Sophie's travels

[edgy dagger]

Werkzaamheden dus ze stoppen niet op cs

[outer cave]

ah

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begium moment

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it's done

[dull nacelle]

nice

[tulip kernel]

So good

What are you gonna do with your life now

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my file?

this is my everything map

I do need a new phone background

[outer cave]

Next region of france

[dull nacelle]

bzh bzh bzh

[tulip kernel]

Your life*

[spare herald]

hdf hdf hdf

[edgy dagger]

idk some other dumb region I can weekend trip

[tulip kernel]

hmm

[dull nacelle]

tbh you've done the only région possible for that, grand est might be doable too but it's slightly more difficult

[edgy dagger]

yes :(

I should belgium tbh

[dull nacelle]

you haven't 100% nl yet too?

(wonder who has here)

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I have

[dull nacelle]

nice

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except for one curve

but it only runs on wednesday and thursday nights

[dull nacelle]

nachtnet?

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between like 01:00 and 04:00

y

[tulip kernel]

I think only sophie has this

catually chris too

[outer cave]

Ye, don't have that one yet

[serene glen]

this barely counts

it’s in the realm of doing individual wissels

[edgy dagger]

binckhorstboog is a boog

[tulip kernel]

this is bad

[swift wolf]

Very very bad

[rose peak]

I'm not counting boogjes for 100%ing

[edgy dagger]

then you count wrong

[rose peak]

But what boog do you not have then?

[edgy dagger]

binckhorst

[rose peak]

Ah

Just 100% things that don't have boogjes

Flevoland

My first NL 100% provincie

[spare herald]

i miss venlo and breda grens

that’s all

might do venlo grens next week

[swift wolf]

binckhorst is this boog near supernovaweg right

[rose peak]

Yes

[swift wolf]

I unfortunately think it counts if there is a regular schedule of trains going over it, even if it is this shitty rare night thing and I now have to do it too :(

but yes it is very very close to not counting

but this sucks I don't want it to count aaaaaaaaa

which treinseries even do this boog wtf

[rose peak]

Utrecht Rotterdam via HS?

[verbal haven]

nachtnet

only nachtnet uses that boog

I am not sure which ones

[serene glen]

all nachtnet that goes via Gouda

which is only some days of the week

[rose peak]

11400

[swift wolf]

thank you :)

yes 11405 for example apparently did this

cool

[rose peak]

Wait this does dubbel kopmaken??

[swift wolf]

oh shit it does

very silly train

I must do this

[rose peak]

Lol treinposities planning map doesn't recognize Binckhorst

[swift wolf]

it does recognize it gps wise

[rose peak]

Yes gps makes sense

[outer cave]

Wait what

[swift wolf]

oh did you take it and it doesn't show up?

that sucks

[rose peak]

I did not

[swift wolf]

ah

[rose peak]

This is when you plan for later

Treinposities gives planned route

So from station to station

But the thing they use for it doesn't allow Binckhorst

So it adds in kopmaken centraal

[swift wolf]

kunst

@dreamy grove Can I do the night train utrecht-rotterdam and then stay at your place so I can 100% the netherlands with this silly boog one day ooit pls?

[edgy dagger]

just take last train out of venlo

and first train back

[storm bison]

It did when i traveld on it when trackworks.

[swift wolf]

this is bad though

don;t you have to wait like hours then

[edgy dagger]

why

nachtnet runs all night

[swift wolf]

yoooo

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or just go vibe in schiphol for an hour

[swift wolf]

yoooooooo

this is doable?!

[storm bison]

Also dont forget you need Schiedam-Rotterdam noord boog too

[swift wolf]

fuck

[edgy dagger]

thats not in normal service

[swift wolf]

then I do not need it

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so its not needed for the 100%

[storm bison]

schiphol burgerking

Dinner train uses it regulary

[swift wolf]

dinner train is not a regular train

[storm bison]

Haarlem bypass is hardest probably. together with haren boog.

[edgy dagger]

dinner train also does haarlem cross regularly

[swift wolf]

if ov chipkaart isn't valid it doesn't exist

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harenboog doesnt get used by passenger trains ever

omg next week lux doesnt have any track works

rare

[swift wolf]

RARE

[storm bison]

sure?? cool. i know a charter was diverted via that boog.

[storm bison]

idl crew 2454 will probably take their plan U to standskanaal via that boog one day

[edgy dagger]

yeah some cvh guy got it both times he took dinner train out of alkmaar

[storm bison]

Since we went especially to france during dowaai trackworks to do a boog we cant really say only regular service counts to 100%...

[edgy dagger]

we can

I needed valenciennes - douai anyways lol

hadnt done it yet

[storm bison]

dont you miss the curve into dowaai now??? the tgv only bypassed.

