PUBLIC MARKS with tag train

my stomping grounds straddle the CP rail line that divides the Plateau from Rosemont-Petite-Patrie. The train tracks and adjacent industrial areas create a boundary within the urban landscape, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing: over the decades, it has allowed the neighbourhoods on either side to  evolve distinct characters.

How to build a train, when there's no loco at all... Discover the amazing Cambodian Bamboo train !

The main concourse at Grand Central Terminal, 1929.

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How will high-speed rail change American life in the coming decades?

Both glides were filmed by sticking a – relatively cheap – digital camera out of the window of a train as it arrived at a station. The ‘trick’ is the camera collects images at a rate of 210 per second – but the film is played back at 30 frames per second. So, every seven seconds of footage that you watch corresponds to 1 real second.

why not stick the EZlink chip inside my phone? Since the EZlink card also serves as a payment card, I can get around the city with nothing but my phone, buying beverages at 7-11, and paying taxi, bus and train fares while texting my buddies without carrying a scrap of cash.

Tokyo’s JR Yamanote line is a loop with 29 stations. One by one, I’m going to visit every station in sequence, and photograph whatever I see. Along the way I’ll try and meet some locals and find out a little of what makes each area unique.

walking around

the Yamanote, the ultra-busy circular train line often thought of as the heart (or more appropriately,

the crown) of the city, and taking pictures of the areas between the stations, when

the common images were too often close to the stations.

29 stations. Over 100 kilometers

paced out between March and December 2003,

always staying within 100 meters of the train line.

Quebec Railway Postcards

un panneau sans vis :)

L'utilisation des dollars à … Newcastle, UK serait improbable et le Newcastle d'Australie n'a plus de Tramway.

drôle mais est-ce bien réel ? ;)

D'autre part, si on discute des amendes pour les morts. C'est le cas au Japon pour les suicides sur les voies de train et métros. Tellement de gens se suicidaient et donc causaient des troubles sur le trafic des trains qu'il existe maintenant des amendes pour la famille des contrevenants.

voir http://joi.ito.com/weblog/2002/08/18/paying-for-suic.html

Entrer en service au Canada en 1968, le Turbo train détient encore et toujours le record Canadien de vitesse. Construit par UA et MLW à Montréal (Qc) au milieu des années 60 et dans les années 70 le Turbo du CN atteint une vitesse de 140.6 Mph (225 Kilomètre heure) en avril 1976.