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hope said:
And it's interesting to me how differently we engage with a topic.
For example, for me, trains are about emotions, impressions of a train ride, memories, or the pleasure of the sounds of a train.
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goodness me, you're on fire, hope! I need to think about all of this.

I definitely agree with this bit:
hope said:
And for you it is perhaps an intellectual journey, an exploration of an interesting story.
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But it's also a visual thing. For instance, when you started posting your train stuff I immediately had this jump into my head ...

scenic-railway-scotland-1633424214.jpg


... but I didn't post it bc I wasn't feeling madly conversational at that point.

hope said:
I find it interesting to read this in your posts, but I rarely get so immersed in a topic myself.
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I can be quite fickle, though. I get madly immersed and then can lose interest in a heartbeat. My mind jumps around like a mad flea, lol. There's always some sort of conversation going on in my head. Stuff I post here, for example, is probably only about 5% of what is running through my head at any time.

The sounds of trains ... oh yes! 🥰
 
zinniabooklover said:
goodness me, you're on fire, hope! I need to think about all of this.
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It's just a guess, I don't like to analyze much, it just came to mind. You should know better, of course))))

zinniabooklover said:
I definitely agree with this bit:


But it's also a visual thing. For instance, when you started posting your train stuff I immediately had this jump into my head ...

scenic-railway-scotland-1633424214.jpg
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😍😍😍
zinniabooklover said:
... but I didn't post it bc I wasn't feeling madly conversational at that point.


I can be quite fickle, though. I get madly immersed and then can lose interest in a heartbeat. My mind jumps around like a mad flea, lol. There's always some sort of conversation going on in my head. Stuff I post here, for example, is probably only about 5% of what is running through my head at any time.

The sounds of trains ... oh yes! 🥰
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😍😍😍
 
Can you feel the spring?
I have a thaw and there was a lot of birdsong this morning. But I'm waiting for the sun, unfortunately it's sorely missed.
 
zinniabooklover said:

"William Hedley​

Before George Stephenson, industrial engineer William Hedley was also looking at how steam power could be used in his work. William Hedley was born in Newburn, west of Newcastle upon Tyne, in 1779. In 1805 he was appointed as Colliery Manager of the Wylam Colliery. Soon after his appointment, an engineer at the nearby Middleton Colliery invented a new locomotive. It used gears meshing on a toothed rack laid between the rails to haul itself along.

Hedley’s locomotive​

In 1812 William Hedley began to design and build his own steam locomotive which would run along the Wylam Wagonway.

Hedley’s locomotive would be designed to run on smooth rails rather than using a rack between the rails. In 1812, Hedley had proved by experiment that a locomotive could pull wagons which were heavier than the locomotive without using racked rails – a feat which had previously not been thought possible."

www.nms.ac.uk

Wylam Dilly

Wylam Dilly, one of the world’s two oldest surviving locomotives, celebrated her bicentenary in 2013. Built in 1813, she used to pull coal along the Wylam Wagonway to the river, near Newcastle upon Tyne.
www.nms.ac.uk www.nms.ac.uk
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“without using racked rails” – what does this mean?
 
Um, I'm staying here on terra firma! :eek:

"Stadler congratulates Pilatus Bahnen AG ((Link)) on the successful start of operation of the new Stadler rack-and-pinion multiple units. With an average gradient of 35 percent, the Pilatus Railway is the steepest rack railway in the world - on the steepest section, the gradient is even 48 percent. Eight modern railcars in double traction replace the old vehicles from the last century. From now on, they will take passengers up Mount Pilatus on the original track, which is over 130 years old. The panorama windows offer a breathtaking view of the impressive natural landscape."

 
zinniabooklover said:
Too tired to explain rack railways, posting this vid. Haven't watched the entire thing, found the tone kind of annoying. Anyway, your time stamps are 2m 50s and 3m 48s.

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Ah, of course. I’m not too well versed in English train terminology, you see.

Räls.
Tåg.
Lok.
Skena.
Bangård.
Växelhus.
Spårspärr.
Rallare.
Kupé.
 
zinniabooklover said:
Um, I'm staying here on terra firma! :eek:

"Stadler congratulates Pilatus Bahnen AG ((Link)) on the successful start of operation of the new Stadler rack-and-pinion multiple units. With an average gradient of 35 percent, the Pilatus Railway is the steepest rack railway in the world - on the steepest section, the gradient is even 48 percent. Eight modern railcars in double traction replace the old vehicles from the last century. From now on, they will take passengers up Mount Pilatus on the original track, which is over 130 years old. The panorama windows offer a breathtaking view of the impressive natural landscape."

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NO WAY! I’m not going anywhere near that.
 
Agonum said:
Ah, of course. I’m not too well versed in English train terminology, you see.
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Well, tbf, rack railways are old-fashioned but also specialised. I only know about them bc I love Mary Stewart books. There is a rack railway scene in Airs Above The Ground (set in Austria). I'm sure I wouldn't know about them otherwise.

Agonum said:
NO WAY! I’m not going anywhere near that.
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IKR! How did they even build it? WHY did they freakin' build it? Who in hell would go on it? Who would PAY to go on it?

Utter madness!! :eek:

hope said:
Those words hooked me.
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Yeah, I know what you mean.

hope said:
It's so hopeless.
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It can be. That's for sure. :(

hope said:
It really got me thinking. Still, sometimes happiness is a work in progress, it doesn't just happen by itself....
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I'm kind of divorced from this notion just now but am very aware that it does make sense so I don't want to lose sight of it. These are wise words, hope. Very wise. But also quite gentle. Aggressive 'positive thinking' just gets on my nerves and tends to be counter productive. This is much better. (y)
 
zinniabooklover said:
Well, tbf, rack railways are old-fashioned but also specialised. I only know about them bc I love Mary Stewart books. There is a rack railway scene in Airs Above The Ground (set in Austria). I'm sure I wouldn't know about them otherwise.


IKR! How did they even build it? WHY did they freakin' build it? Who in hell would go on it? Who would PAY to go on it?

Utter madness!! :eek:


Yeah, I know what you mean.


It can be. That's for sure. :(


I'm kind of divorced from this notion just now but am very aware that it does make sense so I don't want to lose sight of it. These are wise words, hope. Very wise. But also quite gentle. Aggressive 'positive thinking' just gets on my nerves and tends to be counter productive. This is much better. (y)
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It definitely doesn't help, I know from experience. That's the difficulty.
 
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