Also this.

And of course the usual /r/ business.

that was a cracking post mate updooted for visibility

You know nothing of trains, John Snow.

My Japanese is dying because I haven't used it properly in 2 years (now the non english parts of my twitter are largely broken gaijinese).
But that story was lol. By the sounds of it, it'll be the driver getting in the brown stuff because they took off without the guard. Unless the guard had belled them, they wouldn't have the authority to proceed.
And since it's JR West, he'll indeed be in for a hammering. Nice to know he didn't crash though considering the delay.

Looks like a rum week for JRW:

http://www.sankei.com/west/news/160114/wst1601140037-n1.html

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sankei.com%2Fwest%2Fnews%2F160114%2Fwst1601140037-n1.html&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sl=ja&tl=en

<- One of the Kansai Airport expresses lost a baggage room door.

its gone

<- It's late December, and some bloody baka decides to set up his cameras trackside of the barrier to capture some rare iron, gets a much-deserved bollocksing instead. Remain in no doubt: Had he been hit by a train, there would have been blood and broken bones all over - but most emph no brains.

http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&ie=UTF8&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http://www.sankei.com/west/news/151220/wst1512200042-n1.html&usg=ALkJrhjDcADCLKg2wQ83Rz9VvpKEsjPOOg

>>131456

>but most emph no brains

So no change there, then.

>>131456

The Japanese Darwin Awards. That diligent trainman made sure the guy was only a runner-up.

>>131456
I recall seeing some pictures of a similar incident on JR East lands a couple of weeks ago. A fair few had set their tripods in the corridor and it just so happened that one driver of an Azusa pulled an emergency stop and told them off.

No way was that caused by a Yaris! Maybe it ran into one of these blockheads?

>>131437
Being on a giant moving machine makes it hard to enjoy the peace out there tho

>>131438
It started to get really foggy

>>131439
We later found out it was a wildfire and not fog at all

>>131440
Rolling into Portland

>>131441
One last one. Idr where this was but look at Nancy's sweet bondage mask tattoo

Keep at it. These are some really interesting pictures and like they're from another world to me.

>>131443
Here's another good one. Eugene to Dunsmuir.

Aaaaart!

These are really quite lovely and rather intimate. You've got a great eye.

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>posting /pol/-tier shit
>on 1chan

I thought you were above this shit.

http://tetsudo-shimbun.com/article/topic/entry-546.html
http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&ie=UTF8&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http://tetsudo-shimbun.com/article/topic/entry-546.html&usg=ALkJrhhUrACqfCTI8_uLpO2g8W68ZzWjTQ

JR West's museum, the Kyoto Railway Museum, opens to the public ultimo April.

From the JREast dept: The 205 series had its arigato (thank you - for your service) run on the Nambu line six days ago.

http://tetsudo-shimbun.com/article/topic/entry-604.html
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftetsudo-shimbun.com%2Farticle%2Ftopic%2Fentry-604.html&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sl=ja&tl=en

Close to three years ago, an overground line disappeared overnight.

http://en.rocketnews24.com/2014/11/19/1200-japanese-workers-convert-above-ground-train-to-subway-line-in-a-matter-of-hours/

Too add to it - another event I missed. Apparently the lone Tokyo Metro 06 was killed off after 22 years of service. Lived a good life but even the much older 6000 is still in service. I guess it's due to a lack of parts.

There's another one - the JR371 was recycled into a Fujikyu. Another Mitooka design although I'd hazard it very much reflects the 7 Stars in Kyushu on the outside.

http://en.rocketnews24.com/2016/01/16/new-train-recreates-hotel-atmosphere-with-wood-interiors-and-views-from-the-foot-of-mount-fuji/

Obligatory pic. Oops.

>>131445

>7 Stars in Kyushu

Speaking of that, NHK World just put up a show about the 7 Stars in english.

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/vod/japanrailway/20160115.html

>>131445 >>131446 -- Fair, there is a Seven Stars feel to the exterior. And, if the artist's impression is right, the new livery will dress the trainset much better than the old one did.

>>131379
Don't feel bad about not knowing how to tell time. I only learned recently for the same reason (dad taught me to count in French and Arabic).

It's really simple though. There's always two hands, a long and a short one. The long one is always minutes (because it's divided up and has to be more accurate). The short one is the hours. To tell minutes find the notch that the long hand is closest to, and count by 5's up to that notch. To tell the hour find that notch that the hand has most recently passed, and that's it!

