All aboard! 🚂💨 Watch a train come to life right in your Linux terminal — no tracks needed!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w17p1zag1Jk

#linux #trains #terminal

We got a Duplo train for baby. Turns out the adults play with it just as much 😁

#duplo #lego #trains

In case you missed it, the hackers who reverse-engineered DRM on Polish trains got sued by the train manufacturer…

…multiple times.

You can donate to their defense fund:
https://www.ccc.de/en/updates/2024/das-ist-vollig-entgleist

Context:

Their original talk from last year
https://media.ccc.de/v/37c3-12142-breaking_drm_in_polish_trains

My piece about the first lawsuit against them
https://rys.io/en/175.html

#Newag #38C3 #DRM #Trains

Breaking "DRM" in Polish trains

We've all been there: the trains you're servicing for a customer suddenly brick themselves and the manufacturer claims that's because you...

^media.ccc.de

The "Mercury" - a streamliner passenger train which operated in the Midwest between 1936 and 1959.

It was designed by the legendary industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss.

#train #trains #design

Build it and people will ride: “The Amtrak Borealis, a new rail line connecting Chicago and Minneapolis-St. Paul, has only been operating for about a month, but already thousands of passengers have taken the trip. That ridership has exceeded Amtrak’s expectations—and hints at the growing desire among Americans to travel by train.”

#Transportation #Mobility #Transit #Trains #Railways #ShortHaulTravel #UrbanPlanning #RegionalPlanning #TrainTravel #Amtrak #AmtrakBorealis

https://www.fastcompany.com/91153405/even-amtrak-was-surprised-by-the-instant-popularity-of-its-new-chicago-twin-cities-route

Off on this gorgeous outback train for an excursion today. They don't make them like this anymore.

#Longreach #train #Trains #outback