[edgy dagger]

no we did that when we did liege - st quentin on the way to dijon

[storm bison]

ah yes.

dijon boogjes 100% is hard.

also linker rhone strecke is hard.

[edgy dagger]

almost impossible

[storm bison]

mystery destination train

I did part of linkerrhone strecke

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jealous

I have school wednesday 0900-1100

and thursday off

I might just 100% lux

[rose peak]

What do you still need?

[edgy dagger]

wiltz branch line in the north

and the 3 little branches in the south

I got one freight only line tho

[serene glen]

Wiltz is nice I think

it’s a very normal dorp though

just nice line

along the river in the hills

[rose peak]

3 at the bottom is fairly easy in 1 afternoon

[edgy dagger]

they're all fairly easy

but every time I'm in lux there's trackworks everywhere

Or it's a weekend

[dreamy grove]

Sure

[storm bison]

do it. get hotel in thionville or longwy

[edgy dagger]

I should

[outer cave]

I did also consider this once, except my plan was to take an infinite amount of time to get home

[swift wolf]

based plan

did you eventually do the boog or also not yet

[outer cave]

Not yet

[edgy dagger]

Had to leave an hour early because arriva pranked me

Anyways

I have a fever and a non refundable plane ticket

It's time for the worst plan of the year

[serene glen]

sounds fine

[dull nacelle]

have fun

[spare herald]

no starting journey with 122

bad

[edgy dagger]

Ofc I did

[tulip kernel]

Have fun

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a single 3 car desiro as the Antwerpen - Brussel - Charleroi train

it's absolutely packed

[spare herald]

malafide

[tulip kernel]

Nice

Rit?

[edgy dagger]

Rit is right there on the display

[rose peak]

IC4535

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Charleroi needs some work but it looks better maintained than lots of Belgian cities ngl

airport time

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plen

[swift wolf]

Did you do the toilet strategy or did you just bet on not being checked

[edgy dagger]

i bought a ticket

[spare herald]

rare

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baby on the plane

[spare herald]

sterkte

[swift wolf]

Succes

[wicked dagger]

where going

[outer cave]

Sterkte

[tulip kernel]

Work done

David roasted my calculation but he can't klokkijken

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Stockholm

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j'arrive?

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just landed

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svastka? or arlanda

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Arlanda

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good

[edgy dagger]

flying out again in like ten hours lmao

[wicked dagger]

just like me frfr

arlanda is good connections airport

[swift wolf]

A r l a n d a e x p r e s s

[wicked dagger]

i did that on interrail

not much to write home about

[swift wolf]

Take it

[swift wolf]

Ye fair

But it is cool that it exists nonetheless

[wicked dagger]

literally just an expensive Swedish train

very expensive

[edgy dagger]

nah

hotel is a 20 min walk from the terminal

[wicked dagger]

are you staying in the 747?

[edgy dagger]

nope

I looked into it

[spare herald]

Sophie Arlanda

[edgy dagger]

But it wasn't cheap

and I've already flown a 747 lol

[wicked dagger]

i did the comfort hotel arlanda

very nice

[edgy dagger]

I'm in Radisson Blu

[wicked dagger]

quite cheap

[edgy dagger]

It was like €60

[wicked dagger]

eh mine was like 80

[spare herald]

Sophie Sweden

So good

[edgy dagger]

idk why I'm in sweden

But I'm glad I'm here

[spare herald]

Yes

[swift wolf]

Good and important

[spare herald]

There is always reason to be in Sweden

[swift wolf]

The free ikea shuttle buses

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@swift wolf you must 100% arlanda stations

[swift wolf]

Idk how many there are but arlanda express was enough for me

[wicked dagger]

3

[edgy dagger]

cheezy doodles

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Norra, Central and Sodra

[swift wolf]

Ah

[wicked dagger]

central is not arlanda express

the other two are

[swift wolf]

Guess I have to visit central one day then

[spare herald]

I've never been Arlanda

I have no reason to transfer there

[edgy dagger]

this was suspiciously reasonably priced for Ryanair

where are the days of their €5 coffee

[swift wolf]

Was the lasagna as big as in the image

[wicked dagger]

bad picture but this is why you should arlanda

[swift wolf]

Ah yes this is a very good reason

[wicked dagger]

plane to night train

[edgy dagger]

yea

[edgy dagger]

I should do this

Take the Narvik sleeper

again

[swift wolf]

For ryanair that is indeed not terrible

[verbal haven]

get off your ass

[spare herald]

my night train wasn't Arlanda I think

it skipped

[edgy dagger]

Some Abisko local told me it's pretty in autumn

[spare herald]

yeah

[wicked dagger]

shut the fuck up

[edgy dagger]

good enough reason as any to go back

[spare herald]

