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Message 1808122 - Posted: 9 Aug 2016, 11:27:52 UTC

Did you hear about those new buses which are currently tested in China?






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Message 1808172 - Posted: 9 Aug 2016, 21:43:51 UTC - in response to Message 1808122.  

Did you hear about those new buses which are currently tested in China?






I think they need curbs for the cars, otherwise the possibility of a car getting in the way of the bus tracks will create many accidents.
Is it really a bus or an elevated train on ground level tracks?
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Message 1808381 - Posted: 10 Aug 2016, 19:24:18 UTC - in response to Message 1808172.  

Did you hear about those new buses which are currently tested in China?

I think they need curbs for the cars, otherwise the possibility of a car getting in the way of the bus tracks will create many accidents.
Is it really a bus or an elevated train on ground level tracks?

I'd say the latter, but bus sounds better to a politician than train.
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Message 1808480 - Posted: 11 Aug 2016, 11:20:18 UTC

I have no idea. The site where I have read about this called them TEBs - traffic elevated busses.
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Message 1810124 - Posted: 18 Aug 2016, 12:38:43 UTC

Oh, the irony :-)

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Message 1810136 - Posted: 18 Aug 2016, 13:48:08 UTC - in response to Message 1810124.  

ROFL - brilliant one!

"Our most valuable resource sits 63 feet ahead", indeed. Spot of devaluation ahead, you reckon?
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Message 1810428 - Posted: 19 Aug 2016, 17:22:49 UTC

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Message 1810432 - Posted: 19 Aug 2016, 17:49:01 UTC - in response to Message 1784786.  

Slightly train related :-)

Just wonder how modern drivers get their licenses? How obvious is this one?

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"The bridge was hit by lorries four times in September and has since been struck twice every month, causing more than 147 cancellations and delaying trains by over 73 hours in total."

Why don't they just dig the road bed down a little to make clearance?
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Message 1810472 - Posted: 19 Aug 2016, 19:58:53 UTC - in response to Message 1810432.  

Slightly train related :-)

Just wonder how modern drivers get their licenses? How obvious is this one?

Sorry, left glasses at home


"The bridge was hit by lorries four times in September and has since been struck twice every month, causing more than 147 cancellations and delaying trains by over 73 hours in total."

Why don't they just dig the road bed down a little to make clearance?

Probably utility lines under it which would have to be reconfigured. Sewer lines especially depend on gravity for proper flow.
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Message 1810478 - Posted: 19 Aug 2016, 20:41:19 UTC

Speaking of Bridges, this one got a bit, melted it looks like, yep a victim of the Blue Cut fire...

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Message 1810529 - Posted: 19 Aug 2016, 22:26:21 UTC - in response to Message 1810478.  

Speaking of Bridges, this one got a bit, melted it looks like, yep a victim of the Blue Cut fire...

Looks bad, but it's amazing how fast railroads can replace bridges when they want/need to.
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Message 1810531 - Posted: 19 Aug 2016, 22:28:38 UTC

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BUSES_CRASH?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-08-19-17-44-20
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Two commuter buses slammed into each other in downtown Newark on Friday morning, killing a veteran driver and a passenger and injuring 17 others, including several critically, authorities said.

A New Jersey Transit bus just starting its route and carrying no passengers slammed into the side of another NJ Transit bus carrying about 20 passengers at around 6 a.m. at a downtown intersection.

Joseph Barthelus, the driver of the bus carrying no passengers, was killed. He had worked for NJ Transit for 27 years, the agency said.

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Message 1810544 - Posted: 19 Aug 2016, 23:04:27 UTC - in response to Message 1810529.  

Speaking of Bridges, this one got a bit, melted it looks like, yep a victim of the Blue Cut fire...

Looks bad, but it's amazing how fast railroads can replace bridges when they want/need to.

Yeah, agreed, the UP, who I've read owns this tortured bridge has 2 cranes in there,
so yeah they want to replace it asap, as they have trains backed up clear to Kansas.
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Message 1810552 - Posted: 19 Aug 2016, 23:48:37 UTC

It was still a bit warm to repair this morning.


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Message 1812455 - Posted: 25 Aug 2016, 12:04:12 UTC

Wow, whatever happened to professionalism? I bet many here worked with people that they did not like but got on with the job in hand.

Cabin Crew argue so much, they got removed from the aircraft
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Message 1812466 - Posted: 25 Aug 2016, 12:51:17 UTC - in response to Message 1812455.  

Wow, whatever happened to professionalism?

It was probably priced out in favour of cheap fares.
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Message 1812500 - Posted: 25 Aug 2016, 15:16:15 UTC

The Airlander 10, currently the largest aircraft in the world, has just gracefully crashed onto the ground during its second test flight in the north of London, UK.

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Message 1812530 - Posted: 25 Aug 2016, 16:26:08 UTC - in response to Message 1812500.  

The Airlander 10, currently the largest aircraft in the world, has just gracefully crashed onto the ground during its second test flight in the north of London, UK.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-world%E2%80%99s-largest-aircraft-just-crashed-in-a-painfully-slow-nosedive/ar-BBw1Dlq?li=BBnb7Kz

After initial denials, it has now been confirmed that Airlander 10 came into contact with an overhead power cable before crashing.

Airlander 10: Longest aircraft hit power cable before nosediving
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