That's cool Vanessa, let's build a high-speed train network in Australia instead. Solved.

"Net zero could make flying 'something for the privileged,' the boss of Australia’s biggest airline has warned.

"Qantas chief executive Vanessa Hudson said the higher costs associated with clean fuel were likely to push up airfares and could put them out of reach of the masses."

#flying #train #trains #australia https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/air-travel-could-become-too-expensive-for-most-of-us-warns-qantas-boss-20250326-p5lmku.html

Sometimes when people who don’t like trains say ‘what? 18h? You can drive it in 8’, I say yes but that’s 10h of not riding a train; which sucks.

That confuses them.

Polaroid photo taken this afternoon at Salinas train station on the way to Monterey.

I like trains

At Sacramento valley station waiting for a train. So nice to see so much more train activity. Lots of people commute from here to Oakland and South Bay on Capitol Corridor, but there is also the San Joaquinas to Modesto, Fresno and Bakersfield.. and the Coast Starlight to Oakland, Salinas, Los Angeles

You can travel between Oakland and Sacramento for $29 one way on the Capitol Corridor. Very good commuter train

Off on the train to Creswick - we're staying there for the Clunes Booktown Festival tomorrow. Looks a bit damp out there, will hopefully clear for the weekend. #train #trains #victoria

Well shit.

I don't usually post bad news (because many here already know it) and try to concentrate on positive things that we can do to effect change.

But this sucks and I want to scream into the void.

The Amtrak (America's only "national" passenger rail service - there are smaller regional rail services, some that even cross a couple of states, but Amtrak is the only one that really goes all across the nation) CEO was forced to resign.

The US has shitty rail service as it is, and Amtrak is often hampered by state governments that don't want passenger rail (they're paid off by car companies, airplane companies, even bus companies, and even even freight RAIL companies).

But this just means that passenger rail is going to suck even more in the US and the US regime installs a loyalist to the Amtrak CEO position.

Texas can say goodbye to their high-speed rail line from Dallas to Houston:

(edit: And to be clear this isn't the worst of any of this by a long shot. It just hit me sideways today in the midst of everything else. Anyhoo... back to it)

#transit #rail #trains #passengerTrains #amtrak

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-passenger-railroad-amtrak-ceo-abruptly-steps-down-2025-03-19/

Nooooooooooooo!

We were just finally getting progress on Amtrak service, too!

@AnnaAnthro https://mastodon.social/@AnnaAnthro/114194725587487749
#transit #trains #Amtrak #uspol

The French just introduced the next-generation TGV.

The low-carbon transition comes with 5G at 350km/h.

Nevada Northern Railway, Ely, Nevada (4/26/2025). These old engines were used to haul copper ore from the Ruth Mine on the west side of Ely to smelters in McGill, northeast of Ely. The trains, railway, & machine shop are fully operational & appear to the visitor as frozen in time from the early 20th century. I stop there every time I pass through town. Visitors can ride trains & be the engineer, but I prefer to roam around the yard & machine shop.

Wisconsin Amtrak passengers see value in planned expansion

https://wisconsinwatch.org/2025/03/wisconsin-amtrak-train-rail-hiawatha-milwaukee-chicago-passengers/
#transit #trains #Amtrak

Unexploded WWII bomb in Paris halts Eurostar travel to London and trains to northern France.

@abc reports: "The device was found close to where dozens of Olympic events were held."

https://flip.it/ujcQdt

Whenever I despair about the future, I take a walk around my neighborhood. Not only is the exercise good for my brain, but seeing little snippets of whimsy reminds me that there are good people in the world. Seeing the snowdrops burst out of the ground reminds me that winters end and new life is always ready to emerge.

new #Introduction for the bsky bridge : I’m a #BioChemist turned #ScienceWriter, write a feature for every issue of #CurrentBiology, 2/month, mostly about #ecology #evolution #environment also #human, #cultural things seen thru #biology prism. Plus #ScienceBooks, most recently: #Intertwined: From insects to icebergs Also writing a #musical #FamilyHistory #memoir around #biography of our old #cello. #PirateLuthier fixing unloved #violins #NoCars #cycling, #trains, #liveable #cities #townmouse

I took a gunzelly photo on my way back from the bakery. A very late 5MB4 sitting in the loop at Uranquinty. #trains

There is a new central European train service from Prague to Gdansk called the Baltic Express. #trains #railway

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20250221-the-baltic-express-central-europes-new-hop-on-hop-off-train

I just spotted a train! #trains #pokeno

I think this is train 200 (Northern Explorer)

Locomotives: #DFB7307