I kind of want to do the entire thing now

and then do Norway or something

[verbal haven]

lot of talk, little movement
almost like a discord moderator

[wicked dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/jackhanmer-construction-worker-construction-gif-5548554

[verbal haven]

https://tenor.com/view/race-car-peugeot-meme-racist-mode-gif-23410462

[edgy dagger]

Fancy hotel room

Phone has a switserland button

[swift wolf]

very fancy

are you travelling multiplayer or alone

[edgy dagger]

Air crash investigation is on tv

with gf

[verbal haven]

which episode

[edgy dagger]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/XL_Airways_Germany_Flight_888T

[verbal haven]

good

[edgy dagger]

this plane is filthy lmao

@swift wolf do I finesse the Ethiopian branded blanket

[glad drum]

Yes

[edgy dagger]

I love the interior of these trains

Omw to Oslo while doing a new line

[tulip kernel]

@edgy dagger how's the L trein

[edgy dagger]

good

You should take it

[outer cave]

Sophie Skien

Never took you for a winter sports person

[edgy dagger]

Gf doesn't allow me to ski

[tulip kernel]

Skiing bad

I should take it yes

[swift wolf]

WAIT I DIDNT KNOW YOU WERE GOING TO FLY 777 SHORTHAUL THAT IS SO COOL

[swift wolf]

I was eeping but I hope you did

[edgy dagger]

idk either lol

It was scheduled with a 787

[swift wolf]

Aaaaaaaargh so good

[edgy dagger]

A 40% full plane on a 45 min hop with one of the most powerful planes ever

that was a quick ascent

10/10

[swift wolf]

GE90's are literally the most powerful jet engines in commercial use so very cool and good and a dream

[edgy dagger]

it was amazing

[spare herald]

777s are cool

the sheer power when doing the takeoff roll

[edgy dagger]

the entire plane vibrates for a few secs

They don't take deposits

[dreamy grove]

Bergensbanen ⬜⬜⬜⬜

[edgy dagger]

@verbal haven

THIS IS NOT A DRILL

🚨

[verbal haven]

raamhangen modern treinstel

[verbal haven]

wait is this from the door?

[edgy dagger]

no it's a window

The bergensbanen trains have 1 old couchette car

it's got 1 openable window

[verbal haven]

lol

which type of carriage is this

also a B7-4?

[edgy dagger]

no

give me 3 mins, I'll take a pic

We're rolling into Bergen now

[verbal haven]

I need a picture of this

but of your carriage

[verbal haven]

damm RIC

ah its just a regular UIC-x

@edgy dagger so youre basically hanging from the toilet window

former CNL stock too

[edgy dagger]

Yes

[swift wolf]

Does that 200 mean max 200 km/h¿

[edgy dagger]

Bergensbanen in autumn is nicer than in summer, til

[tulip kernel]

Sophie lore

[dreamy grove]

If you go 200 on Bergensbanen I think you will be welcomed into Valhalla really quickly

[verbal haven]

Yes, every train and carriage has that

[edgy dagger]

They're funny

They're the only carriages owned by vy

[dreamy grove]

Based Vy

[edgy dagger]

No it's incredibly stupid

All other trains in Norway are owned by Norske Tog

[swift wolf]

I knew this and yet it felt so unbelievable to see it on that that I started questioning myself lol

Fast thing

[edgy dagger]

Getting a train car up to 200 isn't too difficult

[swift wolf]

Took ns a while

[spare herald]

Vy is still a stupid name

[edgy dagger]

yeah it's dumb but what can you do

C'est la vy

[verbal haven]

Ns has more problems than trying to go 200

[steady bobcat]

That means these trains also have to be open access

[edgy dagger]

wdym?

[steady bobcat]

You have to use norske tog stock if you are running tendered trains

So SJ could not run the x2000 on their routes

[edgy dagger]

right

I dunno what they're doing, they just added 1 of these cars to every train

[edgy dagger]

Inside Norway's largest fjord, the sognefjord

[spare herald]

this is cool

[swift wolf]

pretty

[edgy dagger]

I finally have wifi

The last bit to flåm was sooooo beautiful omg

[glad drum]

i wanna go

i need to find me a sugar mam/dad

cos that is really fucking beautiful

[edgy dagger]

Flåm has nothing to do except a small free museum about the railway

The railway though 🥰🥰🥰🥰

Myrdal literally only exists as a place to change trains

[glad drum]

nothing to do, except have everything one needs

[rose peak]

Oh is this that one special train in norway

[edgy dagger]

yes

it was €26 per person lol

But I committed interrail fraud

so it's ok

[rose peak]

Good

Looks cool, i should save it somewhere

[edgy dagger]

