Rail roads and their tracks.

[kenmbz]

3-train catastrophe in India today.

80 mph passenger express mistakenly got shunted into the back of a stopped freight train. Its cars accordioned and hit an oncoming passenger express.

10 images of the devastation following a 3-train crash in India that killed nearly 300 passengers

Nearly 300 people died, and hundreds were injured in a colossal train pile-up in India. Here are some of the first images of the horrific incident.

www.businessinsider.com

Sad stuff, they have accidents there all the time with overpacked trains.

I took the commuter trains around Mumbai during a holiday so they were pretty empty. I would say most of the cars were Ferric Oxide, bars instead of windows and metal seats. I did not sit down as the floors had plenty of crawling things.
But it did only cost 3 cents for the ride to my friends house.

 

[California]

Sad stuff, they have accidents there all the time with overpacked trains.
...would say most of the cars were Ferric Oxide, bars instead of windows and metal seats. I did not sit down as the floors had plenty of crawling things.
But it did only cost 3 cents for the ride to my friends house.

When daughter did her semester abroad in New Delhi we visited, and took a first-class sleeper train from New Delhi down to Varanasi. It was a little unnerving to board in the crowded main station where dozens had died a couple of weeks earlier, crushed in a stampede as crowds left the city for holiday.

The train was decent but a couple of times a whole family was dumped on us, having been sold tickets for their reserved seats elsewhere that wouldn't be vacant until after a couple more stops.

 

[Hay Dude]

Especially the child labor and the company towns

Yeah, but we evolved, they devolved.

 

[California]

Yeah, but we evolved, they devolved.

Yeah but - they're starting from 100 year newer technology than some of those American photos.

So they may have lower costs from more efficient production, in addition to their lower wages. (which probably aren't a major cost element anyhow).

 

[MossRoad]

Per capita, each US citizen produces 6 times the value in GDP as each Chinese citizen. We're still doing something right.

How about those railroads?

 

[California]

Per capita, each US citizen produces 6 times the value in GDP as each Chinese citizen. We're still doing something right.

How about those railroads?

That statistic reflects the large population still in subsistence rural ag.

But don't ignore the part of the economy in China that is developing, fast. It's a different world.

See a Google search on 'high speed rail in China'. More high speed miles of routes now compared to all other countries combined. (and only a single HS line in the US). This has largely obsoleted short to intermediate airline travel there.

All built in the last couple of decades.

 

[BravoXray]

Video of operations at NS's Elkhart, IN yard, NS's second largest yard.

 

[MossRoad]

Video of operations at NS's Elkhart, IN yard, NS's second largest yard.

Nice! I spent a lot of time across the street from there. I watched it in fast motion but will go back and watch the whole thing later tonight.

I saw the slug!

 

[California]

Nice! I spent a lot of time across the street from there. I watched it in fast motion but will go back and watch the whole thing later tonight.

I saw the slug!

What's a RR slug?

 

[bcp]

Slug (railroad) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Bruce