Damn... rf scanners are getting less and less useful as time goes by.

>>132161
I paid close to 600 dollars for a fancy scanner in 2005, it's basically a very expensive paperweight now.

Someone unrelated I once wrote a story about a train driver in Europe in the fact they have to be multi lingual. Well said train driver wasn't in his native land and when he saw a deer by the tracks he didn't know the proper word to tell the dispatch in the native language so he ended up saying there was a cow with a pantagraph on its head.

Somewhat* heard* not wrote damn text to speech.

One, possibly original, version of that story is at http://www.railway-technical.com/stories.shtml

>>132128
Somebody at the company has already tried that. Their employment agreement says jack shit about photographs. At that, they still don't have legal precedent to use pictures taken while on the clock due to copyright law.

>>132135 Do you still motor for the non profit operation down there?

The non profit is the organization I was fired from. I stay far away.

>>132135
Depends what the rules are, I suppose. In some jurisdictions, there's a presumption that anything you do on the clock belongs to your employer unless they explicitly sign something that says otherwise. What's the law say on that where you are?

>>132150
So you weren't DART?

>>132152 -- IIRC, he was with MATA.

>>132150
If they're using them online, try issuing a DMCA (afaik, anyone can!) It's more effective if they're using them on their website, less effective on YouTube, Facebook, etc.. but still worth it.

Alternatively see if you can find a lawyer that works on contingency.

>>132151
Copyright law says it's mine.

>>132152
Nope. Trying to change that though. DART is rather bureaucratic and takes a while to get through applications. They anticipated that after the last posting closed on Dec. 24 of last year, they'd be ready to start a class of new operators on Feb. 22. The trainer and supervisor I'm friends with both said that they haven't even scheduled interviews.

>>132153
Nailed it.

>>132155
I'd love nothing more than to shell out $180 to have the images copyrighted and sue the shit out of them for eighteen counts of copyright infringement that I found. Yes, copyrights can be applied retroactively so to speak.

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>>132157

>Copyright law says it's mine.

Are you sure? In most places, if you were employed (as opposed to merely contracting) then it would belong to your employer.

>>132157

If I were you I'd wait til the dust settles and you're in like Flynn at DART then go after Mckinney. If it nets you a few bucks, then there you go, but if they're going to screw you over there's no reason to not screw them back.

Love Those Trains is one of my favorites. I had it on videocassette.

My favorite bit is when they're showing the lettuce traverse the US by different crews and the process involved. It gives a small bit of insight about what it takes to move freight. Sometimes I wish I could take a total outsider and show them what it really takes to make it all happen.

Love Those Trains was my go to VHS as a kid if I wanted to watch trains. Love that film.

As for show's, NHK has a series on Japanese trains. The show's all in English and new episodes are up for stream for a few weeks.
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/japanrailway/

I don't know what series this is from but this guy's channel has a bunch of videos on British steam locos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQmQsOCTCRo

Snail remembers this from junior high.

When it first aired...

Well, fuck.

>>131925
Word on the street is that a new bridge there was in the works already.

well wood trestles may look cool but 1 spark & POOF they go fast
which is why I prefer steel or concrete bridges

The bridge was back in service as of the 20th.

Probably held together with Juicy Fruit and Crazy Glue.

>That rail on the 2nd main

Man, they tore that shit ALL the fuck up.

What's the difference between "sum" and "count?"

>>132127

Sum = A subjective scoring of each railroad is given, based on some factors I can't remember.

Count = The number of railroads.

>>132127
What he said:
>>132134

Also the factors making up the score are...
Opening year of the right of way (older = higher score)
Length of the main line (longer = higher score)
Track gauge (wider = higher score)
Number of operational steam locomotives (more = higher score)
Age of oldest operational steam locomotive (older = higher score)

Each of these five factors are compared to the factors of all of the other railroads and graded on bell curves. The overall score is the average score of these five bell curve grades. The scoring system favors those that are bigger and older, and disfavors those that are newer and smaller. Also, if a railroad has more than one track gauge, it gets separate entries for each track gauge. Plus, in rare instances, a railroad may operate more than one line with the same track gauge and ticket them separately. There would be a separate entry for each line in this case, also.

Now for something REALLY nuts.

I do similar scoring systems for roller coasters and classic carousels in addition to steam railroads, and I have a master spreadsheet that combines all three scores along with some basic scores for weather. The image of the master Attraction Rankings spreadsheet attached is filtered to show only locations that have a score from the Steam Railroad Rankings spreadsheet.

Also, the reason why the two Disney Parks on the list are ranked higher despite having lower scores is because its ranked based on the net scores for all locations within the same complex (like a theme park resort). The scores for the other locations within those Disney Resorts aren't shown because they have no steam railroad scores to display. Very, very few locations on the list are in complexes with more than one location and the two Disney Parks among those rarities.

Lastly, just in case one of our hot wives or gfs is reading this and wondering why the parks in Universal Orlando Resort (also a rare multi-park resort) can't be seen (it has a steam train, too, right?), it's because their Hogwarts Express train is a well-themed spectacular fake and is technically a funicular.

How appropriate, a New York Central unit.

Is this official art?

Picture sorta related