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Maybe I can go from Saarbrücken to Strasbourg? Oh, there is a direct train!
It leaves two minutes before the train from Trier arrives.
Go figure.
Going from Trier to Saarbrücken, you want to sit on the right side with a view of the river Saar. But the train was too busy for that. Turns out things get really interesting on the left side once you get closer to Saarbrücken – all the old steel mills and assorted industry and attached railway infrastructure make for a lot to see.
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Going from Trier to Saarbrücken, you want to sit on the right side with a view of the river Saar. But the train was too busy for that. Turns out things get really interesting on the left side once you get closer to Saarbrücken – all the old steel mills and assorted industry and attached railway infrastructure make for a lot to see.
The stop train takes one and a half times the time of the express train. And no, it doesn’t have a long stop along the way. It just stops a lot. These diesel things really are terrible at accelerating.
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The stop train takes one and a half times the time of the express train. And no, it doesn’t have a long stop along the way. It just stops a lot. These diesel things really are terrible at accelerating.
Quick reminder that if you run more than one train per hour, it is cheaper to just electrify the line already than toy with ingenious alternatives.
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Quick reminder that if you run more than one train per hour, it is cheaper to just electrify the line already than toy with ingenious alternatives.
Ironically, a bunch of slightly overweight children left the train at Landau.
(This toot for old German people only.)
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Ironically, a bunch of slightly overweight children left the train at Landau.
(This toot for old German people only.)
The northern of the two signal boxes at Winden (Pfalz) – very much still in use – was taken into service in 1899!
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The northern of the two signal boxes at Winden (Pfalz) – very much still in use – was taken into service in 1899!
It is pitch black outside, time to call it a day.
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It is pitch black outside, time to call it a day.
What’s with all the lederhosen and dirndls? I thought better of you, Baden.
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What’s with all the lederhosen and dirndls? I thought better of you, Baden.
Room with a view.
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Room with a view.
Good morning! Let’s see what I screw up today. There will be financial losses if I don’t make it to Chamonix by tonight. But, I will obviously not just go there in a straight line. That would be silly.
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Good morning! Let’s see what I screw up today. There will be financial losses if I don’t make it to Chamonix by tonight. But, I will obviously not just go there in a straight line. That would be silly.
It may have required a spreadsheet, but I have concocted a plan. Someone really needs to make a rail travel planning app for going off the beaten track.
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It may have required a spreadsheet, but I have concocted a plan. Someone really needs to make a rail travel planning app for going off the beaten track.
Why do they feel they need to have a great big yellow warning ticker about construction work in Cologne on this Basel-bound ICE well south of Karlsruhe?
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Why do they feel they need to have a great big yellow warning ticker about construction work in Cologne on this Basel-bound ICE well south of Karlsruhe?
Bienvenue à Bâle !
Good thing I couldn’t go to Strasbourg last night as there are no trains into Basel from there today.
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Bienvenue à Bâle !
Good thing I couldn’t go to Strasbourg last night as there are no trains into Basel from there today.
The rule is that you have to travel via Delémont if you are going for the west of the country. Bonus twist today: due to engineering works, the trains turn left just outside Biel and head to Lyss.
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The rule is that you have to travel via Delémont if you are going for the west of the country. Bonus twist today: due to engineering works, the trains turn left just outside Biel and head to Lyss.
Still the best seat in all of Switzerland’s trains.
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Still the best seat in all of Switzerland’s trains.
The train turns around in Delémont. If it wouldn’t it would eventually end up in Belfort which is also where I wanted to end up last night. So let’s not talk about that.
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The train turns around in Delémont. If it wouldn’t it would eventually end up in Belfort which is also where I wanted to end up last night. So let’s not talk about that.
I think I figured it out: If you have a paper Interrail pass and it doesn’t have a Swiss stamp yet, the SBB conductor will ask for your passport and otherwise trust their colleagues.
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I think I figured it out: If you have a paper Interrail pass and it doesn’t have a Swiss stamp yet, the SBB conductor will ask for your passport and otherwise trust their colleagues.
All the (Belgian, Luxemburgian, and German) conductors yesterday just threw up their hands when confronted with this big A4-sized form of a ticket.
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All the (Belgian, Luxemburgian, and German) conductors yesterday just threw up their hands when confronted with this big A4-sized form of a ticket.
The train stops in an industrial estate outside Biel for transfer to the city bus. Afterwards, the conductor is a bit surprised to still find me on the train.
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The train stops in an industrial estate outside Biel for transfer to the city bus. Afterwards, the conductor is a bit surprised to still find me on the train.
Onwards to Bern on something modern or some classic railway to Kerzers? Rhetoric question.
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Onwards to Bern on something modern or some classic railway to Kerzers? Rhetoric question.
They sneakily added a low-floor section to the train by cutting an old carriage in half and sticking a newly build portion with Jacobs bogie between the halves.
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That is a little odd, and I'd think that is a violation of the implicit addressing conventions...
If as:Public is not addressed, it is not public. End of story...
Edit: oh, I loaded up the AP resource. to contains public, so that's ok.
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@xinqu this looks like Italy...
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@internetarchive wow, that sounds awesome.
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Mastodon may expose followers-only posts to public. Is it a feature or a bug?
For example, this reply is addressed to the followers collection (to) and the mentioned user (cc):
https://not-brain.d.on-t.work/notes/admrkcvj3hfn5crj
But Mastodon says the reply is "public". Anyone can view it:
https://neuromatch.social/@kopper@not-brain.d.on-t.work/115343438096255204
#Iceshrimp also doesn't require authorization, but you need to know the post ID to view it.
@kopper Did you know about this?
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@adhdeanasl very true. OTOH, given his reaction, it does indicate that he did felt the pressure, which would suggest the path undertaken pushes in the right direction.
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What do you mean?
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@kaia we can easily imagine what kind
