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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬
@BenjaminHCCarr@hachyderm.io  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Make #trains great again — for the sake of people and the planet
As #railways enter their third century of service, research must support their renaissance for more #sustainable travel that supports human development.
Per passenger kilometre, it produces one-fifth of the #emissions of #car transport, and less than one-quarter of those of #flying. Direct emissions can be cut to zero if trains are powered by fully renewable electricity.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02980-2

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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬
@BenjaminHCCarr@hachyderm.io  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Make #trains great again — for the sake of people and the planet
As #railways enter their third century of service, research must support their renaissance for more #sustainable travel that supports human development.
Per passenger kilometre, it produces one-fifth of the #emissions of #car transport, and less than one-quarter of those of #flying. Direct emissions can be cut to zero if trains are powered by fully renewable electricity.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02980-2

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Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦
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Fedi.Garden 🌱
@FediGarden@social.growyourown.services  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Ferrocarril.net - Servidor de Mastodon, operado por aficionados al ferrocarril, para aficionados al ferrocarril:

Fediversehttps://social.ferrocarril.net

Acerca de: https://social.ferrocarril.net/about
Administrado por: @span garridinsi

#FeaturedServer#Ferrocarril#Railways#Trains#Rail#Español#Mastodon #Fediverse#FreeFediverse

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@FediGarden@social.growyourown.services  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Ferrocarril.net - Servidor de Mastodon, operado por aficionados al ferrocarril, para aficionados al ferrocarril:

Fediversehttps://social.ferrocarril.net

Acerca de: https://social.ferrocarril.net/about
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AJ Sadauskas
@aj@gts.sadauskas.id.au  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago
@AccordionBruce @mekkaokereke @rst @jbqueru Honestly, there are aspects of *Australian* train networks that Americans can't believe.

And given how far behind Asia and Europe Australia generally is when it comes to trains, that's saying something.

For example, all of Australia's mainland capital cities are sprawled out metropolitan areas, yet have multiple electrified train lines to the edge of suburbia.

As in, the trains are generally electrified multiple units that run all day. As in, the worst lines run every 40 minutes on weekends.

That's considered *bad* by the rest of the world.

Yet there's a lot of Americans who can't even conceive of the idea that thry would catch a train to work from an outer suburb.

Seriously, most Americans have no idea how far behind the rest of their world their country is.

I had an argument on here a while ago who couldn't believe that Sydney had a metro line to its outer suburbs that was faster than driving.

And compared to Europe? Lithuania has a better train system than most of the US. And that's with a starting point of a run-down Soviet infrastructure under Russian occupation 35 years ago.

https://pixelfed.social/p/ajsadauskas/856457201973574768

https://pixelfed.social/p/ajsadauskas/856461225800185109

https://pixelfed.social/p/ajsadauskas/856464287985458121

https://pixelfed.social/p/ajsadauskas/856455170524563586

#train #trains #rail #rails #railway #railways #fuck_cars
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AccordionBruce
@AccordionBruce@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago
@mekkaokereke @rst @jbqueru
We’ve been talking about high speed rail in the obvious routes like Vancouver to Portland for decades

I honestly think the only possible way any of them will ever be built is after the ever expected 8.0+ regional earthquake, if there remains a significantly progressive government in power

AJ Sadauskas
@aj@gts.sadauskas.id.au replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago
@AccordionBruce @mekkaokereke @rst @jbqueru Honestly, there are aspects of *Australian* train networks that Americans can't believe.

And given how far behind Asia and Europe Australia generally is when it comes to trains, that's saying something.

For example, all of Australia's mainland capital cities are sprawled out metropolitan areas, yet have multiple electrified train lines to the edge of suburbia.

As in, the trains are generally electrified multiple units that run all day. As in, the worst lines run every 40 minutes on weekends.

That's considered *bad* by the rest of the world.

Yet there's a lot of Americans who can't even conceive of the idea that thry would catch a train to work from an outer suburb.

Seriously, most Americans have no idea how far behind the rest of their world their country is.

I had an argument on here a while ago who couldn't believe that Sydney had a metro line to its outer suburbs that was faster than driving.

And compared to Europe? Lithuania has a better train system than most of the US. And that's with a starting point of a run-down Soviet infrastructure under Russian occupation 35 years ago.

https://pixelfed.social/p/ajsadauskas/856457201973574768

https://pixelfed.social/p/ajsadauskas/856461225800185109

https://pixelfed.social/p/ajsadauskas/856464287985458121

https://pixelfed.social/p/ajsadauskas/856455170524563586

#train #trains #rail #rails #railway #railways #fuck_cars
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joene 🏴🍉
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Puck
@puikepuck@pixelfed.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

It's been a while since I posted a #cabview picture, so enjoy this one made in a Stadler FLIRT near Echt, Limburg

#ns #nederlandsespoorwegen #dutchrailways #railways #traindriver #traindriverspov #netherlands #publictransport #train

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@puikepuck@pixelfed.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

It's been a while since I posted a #cabview picture, so enjoy this one made in a Stadler FLIRT near Echt, Limburg

#ns #nederlandsespoorwegen #dutchrailways #railways #traindriver #traindriverspov #netherlands #publictransport #train

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Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦
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Fedi.Garden 🌱
@FediGarden@social.growyourown.services  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

Rail.chat is a Mastodon server for anyone interested in passenger and freight trains, their connection to transit and other non-car options, and their benefit to society:

Fediversehttps://rail.chat

You can find out more at https://rail.chat/about or contact the admin @conductor

cc @trains

#FeaturedServer#Trains#Rail#Railways#Railroads#Mastodon #Fediverse#FreeFediverse

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Fedi.Garden 🌱
@FediGarden@social.growyourown.services  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

Rail.chat is a Mastodon server for anyone interested in passenger and freight trains, their connection to transit and other non-car options, and their benefit to society:

Fediversehttps://rail.chat

You can find out more at https://rail.chat/about or contact the admin @conductor

cc @trains

#FeaturedServer#Trains#Rail#Railways#Railroads#Mastodon #Fediverse#FreeFediverse

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Doug Belshaw
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Frederic Jacobs
@fj@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 5 months ago

☀️⚡️ 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

#Solar#Trains#Railways

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Frederic Jacobs
@fj@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 5 months ago

☀️⚡️ 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

#Solar#Trains#Railways

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