Honestly for how much it costs

It might be nicer to just walk it

[rose peak]

Walk one way

Train back

[edgy dagger]

take the boat one way

It's beautiful

get off in myrdal

Walk down

Sleep in Flåm

it's got cheap rooms

then boat

[rose peak]

Yeah I'll figure something out

Will prob be a while before i go

[edgy dagger]

You never know

Trips to Norway can strike at any time

[rose peak]

Not in my financial and free time situation

[edgy dagger]

Crl - arn flights are €25

osl - ams ones are often €40

[rose peak]

I have like €15 to work with for 3 weeks with at least 1 night food

[swift wolf]

this, combined with youth ticket trains to charleroi, sounds very good

[edgy dagger]

yes

transport for this trip wasn't cheap but it could be a lot worse

[swift wolf]

wait its single way flight :(

we need to decrease taxes on plane tickets further

[edgy dagger]

€5.70 train to CRL
€2.60 bus to airport
€23 flight to ARN
€28 flight to OSL
€10 for two seat reservations
€42 boat trip
€25 flåmsbanen

and three interrail days for €27 each

Oh and €40 flight to ams

[swift wolf]

nice

[swift wolf]

how long is the pass you used for this

[edgy dagger]

15 days in two months

which somehow wasn't enough

But I committed fraud so I have an extra day

[swift wolf]

very good

[dreamy grove]

Very based

If it wasn’t for this apartment I would’ve gone too

[tulip kernel]

nice stoptrein

when will you R trein again

[edgy dagger]

Just did

[tulip kernel]

oh im not paying attention\

im sorry

[serene glen]

forse baanruimer

[tulip kernel]

75102

[edgy dagger]

Rakkestad is a nothing place

On a bus now

Been on the bus for ten minutes and I've already seen four speed cameras

[glad drum]

Tbf it looks like a good road to speed on

And surprisingly flat

[spare herald]

automatic money making machine for the state

malafide

[tulip kernel]

Wageningen guy here

"in Wageningen kunnen ze wel genoeg bussen rijden"

He disagree with Delft bussen

[spare herald]

Doesn't everyone

[tulip kernel]

Oh this isn't my channel

Sorry

[glad drum]

lmao

[edgy dagger]

:(

[storm bison]

nice you did bergen-flam norled boat

was it good?

[edgy dagger]

very

beautiful views

And got the student discount

[storm bison]

nice.

i should do sognedjord.

[edgy dagger]

you should

[edgy dagger]

It's been a while since we've had lore

[spare herald]

Sophie lore

this is good lore

[edgy dagger]

I could also go to a war zone again

only like four people with funny hats

[serene glen]

veel plezier met twee uur wachten

wat is het canada plan vanavond

[swift wolf]

yesssssssss

[swift wolf]

I feel like this is more dangerous than ukraine rn

[edgy dagger]

Kroeg

[serene glen]

veel plezier in kroeg

dit klinkt alsof het negatief helpt met jetlag maar succes

[edgy dagger]

We're in

[dreamy grove]

Sophie gate departure in 23m

[swift wolf]

Very very very pog

This is hype

Sky interior my beloved

[dreamy grove]

Sophie 22J

[swift wolf]

I like how its J without having 10 seats per row

[edgy dagger]

it's got no flavour???

Why the fuck do people drink this

[dreamy grove]

Don’t drink American beer

All their lagers are shit

[edgy dagger]

it was free

I had to know

I got drunk 👍

[dull nacelle]

nice

[spare herald]

American lager is pretty bad

[swift wolf]

AC-Branded cups pog

Did you steal anything

[edgy dagger]

blanket

it's not branded but the night train we're taking doesn't have any

[dreamy grove]

Why did you get Heineken

[edgy dagger]

it was free

I got one of each

people care about boarding zones here

weird

It's loud

[storm bison]

Molson is oke-ish...

[edgy dagger]

It's chaos

Why is there so much water in the toilets

[storm bison]

jsut don't get light beers.

are you overstappen?

[edgy dagger]

Ye

Next flight

[storm bison]

canada has quite a bit of craftbeers

Get the train themed one. Steamwisthle

[edgy dagger]

air Canada doesn't have that

[storm bison]

shops probably will

[dreamy grove]

Couldn’t you just pick a different one twice

[edgy dagger]

they ran out of most lol

[wicked dagger]

wher

[edgy dagger]

Halifax

[serene glen]

arent you with laura

[edgy dagger]

Ye

[serene glen]

did she get drunk

[dreamy grove]

Laura

[edgy dagger]

yes

[serene glen]

nice

sounds fun

[rose peak]

Haar naam was Laura

Een hele lieve meid

[serene glen]

moet dit

[edgy dagger]

@swift wolf

Ride from the airport took longer than expected due to a car crash which caused some traffic

