While on one level this story of a AI-generated picture of a bridge collapse (after the earthquake centred near Morecambe Bay on Wednesday night) leading to train cancelations seems relatively minor, its an example of the sort of disruption that the use of AI is already generating.... we may soon find that having no real trust in any images will cause all sorts of social problems (which is not to say that disruption is not already evident).
🚄 All aboard the #HackerTrain to #FOSDEM !! 🚃
Going to #FOSDEM2026? Thinking of going by #train?
Would you like to meet other hackers along the way?
Join us on the https://hackertrain.org !
We are currently planning the route(s) for this trip, so it is the best time to join in – regardless of:
- where you would like to start your train journey
- whether you’d like to help or just tag along
https://hackertrain.org/hackertrain-to-fosdem-2026-call-for-participation.html
plz boost
While on one level this story of a AI-generated picture of a bridge collapse (after the earthquake centred near Morecambe Bay on Wednesday night) leading to train cancelations seems relatively minor, its an example of the sort of disruption that the use of AI is already generating.... we may soon find that having no real trust in any images will cause all sorts of social problems (which is not to say that disruption is not already evident).
🚄 All aboard the #HackerTrain to #FOSDEM !! 🚃
Going to #FOSDEM2026? Thinking of going by #train?
Would you like to meet other hackers along the way?
Join us on the https://hackertrain.org !
We are currently planning the route(s) for this trip, so it is the best time to join in – regardless of:
- where you would like to start your train journey
- whether you’d like to help or just tag along
https://hackertrain.org/hackertrain-to-fosdem-2026-call-for-participation.html
plz boost
Multimetro per misure elettriche
#elettrotecnica #elettronica #ferrovie #railways
The problem of virtue signalling on disability is the disabled are no longer going to quietly sit there and be used...
Avanti Trains have been called out on their misleading disability-focussed advertising... and rightly so!
The problem of virtue signalling on disability is the disabled are no longer going to quietly sit there and be used...
Avanti Trains have been called out on their misleading disability-focussed advertising... and rightly so!
Britain's railway privatization was an abject failure
https://www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/53917/britains-railway-privatization-was-an-abject-failure
#HackerNews #Railway #Privatization #Abject #Failure #Transport #Policy #Railways #UK
Rail.chat is a Mastodon server for anyone interested in trains, railways and the benefits of public transport.
You can find out more at https://rail.chat/about or contact the admin @conductor
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This is the #SnowdonMountainRailway (SMR), a narrow-gauge rack-and-pinion #mountain railway, that has been taking passengers from Llanberis to the summit since 1896 (!).
Here are some other facts you might enjoy:
- It's the only public rack-and-pinion #railway in the #UK.
- The average speed of the train is 5 mph (8 km/h).
- The total track length is 4.7 miles (7.5 km).
- It carries around 140,000 passengers each year.
- A round-trip to the summit takes approx. 2.5 hours, including a 30-minute stop at the summit visitor centre.
- From the #summit station, it's only 68 ft (21 m) to the summit cairn (though it's quite steep).
- Trains are scheduled at 30-minute intervals, subject to passenger demand.
- The SMR currently operates 3 coal-fired steam locomotives and 4 diesel locomotives. Last week, only diesel locomotives were in service, as the heritage steam locomotives typically run from June to September.
- On its official opening day in April 1896, one of the locomotives derailed and fell down the mountain, resulting in one fatality. Following this incident, the maximum allowed train weight was reduced, and a gripper system was installed on the rack railway. It's been full steam ahead ever since.
🚂🚋
(Sorry for the rabbit hole. I'm not usually into trains, but even I found it quite interesting)
#Wolken #clouds #Berggipfel #Gipfel #mountainTop #wandern #hiking #hike #Berge #mountains #mountainscape #MountainMonday #SMR #narrowGauge #narrowGaugeRailway #Zahnradbahn #rackAndPinion #trainTracks #railways #railwayTrack #railwayTracks #railroad #Schienen #Gleise #train #trains #Zug #Bahn #HeritageGreatBritain #FootpathFriday #Snowdonia #Wales
This is the #SnowdonMountainRailway (SMR), a narrow-gauge rack-and-pinion #mountain railway, that has been taking passengers from Llanberis to the summit since 1896 (!).
Here are some other facts you might enjoy:
- It's the only public rack-and-pinion #railway in the #UK.
- The average speed of the train is 5 mph (8 km/h).
- The total track length is 4.7 miles (7.5 km).
- It carries around 140,000 passengers each year.
- A round-trip to the summit takes approx. 2.5 hours, including a 30-minute stop at the summit visitor centre.
- From the #summit station, it's only 68 ft (21 m) to the summit cairn (though it's quite steep).
- Trains are scheduled at 30-minute intervals, subject to passenger demand.
- The SMR currently operates 3 coal-fired steam locomotives and 4 diesel locomotives. Last week, only diesel locomotives were in service, as the heritage steam locomotives typically run from June to September.
- On its official opening day in April 1896, one of the locomotives derailed and fell down the mountain, resulting in one fatality. Following this incident, the maximum allowed train weight was reduced, and a gripper system was installed on the rack railway. It's been full steam ahead ever since.
🚂🚋
(Sorry for the rabbit hole. I'm not usually into trains, but even I found it quite interesting)
#Wolken #clouds #Berggipfel #Gipfel #mountainTop #wandern #hiking #hike #Berge #mountains #mountainscape #MountainMonday #SMR #narrowGauge #narrowGaugeRailway #Zahnradbahn #rackAndPinion #trainTracks #railways #railwayTrack #railwayTracks #railroad #Schienen #Gleise #train #trains #Zug #Bahn #HeritageGreatBritain #FootpathFriday #Snowdonia #Wales
Rail.chat is a Mastodon server for anyone interested in trains, railways and the benefits of public transport.
You can find out more at https://rail.chat/about or contact the admin @conductor
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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
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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