Below are posts associated with the âtrainsâ tag.
đ linkblog: A classic that really made me laugh this morning: Pachelbelâ...'
Nearly spit out my lunch while watching this!
confessing transport sins
Today, after a brief appearance on campus to teach one class, I begin a convoluted trip to Pittsburgh to attend a conference for work. As this trip has gotten closer, Iâve looked at the details of my trip and slowly realized that I messed this up good in terms of deciding how to get to Pittsburgh and back. This post is a confession of my sins!
Iâm fairly transport consciousâat least for an American.
đ bookblog: â€ïžâ€ïžâ€ïžâ€ïžâ€ïž for The Terraformers, by Annalee Newitz
I heard this book reviewed on The Incomparable, and it sounded up my alley despite mixed reviews on the podcast, so I gave it a try!
This feels like a Cory Doctorow book in all the right ways: It has super weird ideas in it, and itâs sometimes more about worldbuilding and a pretty clear âmoral of the storyâ than specific plot beats or characterization. The morals of the story are good ones, though, and having a viewpoint character whoâs a sentient train is right up my alley.
đ linkblog: Call to Life | Daily Bread | Community of Christ'
Seeing an official publication of my church advocate for public transit is a beautiful combination of two of my favorite things. Iâm very pleased!
đ linkblog: Lyon-Barcelone avec la RENFE. ça vaut quoi ? - YouTube'
Il y a peu dâoccasions de voyager en train chez moi, et je dois donc profiter de ce genre de vidĂ©o pour vivre un peu lâexpĂ©rience. Comme la SNCF et les CFF me manquent ! Je nâai pas dâexpĂ©rience avec la RENFE, mais je suis impressionnĂ© par ce que je vois ici.
đ linkblog: Paris Turns âLittle Beltâ of Train Tracks Into Green Spaces - The New York Times'
Faudra que je visite la petite ceinture un jour !
delightful radio program on British 'ghost stations'
During my two years living in France and Switzerland, I fell deeply in love with travel by rail. But alas, I live in a particularly rail-unfriendly region of a rather rail-unfriendly country. One of my guilty internet pleasures is consuming rail-related media so that I can feel like Iâm having train experiences anyway.
Geoff Marshallâs YouTube channel is a favorite of mine. Le Ferrovipathe and Urban Traveler are a couple of Francophone channels that I like much more, but that produce less content.
petit souvenir phonétique du M1 lausannois
Ce matin, en Ă©coutant une Ă©pisode du podcast « Gare Ă vous » de la Radio TĂ©lĂ©vision Suisse, un petit souvenir tout bĂȘte mâest venu Ă lâesprit, et jâai eu lâenvie dâen Ă©crire ici. Il sâagit dâun petit moment vĂ©cu alors que jâhabitais Ă Renens, tout prĂšs de Lausanne, dans le canton suisse du Vaud. Jâai adorĂ© les quelques mois que jâai passĂ© Ă Renens, tout prĂšs de Lausanne. Il y a plusieurs raisons derriĂšre cet amour, mais jâavoue que câest surtout un endroit trĂšs intĂ©ressant du point de vue dâun amĂ©ricain qui pleure la faiblesse des transports publics lĂ dâoĂč il vient.
de petits souvenirs ferroviaires de Suisse
Câest drĂŽle comme de touts petits souvenirs peuvent peser lourds dans sa mĂ©moire. Jâai dĂ©jĂ Ă©crit plusieurs posts Ă ce sujet, mais cet aprĂšs-midi, jâai envie dâen Ă©crire davantage. Je suis en train de faire des corrections pour mon travail comme prof de techologies de lâinformation et de la communication. Jâaime bien ce travail, mais je nâaime pas du tout faire des corrections, et jâai donc lâhabitude de mettre une vidĂ©o « en cabine » pendant que je fais le travail.
đ linkblog: Public Transportation â Design Goodiness'
Enilda is great, and I appreciate her thoughts here.
finding awe in MocMoc and other little things
Yesterday, two podcasts that I listened to while doing work around the house lined up in such a perfect way that I wanted to write down my memory of the moment. First, because I was recently reminded of the fantastic podcast Harry Potter and the Sacred Text (which applies sacred reading techniques to the Harry Potter series, treating it as serious and meaningful without letting itâor its authorâoff the hook for being problematic), Iâve been trying to catch up with its second runthrough of the book series, in the perhaps-vain hope that I can start listening to episodes as they come out.
đ linkblog: America Aspires to One Day in the Far Future Build Rail Service Worse Than It Was in the 1940s'
Wild article. We once knew how to do trains, so why canât we figure it out better now?
découverte de deux chaßnes YouTube
Ăa fait quelques annĂ©es que mon frĂšre regarde la chaĂźne YouTube Not Just Bikes, qui parle des vĂ©los, des transports publics, et de lâinfrastructure qui les soutient (oĂč pas). Il mâen parle assez souvent, mais ce nâest que rĂ©cemment que jâai enfin dĂ©cidĂ© de regarder quelques vidĂ©os. Vu mon amour pour les sujets abordĂ©s dans les vidĂ©os (les vĂ©los, les transports publics, lâEurope), ça mâĂ©tonne que je nâai pas dĂ©couvert cette chaĂźne avant.
đ linkblog: Amtrak Spent 11 Years and $450 Million to Save Acela Riders 100 Seconds'
Fitting that Iâm reading this the day after booking Acela tickets. Fits with what Iâve said in the past: Northeast Corridor is great, but lets bring trains elsewhere too.
booking tickets for American high-speed(?) rail
Whenever I book travel for work, I pull up the Amtrak website to see if it would be in any way practical to add a rail component to the trip to replace flying (or driving, but itâs rare that I drive for work travel). Given the state of American rail, this is most often an exercise in disappointment. My only success story in four years at this job was when I attended a conference in Bordeaux; I flew into Paris and then took a low-cost OuiGo TGV for my trips between Paris and Bordeaux.
émission sur le LEB
Ce weekend, jâai regardĂ© une Ă©mission sur la ligne ferroviaire Lausanne-Ăchallens-Bercher qui mâa beaucoup plu:
Quand jâai vĂ©cu Ă Renens pendant quelques mois, câĂ©tait toujours un plaisir de voir passer une rame du LEB en me promenant sur lâAvenue dâĂchallens. Je nâai jamais eu lâoccasion de voyager sur cette ligne, mais jâai fort envie de retourner dans le Vaud pour lâessayer. Regarder des vidĂ©os comme celle-ci (ou bien des vidĂ©os « en cabine » qui montre les gares diffĂ©rentes ainsi que le paysage vaudois) me donne une nostalgie profonde pour le temps que jâai passĂ© tout prĂšs du LEB.
đ linkblog: just finished 'Billions in Amtrak Funding Could Modernize Aging Rail System - The New York Times'
Northeast Corridor is great, but more trains in Kentucky, please. I donât mind waiting.
đ linkblog: just read 'trains are people'
I have been enjoying these posts from a Micro.blog user documenting his cross-countey Amtrak travels.