[swift wolf]

Yooooo this is the rarest one I have received/seen thank you :))

[edgy dagger]

cool place but the roads are bad

[storm bison]

stop talking like njb

you like roads and you know it. should've rented a car a few days to go into the countryside

[serene glen]

this is kinda rotterdam if you squint

[edgy dagger]

I don't like how wide the lanes are

But other than the roads being stupidly wide it's all very walkable

[serene glen]

its kinda cool

[edgy dagger]

but the buses do deserve the bad reputation NA buses have lmao

[serene glen]

just no drgl

bus will come at some point

[edgy dagger]

It's great that you can live track them in Google maps

Because they all seem either 5 mins early or 10 mins late

[serene glen]

hm

[wicked dagger]

What are they actually like?

They look like shit but I wondered if they are cramped or just generally shit inside

[edgy dagger]

horrible plastic seats

but its mostly the people that use them

[wicked dagger]

Ah

This is bad

They should import bus designs

Get licences

Apparently this is explicit content

Nice job discord

[storm bison]

worst thing is new flyer was made big by mr den oudstend who built very good durable busses in NL.

the den oudsten factory even built a series of busses for new flyer exported to canada.

[wicked dagger]

Yeah

Apparently these are actually quite good

I still have never been on an enviro 500

[storm bison]

Murican busses also still using a stop rope/cord is rediculius 1900's

Van Hool are the only eu busses that got a foothold in north america

[wicked dagger]

Yeah but they are still bad

Apart from the long distance ones

[storm bison]

the a300 is not bad. its horrible

van hool coaches are fine.

[storm bison]

transition pieces.

this might be for the first canadian/us offshore wind farm

green things is where the monopiles would have laid in. probably they are already hammered into the sefloor.

[edgy dagger]

Classic

[dull nacelle]

+148 nice

[verbal haven]

retard

[dull nacelle]

not nice :(

[verbal haven]

I dont like heure revisee

I want retard

[rose peak]

i found out why my spreadsheet thing wasnt working and its stupid tbh

[rose peak]

wait i talked in sophie channel again instead of off topic

ffs

healthy lunch

[swift wolf]

yeah cuz its hot as fuck

[swift wolf]

is that the google logo?!

[edgy dagger]

Yes

[swift wolf]

https://www.reddit.com/r/NovaScotia/comments/14j1qoq/anyone_know_what_the_google_boat_on_the_dartmouth/ oh lmao

[steady bobcat]

Imagine having it a constant part of the departure board

[serene glen]

revisé is cool

it’s like no the train isn’t late

we just decided to run it at a different time

for reasons

[swift wolf]

Yes euphemism smoesjes

Just like ns who stopped saying delayed and switched to "departs in X minutes" in announcements

[storm bison]

no this is GPO logo

[swift wolf]

Cool

[wicked dagger]

Shut up animation man

[verbal haven]

@wicked dagger carefully consider shutting up yourself

[wicked dagger]

https://imgur.com/a/wk53Dom

i woz drunk anyway

i don't speak for drunk me

[edgy dagger]

You are responsible for drunk yous actions

[wicked dagger]

no I am not

[dreamy grove]

Based and Utrecht Centraalpilled

[edgy dagger]

The green choice

[serene glen]

tering grote diesellocomotieven

hoe lang is deze trein

[edgy dagger]

about 15 cars

[serene glen]

long

i guess maybe you need two diesel locos then

but still a bit jammer

[swift wolf]

so cool

[storm bison]

one for HEP likely.

[edgy dagger]

@swift wolf opinion on signs that have multiple languages on them but don't mean the same in every language

[rose peak]

lol

you should take this

[edgy dagger]

?????? It's been 15°C at most

[tribal crag]

Yes too hot

[spare herald]

This is relatively hot

[swift wolf]

Very very good, shoutout to the kind german translator

[storm bison]

also why is that sign there when i see the via rail employee behind

[edgy dagger]

She's not the food person

[verbal haven]

big temperature diffrences are an issue, you wouldve known this if you did railtechniek

[edgy dagger]

But there was no big temperature difference

[verbal haven]

the expanding and contracting rails can result in cracks, splitting of the railhead, rail spatting or other problems

[verbal haven]

when summer +30 and winter -30, yes there are big temperature diffrences

[edgy dagger]

it's been the same temp the entire month here

[verbal haven]

this is no argument, it can be 30 degrees for entire month, but the spat will need a force to show up

[edgy dagger]

plenty of other passenger and freight trains that passed

[verbal haven]

the sudden cool down of a rail can form cracks, if the temperature diffrence is great enough, it can even split apart

[edgy dagger]

I already know the real reason

It's leaves

[verbal haven]

leaves in the netherlands is an issue caused by toilets

[edgy dagger]

we couldn't make it up the hill because the guy who refilled the sand tanks got wegbezuinigd

[verbal haven]

sand tanks are bad for switches

[edgy dagger]

there were no switches on the stretch where we got delayed

just a long incline behind a sharp corner

[serene glen]

cool country

[swift wolf]

when the last dumping icm's/virms have been retired this will finally be less of an issue

[spare herald]

yes

in conclusion

piss.

