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Subway (old, Glasgow)

On December 14th 1896 Glasgow District Underground opened.

Originally built for the Glasgow District Subway Company, the railway first opened in 1896 as a cable-hauled system. Propulsion was provided by stationary steam engines and the railway was hailed as the first of its type in the world. The Subway is generally recognised as the world’s third underground railway, after London and Budapest. In 1923, the Subway passed into the hands of Glasgow Corporation Transport Department, and in the following decade the railway was converted to electric traction, introducing a third live rail for the purpose.

The railway ran with little further change until 1977 when the new operators, Greater Glasgow Passenger Transport Executive, closed it for major modernisation investment. The railway in its present form reopened for operation on 16 April 1980.

Now part of SPT, the railway is one of the few in the UK remaining in public ownership.

Pics are of the opening in 1895 and one of the new trains that just entered service this week.

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trains (factual)

Freight Trains: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) by LastWeekTonight

The Thomas the Tank Engine parody at the end is pretty great. And the credits show a montage of behind the scenes of the stop motion animators.

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canal (Utrecht), boats (2)

Utrecht, October 2023

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canal (Amsterdam)

twitter.com ArtzNoW

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train (BNSF)

BNSF double stack

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dam (hoover)

The Hoover Dam

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highways

views in Austin

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Train (fueling, Big Boy)

Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" #4001 takes on fuel at the small coaling tower in West Harriman, Wyoming on September 5, 1956. Source

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train (boxcars, improper dismount)

East of Eden (1955)

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train (Egyptian), train station

Look at the beautiful metro everyone

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Railway Viaduct (French, Auvergne) (under truss system) (stone (column, arches))

Fades railway viaduct in the Auvergne region of France

French vintage postcard

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Railway station (Netherlands), barrier-less ticket scanning (fast)

Railway station, Netherlands

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train (steam powered), bridge (stone arch (curved))

Scotland

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Train (electric, Prague) railway

Pražský motoráček

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train, train station (Painting, 1942, Wim Bettenhausen)

Back in The Hague  - Wim Bettenhausen

Dutch , b. 1942 -

Acrylic on panel , 60 x 64 cm.

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train livery poll (Finnish railways (VR)) (can't just have ugly trains) (I voted, have you?)

Loistava johtomme on tänään suuressa viisaudessaan julkistanut junien ulkoasukilpailumme kymmenen finalistia. Lopullisen voittajan valitsee kilpailulautakunta 11.12., mutta yleisö voi myös äänestää suosikkiaan linkin takana 4.12 asti (lisäksi siellä on kenttä jossa saa perustella valintansa).

Our illustrious leadership has today unveiled the ten finalists of the competition for the new livery of your passenger trains. The final winner will be selected by a committee and unveiled on 11.12., but you can also vote for your favourite though the link below until 4.12. (you can also give a reasoning why you chose what you chose).

(Linkki vaihdettu ja nyt toivottavasti toimii/Swapped the link and now it will hopefully work).

Mä ajattelin, että meillä voisi olla Tumpussa varjoäänestys, koska miksi ei?

I thought we could also have a shadow vote here on Tumblr, because why not?

Presentations of each livery:

Muistakaa äänestää (ja kertoa mielipiteenne) myös VR:n nettisivujen oikeassa äänestyksessä!

Also remember to vote (and record your opinion) in the official vote on the VR website!

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pedestrian tunnel