East Japan Railway’s iconic Cassiopeia sleeper train completed its final journey on Monday evening, marking the end of a 25-year era for the luxury service once known for connecting Tokyo to Sapporo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/01/japan/japan-luxury-sleeper-train-last-run/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #trains #jreast #cassiopeia

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Three generations of locomotive in one photo - 57, 66, 99
Class 99s were built in 2025, Class 66s were built from 1998 to 2008, and the Class 57s were originally built between 1964 and 1967 (originally as Class 47s)

Taken on a Canon EOS R50 with a Canon RF 18-45mm f/4.5. Edited in Lightroom by https://meow.social/@nycta

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Can anyone recommend a replacement for the National Rail app that works on Android? It's useless since the upgrade, and I resent being forced to use Chrome in the background.

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☀️⚡️ Everyone in Switzerland agrees we need more solar. But often, there's disagreement about where to put the panels without impacting the landscapes too much.

🛤️ Looking back, this one is a no-brainer, why not lay them down between train rails: there's already a strong connection to the grid, and it's infrastructure that's already ‘built’.

🇨🇭 First segment of the tracks got inaugurated today in canton Neuchâtel.

https://www.rts.ch/info/regions/neuchatel/2025/article/la-premiere-centrale-solaire-sur-rails-a-ete-inauguree-dans-le-canton-de-neuchatel-28863275.html
Supplier: https://www.sun-ways.ch

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