[storm bison]

nah. it will still be an issue.

[edgy dagger]

@serene glen

Quebec city is beautiful

[outer cave]

Very nice

[edgy dagger]

yeah this place is super nice

[outer cave]

What's the fuckoff massive castlen't?

[storm bison]

hotel.

!frenchtrains

[terse condor]

https://i.gyazo.com/9076c8fa63d034e164b60cd5ea88e319.mp4

[edgy dagger]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Château_Frontenac

it's built by a railway company

610 rooms lmao

[outer cave]

Damm

Cool

[edgy dagger]

€300/night tho

I'm not paying that

[outer cave]

Understandable

[edgy dagger]

This hotel I'm in rn was €60 and that's already cheap for Canadian standards

[storm bison]

Are you going ottawa too?

allthough it doesn't really get more french then quebeq

[edgy dagger]

yes

we got two full days here in quebec

we saw more today than I thought, I expected to be absolutely dead after arriving at 6am

But the train was five hours late, I got six hours of sleep and we arrived at 11

[storm bison]

di you overnight seated?

Montreal-Jonquere line looks cool

[edgy dagger]

yes

[edgy dagger]

yes but it's slow

Canada has been very good so far, would definitely like to come back

But if I'm spending €400 on a flight again, there's many other places I want to go

I think I'll go by public transport tomorrow

And rent a car for the day after

It's cheaper than the Charlevoix train

[glad drum]

That is beautiful

Funny that the most beautiful places in North America are the ones that look least North American xd

[edgy dagger]

yeahhhh

the American city design isn't great

[edgy dagger]

car booked

[swift wolf]

Which one

[serene glen]

I think america has some cool places that look distinctly American

[dreamy grove]

Surprisingly cheap

[edgy dagger]

They do but those those are still very car centric

and the wide roads look uncool

But I like the small town usa vibe

[storm bison]

Trois-Rivieres is also quite nice supposedly.

But Quebeq best, because citadell and citywalls. Only city in North america with basicly intact walls and fortifications

(unless counting mexico as NA there is the second one)

[edgy dagger]

@azure magnet

[dreamy grove]

PFK

[storm bison]

PFK

[dull nacelle]

PFK

[spare herald]

PFK

god

[edgy dagger]

I love Quebec

[spare herald]

i wanna go too now

your pictures look so cool

a very unique vibe

[dull nacelle]

montréal (and québec) is on my list of places to visit too

[dreamy grove]

Looks better than Toronto but I went in winter

[edgy dagger]

seems like the best place in North America to visit ngl

[edgy dagger]

do it

[swift wolf]

Omg yessss I have to canada pure for this very rare french branding alone

[dreamy grove]

Yeah my cousin just came back from a year in Vancouver and especially during summer it’s beautiful there

Nature is just unreal

[edgy dagger]

Vancouver is not quebec

[serene glen]

that burger does not look nice

but nice

[edgy dagger]

it tastes good

[spare herald]

looking up flights rn

[edgy dagger]

Good

[storm bison]

Qeubeq is acutaly famous for it's autum forests too

[edgy dagger]

@dull nacelle opinion?

[dull nacelle]

nice

[tulip kernel]

I love this

Thank you

I'm downloading this image

Arrêt

[serene glen]

halte

[verbal haven]

arret

[dreamy grove]

Arrêt

[storm bison]

Stop

[swift wolf]

Odd but cool font choice

[dreamy grove]

Discord compression nice

[storm bison]

soph pickup?

already autum colours starting

[spare herald]

Sophie car

Very good

[edgy dagger]

no

Hyundai verso

it's shit

[serene glen]

did you rent a car?

[storm bison]

this is like a max mobiel but bigger fot the US of A

bad

[dreamy grove]

Good

I should pick up the MaxMobiel before traffic starts to form

[serene glen]

so at 4 am?

[edgy dagger]

Yes

[serene glen]

cool

where you going

[edgy dagger]

Baie st paul

[serene glen]

i guess when in rome

cool place

this looks like something wegfappers would enjoy

oh wait

this has

https://traindecharlevoix.com/

[edgy dagger]

yes

It was €140 for two people

Car was €80

[dreamy grove]

4 am where

[serene glen]

very cool

so youre not there for the train i guess

[dreamy grove]

You should've taken the train

[serene glen]

or just one way?

oh cool they have an iLint?

