Abandoned Railway Stations

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Abandoned

Abandoned 06/22/2005 02:44 AM
Cement, metal and dust not claimed by anyone .. abandoned buildings and machinery in Russia .. Photographs of abandoned Soviet buildings .. Abandoned

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"Abandoned"

"Abandoned" 06/22/2005 02:20 AM

Computer cargo abandoned

Computer cargo abandoned 12/14/2003 04:08 PM
News24.com Dec 14 2003 3:26PM ET

Scotland game abandoned

Scotland game abandoned 09/03/2004 05:55 PM
A power failure stops Scotland's friendly with Spain, with the score at 1-1.

Directory of Abandoned and Little-Known
Airfields

Directory of Abandoned and Little-Known
Airfields 06/25/2004 08:42 AM
Old Airfields never die, they just cultivate lots and lots of crabgrass. And amazingly there are over 1100 of them all over the US gathered into the Abandoned & Little-Known...

Computer cargo found abandoned in JHB

Computer cargo found abandoned in JHB 12/14/2003 09:05 AM
Business Day South Africa Dec 14 2003 7:35AM ET

Moscow pool rescue abandoned

Moscow pool rescue abandoned 02/16/2004 07:17 AM
Rescuers call off the search for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed water park, amid fears up to 13 bodies are still trapped.

Football: Milan game abandoned

Football: Milan game abandoned 04/12/2005 04:47 PM
The game between Inter Milan and AC Milan is abandoned after crowd violence by Inter fans.

Secret CIA conspiracy revealed on
abandoned car

Secret CIA conspiracy revealed on
abandoned car 06/24/2005 06:18 PM
Xeni Jardin:
Indisputable proof of clandestine government hijinks are all over this car. An encrypted moblog of sorts. "My stolen documents. My stolen art. CIA criminales kill my brother last week and sended terrorista to hit my car."

Start he re and work back. (via Warren Ellis)

Previously on Boing Boing: Homer Simpson computer key car, Car covered in computer keys

Man Collects Abandoned Nebraska
Buildings (AP)

Man Collects Abandoned Nebraska
Buildings (AP) 06/09/2004 12:10 PM
AP - Across the vast plains of Nebraska sit small, time-worn buildings, long abandoned by the state's diminishing rural population.

Citycat's Railway Web Site

Citycat's Railway Web Site 06/15/2004 04:21 PM
Citycat's Railway Web Site.

I think I saw my stalker on the railway
platform

I think I saw my stalker on the railway
platform 04/06/2005 10:04 AM
He used to follow me around in high school, but I thought he'd disappeared.

Abandoned shopping carts an e-tail
challenge

Abandoned shopping carts an e-tail
challenge 06/02/2004 01:26 PM

"CNN.com - Internet littered with
abandoned sites - Nov. 3, 2003"

"CNN.com - Internet littered with
abandoned sites - Nov. 3, 2003" 11/05/2003 04:10 AM

Computer cargo found abandoned in Joburg

Computer cargo found abandoned in Joburg 12/14/2003 09:05 AM
IOL Dec 14 2003 8:30AM ET

CNN.com - Internet littered with
abandoned sites - Nov. 3, 2003

CNN.com - Internet littered with
abandoned sites - Nov. 3, 2003 11/04/2003 06:26 AM
CNN.com - Internet littered with abandoned sites .. haven't been updated in god knows how long .. full of dead sites .. littered

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PC-1 for manufacturing 150 new railway
coaches prepared

PC-1 for manufacturing 150 new railway
coaches prepared 09/09/2004 10:05 PM
Jang Group Sep 10 2004 2:41AM GMT

Will railway reforms make a difference?

Will railway reforms make a difference? 07/15/2004 05:18 AM
The Government is expected to confirm it's taking back overall control of the railways and scrapping the Strategic Rail Authority. Will the changes make a difference?

Strike ballot for railway workers

Strike ballot for railway workers 04/13/2004 07:26 AM
RMT union members will be balloted on national strike action in a dispute over pay and pensions.

Chinese railway to ride on Turbolinux

Chinese railway to ride on Turbolinux 06/11/2004 11:24 AM
China's National Ministry of Railways will use Turbolinux's software for centralized package delivery operations.

Guangshen Railway to Double Capacity

Guangshen Railway to Double Capacity 09/17/2004 02:33 PM
The best part? The Chinese government is paying for it.

Canadian Railway Hitches Up with IBM's
IT

Canadian Railway Hitches Up with IBM's
IT 12/05/2003 07:47 PM
Internet News Dec 5 2003 6:30PM ET

Railway spending at all-time high

Railway spending at all-time high 06/24/2004 09:07 PM
The government's rail watchdog urges operators to "redouble efforts" to improve punctuality after record spending.

Railway accident leaves two dead

Railway accident leaves two dead 03/25/2005 07:06 PM
Two people have been killed after being hit by a train, just north of Darlington, police say.

