MetaFilter posts tagged with railways

Choog, Choog, Choog, Choog... Tweeeeeet!

hadjiboy — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:00:05 -0800

Come, take a Train Ride through India. You could take the Palace on Wheels, and opt for a Luxurious Travel. Or, you can take one of the Super-Fast Trains here, according to Indian standards that is. And hey, while you're at it, how about taking a train ride to one of our Hill Stations? Some of the Trains have even made it to the Best Train Rail Adventures list in the World... And Ashok Kumar's song (watch it till the end) Rail Gaadi, which means Train in English, is not to be missed... even if you don't understand Hindi--learn it (please)!

ferroequinology, the study of iron horses

nickyskye — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:14:20 -0800

Trains of Russia, photos from Pavoroz.com, a site about the railways of Russia, the Baltics and the C.I.S. (Commonwealth of Independent States). More than 50 000 pictures of steam, diesel, and electric locomotives, EMU and DMU trains, draisines, stations, tracks, etc. The collection is updated daily. The Turkestan-Siberian railway. American Railway Slang Russian, CIS and Baltic Railway Map. A variety of train maps of that area, including subways and trolleys. More details of the Trans-Siberian Railway including images of tickets etc. World Railways, As Seen By Russians Yahoo translator

The Great Indian Railways

hadjiboy — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 07:37:09 -0800

Mumbai CST (then and now) | Cuttack Railway Station | Howrah (1927) | Gorakhpur Railway Station (then and now) | Chennai Central Station (day) | Trivandrum Central {via} What’s in store… More Photographs You Tube !!!

London to Brighton. Are our attention spans getting shorter?

riotgrrl69 — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 08:02:37 -0800

London to Brighton in Two Minutes (2006) [HI Apple Quicktime, LO Adobe Flash] preceeded by London to Brighton in Three-and-a-Half Minutes (1983) [RealMedia, context] preceeded by London to Brighton in Four Minutes (1953) [RealMedia, context]

Canfranc

gdav — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 10:57:27 -0800

Forgotten and derelict, the second-biggest railway station in Europe (after Leipzig), Canfranc rots quietly in a valley in Northern Spain. It lost its international link to France when a runaway train demolished a key bridge. Now the campaing to save the station has attracted hunger strikers. More info & pictures (mostly in French).

Not Just a Railway

ashbury — Tue, 24 Jun 2003 09:01:28 -0800

The Canadian Pacific Railway was not just a railway, it was a way of life, as the many posters featuring ships, hotels and vacation land posters can attest. Travel along the rails to a different time . . .

Mail Rail

brettski — Thu, 29 May 2003 08:36:47 -0800

A miniture underground railway, known as Mail Rail has carried the post from one end of London to another. The system is closing down this weekend. An employee gives her story. Another quirky piece of London consigned to history....

jonpollard — Fri, 10 May 2002 06:57:52 -0800

'Three dead' in train crash The day after our beloved Transport Secretary Stephen Byers apparently 'saved his job', the British rail system experiences another fatal accident. That's around 70 people killed on British railways in the last three years according to this chronology.