This seems to me like a pretty major repair job:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tranbc/51687710528/in/album-72157720143417483/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tranbc/51688335050/in/album-72157720143417483/
...would his super villain name be the Semi-Conductor?
Mankind is only just starting to reach into the stars using hypertunnel gates, a new technology that launches train-like spaceships at hyperspeed along a track of light. It's the Wild West out there in the void between solar systems, and as the conductor you are pinned between the train company's ties to the Solar Alliance and vast majority of your separatist New Frontier trading partners. Local authorities assume your allegiance is to the New Frontier, while bandits and outlaws assume your allegiance is to the Solar Alliance.
It's a space Western, but with new problems like oxygen leaks and time dilation.
Shit really hits the fan upon the discovery of mysterious, ancient non-human technology which someone smuggled aboard your train. At which point the game effectively turns into Speed wherein you have to keep moving between solar systems at an unsustainable pace to prevent a galaxy's worth of pursuers from catching up to your engine.
tl;Dr: If you want to stop oil trains, please take your fight to the railroad company's corporate headquarters. Don't attack trains or track. You will only kill train engineers. Corporate decides what we haul, not the engineer.
Rail blockades like what the First Nations of Canada did or divestment campaigns can get across the same message without risking an oil spill.
Also consider that by sabotaging trains you are hurting the train crew who have almost know choice at all in what they haul.
I used to work for a railroad, and I can tell you this from personal experience. Most train crews just drive any freight or passenger train over an assigned section of track. One day it is oil. The next day it is food. The day after that it is a passenger train.
Unless you know the schedule, you are just as likely to God forbid sabotage a train full of food or even a passenger train. Moreover, you can have multiple trains running on the same track on a given day. Just because you sabotage or derail an oil train doesn't mean there isn't a passenger train on the same track behind it that could run into the back of the train you disabled and kill a bunch of people. The radios on trains are notoriously unreliable especially in rural areas. Cellphones don't work well either. Even if you derail or disabled a train without hurting the engineer, doesn't mean he will be able to warn the train behind him to stop. We have had trains run into the back of a stalled train because the radios didn't work.
Rather than hurt the train crew, hurt the corporate office that signs contracts to haul the oil in the first place. The train crew are just ordinary people who don't get a say in what they haul.
Sabotaging the track or the train only puts the train crew in danger. If you block the tracks, a fully loaded train takes 1 mile to stop!
See this video
https://youtu.be/szaQ3hXvzfw
Friends of mine have PTSD from hitting cars on railroad tracks. By the time we can see there is something blocking the tracks, we can't do a damn thing. We will hit it, and you risk killing yourself or the train crew.
Here is a video of what the train crew sees during an accident.
https://youtu.be/jXCTAreCQSU
We are so high up, we cannot see things like barriers, people, or stalled cars until it is too late. Train engineer friends of mine after hitting people have developed PTSD, become alcoholics, and committed suicide. Working on a railroad is incredibly dangerous.
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He lost count. It's hard to keep track.
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Ultracite Laser Rifle BE25.
B/50H/25 Gatling Machine Gun.
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Fixer B/50H/25.
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Handmade AA/E/250.
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5 whitespring suits.
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They have a lot of training
Long story short, I’m 28 I’ve been an engineer on the railroad for several years now. Grew up farming pulling all kinds of trailers and hauling grain all through my younger years, but none of it is really verifiable for experience. I have my class A CDL I’ve done a couple trips hauling heavy machinery for a buddy over the years. Right now I’m just tired of the railroad literally running my life, we work constantly the money retirement and benefits are unbeatable but I’m at the point where I’m willing to sacrifice that somewhat for some kind of control and off time. I have a pretty good chunk of money in the bank and excellent credit. Always thought about buying my own truck but I don’t know if I know the job good enough to be an owner op starting off. I would buy a truck with cash no financing so maybe that changes things in regards to starting out. I guess my question is should I work for somebody or start off on my own. I’m sure the learning curve is steep but I can typically pick up anything quickly and I’m excellent with financials.
So I live on the south side of Hoboken near the railroad tracks and hear humming very frequently when there's work going on or an ideal train or heavy train going by.
Wondering for those of you 5+ blocks north of the railroad tracks, do y'all still notice any noise?
I haven't when I walk outside for 5 blocks to go shopping but curious if that's just a timing thing.
Here's the idea: Players should be able to place military engineer in a city center, use 1 charge, and then all roads connected to the city (up to 1 city away) upgrad to railroad automatically.
Here are the arguments for it:
- The current way of building railroad tile by tile is tedious and not fun. It's not consistent to the other mechanisms built around charges.
- It makes trade route placement more strategic if you want to connect long distances, instead of using railroad to connect anything in mid/late game. The latter is easier but tedius and not fun.
- It indirectly buffs the "build road" charge of military engineer. In the current system, players don't have much incentive to "build road" in the early game if you can simply build railroad later. But with this change, there's no reason to wait for railroad because you always have to build road first.
- Players still need to identify which city should build railroad first, which keeps the "fun" part of building railroad imao.
Thoughts? If you like the idea, pls upvote for devs or modders to notice and implement it :)
He trains.
Hi all - I'm doing an Ask Me Anything beginning at 10 a.m. today.
About the Race for Texas Railroad Commission:
The Railroad Commission has nothing to do with railroads. It is our powerful oil and gas regulator, overseeing all upstream production in the state, as well as some pipeline issues. This race has been called the "most important climate election in the Nation" this cycle. The Railroad Commission position is a statewide seat and it will be at the very top of your ballot, right under the federal races.
