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The Fushun Electric Railway - China's First Electric Railway
China is not a country well-known for legacy suburban railways. Although lately several dozen new-build lines have appeared, and several mai...
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For decades, China's only electrified suburban railway was a 300km-system in Fushun, an industrial city of a little over a million in Liaoning province. I wrote a little about it: kaptrice.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
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Toronto in 8mm. Line 1, Line 2, Line 5, Kitchener Line and UP Express.
Toronto in 8mm. Line 1, Line 2, Line 5, Kitchener Line and UP Express.
toronto in the evening
YouTube video by subzi
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February 18, 2026 at 4:03 AM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OkB...
Toronto in 8mm. Line 1, Line 2, Line 5, Kitchener Line and UP Express.
Toronto in 8mm. Line 1, Line 2, Line 5, Kitchener Line and UP Express.
when the eglinton line was conceived, 8mm video was fading but still in broad use. so, here's eglinton on tape
February 17, 2026 at 2:43 AM
when the eglinton line was conceived, 8mm video was fading but still in broad use. so, here's eglinton on tape
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This issue actually destroyed US transit. So many trams might still exist if there had been a 7.5¢ coin in 1920
February 13, 2026 at 4:06 PM
This issue actually destroyed US transit. So many trams might still exist if there had been a 7.5¢ coin in 1920
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Sewoon Sangga has been long an obsession of mine. A massive complex of brutalist shopping mall buildings which span four wide blocks in a straight north-south line from Jongmyo Shrine to Namsan Mountain, it pioneered the Seoul as we know it -- and has lived many lives during its steady decline 🧵
February 14, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Sewoon Sangga has been long an obsession of mine. A massive complex of brutalist shopping mall buildings which span four wide blocks in a straight north-south line from Jongmyo Shrine to Namsan Mountain, it pioneered the Seoul as we know it -- and has lived many lives during its steady decline 🧵
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Review of the diet of troodontid dinosaurs: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🪶🧪 (📷Fan et al.)
February 14, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Review of the diet of troodontid dinosaurs: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🪶🧪 (📷Fan et al.)
the Fushun municipal government proposed reviving the old local electric railways as part of an integrated (light?) rail loop, integrating with the old Shenyang-Jilin railway, for the 14th 5 Year Plan. It looks ridiculous on a map. corridor reuse final boss
February 13, 2026 at 3:10 PM
the Fushun municipal government proposed reviving the old local electric railways as part of an integrated (light?) rail loop, integrating with the old Shenyang-Jilin railway, for the 14th 5 Year Plan. It looks ridiculous on a map. corridor reuse final boss
It took English consultants to get Toronto to come up with anything that wasn't this. There was some diminishing returns over the years, Bloor had 150 streetcars for peak service but Eglinton only 80 busses before they got their subways.
Replace the bus with a subway seems underrated.
February 12, 2026 at 4:40 PM
It took English consultants to get Toronto to come up with anything that wasn't this. There was some diminishing returns over the years, Bloor had 150 streetcars for peak service but Eglinton only 80 busses before they got their subways.
i feel like you see this when contrasting cities in china and the upper-middle ASEAN gang. the latter are richer but provision less space per capita, less rapid transit, and exist at lower lower densities
tbh developed living standards combined with high density require good transit, which is itself dependent on a competent state, which techbros hate because it "stifles innovation" and "makes it harder for founders to retain control"
February 4, 2026 at 4:14 AM
i feel like you see this when contrasting cities in china and the upper-middle ASEAN gang. the latter are richer but provision less space per capita, less rapid transit, and exist at lower lower densities
chinese T1s have vastly higher floor space per capita as well as population density than Tokyo. but they would be so much better with japanese surface rail
believe me, i want the streets of Toronto to look like a T1 city in China or Tokyo
Jokes aside, the population density of your typical Chinese city would melt the average western mind. India is probably even crazier in that regard, but I haven't been there
February 4, 2026 at 3:45 AM
chinese T1s have vastly higher floor space per capita as well as population density than Tokyo. but they would be so much better with japanese surface rail
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missed another light cycle westbound at Atlantic because of the restricted speed policy under underpasses. This outdated policy was due to trolley poles losing contract with the overhead during elevation changes. We don't have trolley poles on tbe network anymore!!
February 2, 2026 at 2:44 AM
missed another light cycle westbound at Atlantic because of the restricted speed policy under underpasses. This outdated policy was due to trolley poles losing contract with the overhead during elevation changes. We don't have trolley poles on tbe network anymore!!
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this isn't shit that TSP alone can fix!!! Our dated infrastructure and nonsensical procedures are some of the biggest hindrances to efficient service.
there should be ZERO reason two streetcars can't be crossing the same intersection at the same time in our holy year of 2026
there should be ZERO reason two streetcars can't be crossing the same intersection at the same time in our holy year of 2026
February 2, 2026 at 2:40 AM
this isn't shit that TSP alone can fix!!! Our dated infrastructure and nonsensical procedures are some of the biggest hindrances to efficient service.
there should be ZERO reason two streetcars can't be crossing the same intersection at the same time in our holy year of 2026
there should be ZERO reason two streetcars can't be crossing the same intersection at the same time in our holy year of 2026
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It’s interesting how many people seem to think subway and bus riders are entirely distinct communities and not the same one that people back and forth between.
