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  • Seattle Westlake Showdown
  • Our third participant and final challenger: in the southwest corner is the Seattle Monorail. Even if it is the shortest, oldest, most expensive to ride, and has the fewest stops of the three, it will not be outdone as it soars above the city at a higher speed to Seattle Center.

    #Seattle #trains #transit #monorail @trams_trolleys_streetcars

  • Seattle Westlake Showdown
  • In the northwest corner, we have a challenger, the Seattle Streetcar South Lake Union Line (known informally as the South Lake Union Trolley). Traveling to Lake Union, this train is sponsored at nearly every stop and is wrapped from head to toe. Will the funny abbreviated nickname be enough to take on its competition?

    #Seattle #trains #transit @trams_trolleys_streetcars

  • Seattle Westlake Showdown
  • In the southeast corner, we have the match favorite, the Link Light 1 Line!

    Traveling underground through the Westlake area, the link light is sure to take you the farthest, from Northgate to all the way past the airport.

    #Seattle #train #transit @trams_trolleys_streetcars

  • Seattle Westlake Showdown
  • In the southeast corner, we have the match favorite, the Link Light 1 Line!

    Traveling underground through the Westlake area, the link light is sure to take you the farthest, from Northgate to all the way past the airport.

    #Seattle #train #transit @trams_trolleys_streetcars

  • Seattle Westlake Showdown

    Seattle Westlake Showdown

    It's time to determine which of the three #rail #transit lines serving this area of downtown #Seattle is worthy of being the Champion of Westlake Center.

    See the following thread for the contenders and the vote. If your platform doesn't support polls, you can reply to me here.

    \#trains #lrt #SoundTransit @trams\_trolleys\_streetcars

    Poll closed! Results:

    Link Line 1: 78%

    South Lake Union Streetcar: 0%

    Monorail: 22%

    18 votes recorded.

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    Calgary C-Train at City Hall/BVC station

    Calgary C-Train at City Hall/BVC station

    Calgary's transit downtown is reasonably decent, even if I would wish for more train lines going more places. They also have decently fast and frequent buses. The roadways are very wide and many one way, so it feels a little more hostile toward biking and walking compared to other Canadian cities.

    @trams\_trolleys\_streetcars #transit #rail #trains #Calgary #Alberta

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    Calgary C-Train LRT at Saddletowne Station

    Calgary C-Train LRT at Saddletowne Station

    Visited #Calgary, #Alberta, #Canada in April and wanted to check out the state of its public transit system.

    My very first thought: Would it kill the people of Calgary to make a \<5 km Blue Line extension to #YYC? You got so close, and the land in that area is so open and flat. Plus, there is an unfathomable amount of space for parking.

    @trams\_trolleys\_streetcars #Trains #Railfan #Transit

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    Redhill Platform Zero

    Redhill Platform Zero

    (Part 2 of my occasional #Interrail trip series)

    Walking from Paddington to #London Victoria Station, from there I went to Redhill. Since it was my first time in London, I was very amazed at how there were many stations the size of #Toronto Union Station.

    A goal for some #railfan folks in the UK is to visit every platform zero as they are kind of a novelty. I wasn't looking out for them specifically, but you may see I will encounter one again in a future post.

    @rail

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    Rode the newly opened Seattle's LINK LRT Line 2 last month.
  • During my #Seattle visit and rides that weekend, many of the #train drivers were good sports and enthusiastically sounded the bell for railfans and kids alike.

    @trams_trolleys_streetcars

  • Rode the newly opened Seattle's LINK LRT Line 2 last month.

    Rode the newly opened Seattle's LINK LRT Line 2 last month.

    Can't wait for the LINK to link with the other LINK next year so that I don't have to bus to Bellvue.

    \#Trains #Transit #SoundTransit #LRT #Seattle #Railway @trams\_trolleys\_streetcars

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    TTC Tram on King Street, Toronto, Ontario
  • @NarrativeBear

    One of the better functioning streetcar routes in Toronto. The most iconic spot for the 501 King streetcar is under the Atlantic Ave. Rail bridge.

    @trams_trolleys_streetcars

  • London Paddington Station

    London Paddington Station

    I did a cross EU/UK trip in May of 2022. Was taken aback by the sheer size and number of tracks at this station.

    First of a series of photos I'll be posting occasionally!

    @rail #interrail #train #rail #TransportForLondon #London #Paddington

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    New Amtrak Borealis train begins service tomorrow, May 21st, 2024
  • @edgemaster72
    Yes! May you see it? No (come back tomorrow).

  • New Amtrak Borealis train begins service tomorrow, May 21st, 2024
  • @usa

    P.S.: If anyone has any tips to get Lemmy link posts to work from Mastodon, please enlighten me. Thanks.

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    New Amtrak Borealis train begins service tomorrow, May 21st, 2024

    New Amtrak Borealis train begins service tomorrow, May 21st, 2024

    https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/amtrak-to-launch-chicago-st-paul-train-may-21/

    Train 333 to Milwaukee and 340 to Chicago will become Train 1333 to Minneapolis and 1340 to Chicago.

    @usa

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    allen allen @rail.chat

    Hello, my name's Allen. I'm here to share my various train photos, news, and advocacy.

    Focused mainly on British Columbia and Ontario, Washington and Oregon states but sometimes I will post a couple other adventures from where I've gone!

    My original photos may be used under the terms of the CC-BY-SA-4.0 license. Feel free to send a message for other uses or any questions.

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