the UK: the Great Western Railway

[jobey-wan-kenobi]

devious diesel strikes again

[elsbridgestation3d]

TVS Elsbirdge Station Release

We've got another route for release, it is a TVS Elsbridge Station. Locations include Elsbridge Station and Yard, as well as Elsbridge Viaduct, Countryside, and Elsbridge Town. This route was created in Trainz Railroad Simular 2019 by @jonberry555 (Trainz user name: TheRailwayConductor1)

You Can Download the Route Here: https://elsbridgestation.wixsite.com/es3d/ts2019

[aneverydaything]

Day 1910, 15 September2023

[streetmatt]

The tracks of my tears.

By Matti Merilaid.

[disneytva]

In honor of #DisabilityPrideMonth Erin Quintanilla explains how Walt Disney Imagineering brought access to disabled guest to Mickey's Toontown and how they bring inclusive storytelling trought Disneyland and Walt Disney World.

An how inclusive storytelling for disabled people is at Disney Television Animation for Disney Junior shows.

[currentlyonstandbi]

there’s so many writing choices in this film that i could gripe about but i can’t deny the way the end scenes have me chewing dry wall. we’ve just spent the entire film seeing alex paint himself as the victim in all of this, a hapless bystander swept into the insanity of nigel’s world and having to pay the price for it. there’s little hints here and there that maybe there’s more to the story - e.g. nigel’s comment about alex and susan (to which alex offers immediate refutation) - but there’s never any real and clear indication. until the end. until we get that 9 month time skip and we see sally pulling up to the cemetery. until we learn that susan’s grave has been dug up and the skull stolen. and then the train scene my god, the reality sets in that alex has been playing them this entire time, that he’s become the very thing nigel always wanted him to be. the ending to this film is both the end of alex’s story and the beginning of jack’s.

[zwsichenraum]

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"HEAVY SENTENCES FOR STRONG ARM MEN," Cobalt Daily Nugget. October 22, 1912. Page 6. --- NORTH BAY, Oct. 21 - Two ex-convicts named John Hergin and H. Blanchard, were sentenced to five years in Kingston Penitentiary by Magistrate Brodie, at Sudbury, for highway robbery, the victim being an elderly Swede who was decoyed to a lonely place in the C.P.R. yards at Sudbury where he was beaten and robbed of eighty-one dollars. Both had just finished prison terms within the week. [Both men had been released from local jails. Bergin was 30, a fireman (i.e. shoveled coal into a boiler), and an Irish immigrant with many tattoos - a heart cross anchor motif, a dove, a horsehead on his left forearm, a crucifix on his right, and a shamrock, closed hands, heart, and on his outside right arm. He had a U.S. flag on his hand. He was convict #F-487 at Kingston Penitentiary and mostly worked at the stone pile and excavation at the prison until promoted to the engineers. He was reported once, in May 1914, and given three days off his good time. He was released in early 1917. Blanchard was 38, from Quebec, a 'labourer,' and likewise had tattoos - clasped hands on his forearm. He was convict #F-488 at the penitentiary, and worked in the quarry. He was never reported, and released in late 1916.]

[namu-the-orca]

Part 1: A night in the life of a train driver As some of you may know, I've been working as a train driver for several months now. It’s a job I enjoy immensely - I get to coast a 5-million euro machine through gorgeous countryside and even get paid to do it. I've been taking pictures along the way; not just of the views but the trains too because - like a proud parent - I think they’re stinkin’ cute. I’ve been wanting to share a couple of pics, just to give a little peek into my job :) So to start with, here’s some of my favourite “after hours” photos. Because while I prefer driving during the day, nothing can beat the atmosphere of a railway yard at night with sounds of clanking wheels and lights that shine like stars. 

Click on the photos for their titles and short descriptions! And let me know if you enjoy seeing things like this, and if the format works. At first I wanted to add the photo descriptions to the text but I fear the posts would become too long.

[iso3200net]

Shunting yard (digging through the archive)

Digging through the archive, here's a shunting yard, marshalling yard, or classification yard, on the southern outskirts of the city. Although it wasn't that late, dusk was already slowly setting in. January 2020, pre-pandemic era.

I like how the telephoto lens compressed the perspective, and made all those widely spaced poles look like they're right next to one another. A lot of horizontal and vertical lines, an ordered clutter.

Taken with Panasonic GX7 digital mirrorless camera, and adapter Sigma 135–‍400mm F4.5–‍5.6 APO DG ultra-telephoto lens, via off-brand FourThirds-microFourThirds adapter.