Foul-smelling goo sold to keep people
out of abandoned buildings

Foul-smelling goo sold to keep people
out of abandoned buildings 07/28/2004 01:28 PM
Ruffin sez: "a New Zealand company is now making a synthetic "skunk gel" called Skunk Shot that is being used by law enforcement to keep vagrants and junkies out of abandoned buildings." Link< /a>

Railway to invite tenders on Internet:
Lalu

Railway to invite tenders on Internet:
Lalu 07/11/2004 11:47 AM
Webindia123 Jul 11 2004 2:42PM GMT

Chinese railway takes Linux on board

Chinese railway takes Linux on board 06/11/2004 06:27 AM
Computer Weekly Jun 11 2004 11:07AM GMT

Brighton Electric Railway - The fleet
page 1

Brighton Electric Railway - The fleet
page 1 07/31/2004 09:02 AM
passenger trolley line .. Link to article .. Daddy Long-legs

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CIA failed to pass on info about
abandoned Iraqi weapons program (AFP)

CIA failed to pass on info about
abandoned Iraqi weapons program (AFP) 07/06/2004 02:01 AM
AFP - The Central Intelligence Agency failed to pass on to President George W. Bush before the Iraq war information from relatives of Iraqi scientists that Baghdad had abandoned its program to develop weapons of mass destruction, The New York Times reported on its Web site.

Konkan Railway deploys Anti Collision
Device

Konkan Railway deploys Anti Collision
Device 07/30/2004 08:31 AM
Express Computer India Jul 30 2004 12:37PM GMT

Flying Scotsman locomotive fails to take
off on way to railway festival

Flying Scotsman locomotive fails to take
off on way to railway festival 05/29/2004 09:06 PM
Canadian Press via Canada.com May 30 2004 1:07AM GMT

Canadian Pacific Railway, IBM Canada ink
$154M IT outsourcing deal

Canadian Pacific Railway, IBM Canada ink
$154M IT outsourcing deal 12/02/2003 10:21 PM
The railway's mainframe and data operations will move to two IBM facilities and 100 or so of the railway's IT workers will become IBM Canada employees.

More on cellphones and gas stations

More on cellphones and gas stations 12/29/2003 03:02 PM
A few readers wrote in regarding our post Saturday about cellphones and whether or not using one can accidentally spark a fire at a gas...

Numbers Stations

Numbers Stations 06/22/2004 04:01 PM

Numbers station : A post over at Boing Boing reminded me of the phenomenon of numbers stations.

Numbers stations are shortwave radio stations of uncertain origin that broadcast streams of numbers, words, or phonetic sounds. No one knows for sure where their signals originate or what purpose they serve. The voices that can be heard on these stations are often those of children, or are mechanically generated.

Numbers stations appear and disappear continuously, although some stick to regular schedules. It has been speculated that these stations operate as a simple and foolproof method for government agencies to communicate with spies "in the field", using the transmitted codes as a one-time pad cryptosystem.

The geek factor is off the charts, here. I first learned about these wonders of mystery in a great book called "Big Secrets" by Willian Poundstone. If things like this intrigue you, that book is totally worth reading.

As for the stations themselves, I'm pretty sure they're a distributed, stegano graphic cr ypto key based on the Voynich manusript by some spies hiding out in SubTropli s (with a sects in Aquapoli s and the Iron Mountain complex, of course) perfecting their anti-rocket laser cannons and spy satellites. They get around in their personal submarines, defending their bases with Metal Storm cannons from enemy spies attacking in Surface Orbiters.

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Stations Of The Cross

Stations Of The Cross 06/22/2005 02:58 AM
Stations Of The Cross, a piece on "faith-based" news outlets from the May/June Columbia Journalism Review: "In recent months, evangelical broadcasters have dedicated program after program to bemoaning 'judicial tyranny,' and urging audiences to agitate for the 'nuclear option' — changing Senate rules so Democrats can no longer filibuster and thereby block nominees they oppose....All the while, the dizzying blend of God, news, and politics that he [Pat Robertson] has crafted and honed was bouncing off satellites, winding through thousands of cable systems, rippling over the airwaves, and glowing on television screens across America." [Via HighSignal]

New: WeatherHawk weather stations

New: WeatherHawk weather stations 06/24/2004 11:24 AM
WeatherHawk released Mac OS X software for its personal weather stations (previously Windows only).

New Orleans Stations Pass on Gas Ads
(AP)

New Orleans Stations Pass on Gas Ads
(AP) 06/22/2005 02:18 AM
AP - Two New Orleans radio stations apparently don't think there's anything funny about passing Gas. Marketing folks for Shoney's thought they had come up with a humorous radio spot promoting the restaurant's breakfast buffet.

RNC misleading local stations

RNC misleading local stations 03/08/2004 11:07 PM

Stations Get E-Mails to Oust Dan Rather
(AP)

Stations Get E-Mails to Oust Dan Rather
(AP) 09/23/2004 03:33 PM
AP - Station managers at several CBS affiliates said Thursday they appear to be a target of a national e-mail campaign placing pressure on the network to oust Dan Rather as anchorman of the "CBS Evening News."
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The helicopter checkride

The helicopter checkride 12/17/2004 06:36 PM

Last Friday I took a checkride to add a Private helicopter rating to my Commercial pilot's certificate.  The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will, in theory, examine applicants for this rating but in practice prefers that you pay a Designated Examiner.  The fun started at 9:00 am in Nashua, NH at CR Helicopters with Joe Brigham, a retired legend in the cranberry bogs of New England.  The oral portion of the exam lasted until nearly 11:00 am at which point the winds had picked up from calm to a typically unpleasant New England 10 knots gusting 15.  When the objective is to hold the helicopter steady within a foot or two of a reference point on the ground these kinds of winds make life tricky, especially in the Robinson R22, one of the world's lightest helicopters.

