Jlockk

Urbanist, Socialist, Railfan
(He/Him, 20)
Learning 日本語

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I95 destroying part of Philly, from the perspective of the Ben Franklin.

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@JonahA59 The one thing Meadowbrook has going for it rn is that you can actually walk to it quite easily from a lot of the area south of it. The often 18ft wide roads around there are very pleasant. However, I think I'm one of like 3 people to actually do this going to the station, lol.

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@JonahA59 I personally go to Jenkintown half the time anyways for the better frequency. Meadowbrook used to be better for the free & more available parking, but post COVID jenkintown usually has spots + Meadowbrook is now paid. So it's really only better if I have to walk there.

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@JonahA59 The most insane part of the whole municipal complex is the gun range right next to the high school. When I was at ASHS all the time I would hear gunshots from class. Predictably, a few years ago a stray bullet hit a coach.

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@jongeeting The MCDC meeting just recently was a great reckoning for the party. Committee people were fed up and voted in 4 new leaders from the alternative slate. That system is doing its job well here in Montco.

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@JanRothhaar @Jan__Sommer @NotWoofers Many telltale details but the clearest is the train in the photo has a modern American wide cab, i.e. no corridors along the side of the locomotive at the front. The ТЭМ locomotives on the other hand have thin, tall hoods. It is 100% without a doubt an American-made locomotive

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@LinkofSunshine It's a standard american railroad, freight trains included

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Small foaming session today

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@GrumpyBadger5 @tutter_official I'd bet interlocking ones like on the class 70 paired with a reinforced front end would've reduced the crash severity quite a bit.

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@GrumpyBadger5 @tutter_official Both trains up top had basic anticlimbers, they just weren't sufficient. I can't say with authority but I think it's a mix of the pioneer 3 being an older, lightweight car and the lack of much to catch on the F40's anticlimber that did it in so dramatically.

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@coryfromphilly @Colin_d_m IMO robust suburban rail-bus connections are an underappreciated failure of Septa's current network. It would require funds they don't have to improve, but even in the starry-eyed early days of Reimagining RR and Bus Revolution it felt ignored.

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@coryfromphilly @Colin_d_m With its unusually high station frequency and ample older towns, Regional Rail's infrastructure is fine for local residential capture in the suburbs.
The other points I agree on though, plus our lackluster suburban bus network greatly fails to support it.

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@EtherealCommie @Colin_d_m The dark red is the modern standard, 25kv 60hz. This uses the same frequency as the national grid. Most new lines are built with this.

The other standards go back to the dawn of the 1900s, and so kinda did their own thing. The PRR and New Haven AC systems are both 25hz.

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@EtherealCommie @Colin_d_m They were built by different private railroads.
Pink was the NYC, Lime the New Haven, Tan & Magenta the PRR.
Pink/Magenta are 3rd rail DC, others are higher voltage AC with overhead wires.

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@Sintetu_Champon I believe what occurred was similar to the first train in this video, which is a lightweight 1950s design. Ideally, the train should act a bit closer the 2nd (which is admittedly experimental with its buffer zones, but you get the point I hope).
https://t.co/lb3qcyJhBj

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@Sintetu_Champon I don't think damage could have been fully prevented, just that the telescoping could have been avoided if the 6000 was more able to take the force and distribute it between the other cars in the train

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@Sintetu_Champon There is a point at which structural reinforcement fails to prevent much injury.
But given that the other cars were seldom affected, I think this crash in Indonesia was well within its ability to help.

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@Sintetu_Champon That first one is also a 1970s metro car, which are regulated totally differently here than mainline trains. The DC 1000 series were definitely poor on crash safety.

The Metrolink crash, while deadly no matter what, would have absolutely been much worse with weaker equipment

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@Sintetu_Champon A rigid carbody doesn't fix everything, but it would have reduced the severity of the collision. A design change that reduces deaths from 20 to 10 is important.

Moving as much as possible to multiple units is also a smart decision too, yes.

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@Sintetu_Champon I assure you, I love Japan! I visited in 2024, here's a photo of the Chichibu railway :)

I just don't like nationalism getting in the way of things. Here in America more than anywhere else I dislike it, its causing a lot of damage right now.