Today in Labor History May 5, 1884: The Knights of Labor struck at Jay Gould’s Union Pacific over wage cuts and won. Because of their success in this strike, their membership rapidly grew. However, when the Knights struck again, in 1886, Gould defeated them and the union quickly started to unravel. 200,000 workers participated in the Great Southwest Train Strike of 1886. Gould hired Pinkertons to infiltrate union and to work as scabs. The Governor of Missouri mustered the National Guards. The Governor of Texas used the National Guards and the Texas Rangers against the strikers. At least ten people died during the strike.

Zephir Kubo 10000E.
Remote control, battery powered, not-exactly-locomotive. Has rubber traction tires (just like some model railway locomotives) to give it good tractive effort for its weight.
Used to move bentonite cars at LKAB's bentonite mill in Luleå.
#railway #railroad #järnväg

A scenic #railroad had one of its important pieces of infrastructure burn down recently. You can help them restore their operations by donating here: https://gofund.me/2aa31052 

#Railroad is the better road!
#FotoVorschlag ‚on the road‘

The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of Lionel Trains (1997)
http://spikesys.com/Modelrr/lionel.html
#ycombinator #tinplate #model #railroad #lionel #american_flyer #ives #toy #train #steam #locomotive

Anyone interested in an entire German railroad bridge? It's BYOT* but otherwise there's a bit of track and everything. Current offers are around 15000 euro.

*bring your own train. DB has those for sale.

https://www.troostwijkauctions.com/en/l/plot-approx-1-5-ha-with-characteristic-railway-bridge-in-oderberg-berlin-germany-A1-33244-1

[Article] 𝗜𝘁 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗼 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲

By Phil Mongredien

«Having missed out in my youth, I thought that was that – until I took a revelatory trip with my sons. We’re going again this year.»

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/22/interrailing-europe-sons-family-youth via #Guardian

Eurail Image Libratry: https://library.eurail.com/a/Regional-train-Austria-nn8Wg6?asset_token=A2CH7W0F4k3Z5wIVtmkJHGqKDTd879U3NP8YcBArTFM&v=27

Letztes Jahr war ich unterwegs in Richtung Pinneberg. Doch da an dieser Haltestelle gar keine Menschen waren, dachte ich nicht das hier die S-Bahn halten würde. 10 Minuten später
wurde ich positiv eines Besseren belehrt.

So the US gouvernement cancelled a 60M USD grant to build a high speed train line in Texas. On one hand high speed train projects in the US are so cost inefficient this is not a surprise, on the other “saving taxpayer money” basically means financing yet another tax cut for the 1%.
The US did not manage to build infrastructure in the last 40 years and probably never will. #railway #railroad #infrastructure #usa #highspeedrail

https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/us-transportation-secretary-sean-p-duffy-announces-agreement-save-taxpayers-over-60

U.S. #Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy has announced the cancellation of a $63.9 million grant for the #Texas High-Speed Rail Project, saving taxpayers over $60 million. Initially a private venture, the Texas Central #Railway became reliant on federal funding as costs soared to over $40 billion, making the project financially unfeasible. Duffy stated that federal funds should not be used to subsidise risky private projects and stressed the need to focus on Amtrak’s core services, which face significant operational challenges. The move allows the Federal #Railroad Administration (FRA) to redirect funds to more viable rail projects. While interest in connecting #Dallas and #Houston remains, the FRA believes this particular proposal is not the best use of public money. The FRA will continue supporting cost-effective rail developments through other programmes.
https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/us-transportation-secretary-sean-p-duffy-announces-agreement-save-taxpayers-over-60

Today in Labor History April 13, 1894: The Great Northern rail strike began in Helena, Montana. It quickly spread to St. Paul. The strike was led Eugene V. Debs, president of the American Railway Union. Workers succeeded in shutting down most of the critical rail links. Consequently, the owners gave in to nearly all of the union’s demands. The successful strike led to thousands of rail workers joining the new union. Debs would go on to lead numerous other strikes, run for president of the U.S. several times, including from his prison cell, and to cofound the revolutionary union IWW, along with Mother Jones, Big Bill Haywood, Lucy Parsons, and others.

Wildlife Protection System for Train Safety
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https://github.com/Vinonsan/Srilankan-Railway-Safety-system <-- shared GitHub repository
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #TechForGood #WildlifeConservation #AI #MachineLearning #ObjectDetection #ReactJS #NodeJS #Innovation #Sustainability #ConservationTech #AIForConservation #srilanka #risk #hazard #safety #model #modeling #mitigation #elephant #bull #wildlife #livestock #protection #realtime #detection #weather #safety #railroad #train #transportation #infrastructure #spatialanalysis #conservation #railway #railroad #economics

Today In Labor History March 27, 1912: Start of the 8-month Northern railway strike in Canada by the IWW. Over 8,000 construction workers walked off the job at Northern Railway workcamps Wobblies picketed employment offices in Vancouver, Seattle, San Francisco, Tacoma and Minneapolis in order to block the hiring of scabs.

Fellow workers pay attention to what I'm going to mention,
For it is the fixed intention of the Workers of the World.
And I hope you'll all be ready, true-hearted, brave and steady,
To gather 'round our standard when the red flag is unfurled.

CHORUS:
Where the Fraser River flows, each fellow worker knows,
They have bullied and oppressed us, but still our union grows.
And we're going to find a way, boys, for shorter hours and better pay, boys
And we're going to win the day, boys, where the river Fraser flows.

For these gunny-sack contractors have all been dirty actors,
And they're not our benefactors, each fellow worker knows.
So we've got to stick together in fine or dirty weather,
And we will show no white feather, where the Fraser river flows.
Now the boss the law is stretching, bulls and pimps he's fetching,
And they are a fine collection, as Jesus only knows.
But why their mothers reared them, and why the devil spared them,
Are questions we can't answer, where the Fraser River flows.

(Lyrics by Joe Hill, 1912, to the tune of “Where the River Shannon Flows.”)