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>>1037782
It's too bad that observable reality proves your entire argument wrong.

>>1037782
There have been 1056 orders for 787-8s and 787-9s.

There have been 186 orders for A330-800neos and A330-900neos.

It's really not even fucking close and never will be.

>>1037786
And there have only been 10 orders... fucking 10... of the -800neo variant.

I don't see a reason why making another bulldog nosed loco would be more expensive than any other cowled design, especially now with stuff being made with fiberglass ends.

However I still don't think they'd ever do it. Nothings stopping anyone from producing a classic looking car, but no one does cause no one wants to buy a new car that looks like it's 50 years old. And I know joe schmoe at the car dealership =/= a nationalized railroad but still.. they have an appearance they want to keep up as a business.

THAT SAID I personally hate the new passenger locomotive designs coming out now. And I'm very glad to see Amtrak is bringing back Phase 3.

>>1037348
>And I'm very glad to see Amtrak is bringing back Phase 3.

Aren't they just doing that for their new Viewliner equipment and their East Coast locomotives?

A more streamlined nose should provide better aerodynamics meaning they will go faster for the same energy invested.

>>1037090
Terrible. Watco pays crap and you're better off taking loans. I work for a class I as a conductor and planned to do this for a few years and go back to school. Guess what?

I make too much money to want to go back to school, but the quality of life is pretty crappy so I'm just sort of stuck. Stay in school, take out some loans if you need to, but study hard and don't be lazy. You don't want to be switching at 3 AM while it's pouring rain.

Dont.
The interrupted education isnt worth it. There is a high chancr you wont go back to school.

Get your degree, find a job that uses is. If in 6 months post grad you dont have a job using your degree, apply to a class 1 and work it for 5 years . Live cheap, Save your money. Then find a new job and settle down.

>>1037108
>>1038603
This.
Carefull.
I know people who started working for both Canadian Pacific and Canadian National not as a career choice and the money was just too good to quit from. There was a cost though, they were on the road all the time for extended periods so it took it's toll on relationships etc.

The security of having a decent steady income would be hard for some to quit from when faced with a couple of years of blood, sweat, and tears of school plus financial hardship, then the prospect of the career search and then loan payoff when school is over. But then if your career choice is something you REALLY want you'll do anything to get to it, I guess.

I used to hang with a guy who worked as a cook on the work gangs in summer to pay for the following year of school. After 2 years of his school (biz-admin) his career choice went for shit during an economic downturn and he ended up working as a dispatcher for the CPR. He had hoped to work at Hotel Banff or Chateau Lake Louise in the Canadian Rockies when CP Rail owned them. Unfortunately he died in a car crash 2 years later in the Fraser Canyon. He worked nightshift and fell asleep at the wheel.

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yes, yes I am

>>1034843
I dont think I am.

I wonder if its comfy.

I wonder what it feels like to steer from the drops, since it looks like they're behind the stem

>>1034843
I'm a little upset

still not too cold and snowy yet, got a great ride in with the cool fall weather

>>1026641
I'm in North America, it's only late Fall here, won't be winter for another month. ;-)

Finally got over a month-long allergy attack from hell (had to get a cortisone shot to stop it) and can start actual Fall training. Rode all last week with no issues, first night back to the gym tonight, feels good, man.

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Me and a bud are training to do the MS150 here in good ol' Texas.

We do weekly rides starting from 35 miles and increasing roughly 8-10 miles per week.

We've made it to 45 and feeling alright, if we keep up this pace, what are the odds we'll die at some point?

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>>1023601
Not even close.

Havent seen any paint schemes on trains I didn't like
A train could rock 80s fluoro and I'd like it

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Once worked for a bit on this beauty. Used to take tourists on "whale watching" tours where there were really nothing but porpoises and the occasional seal. Once we saw a Fin Whale though. What a summer.

>making it a general
>making a thread BEFORE the other thread dies
I'm quoting you, OP.

>>1021167
>takes too long to sail
Well shit man, when you're loading twenties one at a time with a straddle carrier and an ancient winch, it takes a while. That's a scab operation if I've ever seen one.

>>1021172
Sounds chill as fuck.

>>1021231
I know, right? Shoulda at least waited til the old one hit autosage.

t. fossil jew guzzling goy

>>1040618
/thread

>>1040618
>a fucking potato or corn
>fossil
What is wrong with you?

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idk what gtow is but have a camo mtb.

>>1040425
You didn't break your derailer, you're just a post-hipster wannabe.

I can tell because literally the only thing you would have to do to make a bike single speed is shorten the chain.

>>1040428

I already took out the cables, shifters and derailleur but I was having problems with the freewheel.

I think what you say it's better, just shorten the chain is enough. I don't mind the cogs at all.

If your bike has disc hubs, you can buy a bolt-on solution

fred tier

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>trespassers getting what they deserve

>>1040399
>fred tier
>not having a garbon bike

Just as safe as any other plane as long as they're properly maintained.

>>1040187
ssj fleet just got grounded, lmao

>>1040189
I'd agree with this. However, there's a not a great culture of safety in Russia. Why fix the #1 hydraulic system when you got another perfectly good one still working?

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>>1039757
I've tried image search and i'm having a hard time. I just want to throw my money at whoever made it.

Also if someone could help me identify this bike as well that would be cool.

>>1039757
Is a Pashley?

>>1039759
I think you could be right. Thanks for the start.

Any luck on figuring out second pic? >>1039758

If you have money, there is no problem with buying some bike for using it.

If you want a nice budget option, check decathlon's bikes, price range goes from 350 euro to 900, it starts with 8speed and ends with 105, the frames are endurance ones, have mount racks and I think the newer models have clearance for 28mm+fender-32mm. I tell you about these bikes because they are cheap and reliable, and some people do touring on them.

>>1039756
Thanks for the tip!

I'll check them out, I'd want to stay between 450-650 euros, saw come CAAD8 for 550 which interested me. If I do spend lots of money, I was also thinking about the Canyon Endurace bikes.

>>1039760
>450-650 euros
boardman road sport, pretty decent brand, pretty decent frame and fork

and the geometry is pretty relaxed

It depend on your bus network - if you already have a successful huge bus network running then it will cut pollution and nosie and etc, otherwise it is just something irrelevant

>>1039584
This

US cities like to go and invest huge money into anything hip and then they wonder what went wrong.
Public transit is dead in 90% of USA. Tge rest where it still somehow works it still mostly goes to ... bad place. For instance NYC or Boston or Chicago. They got long years good working rapid rail systems, yet look at them. Falling into ruins. Nobody invested in their real improvement for decades.

>>1039582
Can those batteries even last 6 years though? Seems like the standard service life of a CNG bus is about 12 years, so if the batteries need replacement within that period that needs to be added to the cost too.

Isn't CNG also dirt cheap in USA? It's not like transit agencies spend alot on that anyways.