Archive for the 'Trains' Category
Alex C asked:
I′m planning a trip to Ontario and Québec this Winter and I was wondering if I could count on the trains to get me from Ottawa to Montréal and then Québec City?
September 16th, 2009 | Posted in Trains | No Comments
James G asked:
Another strange conversation - Do the big virgin trains store their water in tanks in each carriage, or is it a central storage somewhere? Also, when they empty their waste, where does it go? On the track or in a storage tank? Any help?
August 4th, 2009 | Posted in Trains | No Comments
FreyaWhite__ asked: Are there plug sockets on trains so I can plug straightners in?
June 2nd, 2009 | Posted in Trains | No Comments
water_skipper asked: Why do freight trains sometimes have locomotives at the back? Over the past couple of days I saw a bunch of freight trains that had a few locomotives in the front and also a couple in the back. What’s the point?
May 31st, 2009 | Posted in Trains | No Comments
Atharva D asked: Two trains start from point A and B at same time, they cross each other at certain point and reach their respective destinations after 1 hr and 4 hrs respectively. Find out the ratio between their speeds.
May 24th, 2009 | Posted in Trains | No Comments
Jesse H asked: I want to find out when trains go by specific crossings within the los angeles area south of the airport. Is there a website with the times of these trains?
I saw a train pass around 12:30pm on Inglewood near Manhattan Beach Blvd. and want to know if it is a daily [...]
May 2nd, 2009 | Posted in Trains | No Comments
herman dancing asked: I have to change trains at Milan Centrale soon. I have a twenty minute gap between my Eurostar from Monaco arriving and the Italian train leaving. Will this be enough time, bearing in mind I have never been to Milan Central station before, it’s one of the biggest stations in Europe, and [...]
March 21st, 2009 | Posted in Trains | No Comments
Desty_1 asked: What’s the difference between what’s called HO scale model trains and N scale model trains? Which is easier to find? Which is more popular?
My oldest son is almost at the age where we can start doing projects and I remember playing with model trains with my grandfather. He had a [...]
March 16th, 2009 | Posted in Trains | No Comments
Axo asked: Some roads around town run parallel to train tracks and you can see big metal bars that the trains go under and they have lights on them. It almost looks like traffic lights for trains. Is that what they are? Sometimes they are red, I think sometimes green, not sure. I was just [...]
January 18th, 2009 | Posted in Trains | 4 Comments
miguel b asked: I want to go from boston to another city in the east, how much velocity the trains travel with?
October 24th, 2008 | Posted in Trains | 1 Comment
Dan asked: Or will i HAVE to switch trains?
October 7th, 2008 | Posted in Trains | 4 Comments
J H asked: Hi,
Does anyone know why NYC Trains F V B D switch tracks from Rockefeller Center going to Bryant Park? I mean why do they do it and how it is possible. I have witness many times that I see trains from each side arrive at the same time at [...]
September 19th, 2008 | Posted in Trains | 3 Comments
gold standard asked: I live about one mile from tracs. My neighbor has a dish that is run by the same company that provides signal to trains. Every time trains run at night, I get severe earache and head ache, though the noise is far away and not very loud.
Can I put aluminum foil [...]
August 30th, 2008 | Posted in Trains | 4 Comments
Bob R asked: I know the Acela goes up to 150 mph and the northeast regional trains only arrive only about an hour or so later. So, I’m assuming they are pretty fast too.
August 24th, 2008 | Posted in Trains | 4 Comments
Cally D asked: My hubby wants to start a business selling model trains, he textures too and would like to set up but needs suppliers of the trains at very low cost.
Thanks you guys.
He’s tried ebay, and the manufacturors won’t deal with you unless you are already an registered business, which I can understand.
Thanks for [...]
August 19th, 2008 | Posted in Trains | 2 Comments
Kurt R asked: I read the other day that the professional Danish rider Nicki Sørensen trains 750 kilometres per week. I just think it sounds a little when it’s his jobs. How many hours do a professional cyclist trains in a week?
August 10th, 2008 | Posted in Trains | 2 Comments
mom of 3 asked: I found a list of the 67 characters but their are many more wooden trains. My son loves Thomas and we are trying to collect all of the trains including the special editions. There doesn′t seem to be a complete list of the trains only many partial lists.
July 3rd, 2008 | Posted in Trains | 2 Comments
labyrinth asked: I am a twenty something woman traveling alone, and I have heard some not so great things about Italian trains.
June 26th, 2008 | Posted in Trains | 8 Comments
AlecksXD asked: I need to know if there are any trains that will take me from around 71st-continental ave to around Penn Station. I don′t care if you have to change trains or anything. I just need to know the route to get there so I can take the neon bus to Toronto, Canada.
June 10th, 2008 | Posted in Trains | 2 Comments
Steal Treasure asked: Trains travel on tracks. Train tracks. Very distintinctive things in nature they are, so I can never comprehend when some unfortunate soul gets “accidentally” hit by a train. Wouldnt you have to be doing it on purpose? Any train victims want to defend themselves? Also, cars dont stall [...]
June 4th, 2008 | Posted in Trains | No Comments
I Know Nuttin asked: I am giving a speech at 6:30 and the train is scheduled to arrive at 5:05. Is this typically a safe bet? With airplanes I wouldn’t even think of it but trains I’m wondering about.
May 18th, 2008 | Posted in Trains | 9 Comments
Bob R asked: I’m a real train buff in high school. I was wondering if I could do work involving Amtrak or NJ Transit trains.
May 11th, 2008 | Posted in Trains | 4 Comments
Angel2008 asked: What got you started and how old were you when you started?
What is it that fascinates you most about trains?
Do you work for a railroad? Do you have a model train track?
What do you collect?
April 27th, 2008 | Posted in Trains | 4 Comments
cjsjd asked: For example, where do the trains between Cardiff & London refuel? What range do they have before they need to refuel?
April 8th, 2008 | Posted in Trains | 2 Comments
minshullj asked: I live in London ON Canada and I have an interest into where these trains are coming from and where they are going? Does anyone know where I can find these things out?
April 1st, 2008 | Posted in Trains | 3 Comments