Rail

2007-04-16 07:52:23 · 4 answers · asked by Mia 2

like- flatbed, caboose, passenger, cattle car...what else

2007-04-16 02:29:43 · 4 answers · asked by Heather 3

2007-04-15 23:58:51 · 58 answers · asked by Anonymous

Has anyone else noticed this. Railway tracks are perhaps a metre or so wide. However, the inside of trains, which appears, from the outside at least, not much wider than the tracks, has a (semi-comfortable) bearth of 5 people and a corridor. What is going on?

2007-04-15 21:12:53 · 11 answers · asked by Grant V 1

What are the strong points for the chosen country?

2007-04-15 16:34:01 · 9 answers · asked by Richard H 2

I was thinking.......
This fall, my girlfriend is going to be out of town for a week or so, and I have some time off work.
I was thinking it might be cool just pick up a freight train and ride it....wherever, for a few days, then go back home.
I would probably need some warmer clothes, a sleeping bag, some food, power bars, camp stove, money, backpacking guitar, etc.....what else?
Are there gangs around freight yards, and would I need a gun?
Where is a good freight yard not far from NYC?
Any tips from someone who has done this before?
How do we know which trains are going where?
Any interesting stories?

I know this sounds like a stupidass, over-romanticized, fantasy, and maybe it is, but it would be wicked cool if I could get it to work.

Of course, depending on where I end up, I might just end up flying, taking the bus or Amtrak back home, but that's ok!

Yeah, I know it is dangerous, and it is illegal (tresspassing etc), so save the sermons.

2007-04-15 14:57:42 · 5 answers · asked by Rob 4

were getting the train to skegness and then need to go to butlins! how far is it? and how can we get there? does anyone know of any buses or anything? (were heading from leicestershire to skegness) thanks.

2007-04-15 10:46:37 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

We have no train crossing near us but they lay on their horns continuosly through the night.

2007-04-14 18:45:01 · 26 answers · asked by Russell W 1

Are electro-diesel and diesel-electric trains the same thing, or two different types of trains? Going by the names at first I figured they where just two different ways of saying the same thing, but then I saw a section about diesel-electric trains and a separate section about electro-diesel trains on a locomotive's page on Wikipedia, so now I am not completely certain; although aside from this page, when searching for diesel-electric trains I have found several pages that explain how they run, while I have been able to find next to no information about how electro-diesel trains run, assuming they are in fact two different types of trains. So are they just two different ways of describing the same type of train, or two different types of trains?

2007-04-14 14:54:36 · 6 answers · asked by Ryan_1770 1

I have not been to new york in years.Although I should be able to get to port authority bus terminal at 42nd street, I don't know the next route(Via Train) to mount vernon east

2007-04-14 05:25:11 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am doing a project on it

2007-04-13 14:26:30 · 3 answers · asked by t man 2

systems? I think he'd boost the system completely. What do you think?

2007-04-13 14:03:29 · 17 answers · asked by TK 3

2007-04-13 09:53:21 · 4 answers · asked by drrnpttn 1

I need the address for the station so I can get directions on how to get to it.

2007-04-13 03:38:53 · 1 answers · asked by sliggy04 2

I was wondering for a geography thing. Please tell me your proof.

2007-04-12 13:57:49 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Who will handle the rails and service the best? The government or the private sector.

2007-04-12 11:34:32 · 5 answers · asked by Richard H 2

I know that modern diesel locomotives use some electronic connection to ensure that when two engines are coupled they both operate in perfect union with one driver. However how was this managed with steam locomotives when `doudle headed' as they had two drivers, two firemen etc, etc. How did they ensure equal power output and braking?

Can anyone out there answer that please, there is a major discussion going on here about it.

2007-04-12 10:58:48 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Thinking about a long walking trip in the US and thinking of using rail lines rather than dangerous highways.

2007-04-12 09:54:38 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

It goes by my cousin's cousin's house.

2007-04-12 09:06:57 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

...and a woman on train #1 is pregnant, while her husband is on train #2 working as a waiter for the Coast Guard, while his sister is seventeen years old and driving train #3, while her boyfriend is disguised as a hobo riding along on train #4, who named train #5 Circus de Yahoo, and on Circus de Yahoo there is the pregnant woman's sister, who is friends with a man who breeds ducks on train #6, and the duck breeder knows the doughnut addict on train #7. So on which train would you put diesel fuel, a man in a cow suit, a faithful taxpayer, the manager of a cell phone company, a carburetor salesman, and a rock musician, and which train would you name Rocky? And why?

2007-04-12 09:02:58 · 5 answers · asked by ♥Tiffany 3

Does anyone know who owns and operates the Royal Scotsman train that runs from edinburgh Waverly. Im sure it is either GSWR, West Coast railways or Orient express.
I would like a job onboard does anyone know any details about the train or company, i would like to be the maintenance engineer or loco fitter.
I have seen the web site but thats not much help, does anyone know any contacts with the company?
Thanks in advance.

2007-04-12 01:59:09 · 2 answers · asked by ivebeen196mph 1

can you please give detials on stops and change overs if nessarcey thanks alot

2007-04-12 01:24:23 · 3 answers · asked by lulu x 1

i found some books but im looking for some better ones than what i have.

2007-04-11 16:48:41 · 3 answers · asked by D B 1

2007-04-11 12:59:21 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why are trains always arriving and departing at something like 6:04, 5:13, times like that? To me, it doesn't make sense. Wouldn't a time like 6:30 or 5:15 be better?

2007-04-11 04:57:00 · 3 answers · asked by Chris K 4

My boyfriend works for the railroad and not just 40 hrs a week. He goes in 6 days a week from 8 pm till 8 am and drives 160 miles round trip to do it.
Why is he doing this? They told him when he started this job, it would only last 3 months and that was over a year ago. He
has diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure. He drinks way too much. Every Sunday, you can count on him to be totally drunk in his house falling down. He doesnt go to bars.
What is he doing this for? I dont get it. He calls me on the phone in the afternoon when he wakes up just to say hi and see if I would like to hang out with him. I usually make him
something for his lunch and off he goes. He calls me on his cell phone about 3 times every nite and then tells me goodnite and comes home in the morning, gets about 5 stiff drinks in and goes to bed. What do you think drives him to do this?

2007-04-11 04:16:06 · 3 answers · asked by happydawg 6

2007-04-11 03:05:44 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-10 13:56:40 · 7 answers · asked by ahedrick74 1

I'm guessing that the modern large railroads are really only interested in running high capacity trains from point to point (i.e unit trains, auto trains). Are branch lines serving odd industries becoming a thing of the past? (I hope not...to me they have the most character). Do the large rails even run way freights anymore?

2007-04-10 12:07:25 · 4 answers · asked by LanceMiller77 2

What is the best possible process to follow to get an interview for a job on the Long Island, NY railroad, as a ticket seller, I am asking for a friend who wants a job there.
Thanks

2007-04-10 09:39:15 · 4 answers · asked by tim d 1