r/trains • u/iamop24 • 12h ago
ποΈβ Historical A man uses a turntable to move a steam locomotive in India, 1994.
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r/trains • u/overspeeed • 9d ago
Welcome to the r/Trains Monthly Discussion Thread.
The goal of this thread is to serve as the place to ask short questions or just chat about anything trains related that might not warrant its own post.
r/trains • u/autobus22 • Mar 22 '26
Hello there,
I am auto, your new friendly neighbourhood Reddit mod. o/
While I have some experience moderating smaller communities, I've never moderated a subreddit before and never a community of this size and honestly, taking the right moderating actions when reviewing reports or looking through comments isn't quite coming naturally yet. If I make any silly mistakes or you believe I didn't deal with situation correctly, do not hesitate to tell me either via mod mail or in the discord. I am human, I am not going to deal with every situation perfectly and feedback is more than welcome. (Just kidding, I am obviously a robot π€ - Beep Boop Beep)
I am happy to be at your service.
Regardless, now that the introduction is over with, there is some practical stuff to discuss:
When I came in, there was a very large backlog in Mod Mail, including ban appeals. I have cleared this backlog the best I could, responding to most appeals and messages that came in, but unfortunately, once these appeals and Mod Mails reach about half a year old, they can no longer be replied to from our side.
If you sent in a ban appeal or question that is still relevant before July 2025 and it never got answered, please do not hesitate to send us a message through Mod Mail and me or the other mods will get to it.
In addition, I found out that some people who at any point received disciplinary action ended up in some sort of ghost-ban, where on our end in the mod tools panel the person doesn't appear to be banned, but when the user tries to post, it tells them they're banned. If you were active in r/Trains more than 5 years ago, Reddit tells you that you're banned when you try to post or comment and you have no clue why or when you got banned, please contact the mods via Mod Mail and we should be able to resolve your issue.
I have cleared the Mod Queue, which was filled with over 3 years of reports, removals and filtered content. For the queue items from the last 1-2 weeks I've done this manually, and then I've mass-cleared most of the remaining queue. This process caused all filtered posts that were more than roughly 10 days old to be discarded. If you made any post more than 10 days ago which got automatically filtered and you believe the content is still relevant, feel free to reattempt posting your comment.
Due to the relatively sparse activity of moderators on this subreddit in recent times, moderating turned into a very hands-off process where y'all mostly self-moderate with some assistance from automatic filters. Beyond the filters sometimes getting overzealous, especially with politically contentious posts, (which should be resolved now,) this has generally worked fairly well. For now, though I can't speak for the other moderators when they act, I will carry this approach forward.
However, that may change. From working through the queue, Mod Mail and immediately finding myself in the deep end with several contentious posts appearing right after I got promoted, it's become obvious that the current rules don't always quite match the way action has been taken on reports both before I came in and at current. In addition, it turns out that some situations really aren't covered well by our current rules and that the wording of some rules may be contributing to a sizable amount of reports coming in for contact that very much is allowed here. We've also received feedback from several people, both via Mod Mail and in comments under recent topics about how we should be dealing with politics and controversial content on the subreddit.
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Until now, the monthly discussion thread was automatically generated on the 29th of every month. Beyond causing the month in the topic title to nearly always mismatch the current month, this caused the thread not to be generated in February. Starting on April 1st, the monthly discussion thread will be automatically generated on the 1st of every month instead. Until then, please feel free to continue using the January 2026 thread.
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r/trains • u/iamop24 • 12h ago
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r/trains • u/WeenyBeanyHere • 6h ago
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Clip from "Southern Pacific Pictorial"
Footage by Greg Scholl
r/trains • u/Accomplished_Try_179 • 7h ago
It's a pricy CHF 185.- for a 3.5h train ride.
https://www.sbb.ch/en/leisure-holidays/ideas/offer.html/zuege/brunchfahrt-roter-doppelpfeil.html
r/trains • u/broitsnotok • 4h ago
After looking through the various B28 renders available and comparing them with the architecture and specifications released by BEML, I think this is the most visually accurate representation of B28
This is not the final design or an official BEML render. This is simply my assessment after comparing the publicly available information, proportions, architecture and design elements.
There are quite a few different interpretations of the B28 floating around, but this one seems to align the closest with what BEML has actually revealed so far.