[edgy dagger]

had

[serene glen]

oh

what happened to that

[storm bison]

was just demonstrator afaik.

it was the exact same demo unit that ran in NL too

[serene glen]

nice

Groningen are getting these for Stadskanaal right

[storm bison]

idk alsthom demostrated this thing all over europe. basicly any article of "1st hydrogren train in <insert country>" is this unit doing a demo run.

california jsut ordered H2 flirts btw

[serene glen]

really?

why

[verbal haven]

iLint is basically a sales pitch

[storm bison]

Yeah expec tit to pop-up in saudi arabia soon. they are next on the list for demo

[verbal haven]

probably because its the highest quality light rail they can get

flirts probably dont meet actual train requirements in the US

[outer cave]

Absolutely right they don't

[storm bison]

there are even GTW's running in USofA. which are very similair to th eArriva noord ones

[verbal haven]

these have been labelled as lightrail

[spare herald]

hyundai verso is pretty shit.

[wicked dagger]

america moment

[verbal haven]

eBart, lightrail

[wicked dagger]

this kinda is tho?

its a spur of a metro line

[verbal haven]

this is light rail in the US

[outer cave]

Hmm

That's a Sprinter light train

[verbal haven]

because these dont meet the structural regulations for an actual train

so they have to classify them as light rail

[wicked dagger]

lmao

[wicked dagger]

this

[serene glen]

this used to be called light rail in nl btw

this used to just mean GTWs

[verbal haven]

nevenspoorlijnen moment

[serene glen]

they are very light

GTWs

[verbal haven]

netherlands had some weird regulations when it came to buurtspoorlijnen, nevenlijnen and hoofdspoorlijnen

buurtspoorlijn, ride your full fledged train at 40 kmph because the state said so

[outer cave]

Ooh we should do this in Zeeland to boost the Automotive industry

[storm bison]

why is this now al in soph travels?

[verbal haven]

''hybrid rail''

man what the fuck is hybrid rail

[storm bison]

hybrid rail line (i.e., a non-commuter rail service that operates on the national rail network)

[verbal haven]

another thing that isnt quite a train in the name of the law

[storm bison]

just don't call it a train and it's fine

lol

waht a mess

[serene glen]

this is Amerika

[storm bison]

Cool. We got DMU, EMU and now a ZEMU... zero emmision multiple unit

[serene glen]

Zemu somehow sounds french

[swift wolf]

Amazing lol

[edgy dagger]

@storm bison idiot

[outer cave]

Are pickup trucks allowed on there?

Or would they count as trucks?

[storm bison]

is that tha toen road to charlevoix?

[serene glen]

good sign

[storm bison]

Roads with no caravan signs should always be explored. I always do this when random driving.

[rose peak]

i've been on no caravan road to a camping

[storm bison]

there is also geen sleetjerijden sign on that road

[swift wolf]

Sad sleetjerijden is good

[serene glen]

yeah

they should allow this

[edgy dagger]

This is the road you drove into with a camper

[storm bison]

good road

[edgy dagger]

Charlevoix train was full of old people lol

[serene glen]

of course it was

its a heritage train and its terribly expensive as well

plus its way out as well

[storm bison]

yeah wouldn't expect much discotheques in charlevoix

this is probably more like inlands banana?

[rose peak]

this is just charleroi at home

[edgy dagger]

yea

Inlandsbanan had more young people tho

[spare herald]

yes

it had

[rose peak]

Sophie if you put your trains in trainlog.me you can now see % completed for certain countries (switzerland just got uploaded)

Tho it's not really working too great yet but kinda

Actually not released uploaded yet lol

[storm bison]

is dit ene korlaar product?

[edgy dagger]

nah it's from some guy in a server I'm in

[storm bison]

it looks very sus. no vorowaarden or info whatever...

[outer cave]

Having to transfer existing data to this platform seems bothersome

[rose peak]

it kinda is

but it has leaderboards

and wip percentage maps per country

[outer cave]

Where?

[rose peak]

trainlog.me/<username>/countries/<cc>

Available for <cc> = lu, li, ee, dk, ie, no, ch

[dreamy grove]

My inlandsbanana was just old people lol

[dreamy grove]

I should make this

[outer cave]

Li being limburg of course

Liechtenstein

This website is not good for recording already existing data

That'll be the worst part of any such website

But I just cba

For flights it should include stopovers, which you can't add

[edgy dagger]

First stop today was St Anne de Beaupre

Then we drove north to Baie St Paul

On the way to Malbaie, where we saw the Charlevoix train

Fuck all to do in malbaie so we kept on driving

drove into some random national park, was a dead end so 30km of racing on an empty road

now having burger

@storm bison road pics

[rose peak]

cool

[outer cave]

Burbger

[storm bison]

hoogspannings forum moment

[storm bison]

20% sign is good

and thos dutch flags with Ouvert/Open they seem to have all over canada

[edgy dagger]

Today was a very good day

driving in na is fun

[dreamy grove]

Yeah

[edgy dagger]

tomorrow I'm gonna spend six hours on a train tho

[wicked dagger]

boooooo

[edgy dagger]

?