Why am I running:
Because I have over 35 years of experience in and around the industry as both an engineer and a lawyer and can get the Railroad Commission out of the ditch it's in. The current commission is destroying both our economy and our environment in the way it is handling oil and gas issues.
We need to get the Railroad Commission back on track, enforcing the laws that protect our natural resources. These laws have been on the books for over 100 years, but the current commissioners refuse to enforce them. These laws prohibit flaring (the intentional lighting on fire of natural gas) and venting (the intentional or unintentional release of raw natural gas to the atmosphere). In 2019, operators wasted enough natural gas to power every home in Texas if the flared gas was converted to electricity. We don't need to waste the oil and gas we spend billions trying to capture. We can turn it to electricity right there in the Permian and fuel new industries that will help diversify the economy and provide energy stability.
Who is the incumbent on the ballot?
Trick question: there isn't one! Ryan Sitton lost his primary to Jim Wright, a deeply flawed candidate whose oilfield waste recycling business was ordered to cease and desist operations by the Railroad Commission and was issued 255 regulatory violations. He was fined over $180,000 and has been sued for fraud by his business partners, with the latest lawsuit filed approximately 10 days ago. If Jim Wright can't follow the Railroad Commission laws, he shouldn't be the Railroad Commissioner.
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It would make more sense to me if this was done by builders. Also, why do roads cost a build charge and not railroads?
tl;: If you want to stop oil trains, please take your fight to the railroad companies' corporate headquarters. Don't attack trains or track. You will only kill train engineers. Corporate decides what we haul, not the engineer.
Rail blockades like what the First Nations of Canada did or divestment campaigns can get across the same message without risking an oil spill.
Also consider that the by sabotaging trains you are hurting the train crew who have almost know choice at all in what they haul.
I used to work for a railroad, and I can tell you this from personal experience. Most train crews just drive any freight or passenger train over an assigned section of track. One day it is oil. The next day it is food. The day after that it is a passenger train.
Unless you know the schedule, you are just as likely to God forbid sabotage a train full of food or even a passenger train. Moreover, you can have multiple trains running on the same track on a given day. Just because you sabotage or derail an oil train doesn't mean there isn't a passenger train on the same track behind it that could run into the back of the train you disabled and kill a bunch of people. The radios on trains are notoriously unreliable especially in rural areas. Cellphones don't work well either. Even if you derail or disabled a train without hurting the engineer, doesn't mean he will be able to warn the train behind him to stop. We have had trains run into the back of a stalled train because the radios didn't workm
Rather than hurt the train crew, hurt the corporate office that signs contracts to haul the oil in the first place. The train crew are just ordinary people who don't get a say in what they haul.
Sabotaging the track or the train only puts the train crew in danger. If you block the tracks, a fully loaded train takes 1 mile to stop!
See this video
https://youtu.be/szaQ3hXvzfw
Friends of mine have PTSD from hitting cars on railroad tracks. By the time we can see there is something blocking the tracks, we can't do a damn thing. We will hit it, and you risk killing yourself or the train crew.
Here is a video of what the train crew sees during an accident.
https://youtu.be/jXCTAreCQSU
We are so high up, we cannot see things like barriers, people, or stalled cars until it is too late. Train engineer friends of mine after hitting people have developed PTSD, become alcoholics, and committed suicide. Working on a railroad is incredibly dangerous.
It is the
... keep reading on reddit ➡tl;: If you want to stop oil trains, please take your fight to the railroad companies' corporate headquarters. Don't attack trains or track. You will only kill train engineers. Corporate decides what we haul, not the engineer.
Rail blockades like what the First Nations of Canada did or divestment campaigns can get across the same message without risking an oil spill.
Also consider that the by sabotaging trains you are hurting the train crew who have almost know choice at all in what they haul.
I used to work for a railroad, and I can tell you this from personal experience. Most train crews just drive any freight or passenger train over an assigned section of track. One day it is oil. The next day it is food. The day after that it is a passenger train.
Unless you know the schedule, you are just as likely to God forbid sabotage a train full of food or even a passenger train. Moreover, you can have multiple trains running on the same track on a given day. Just because you sabotage or derail an oil train doesn't mean there isn't a passenger train on the same track behind it that could run into the back of the train you disabled and kill a bunch of people. The radios on trains are notoriously unreliable especially in rural areas. Cellphones don't work well either. Even if you derail or disabled a train without hurting the engineer, doesn't mean he will be able to warn the train behind him to stop. We have had trains run into the back of a stalled train because the radios didn't workm
Rather than hurt the train crew, hurt the corporate office that signs contracts to haul the oil in the first place. The train crew are just ordinary people who don't get a say in what they haul.
Sabotaging the track or the train only puts the train crew in danger. If you block the tracks, a fully loaded train takes 1 mile to stop!
See this video
https://youtu.be/szaQ3hXvzfw
Friends of mine have PTSD from hitting cars on railroad tracks. By the time we can see there is something blocking the tracks, we can't do a damn thing. We will hit it, and you risk killing yourself or the train crew.
Here is a video of what the train crew sees during an accident.
https://youtu.be/jXCTAreCQSU
We are so high up, we cannot see things like barriers, people, or stalled cars until it is too late. Train engineer friends of mine after hitting people have developed PTSD, become alcoholics, and committed suicide. Working on a railroad is incredibly dangerous.
It is the
... keep reading on reddit ➡You need more training.
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