#trainblr

[grainelevator]

Steam 2-8-2 SY #1676 in Baotou, China, 2008 by Ben Kletzer

The spectacular slag dump at Baotou steelworks as seen with SY #1676. At one time, Baotou had dozens of steam locomotives in daily service, but by this point in 2008 only seven SY 2-8-2's remained. Already most of these steam locomotives were idle every day, while a massive fleet of new diesels served the steelworks. The once bustling steam shop was already barren of equipment and awaiting demolition. But all of this could be forgotten while watching a SY struggle with 1200 tons of molten steel on the slag tip. Within a six months, the steel mill would be fully dieselized and SY 1676 would be nothing more than razor blades.

[railway-roundhouse]

Some diesels are super nose, like borzois. U50s are literally just the pugs of the locomotive world. They were probably scrapped bc of breathing issues. This is just a persian cat. FLAT.

[onio-da-possum]

Made the funny metro from stray. Autism fusion i guess yippe

[eldritch-posts]

trains are so fun! you see so much scenery, can listen to music, and feel all the train movements. wish i was on a train rn. They're like funfair rides to me.

[daily-public-domain]

Day 120: Life in a Northern Town

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–This image is part of the public domain, meaning you can do anything you want with it ! (you could even sell it as a shirt, poster or whatever)–

[karu-selli]

Lempäälän wanha asema 14.5.2024, oma kuva

Asemarakennus rakennettiin v. 1876 ja seisoo edelleen paikallaan. Rakennusta on sittemmin laajennettu, mutta laajennusosatkin ovat jo yli satavuotiaita. Wanha asema ei toimi enää asemarakennuksena.

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Old Lempäälä station, May 14th 2024, my photo.

The station building has stood here since 1876. It has been expanded later, but even the expansions are over a hundred years old. It's no longer in use as a station.

[transit-fag]

Any other trainblogs you'd recommend?

Definitely recommend @norfolk-bastard and @penn-central-official. There is a @mta-official and a @tfl-official but they are pretty inactive. I haven't interacted much with either @advanced-passenger-train or @greatwesternway but they seem cool. I am not actually that active on trainblr. More just do my own stuff.

[national-rail]

class 142

leyland dared ask the question "what is a train if not a bus on a freight wagon" and we all learned they are so much more

[carrickbender]

An engine that was previously lost, and an earworm that is currently devouring my brain that was happily found this morning...

[electricfied-wolf]

Probably gonna make this blog ANYWAY but-

It'd be along the lines of what @/bovineblogger has going on! I've really been wanting to further my knowledge of railroads and I think making this blog would be a great way to do so. And it'd be made with another email of mine so that it'd be a main blog!

(also! any url ideas would be greatly appreciated! My brain has run dry lmao)

[eltristan]

SUPERBOWL

Let's thank the NFL for the annual excuse to party and celebrate the Southern Pacific's superb Owl passenger train which may not have gone to Las Vegas, but it did unite California from San Francisco to Los Angeles!

The Owl was known on the numberboards as #57 and #58 having been upgraded after WWII from the "Owl Limited" which was listed as train #25 and #26 but all of SP's Owls were superb @espee-southernpacifc

... the prewar superb Owl Limited often was rocking a cab-forward fullback fresh from spring training @aryburn-trains

Sometimes SP's Owl ran in 2 sections...

Anyway, I didn't really do any research or have anything to say -- just want to celebrate this superb Owl (lviii or not) on February 11th this year -- scheduled post!

[kakushino]

Can't believe I'm saying it but Deutschbahn is worse than České dráhy...

[railway-roundhouse]

Working on an info post about a german steam locomotive at the suggestion of a friend of mine and well today was the day that I learned that "Einheitsdampflokomotiven" is german for "Standard steam locomotives"

[eltristanexplicitcontent]

Building a Cat-Sized Lego Train

[kakushitpost]

Jsem si myslela, že rušení vagónů u @regiojet je blbost - a ejhle, jedu s kámošema do Prahy a low cost zrušili 🤣

[ask-pompom]

Pom Pom thinks this is an amazing idea!

There are cheese trains and wine trains; we need goth trains. We can meet over spooky tea and watch spooky movies and goth bands and DJs can do little shows. Given the high propensity of neurodivergence in the goth community, it would be a massive hit.