Thermite Be Giants @ThermiteBeGiants@aus.social

Lo-Fi Hip-Hop Beats To Watch Canada’s Newest Light Rail/Rapid Transit Line To:
https://youtu.be/ttek78mRoRg

Murray Basin Rail Project:

Government expected: mineral sands traffic to prop up business case
Government got: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-28/up-to-60-jobs-lost-as-iluka-resources-suspends-hamilton-plant/8393564

Rail operators expected: minor delays as Mildura trains take a temporary deviation through Ararat for 1-2 years
Rail operators got: at least 5 years until SG runs on direct route via Ballarat

Train drivers expected: modern SG locos to replace ancient EMDs
Train drivers got: ancient EMDs replaced with ancient ALCos (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDzyWh2t3PI)

behold: the supreme anti-promotional corporate video. 29 minutes of Penn Central showing off to the US Federal Government how buggered its railway was back in 1974 whilst they were in the middle of bankruptcy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHmyYqfNYnc

a helpful little pack of slides on why autonomous vehicles are bullshit and will choke cities just as surely as regular cars will:
http://publictransportresearchgroup.info/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Currie-EA-Seminar-24-05-2018-V1.0.pdf

Attention customers: due to headcold difficulties I have been forced to affect a poor imitation of a yorkshire accent until further notice

[UK] Steam Railways Seek Next Generation of Drivers
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/sep/02/one-big-family-steam-railways-seek-next-generation-of-drivers

On the Green New Deal, and the interplay between agriculture, conservation and suburban sprawl
https://thebaffler.com/salvos/land-without-bread-tumber

The Unbuilt Soviet Metro System That Haunts Latvia’s Capital:
https://deepbaltic.com/2019/05/30/the-unbuilt-soviet-metro-system-that-haunts-latvias-capital-beginnings/
https://deepbaltic.com/2019/06/28/the-unbuilt-soviet-metro-system-that-haunts-latvias-capital-struggle/

“The history of the train — once a symbol of capitalism, now socialism — contains lessons for nationalizing digital infrastructure”
https://reallifemag.com/union-station/

Harry Potter did one objectively good thing: making the Glenfinnan Viaduct famous (and encouraging massive growth in steam excursions across it).
https://www.networkrail.co.uk/stories/film-the-magic-of-the-glenfinnan-viaduct/

rolling into the weekend like

(image stolen from @donoteat on )

the struggle is real

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