@fediverse Update: so far I tried Loops, haven’t got it working yet. Next week I’ll try hosting Loops one more time then will try Peertube.
allen
Hello, my name’s Allen. I’m here to share my various train photos, news, and advocacy.
Focused mainly on British Columbia, Ontario and the PNW, sometimes I will post a couple other adventures from where I’ve gone!
My original photos may be used under the terms of the CC-BY-SA-4.0 license. Feel free to send a message for other uses or any questions. I can speak and write terrible-quality French (français) and mediocre Japanese (日本語).
- 21 Posts
- 21 Comments
Joined 2 years ago
Cake day: May 18th, 2024
You are not logged in. If you use a Fediverse account that is able to follow users, you can follow this user.
2·28 days ago@CombatWombat
Canada’s highest civilian honour is being given lines to say for the pre-recorded Vancouver Skytrain announcements.
10·2 months ago@Gladaed @grte That is a real freight train, as far as I can tell. But it looks weird because it appears they photoshopped or told AI to remove the (likely Canadian Pacific) logos off the side of the locomotive and owner logos off train cars, and the train numbers off the grey rounded rectangles. In railfan parlance, this locomotive model is a “Gevo”… compare with this photo of a similar engine.
https://www.canadianrailwayobservations.com/croarchives/may2012cp16.htm
2·3 months ago@FoxtrotDeltaTango
Shoutout to the 529 streetcar on this map for covering the portion of Line 2 we didn’t build but should have.
The Union-Pearson Express flyover! Cool shot @troyunrau!
9·8 months ago@cabbage @cecilkorik @brianpeiris There’s an initiative in the works to try and answer these questions, forming a co-operative structure dedicated to hosting video platform(s) in a way that can support the needs of creators, viewers and supporters. Focused on Canadian content but hoping to create a widely replicable model. It’s polling for names and other feedback right now, have your say:
12·1 year ago@HellsBelle
This is the right move. Imagine if politicians were paid only for the time they were at their seat.Railroad unions have followed the process by the book, and there’s still no resolution after being in court for a year now:
https://tcrcplbo.ca/section-107-challenges/
Being forced to go back to a job under-compensated is an untenable situation here. Something needed to be done lest we lose our right to collective labour action.
The RailDriver train simulator controller only has official Windows support.
After reading the technical documentation from the makers, I cobbled together a “driver” that reads input messages then puts it out as a virtual device like an xbox controller.
With two translation layers, and with calibration required every time, I am able to play TrainSimWorld with it, because out of the box it can’t seem to recognize it.
If you’re one of the doctors wanting to move to Canada and work, Todd Maffin (@tod) is looking to help you. He’s preparing quite a number of resources to save you from figuring out the whole convulted process yourself!
2·1 year agoThat is a beautiful yellow tram!
171·1 year agoSorry in advance folks, I couldn’t figure out how to make a Link Post from Mastodon.
Also frightening is Trump’s reaction to this on Truth Social, casually referring to himself as king:
“CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING!”
Our third participant and final challenger: in the southwest corner is the Seattle Monorail. Even if it is the shortest, oldest, most expensive to ride, and has the fewest stops of the three, it will not be outdone as it soars above the city at a higher speed to Seattle Center.
#Seattle #trains #transit #monorail @trams_trolleys_streetcars
In the northwest corner, we have a challenger, the Seattle Streetcar South Lake Union Line (known informally as the South Lake Union Trolley). Traveling to Lake Union, this train is sponsored at nearly every stop and is wrapped from head to toe. Will the funny abbreviated nickname be enough to take on its competition?
In the southeast corner, we have the match favorite, the Link Light 1 Line!
Traveling underground through the Westlake area, the link light is sure to take you the farthest, from Northgate to all the way past the airport.
deleted by creator
One of the better functioning streetcar routes in Toronto. The most iconic spot for the 501 King streetcar is under the Atlantic Ave. Rail bridge.
@cannedtuna Let me get this straight…
City-run grocery stores selling at-cost: Communist Bread Lines
Gas stations with government-controlled gas prices: Freedom Fuel Network