Kinda useless this day in age, but maybe it'll help you one day if you're in an Amshack without a digital clock!

>>131373
Quick question anyone know if this is true? PS there is hobo advise Facebook groups. H.elping O.ur B.rothers O.ut is what it's all about.

>>131394
Or this?

>>131395

Sounds like what they're trying to do is determine how the floor of a well car is built by looking at the sides. I can't say I'm aware of any sort of pattern in curved sides (like how the one in your picture at the top is) vs something like this square one here, but they're right that newer cars have less flooring.

Also came across this while I was searching for images of well cars. Nifty concept, what does 1chan think?

>>131397

Oh, hey, that's Emeryville. I've been there.

>>131399
The first time I ever went to jail for this was there. Bull was on an overpass looking down and saw me. Spent 3 days and 2 nights in there.

>>131397
Is it cheaper to make them with less floor or is it to do with the containers themselves?

>>131373
Also one more thing. I was gonna leave but I got a job! So I'm staying in Tucson. It's a temp job, just during the gem show. If any of you live in the area we should meet up. I'll show good spots where trains side out or something.

>>131405

A bit cheaper to make b/c less material, cuts down on weight, and some might argue about the structural benefits of a solid bottom vs some kind of truss/skeleton. Also probably prevents debris from building up in the well and getting in the way of loading, and I wouldn't be surprised if keeping y'all hobos off the trains was brought up at some point during the redesign meeting =P

This is my display layout from the first weekend of December. I was having the same problem with trains simply cutting out after 5-20 minutes of running, BUT, I was only having it on the INSIDE loop during the weekend. It's a bit hard to see in this picture, but the outside loop has a grade going up around the far end of the table bringing it through the tunnel (which turned out pretty well, if I do say so myself). The inside loop was touching the white fake-snow carpeting the whole way 'round. The trains running around the tree were ALSO touching carpet for the entire length of their run.

So, my theory is that some kind of static charge is building between the motor and the carpet as it zips around. The outside loop train got enough space/brick between itself and the carpet with every lap that no charge could build up, while the inside loop was ALWAYS close to the fabric, same as the trains around the tree. So, is it possible that theoretical charge would actually build up strong enough to cut out the motor? If not, what else could cause the engines to simply cut out? My only other theory is heavy trains overheating the motor, but this was happening even with the tank train you see on the inside loop, the lightest freight cars I have!

Wat do, 1chan?

>>131318

I'm going to guess it's a simple thermal protection in the train motor, those things are really not built to be run for long times continually, nor to pull lego trains much longer than about three cars.

Your inner loop has much tighter curves and more curved track compared to straight one and the train is longer too, so all lego cars running against flanges in curves would cause the motors to work hard enough to overheat after some time.

>>131336

My only quarrel with the overheating idea is that these motors have been running for years, and this problem has never occurred with such frequency before.

>>131336

I'd second this.

I've also heard that once they start tripping the thermistor, they're more likely to start tripping the thermistor in the future, so that would explain why you'd suddenly have a lot once the failures started happening.

>>131348
Thanks. I have no idea how small DC motors behave as they wear down. Would make sense than increased heat output would be part of it.

I did have motor control at poly, but DC motors were covered more as a side note, as in "these used to be popular before frequency converters became cheap". Did run one agains a dynamometer to see how armature field retardation affects its speed and torque.

My meager guess that all my gut feelings are completely against is the normal case, that is that the graphite debris from the brushes has clogged the commutator and causes some current to leak in it that generates enough heat increase to trip the thermistor. In school, heat in the commutator wasn't really seen as a problem, more like that it reduces torque.

>>131349

They're actually AC motors, but the idea of opening them up for another thorough cleaning isn't a bad idea.

The Skyrim mod was classic, and funnier.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNaTZV8qS1I

Ham, still wondering if this is you.

>>131289 No I don't TTTE

>Patricia Hernandez

Stopped reading there

>>131298

I did say sorry for the shit site.

>>131304

>/v/irgins
>ever making their own games

I don't even think most of them even play video games at this point.
At least /rail/fags do build and maintain things.

>Hashtag GamerGate?
>in MY /rail/?

http://sh.st/nGJIk