The special feature of the Deutschlandticket isn’t really its price but that it is valid not just on trains but on all the things.
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Of course there is a hen party on this train. It is Saturday in NRW, after all.
Right. Change of plans. Half-way to Dortmund, this train is already super busy and super noisy. Also, it has no functioning toilets. Plus, there is a gap in the tram network between Dortmund and Bochum.
So, the new starting point for this venture is now Herne, which allows me to take rather quite train, which also had a working loo.
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Right. Change of plans. Half-way to Dortmund, this train is already super busy and super noisy. Also, it has no functioning toilets. Plus, there is a gap in the tram network between Dortmund and Bochum.
So, the new starting point for this venture is now Herne, which allows me to take rather quite train, which also had a working loo.
The train to Herle went kaputt in Wanne-Eickel (as one does), so the train-free portion now starts in Dorsten with another city bus on cross-country duty, one of NRW’s infamous SB lines which I think stands for Schnellbus, i.e., fast bus. It’ll take 50 minutes for the twenty kilometres to Recklinghausen.
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The train to Herle went kaputt in Wanne-Eickel (as one does), so the train-free portion now starts in Dorsten with another city bus on cross-country duty, one of NRW’s infamous SB lines which I think stands for Schnellbus, i.e., fast bus. It’ll take 50 minutes for the twenty kilometres to Recklinghausen.
One minute transfer in Recklinghausen worked as advertised. They have a really impressive bus network around here.
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One minute transfer in Recklinghausen worked as advertised. They have a really impressive bus network around here.
The second bus got badly stuck in South Recklinghausen traffic and ended up eight minutes delayed. But I have now arrived at the beginning of the tram network. Even if this first bit is an underground line all the way to Bochum centre, back from when they still had more money than they could eat.
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The second bus got badly stuck in South Recklinghausen traffic and ended up eight minutes delayed. But I have now arrived at the beginning of the tram network. Even if this first bit is an underground line all the way to Bochum centre, back from when they still had more money than they could eat.
Oh, those tunnels are quite deep.
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Oh, those tunnels are quite deep.
Apparently they completely closed Bochum Hbf, main railway station of a city of 350,000 – both main line and S-Bahn – for two months.
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Apparently they completely closed Bochum Hbf, main railway station of a city of 350,000 – both main line and S-Bahn – for two months.
But enough tunnel nonsense. I’m back in a proper tram which, unlike the U lines, which are standard gauge, is metre gauge. The company is called Bogestra, short for Bochum-Gelsenkirchener Straßenbahnen, and Gelsenkirchen is where I am headed next. A bit further, even, all the way to the end of the line in Buer. The direct way this ain’t. But that was never the point.
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But enough tunnel nonsense. I’m back in a proper tram which, unlike the U lines, which are standard gauge, is metre gauge. The company is called Bogestra, short for Bochum-Gelsenkirchener Straßenbahnen, and Gelsenkirchen is where I am headed next. A bit further, even, all the way to the end of the line in Buer. The direct way this ain’t. But that was never the point.
A million people stormed the poor tram at Gelsenkirchen central station, apparently going to the Schalke arena where something truly horrifying is going on today:
“Olé auf Schalke 2025. The World’s largest Mallorca party tour.”
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A million people stormed the poor tram at Gelsenkirchen central station, apparently going to the Schalke arena where something truly horrifying is going on today:
“Olé auf Schalke 2025. The World’s largest Mallorca party tour.”
I figured if I am in Buer, I might as well skip a tram and go have a look. The pedestrian area is bigger than expected and they have a fancy church with three quarters of a tower.
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I figured if I am in Buer, I might as well skip a tram and go have a look. The pedestrian area is bigger than expected and they have a fancy church with three quarters of a tower.
I was considering having a currywurst and a beer at an imbiss, but they were loudly playing Mallorca schlager and I just can’t.
I guess we have to quote Herbert’s bestest song some other time.
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I was considering having a currywurst and a beer at an imbiss, but they were loudly playing Mallorca schlager and I just can’t.
I guess we have to quote Herbert’s bestest song some other time.
Alright, time to move on down to Essen in three easy steps.
Step one is this tram to Horst.
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Alright, time to move on down to Essen in three easy steps.
Step one is this tram to Horst.
Step 2a is a surprise replacement bus for the first few stops of the U11.
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Step 2a is a surprise replacement bus for the first few stops of the U11.
Step 2b: Onwards in this yellow shoebox. Sadly, it immediately dives underground.
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Step 2b: Onwards in this yellow shoebox. Sadly, it immediately dives underground.
Step 3: More yellow. This one is optional but means a bit more overground travel.
Is Essen twinned with Manchester or something?
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Step 3: More yellow. This one is optional but means a bit more overground travel.
Is Essen twinned with Manchester or something?