Since the $1 billion "subsidy" (a painfully absurd thing to call providing public services free at the point of delivery) is in fact fare revenue that bus riders would not pay, this "proposal" would literally be a cash transfer from bus riders to benefit subway riders
January 31, 2026 at 5:54 PM
It’s interesting how many people seem to think subway and bus riders are entirely distinct communities and not the same one that people back and forth between.
The original Tokyu 7000 series only has articles on the Japanese and Korean Wikipedias, which surprises me, given it was Japan's first production all-stainless train
January 16, 2026 at 12:59 AM
The original Tokyu 7000 series only has articles on the Japanese and Korean Wikipedias, which surprises me, given it was Japan's first production all-stainless train
I reaaaally want them to use the Don branch and Belleville subdivision to enter Toronto, not because I think it would lead to better project outcomes but because the aesthetics of trains gliding over the Don Valley there would be good.
Alto published a few more info in its website ahead of the first round of public consultations that will start next week, and we have an initial idea of the broader corridor they are identifying.
en.consultation.altotrain.ca/reinventing-...
en.consultation.altotrain.ca/reinventing-...
January 15, 2026 at 6:17 PM
I reaaaally want them to use the Don branch and Belleville subdivision to enter Toronto, not because I think it would lead to better project outcomes but because the aesthetics of trains gliding over the Don Valley there would be good.
Old hand-written timetable signs show a substantial but not huge passenger service. It's hard to find any historical schedules, so I don't know how the service level evolved over time.
January 15, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Old hand-written timetable signs show a substantial but not huge passenger service. It's hard to find any historical schedules, so I don't know how the service level evolved over time.
an eternal curse on North Korea for making impossible a hypothetical shen-dan/gyeongui through HSL, which i would find slightly useful
In the past few days a bunch of new High Speed Railway lines opened in China. Pushing China's HSR network to over 50,000km in length. But what does...
December 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
an eternal curse on North Korea for making impossible a hypothetical shen-dan/gyeongui through HSL, which i would find slightly useful
The new Shenbai PDL (in the top right, in red) is kind of funny in that it exists largely to service Changbaishan a.k.a. Mt. Paektu, the mythical homeland of both the Manchu and Korean people, atop which sits Heaven Lake
In the past few days a bunch of new High Speed Railway lines opened in China. Pushing China's HSR network to over 50,000km in length. But what does...
December 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The new Shenbai PDL (in the top right, in red) is kind of funny in that it exists largely to service Changbaishan a.k.a. Mt. Paektu, the mythical homeland of both the Manchu and Korean people, atop which sits Heaven Lake
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Nikkei video of the area around Tokyo station. Has incredible pics showing the change from 2000 to the present, plus the planned future. The Koizumi administration's "Urban Renaissance" agenda worked.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFkR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFkR...
December 27, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Nikkei video of the area around Tokyo station. Has incredible pics showing the change from 2000 to the present, plus the planned future. The Koizumi administration's "Urban Renaissance" agenda worked.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFkR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFkR...
One of the Ontario Northland Railway's new Siemens passenger trainsets passed through Hamilton today on their way north. It's a pretty attractive train!
December 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
One of the Ontario Northland Railway's new Siemens passenger trainsets passed through Hamilton today on their way north. It's a pretty attractive train!
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The more you study old US transit plans the more you realize that ~everyone was rightfully fixated on travel time savings, noting times right on the map. Philly did a particularly impressive analysis with isochrones in *1914*
babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hv...
babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hv...
December 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The more you study old US transit plans the more you realize that ~everyone was rightfully fixated on travel time savings, noting times right on the map. Philly did a particularly impressive analysis with isochrones in *1914*
babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hv...
babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hv...
The Russian and Chinese railways have very intensive freight traffic and also carry very high pax-km/capita. But the US network suffers from really low investment compared to those systems. There proabbly isn't any American railway that can measure up to Transsib or BAM in infrastructural standards.
HSRstans when you remind them that freight rail exists and is much more important in the US than in Europe.
December 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The Russian and Chinese railways have very intensive freight traffic and also carry very high pax-km/capita. But the US network suffers from really low investment compared to those systems. There proabbly isn't any American railway that can measure up to Transsib or BAM in infrastructural standards.
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It's interesting that there seems to be little desire in traditional rapid transit foamer/railfan circles to understand CBTC in the same way they understand traditional signalling systems. CBTC info isn't super accessible to the public, but I feel like there's more to it than that.
December 16, 2025 at 2:42 AM
It's interesting that there seems to be little desire in traditional rapid transit foamer/railfan circles to understand CBTC in the same way they understand traditional signalling systems. CBTC info isn't super accessible to the public, but I feel like there's more to it than that.
This is the obvious approach, but the project team seems to really believe in the Quebec-Montreal segment, which has a really poor case if it has to bear the cost of some creative solution of the eastward exit from Montreal.
Everyone is obsessing on the tunnel to downtown, but if it was politically possible, as it technically is, to share the CN-CP west Island corridor to get into the core (plenty of spare room to add 2 more tracks), we wouldn't need any tunnel to reach Gare Centrale on phase 1.
December 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This is the obvious approach, but the project team seems to really believe in the Quebec-Montreal segment, which has a really poor case if it has to bear the cost of some creative solution of the eastward exit from Montreal.
densha otaku videos with the yukkuri TTS feel like the spiritual equivalent to canadian bus foamer videos with ugly title cards reading [This or that] Productions
December 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
densha otaku videos with the yukkuri TTS feel like the spiritual equivalent to canadian bus foamer videos with ugly title cards reading [This or that] Productions