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As a designer, I do way more tasks now than a team of designers, technicians and engineers did in the 80s, while not being an expert on none of those fields. The tools of the trade have also changed. I can't draw as well as the old school designers, but I 3D model and work on virtual...

Well, I don't know... maybe workplaces, schools... the streets...?

Haha! Now it's a Ukrainian target! :lol:

I do feel like Frankfurt (Main) Hbf used to be WAY nicer before CoViD-19. I went there in 2019 for the Frankfurt Autoshow and the station and its surroundings were pretty nice, even at night. In 2023 and 2024... not so much. I wasn't bothered at all by anyone, but the station's McDonald's was...

Hello everyone. The results are in! :D After collecting all the data from the different forums, servers and chatrooms, the most voted vehicle was the English Electric Class 1400 Diesel Locomotive! In second place came the Pendolino Class 4000, and in third came the Class 2240 EMUs. But the...

I'm ashamed that Portugal wants to participate in both the FIFA World Cup and Eurovision. Shame doesn't exist anymore.

I'm doing a small market research to submit to KATO, Arnold, Fleischmann and PIKO.

For anyone with plans to visit Portugal, the Douro Line closed on November 3 between Marco de Canaveses and Peso da Régua for track improvement and station modernisation works. There is a rail replacement bus between *Caíde* and Peso da Régua, to connect to the stretch between Peso da Régua and...

FIP coupons are not accepted on the SNCF TGV Espagne services. Only Renfe AVE Francia accepts coupons. If you want to save money, my recommendation would be taking the Intercité de Nuit/TGV inOui to Marseille, Lyon, Montpellier or Narbonne, then ask the ticket inspector at the platform to book a...

Having your own cat is a good deterrent. Mine got the others out of our barn.

What if we do it on purpose? Like the good old days, we could send some very cheap, dumb, simple drones with nothing more than cartoon prints of Putin and petrol prices in Europe. It would be funny to see the response from Russian diplomacy. :D

The 3-year-old German boy has been discharged from hospital, and both parents also survived. The father, who was wrongly identified as one of the mortal victims, was found injured in Saint Joseph's Hospital in Lisbon.

An inspection was carried out by a technician from MAIN between 09:13 and 09:46 on the day of the accident. One of the targets was the cable that connected the two vehicles and, after a full return journey was completed, the cable was deemed to be "good". The next cable replacement was due in...

The Office for the Prevention and Investigation of Accidents in Civil Aviation and Rail (GPIAAF in Portuguese) will conduct an investigation into the crash of car 1 of the Graça funicular.

International travel on high speed rail between Spain and France with FIP is different between operators: Renfe accepts FIP coupons. SNCF only accepts FIP cards. SNCF does not sell FIP discount tickets for their TGV in Spain. Renfe, in France, may allow FIP Coupon and Card reservation of seats...

You are to expect that, whatever failures arise, they do so progressively in later stages of flight with greater successes back in the earlier stages of flight. This continuously as the progress is eventually achieved throughout the whole mission. Instead, SpaceX seems to be going backwards...

Trump voters, circa 2025

Tren/Comboio Celta Porto-Vigo, booked with Renfe: https://www.cp.pt/passageiros/en/how-to-travel/celta-train The Celta departs from Vigo-Guixar, which is a different station downhill from Vigo-Urzáiz. The departure times are 08:58 and 19:56. Packages with boat and train are sold by travel...

Renfe scrapped their Talgo Tren Hotel trains, or modified them for use with the Avril locomotives for use in long-haul services. Of the four U-Hansa couchettes that CP - Comboios de Portugal had, only two remain. They haven't run since 2010. The old Renfe Estrella coaches (8.000, 9.600 and...

Both Portugal and Spain don't subsidise cross-border links. Either they are profitable enough to be worth doing, or they don't exist. In Portugal, at least, that seems to be shifting, as the Portuguese Government as since noticed (finally) that their access to France is being gate kept by the...