Max Diamond

29/NYC. Prior conductor, now analyst currently working on speeding up the NYC Subway. Proponent of field experience. Opinions entirely my own.

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@liftblog Sad to see this. Conditions were pretty icy when I was there earlier this month. Lots of increasingly rare old riblet hardware can be found there.

Glad I got to ride past the 1949 lattice towers on the Upper Bowl lift. The Y-shaped tower heads on Multorpor were neat to see too

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@liftblog Those classic Yan sheaves are so cool. Am I correct that some of the Aluminium components on these were found to be a safety hazard?

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@ozskier @liftblog What a legend

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@MichaelBatavia @milesintransit1 @JebBrooks @flyfrompti Certainly not cheap, but 100% worth it!
I flew up and took Via Rail back down.

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@milesintransit1 @JebBrooks @flyfrompti According to @flightconnec, Air North, and Transwest Air also fly ATRs in Canada.

In Mexico and the Carribbean there’s TAG airlines, InterCaribbean, LIAT20, BahamasAir, etc..

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@milesintransit1 @JebBrooks @flyfrompti Calm Air still flies them! Here’s some shots from a Winnipeg-Churchill flight that I took last year. Note the cargo strapped to the passenger seating.

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@liftblog Words cannot even begin to express just how valuable and appreciated your site is by so many people. The photos, spreadsheets, etc. are all incredible.

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@Flighty Awesome! Any chance we can get the ability to manually enter Tail Numbers for completed flights? Would be a great help for smaller airlines like Perimeter Aviation that provide incomplete data

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#TodayinHistory: #OnThisDay in 1904, the #NYCSubway opened. It is now the largest 24-hour operating subway system in the world, with 472 stations, over 800 track miles and a fleet of more than 6,000 cars.

Happy #SubwayDay, @MTA!

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@liftblog Love those teardrop chairs!!
Any word on how much time Outpost has left?

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@horsemankukka @leo_wallentin @seatsixtyone @AngeloinLisbon I’m not familiar with the cadence of Finnish public financing appropriation negotiations- when do you think we’d know more?

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@seatsixtyone This is great! Currently working out how to get from Rovaniemi to Gällivare in March; starting to lose hope that a cross-border train will start by then.
One thing worth mentioning- VR still runs 1970-80s blue sleepers during peak season. Some do prefer them over the modern cars.

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@Lenny_du_Nord @seatsixtyone It does surprise me that there is no direct bus service from Haparanda train station to train stations (Kemi, or even Kolari!) on the Finnish side.

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The need to invest in the built environment in one image:

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@Simply_Railway Are there still compartment cars with doors in 2nd class?

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@liameoconnell Great shot! It’s striking how similar this looks to the old Manhattan els. Uncovered third rail, wood planks, no outside walkway, and track-level US&S signal heads with auxiliary aspects stacked on top.

The only thing out of place is that electric (I assume model EM-1) tripstop

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@jost_vincent How much longer will the old cars be running? Any chance they will still be operating in May?

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This holiday season, we continue the tradition of Holiday Nostalgia Rides on our 1930s R1/9 cars! Departing from the F line’s 2nd Avenue station in Lower Manhattan, our vintage train will transport straphangers back in time every Saturday in December. Learn more at https://t.co/xnPsjKI9rL.

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@jeremyzorek It’s hard to understate just how much time, effort, and thought has gone in to this work. Nice to see folks are noticing!