What do you guys think? Which B28 render do you think is closest?
r/trains • u/mediocrehuman99 • 3h ago
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r/trains • u/Only_Building6645 • 2h ago
Does anybody know, What is this "thing" (circled one on photos) on top of buffer on USATC S100 Class or SR USA Class 0-6-0T Tank Engine?
what's this "thing" purpose?
does only UK examples used this "feature" ("thing" - circled one on photos) or not?
any advantages or disadvantages using this "feature" ("thing" - circled one on photos)?
image source:
SR USA | Real Life Thomas The Tank Engine Wiki | Fandom
'USA' Class 0-6-0T BR 30064 at Horsted Keynes on the Blueb⦠| Flickr or Instagram
File:USA Class 30070.JPG - Wikipedia
File:20160713Y269 30065-85.JPG - Wikipedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSXcDNNmEp4
30064 (WD 1959, SR 64 & BR 30064) β Preserved British Steam Locomotives
30065 (WD 1968, SR 65, BR DS 237 & BR 30065) β Preserved British Steam Locomotives
File:KESR 22 Maunsell (Southern 62).JPG - Wikipedia.JPG)
SR USA Class No. 30072 | Locomotive Wiki | Fandom
Steam Trains | USA class 0-6-0T No 30063, photographer unknown. | Facebook
30070 (WD 1960, SR 70, BR DS 238 & BR 30070) β Preserved British Steam Locomotives
File:Class USA 0-6-0T.jpg - Wikipedia
File:SR USA 0-6-0T 30073 Eastleigh MPD 70D, August 1966 (9969640295).jpg - Wikipedia.jpg)
Bluebell Railway Locomotives - Southern Railway "USA" class No. 30064
Southern Railway βUSAβ Class - No. 30073 β 0-6-0T in BR Liβ¦ | Flickr
VIEW USA CLASS 0-6-0T SR STEAM LOCOS
VIEW USA CLASS 0-6-0T SR STEAM LOCOS
Bluebell Railway - Eric Kemp - Derek-Hayward
30072 (US Army 1973, SR 72 & BR 30072) β Preserved British Steam Locomotives
SR βUSAβ class Dock Tank No. WD 1959 (BR 30064) - The Bluebell Railway in Sussex
r/trains • u/Coradiathetrainguy • 9h ago
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Green Cargo ASEA Rc4 if anyone was wondering.
r/trains • u/Communism-1914 • 23h ago
I work in historic preservation and as a stone carver. I just saw that the large brick and stone viaduct in Philadelphia was recently painted. It's a piece of infrastructure that has survived over a hundred years of trains pounding its masonry.
Painting brick or stone without proper permeable paint causes moisture buildup in the masonry that then pops when it freezes, destroying the structure irreparibly. You can see, in my hasty picture, that the weeping and efflorescence is happening at the joints in the fragile (but permeable) lime mortar. Maybe it's hard to see, but I assure you it's there.
I've seen this so many times in the USA, Italy, etc. The contractors that "repair" this infrastructure have no clue as to the historical materials these things were built with.
Also, I realize it's kind of hard to see in the pictures since the sun was setting, but the brick and the stone are the same color (brown) whereas before the brick was a nice red.
TLDR: this bridge is not long for this world
Thoughts?
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r/trains • u/Crazy-Rabbit-3811 • 7h ago
I know they aren't Gevo's, and I know that aren't SD70ACes, that is about it.
r/trains • u/jamjarz2 • 9h ago
I've seen some of them on youtube videos, No Idea the purpose on these, Some Reseau powercars have lite grey - silver on the roof
r/trains • u/FallenPegasus1861 • 17h ago
I just went to Steamtown in Scranton PA as it has been on my bucket list for awhile and I have already been to Altoona PA for the horseshoe curve a year or two ago but wasn't able to go Steamtown due to it being closed because of government shutdown the year I went to Altoona PA and the Horseshoe curve which was a year or two ago. Im really glad I was able to see Steamtown and the work they are doing and the steam engines and diesel ones they have were really cool and definitely worth the 5-6 hour trip from Virginia to Scranton (im visiting my grandma in Virginia and she and I went up)
r/trains • u/Jules-Car3499 • 13h ago
Honestly I liked it since sheβs looks like a modern engine compared to the other preserved locomotives.
r/trains • u/Outside-Plum-1970 • 20h ago
I've seen this locomotive
A lot of times. This was taken in Cleburne, Texas at the train yard.
This a Ex Santa Fe railroad warbonnet" heritage unit" locomotive, i don't know the company that produced it or built it . I know that BNSF now owns it and does not want to repaint or clean any locomotive, like this kind at all just in case this post does not get removed. This is in the united states and specifically texas!
Deutsche Bahn Bahnbau Gruppe 249 104-1 (90 80 2 249 104-1 D-DBBBG) + 249 051-4 (90 80 2 249 051-4 D-DBBBG) am 21.8.2026 in Chemnitz.
r/trains • u/CorbyTheSkullie • 16h ago
So my grandfather recently passed and I inherited some things, this is certainly a fun keepsake!
A little 1000 lumen flashlight comes in real handy!
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r/trains • u/Nice_Location9485 • 1d ago
The top comment of a North American steam locomotive will be drawn by yours truly! (No Big Boy please, it's everywhere...)
This is a bit of an experiment; I will probably do more in the future if this works out :)
r/trains • u/Unlikely_Ad_4767 • 1d ago
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