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I'm confused to how common it seems for this kind of situation to happen. First, an area far off from an urban area is used to build an industrial area, racetrack or other noisy activity. It then works for years becoming one of the most fundamental pieces for the local/national economy...

OK, first a disclaimer. The airplane in question is a French one and the "Other Transport" subforum seems to be specific for the UK. So I'm placing this thread over here. Recently the YouTube channel Mustard posted a video documentary of the Airbus A300, and between the "predecessors" of that...

Good afternoon everyone. Between September 2018 and January 2019 I've had Railways as a subject during my exchange period in the University of Porto. As an Industrial Design Student, and being the subject a Civil Engineering one, I negotiated with my teacher to replace the practical exam with a...

Hello. It's me again. I know that the short scale on number naming has been long adopted by Britain since 1974 and, what concerns English speaking countries, the rule "thousand, million, billion, trillion" apply. Either people like it or not. What brings me here is the confusion created when...

Good afternoon, I was reading an article about the design of a 90's regional train when I came across 4 trains mentioned but not pictured. They're the following: - 1900 Thunder Boxes - 1930 Glass Train - 1949 Belvedere - 1952 Settebello I was able to find out that the Settebello was the...

Not sure if I made this question before, but since this still bugs me I'd like to ask again how to use the articles "a" and "an" on the English language. I always took the idea that: "a" precedes a consonant, as in "It's a chocolate bar" "an" precedes a vowel, as in "It's an apple" It rolls...

Out of curiosity, I was looking for railway companies that had some airline service or had their livery replicated on an aeroplane. I only know of the Deutsch Bahn themed 737's from TUIfly, when DB launched their "Rail&Fly" initiative. I think other people may have photoshopped railway liveries...

For those who'll be voting on this year's EU election, I'm starting a thread specific to this. Today there'll be a debate between the candidates for the President of the European Commission, in Maasstricht, at 18:00PM GMT, or 17:00PM ECT Here's the link to the debate provided by Politico...

"The Presidential" is a special gourmet gastronomic train composed with the former Portuguese presidential train, which has been running in the past years during Spring and Fall, will be suspended in 2020. The train has been involved in a controversy over preferential treatment from the...

The two purely touristic and historical trains offered by the Portuguese National Railway Company will receive a reduction in their offer of services for 2019. The Steam powered broad gauge Douro Historical Train and the Diesel powered narrow gauge Vouga Historical Train will only run on...

It has been announced by the Portuguese national railway company that the Miradouro train, composed by an English Electric Class 1400 diesel locomotive and 1950's Schindler passengers cars, will be discontinued this year, and the three locomotives and six cars designated for this service will be...

Due to a severe lack of money, political issues with possible displaced residents and a usual distaste to railways, the idea of Metrobuses replacing railways is becoming more and more popular in Portugal. An old branch between Coimbra and Serpins, in Portugal, which was closed for refurbishment...

I'm planning on visiting the Frankfurt Autoshow, the Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung, and this is my first time doing so. As anyone ever went to these kinds of exhibitions? It'll be my first time going to one and I wanted to know if a near full visit is doable in a single full day. I'm...

What it means to be a foreigner? Just wanted to recap on a thread I created back in May 2012 about the notion of being a foreigner and if someone from abroad could adapt oneself to be more like a local, thus being accepted as one by the local society, or if a visitor/outside connection could be...

Not sure if this should be here or on the International sub-forum, but since it is speculation, and services could start and end in UK destinations, I'm starting the thread here. Anyway, sleeper trains might have become a thing of the past in most of Europe, but the concept could allow for...

Good evening. Ever since as a kid I've learned about the Japan National Railway class 183/485/585 that I always had the wish to ride them. Given that these units are already 30 to 50 years old, I'm afraid that by the time I get the chance to travel to Japan these units may already be all...

Good evening. I'm reaching out to you since I'm working on a project of Strategic Design applied to Civil Engineering for the layout of a hypothetical future station where currently stands a simple stop. I'm looking for stations/branches where a single track passenger branch line diverges from...

So, I heard the locomotive 50044 "Exeter" came back to life after being stopped for 6 years. The particularity here being that the loco was now equipped with a 16CSVT from a Portuguese CP Class 1800. Anyone who has seen the loco running since October 4th can tell if the difference on the...

Carlinghton, 21st of May, 3210 Health to you, Mr. Lom Baker Thanks for the advice you gave me last month. I was able to get the engine running backwards, despite how weak it runs. We moved it to the other side of the yard just to open space on the shed for Nr 433. We’ll send Nr 73 back to...

Good evening. Today, Paul Shillito of Curious Droid published a video asking what could happen to the landing sites of probes and the Apollo missions on the moon. At the end the host asks what would we do in this case. Mind that this question doesn't just apply to the moon, but also to Mars...