Modern Vespa

Both locomotives are rebuilds from earlier versions. Rd2, the electric one (former Rc), has ~ 4800 hp and the diesel Td (former T44) has ~ 1800 hp. I prefer the older versions by all means, much more mechanical and primitive (in a positive way). I'm impressed that you knew the the horsepower figures so precise!

You missed one, Atilla, the cog railway up Mt Washington in the US state of New Hampshire. Mt Washington has measured some incredibly strong weather.

I took the Durango to Silverton train once with my wife. The ride was perfect for ten minutes, then they ran out of water. In a steam engine.

Calabria, Italy.

I saw the rainbow just south of Gothenburg the other day. Not that easy to catch on picture while train driving, much more vibrant in reality.





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That power transformer seems to me too bare and too low, how much does it carry? From 20,000 to 2000 volts?

That's a "suction transformer" (don't know if that's the correct term in English), that take care of excessed power (from braking trains etcetera) and then reload the power to the contact cable again. 16000 volt 16 2/3 Hz in Sweden and 25000 volt 50 Hz in Denmark. In Sweden there are such transformers every 5th kilometer.

But it's not three-phase ... or so it seems.

Since I'm no electrician, I just think that these systems are available in single-phase or two-phase versions. But I'm not sure.

Mission: Impossible films Derbyshire quarry train crash :-

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-58271871

Does this one count?

Yes, it is sufficient that there are railway tracks or trains and similar.

In Casella (Genoa, Italy) there is ... a train that goes along a country road!

It's nice that the building there has its very own railroad crossing lights.

Just in case anyone didn't know Canadian trains have different horns.

Nope, that's a funicular. I always say: "If you're ever a tourist in a town with a funicular, take it!" It's bound to lead someplace with great views.

I have ridden this particular funicular, and yes -- it has great views at the top.

https://goo.gl/maps/uXH65UsLoxyjjTsK8

Two of my favorite Funicularly-accessed views: Lace Como, Italy and Budapest, Hungary:

In the Italian exception of the term "funicular" it is the one with a cabin hanging from a steel cable; at sight it seems that the vehicle posted in the photo by Jess is a "rack tram" (cremagliera in italian language ).
The term funicular is also used but only if the carriage is pulled by a cable placed under the wheels.

"Funicular
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.)

The funicular is a "constrained guide" mode of land transport, belonging to the category of cable transport, usually in service or public transport.

Distinctive features are the use of a rope as a traction device and the movement on one or more runways consisting of classic tracks or special guides, metal or other materials. Rubber wheels can be used in these latter embodiments.

These systems are generally built in order to overcome significant differences in height - especially in mountainous areas - but there are numerous examples, particularly in recent times, with flat or mixed development (see paragraph "particularities").

The funicular should not be confused with the rack railway which, although running on a track, has a radically different operating principle.

For the transport of goods only, although the composition and functioning do not substantially vary, the technical term of inclined plane is used."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funicular

Finiculi fiinicula
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funicul%C3%AC,_Funicul%C3%A0

Funiculì funiculà is a Neapolitan song written in 1880 by the journalist Giuseppe Turco and set to music by Luigi Denza. The text was inspired by the inauguration of the first Vesuvius funicular, built in 1879, to reach the top of Vesuvius.

Very cool. I watched the whole video with automatically-translated subtitles.

The Granarolo cogwheel railway is one of the oldest in Italy, built in 1901 it began service to the public in the same year. The route extends for 1,130 meters between the Principe and Granarolo stations, with a vertical drop of 194 meters and a maximum gradient of 21.40%.
There are six stations that wind along the route: from the lower terminus of Principe (San Rocco climb) you reach the stops of Centurione, Bari, Cambiaso, Chiassaiuola, Superiore Granarolo climb, where the race ends.


On Tuesday 13 November, once the consolidation and renovation works were completed, the rack reopened to the public on the entire Principe - Granarolo section; the interventions concerned the consolidation of the line structure, the restyling of the stops and the cars

History and technical notes

The third Genoese inclined public transport system is not a cableway system but a rack railway (a 'denture'), also born at the end of the 19th century on the initiative of a private company, which thus intended to promote the subdivision of the land located on the steep hill of Granarolo, the watershed between the city and the valley of the Polcevera stream.
The 'denture' railway is a via ferrata system equipped with a third rail on which the teeth of a wheel applied to the car engage: the system is also defined as a 'rack', a neologism derived from the French 'cremaillère', and is used generally on lines with steep slopes.

The departure station is located next to the Genova Principe railway station, opposite the Stazione Marittima; the line is 1130 meters long and has a maximum gradient of 21.40%; With the exception of the terminal stations (Principe and Granarolo) and the central one (via Bari), the other three stations are not served by roads, but only by steep stairways, and the railway is therefore of vital importance for the inhabitants of the buildings there overlook. A serious problem, in fact, is constituted by the passage on foot along the line (which is about 3.5 meters wide) of people who, despite the prohibition, use it as a shortcut to reach their homes. It should be noted that the low speed of the cars, of 7 km / h = 1.94 m / s) allows to avoid accidents. Currently, the operation is limited to the lower section (Principe-Via Bari), while the upper one (Via Bari-Granarolo) is suspended, pending a total reconstruction of the civil works (retaining walls) and all the armament.
The armament of the line consists of 36 UNI rails and Riggenbach rack, fixed to wooden sleepers on crushed stone ballast. The 1200 mm gauge is the one used on the first funiculars, as well as the crossing system between the cars, with fixed exchange and smooth car wheels on one side and double rims on the other.
The two cars were built (and then rebuilt in 1929) with tram-type material; each axle is moved, by means of a double reduction with uncovered straight gears, by an electric motor (35 kW) driven by direct current, starting from the 550V overhead contact line. The speed, both in traction and in electric braking, is regulated by a combiner for the exclusion of resistors (placed above the roof); a safety system introduced in the 1960s acts, in the event of excess speed downhill (over 8 km / h), with a mechanical device that inserts two separate packs of resistors at the ends of the motors, which slow down the run without however stopping it .
The mechanical braking system is of the negative type, i.e. braking is normally exerted, for each axle, by a counterweight which causes two pairs of cast iron jaws to expand against a grooved steel drum, coaxial to the traction wheel on the rack. The brake is released and then held open by the operator with a handwheel, which therefore allows the braking effect to be modulated. A decade ago, to facilitate the operator's activity, a new 'auxiliary' brake was introduced, which then became the real service brake, which acts with a pedal and a hydraulic circuit on two discs keyed on the shafts. of the engines. Other changes have been made to allow single-agent operation: the sliding doors, once manual, have been motorized, the power outlet now takes place via a pantograph instead of a rod and wheel, the entrance platforms are controlled by cameras.

Bump for the bump.

The Hill City '1880 Train' runs tourists mid-May through mid-October on a ten mile track between Hill City and Keystone, South Dakota, taking about an hour each way.

The steam locomotive used was built in 1919, and operates on fuel oil rather than wood or coal.

If I remember correctly, it makes these trips four times per day during the peak summer months.

Nice to see the Black Hills Central Railroad steam engine is still in use. I took a ride on it during a cross country motorcycle adventure back in 2002.

Sadly, there was a tragedy on the Lisbon funicular today. 😭

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cpqnnllppnpt

Yes, been long gone, when I was young there was cable lift like they use as ski lifts on year 1970. 3 person, if I recall right. Nowadays not even that. Just a path to climb up.