Running the startup checklist on the R22 takes about 4 minutes during which one tests the engine's dual independent ignition systems, the carb heat, the sprag clutch that enables the rotors to freewheel if the engine quits, and the low RPM warning horn that sounds if the blades begin to slow down.  The test complete, I called Nashua Tower to ask for clearance to a grassy area east of the paved 5500'-long runway.  Once we got across the runway Joe asked to see a sideways hover taxi then a backwards hover taxi.  These are done with the skids of the helicopter 3-5 feet off the ground.  I set the helicopter back on the grass and Joe asked me to pick it back up.  When we were 2' from the ground he twisted the throttle on his side of the ship to idle, simulating an engine failure.  The helicopter immediately started a yaw to the left.  I pushed the right antitorque pedal to bring the nose back to where it had been pointed.  As the R22 settled towards the ground I pulled the collective pitch control to use some of the rotational energy of the blades to cushion the impact.  Every time you pull more collective the helicopter wants to yaw to the right so I had to step on the left pedal.  We thumped down on the ground about 1 second after Joe had closed the throttle, reasonably smoothly and within about 5 degrees of where we'd started on the heading.  The standard for a Private rating is 10 percent and Joe declared that I had demonstrated a hovering autorotation.

The next maneuver was the Quickstop, simulating an attempt to take off and then an abort due to failure to clear trees or the appearance of an obstacle.  We had to get over to the side of a small hill about 1000' away.  I accelerated the helicopter to about 40 knots and 40' above the ground and then pulled sharply back on the cyclic to flare off the speed while simultaneously lowering collective to prevent the helicopter from ballooning up in altitude and using the antitorque pedals to prevent yaw.  At the end of the Quickstop Joe asked for a running landing to simulate bringing the helicopter down at a high altitude in which the machine lacks sufficient power to hover.  We slid into the grass.

We were near the hill at this point so it was time to demonstrate slope operations.  One approaches the slope at a 45-degree angle with the helicopter yawed so that the skids are parallel to the slope at all times.  You hover so that the upslope skid is about 2-3' above the ground and then gradually lower the ship until the upslope skid touches.  At that point you push the cyclic into the slope to lock the skid against the slope while simultaneously adjusting collective pitch to hold a level attitude.  After pausing in that position for a moment I lowered the collective to bring the downslope skid into contact with the ground while simultaneously adding addition cyclic towards the upslope to keep that skid locked.

Slope operations complete we started with a normal takeoff and normal approach.  Unless you are all by yourself in a Blackhawk you don't take off straight up in a helicopter.  You bring the ship up into a hover and then push the cyclic forward until the helicopter is flying fast enough that the blades are biting into fresh undisturbed air.  This is called "Effective Translational Lift" (ETL) and the helicopter rapidly picks up speed and then altitude beyond this point.  The normal approach and landing is a reasonably shallow angle coming down toward some traffic cones abeam the Nashua windsock.  Once back on the ground Joe asked for a maximum performance takeoff in which one does try to depart as nearly vertical as is possible.  This involves spending some time under the R22's "deadman's curve", a combination of having a low airspeed and a low altitude such that it would be impossible to make a smooth landing in the event of an engine failure.  Joe asked for a steep approach to the cones.  This is not straight down as you might think but rather just steep enough that you could clear the trees around a mid-size field before landing on someone's helipad.

Next up was an autorotation.  This involves closing the throttle about 700' above the ground and gliding down at about 65 knots and 1500'-per-minute descent rate.  Starting roughly 40' above the ground I began to pull back on the cyclic to slow our forward speed and reduce the descent rate.  When the forward speed was just about gone I leveled the ship with the cyclic so that the tail did not strike the ground and began to let the R22 sink towards the ground with just a bit of forward speed.  At the last minute I pulled the collective to cushion the final impact with energy from the rotating blades.

The final part of the checkride was escaping from a vortex ring state.  Joe took the controls and slowed the helicopter down so that we had lost almost all forward speed.  Then he lowered the collective to start a 500 foot-per-minute descent from our 700' altitude.  The helicopter began "settling with power" into its own disturbed air, falling suddenly much faster than the initial descent rate established by Joe.  The controls became mushy just as he said "You have the controls".  The way to escape from a vortex ring state is by pushing the cyclic forward to try to fly the helicopter forward out of the disturbed air while simultaneously lowering the collective so that the helicopter isn't beating the air so hard.  Once I had recovered some flying speed I pulled on the collective to resume a climb.

That was it.  What can one do with a Private helicopter rating?  Take friends for rides, basically, and that's about it.  I'll be starting work on my Commercial rating next week.

Abandoned Railway Stations

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