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hiii~ i'm rail, your chronically online friendly internet fox enby-thing that's into trains, photography, linux, networking, radio and many more 
queer, transgender, furry, polyam, certified dumbass :3 not really a human either. might be a tiny bit neurospicy and at high risk of infodumping about their hobbies and current activities
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Not very widely known funfact: twice during the 90s TGV trains arrived in Poland.
The first time it happened in 1991 when the record-braking TGV Atlantique unit 325 (the one that ran 515 km/h) was brought to Warsaw for a HSR conference. It couldn't run on its own because of incompatible power mode.
Then in 1995, for the 150th anniversary of railways in Poland, courtesy of SNCF and Alstom PKP borrowed TGV Réseau 4522 (which was not in service yet).
Because it was multi-mode and supported 3kV DC, it ran a bunch of special rides between 12 and 19 June 1995, stopping in multiple cities and attracting a lot of interest.
The train was operated by the SNCF staff, with Polish crew present in the driver's cabin.
#trains #train #railway #railways #history #poland #tgv #sncf #pkp #railinfodump
airline reviews: the flight attendant didn't call me a "very special boy" while serving me the pre-departure champagne, 1/10 the worst experience of my life
train reviews: i had dirty and not even broken 230V outlet under my seat to charge a laptop and the conductor didn't spit in my face this time, 9/10 would go again
Not safe for Americans: casual 400V (total) 3-phase 32A high-power outlet in European household
FIY I have an account on my own GoToSocial instance, go follow it – @rail@social.flufftech.net
for now i don't think i will migrate this account but that *might* happen at some point
expect most of my activity for now to happen on GTS tho
i like that #Minecraft game
so weird it's not more popular, i'm sure many people would enjoy it
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@the_wiggler@mastodon.social Apparently this is a thing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_flag
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@dzwiedziu@mastodon.social @deluisa@zug.network that also means that Przemyśl Główny is a glitch in the railway matrix because if you're lucky you can see Swiss, Austrian, Polish and Ukrainian trains in there at the same time
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@dzwiedziu@mastodon.social i mean polish infrastructure is an *eeeeeh* topic
and railway transportation in poland as a whole
because it's not that bad and also pretty bad at the same time depending how you look at it
high-speed rail is a complete joke, 200km/h max on some sections of LK4 and LK9, with some sections of LK4 (CMK) being upgraded to 250km/h – wow finally, 10 years after we got trains capable of running 250km/h
on the other hand, regular speed lines are *mostly* fine, well maintained, etc.
level of electrification is really good compared to maaaaany other places, even regional lines are often electrified
implementation of ETCS is also slow but we're getting there, or at least trying unlike some *ekhem ekhem Germany ekhem* places
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@dzwiedziu@mastodon.social funfact on that note
EC "Porta Moravica" from Przemyśl Główny to Graz Hbf runs with SBB coaches
so you can see Swiss 1st class panoramic coaches sitting in Tarnów of all places x)
still one of my favorite posts from @deluisa@zug.networkhttps://zug.network/@deluisa/112778902924670401
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@yassie_j@labyrinth.zone i'm sure mr. Soft gave it all his heart
it's saddening to see the game stay within a niche
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@dzwiedziu@mastodon.social @deluisa@zug.network that could also only happen (in theory) at Wien Hbf?
i'm not sure if PKP coaches go to Vienna
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@jeder@miau.jeder.pl @dzwiedziu@mastodon.social 30 years of neoliberal "car good wroom wroom, but socialism is when train"
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@dzwiedziu@mastodon.social also it's worth noting that we have a really decent offer of direct international connections from Poland
from Warsaw you can take a direct train for rtelatively cheap to Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest and Kyiv
With a single change at the border you can go to Vilnius and Lviv too
from Southern Poland you can even go as far into Austria as to Graz and with a single change end up in Zürich
that is really nice
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@dzwiedziu@mastodon.social and lets not forget we WANT TO get proper high-speed rail
CPK includes a plan of building 300km/h-capable lines with 25kV AC electrification
Rail Baltica is supposed to be 270km/h with 25kV AC electrification and connect with the Polish network
Polish government still(?) negotiates a possibility of purchasing Talgo, the Spanigh high-speed rolling stock manufacturer. Talgo refused offers from Hungarian Ganz-Mavag and Czech Skoda. Poland purchasing it seems to be really an option.
PKP PLK and the Spanish railroads administrator signed an intention letter for cooperation and exchange of technical expertise
It *is* happening
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@wyatt8740@tech.lgbt "we still have programs using Windows 98 design language, yes, how did you know?"
@amythegay@estrogen.network smokers deserve to die, no matter what is being smoked
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@witix@woem.men tbh my experiences with PKP IC and KM conductors are all positive or neutral
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@roussefolle@mastodon.world damn! i wouldn't even be alive for the next 8 years sadly xD
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@dzwiedziu@mastodon.social also people making fun of PKP for being unreliable, pardon my french, speak utter bullshit
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@dzwiedziu@mastodon.social they actually decided they *will* do it, just differently
but yeah the topic is pretty unstable in general
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@mturczynowicz@expressional.social To jest trochę dziwna sprawa bo z jednej strony jest jak mówisz a z drugiej jednak w sondażach wychodzi że Polacy są bardzo euro-optymistyczni i jakiś polexit czy coś takiego by nie miało szans przejść
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@witix@woem.men Hungarian (MÁV) ones were bad because they can't understand English for shit
I didn't interact with Slovak (ZSSK) ones at all besides a quick ticket control
And Czech (ČD) ones were okay
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@dzwiedziu@mastodon.social lmao why would they
sure they didn't go 300km/h xD but 160km/h was doable even then
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@jstepien@mastodon.social wonderful tales of my Hungarian friend named Máté can confirm <3
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@suppe@mas.to @julia@eepy.moe a lot of things have higher regret rate
becoming a parent or getting married to name two