Quite the tram cave they built there. Not the different track gauges.
I think this is a good place to end the day. Now I just need to find Essen-Abendessen.
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Quite the tram cave they built there. Not the different track gauges.
I think this is a good place to end the day. Now I just need to find Essen-Abendessen.
Good morning! I overslept and immediately paid for it by the breakfast room being a mess.
Always arrive three minutes after the breakfast room opens. The you will only have to share it with two German couples who aren’t on vacation for fun and who are too tired still to make any kind of noise.
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Good morning! I overslept and immediately paid for it by the breakfast room being a mess.
Always arrive three minutes after the breakfast room opens. The you will only have to share it with two German couples who aren’t on vacation for fun and who are too tired still to make any kind of noise.
Anyway, the tram is coming back to the surface in Essen but it isn’t quite there yet. So I’ll do a quick walk down the wonderfully quiet main pedestrian street to Rathaus station.
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Anyway, the tram is coming back to the surface in Essen but it isn’t quite there yet. So I’ll do a quick walk down the wonderfully quiet main pedestrian street to Rathaus station.
At Rathaus station (which is under a big shopping mall), the electronic destination boards are broken and there is zero alternative information on the platform. The destinations given on the wayfinding upstairs don’t match those given in the app.
Luckily I don’t have to deal with this as it turns out that the tram line into Mühlheim is being bustituted today, so I am now walking back to central station to get the U-bahn line instead.
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At Rathaus station (which is under a big shopping mall), the electronic destination boards are broken and there is zero alternative information on the platform. The destinations given on the wayfinding upstairs don’t match those given in the app.
Luckily I don’t have to deal with this as it turns out that the tram line into Mühlheim is being bustituted today, so I am now walking back to central station to get the U-bahn line instead.
Oh great: for the first half, that U18 runs in the median of the local urban motorway. I guess this is fun during rush hour when the motorway is completely clogged and you just zip past.
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Oh great: for the first half, that U18 runs in the median of the local urban motorway. I guess this is fun during rush hour when the motorway is completely clogged and you just zip past.
I noticed this already yesterday: The platform displays here in Essen often keep saying that the next train is coming “now” (“sofort”) for quite a while after the train has left which strikes me as … not ideal.
Gli ultimi otto messaggi ricevuti dalla Federazione
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-il suo livello di napoletano?
-eccellente!
-allora mi traduca "sembra il mio amico proveniente dalla capitale francese"
-par is!
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Building a Hydraulic Gear Pump Isn’t So Easy
The gear pump prototype in action. (Credit: Artisan Makes, YouTube)
Hydraulic gear pumps are deceptively simple: just two gears rotating together, forcing the hydraulic oil from one side to the other where the teeth don’t meet, and thus providing the ability to pressurize said oil to make hydraulic cylinders, final drives, etc. do their thing. As with most machining projects like this, the devil is absolutely in the details, particularly in the tolerances. This is the crash course that the [Artisan Makes] channel on YouTube is currently going through.In this part one of a series on a DIY gear pump, scrap aluminium is used for the housing, along with 1045 medium carbon steel for the gears and W1A high carbon steel for bearings and other wear surfaces. Since at least one of the gears needs to be driven, a lip seal rated for 10 bar is used to provide a path for the shaft. As noted in the video, this is supposed to be a learning experience, ergo it’s a simplified design that merely targets being functional as a gear pump.
With the basic design figured out, the parts were created on the lathe and mill, followed by assembly. Most of the controversy is about the tolerances within the housing, as any leakage will reduce the efficiency. This means the spacing between the gears and housing, space between the gears and bearings, as well as that provided by the gasket that seals the housing base and top. This is where the comment section somewhat explodes with criticism and advice.
As can be seen in the demonstration with a better gasket, there is absolutely flow when driven at 1200 RPM, but also clearly severe leakage as evidenced by said flow not moving quite as fast as it should. We’re looking forward to the next part, in which addressing these tolerances is tackled, with hopefully a much more performant gear pump resulting.
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Che poi, spacciano per Made in Italy ciò che non lo è, ma il vero Made in Italy costa. Gli italiani, in massa, hanno perso la capacità di capire la qualità, quindi vanno di schifezze a prezzi bassissimi. Il Casentino ti dura una vita ma costa. Quando avranno capito che il low cost non esiste perché qualcuno il prezzo lo paga, la filiera italiana sarà morta e sepolta. Amen.
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@Linkshaender
che meraviglia!
buonanotte Armin 🌌
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frugando nella scatola dei ricordi 🐾«la Mimì col Trottola»
mag.1991
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@thatgiga
La perfezione ❤️
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@Otttoz ecco finalmente spiegato il famoso detto "abitare nel culo del mondo"!
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@ibrahim46 @aral
L'Italia è con voi 🍉🍉
