Working rail roads and their tracks.

[BravoXray]

The Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland is the longest railway tunnel in the world, at 35.5 miles (57 km) long.

Gotthard Base Tunnel - Wikipedia

 

[MossRoad]

Wow!

 

[EdwardL]

I've always been interested in the ATC (automatic train controls) used in mass transit rail systems. -- I once had a job writing instructions for rail car maintenance, that morphed into managing new car training for the Washington Metro system. And once I took a train down the mainline in Cleveland, and the ATC signals shut the train down dead because I did not slow fast enough coming into a station. Only had about 8 seconds to brake to speed limit and didn't. So the auto train controls interest me. It was a neat expereince...

 

[ArlyA]

I've always been interested in the ATC (automatic train controls) used in mass transit rail systems. -- I once had a job writing instructions for rail car maintenance, that morphed into managing new car training for the Washington Metro system. And once I took a train down the mainline in Cleveland, and the ATC signals shut the train down dead because I did not slow fast enough coming into a station. Only had about 8 seconds to brake to speed limit and didn't. So the auto train controls interest me. It was a neat expereince...

You must know they run engineer free ore trains in Australia?

 

[EdwardL]

Some of the mass transit systems in the US could run automatically. The controls are there, but studies showed people will not ride on them without an operator.

 

[ArlyA]

Some of the mass transit systems in the US could run automatically. The controls are there, but studies showed people will not ride on them without an operator.

iron ore doesn't care. I do believe its hematite, not pellets that they produce there.

 

[MossRoad]

iron ore doesn't care.

It's too dense....

 

[bcp]

VLA antenna transporter

Where it works, aerial view:

NRAO Very Large Array · Old Hwy 60, Magdalena, NM 87825

âââââ · Observatory

www.google.com

Bruce

 

[kenmbz]

in the North East we can't even trust the commuter rail with engineers at the controls due to corrupt management and inept maintenance.
Just looks at one line of NJ transit the NEC, it has failed trains almost every day of the week.

On another note, the highest train line in Europe runs really well, in Switzerland.
Nothing like going up through the center of the mountain.

Jungfrau Railway - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[BravoXray]

VLA antenna transporter

Where it works, aerial view:

NRAO Very Large Array · Old Hwy 60, Magdalena, NM 87825

âââââ · Observatory

www.google.com

Bruce

The VLA and Murchison Crater are on my list of places to visit when I go to AZ to visit my son this year.

 

[BravoXray]

Japan now has a railway tunnel that is a close second to the Gotthard Base Tunnel, the Seikan Tunnel at 33.4 miles (53.85 km). It is however, the longest underwater tunnel.

Seikan Tunnel: The World's Longest Tunnel That Dips Underwater Links Japan's Islands

 

[LouNY]

Japan now has a railway tunnel that is a close second to the Gotthard Base Tunnel, the Seikan Tunnel at 33.4 miles (53.85 km). It is however, the longest underwater tunnel.

Seikan Tunnel: The World's Longest Tunnel That Dips Underwater Links Japan's Islands

Japan the land of thousands of earthquakes, just where I'd want to be in an underwater tunnel.

 

[Peter 315]

Japan the land of thousands of earthquakes, just where I'd want to be in an underwater tunnel.

Probably safer then the tunnels in Boston..

 

[ArlyA]

There was no date or location info on this Anscochrome scan, but I suspect it was from the U.S. Steel's Sherman Group (Chisholm MN) in the early 1960s as Alco S2 926 was shipped to Gary Works in July 1962. This is likely hematite they are loading.

 

[California]

The amount of monkey-motion and hence maintenance in that shovel is impressive. I expect a modern excavator could outwork it, considering how much down time that shovel might need.

Great photo!

 

[BravoXray]

The amount of monkey-motion and hence maintenance in that shovel is impressive. I expect a modern excavator could outwork it, considering how much down time that shovel might need.

Great photo!

It probably depends on how good the operator is and how fast it operates.

 

[ArlyA]

You guys seem to like them, so here is another. This should be taconite they are mining.
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Another U.S. Steel Minnesota Ore Operation slide in MN, undated and location unknown. Ektachrome from maybe the late 1960s or early 1970s. Two end-cab EMDs together would suggest the Sherman/Monroe pits, as a guess.

 

[Hay Dude]

Those were the days!

Did US Steel end up getting bought out by the Japanese company?
Lukens Steel in my area (Coatesville, PA) was bought out by ArcelorMittal from Luxembourg.

Least they didn’t go to the Chinese!

 

[MoKelly]

Those were the days!

Did US Steel end up getting bought out by the Japanese company?
Lukens Steel in my area (Coatesville, PA) was bought out by ArcelorMittal from Luxembourg.

Least they didn’t go to the Chinese!

US Steel has an agreement to be purchased by Nippon Steel (Japan’s largest steel company) for around $14 billion. It was agreed upon in 12/23.

The deal has not closed yet.

 

[MossRoad]

Those were the days....

These are the days!