[wicked dagger]

driving dumb

take a bus

[edgy dagger]

There is no bus here

[wicked dagger]

does cananada not have a greyhound equivalent

[dreamy grove]

People get killed on greyhound buses in Canada

[wicked dagger]

wat

[dreamy grove]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Tim_McLean

[wicked dagger]

this is a true cananada moment

[edgy dagger]

I'm not poor

car good

[wicked dagger]

yeah but driving is gay

[swift wolf]

Burger review?

[spare herald]

aaaaaaa pictures so cool

[dreamy grove]

so is being driven

[outer cave]

Less gay

I get to sleep

[edgy dagger]

10/10 considering this cost the same as McDonald's

[swift wolf]

very nice

[edgy dagger]

come over

[spare herald]

i shoulddddd

[dreamy grove]

Opinion on Tim Hortons coffee @edgy dagger ?

[edgy dagger]

it's shit

[dreamy grove]

yeah

terrible

have you tried the timbits though

[edgy dagger]

not vegan afaik

so no

Tempting

@swift wolf

[swift wolf]

uwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwu

cool and hip

were they as easy to jat as in france?

[edgy dagger]

Yes

[swift wolf]

yippee

[dreamy grove]

Luggage tags

[swift wolf]

jup dat is er een

[edgy dagger]

I didn't even share the pics from the day before

[spare herald]

ja dat is er een

[edgy dagger]

Chute de Montmorency is a big ass waterfall that has a bus every 10 minutes 👌

[rose peak]

Fall

[swift wolf]

water going down

pretty and good

omg the nett hier sticker

yessssssssssss

[rose peak]

Oh cool

Yes

[edgy dagger]

Also walked around the city centre a bit more

[swift wolf]

japan.png

[glad drum]

Thanks Sophie

[edgy dagger]

this is in every small French provincial town

[swift wolf]

this is in Tegelen Metropoolregio too

well used to be last summer

[edgy dagger]

Omw in this thing

[tulip kernel]

Busdiensten

[dreamy grove]

Lisbon and Korea too

[spare herald]

So coooooooool

[swift wolf]

yes

this looks very very gigantic amazing

[edgy dagger]

it's huuuge

Built by a railway company

[swift wolf]

wajow

[azure magnet]

Send Tavel pic

[edgy dagger]

there's tons in this channel

[dreamy grove]

Obama cookies

[swift wolf]

Discovered one in a similar trend, the dutch and the english are not allowed to know that it contains both eu and non-eu meat

[swift wolf]

Imagine simping so hard to Obama

[storm bison]

this may be swiss rule or msth

since it's both at swiss flags

[swift wolf]

Oh good theory

But then it's nice that the non-eu english countries don't have a similar rule

[storm bison]

Probably things like this has to do with it too

@swift wolf ow ti's french law

germany also implemented it

but they now gav eup trying to implement rules EU wide

[swift wolf]

very cool thanks for the research

[edgy dagger]

Solid brick

[storm bison]

which city are you now?

where are train pics

[edgy dagger]

Ottawa

taking a train back to Montreal tomorrow

[edgy dagger]

Nightstar cars hell yeah

[serene glen]

these look a little silly

[wicked dagger]

Can we get more pics of them

[serene glen]

are those luggage compartimenten

[wicked dagger]

I want some decent ones of them outside

[edgy dagger]

yes

[edgy dagger]

Gonna be difficult in Montreal

[wicked dagger]

Ah yes

Cananadens with there stupid station rules

[edgy dagger]

Here they are in Halifax tho

[wicked dagger]

They are just Mk4’s

It’s insane

[serene glen]

i like how its like

a plane on the inside

[wicked dagger]

Is that the gen car

The mk4 not the budd coach

[edgy dagger]

no they're both passenger cars

[wicked dagger]

Why no window?

[edgy dagger]

oh wait

No that's the transition car

[wicked dagger]

Oh ok

[edgy dagger]

It's basically empty inside

[wicked dagger]

Could be used for luggage

[serene glen]

weird ass train

[azure magnet]

Ex British stock let's go

[swift wolf]

This is so cool

Incredibly goofy interior but aaaaa cool and good

[edgy dagger]

yeah it's a bit goofy but it's very good

[spare herald]

Sophie REM

[dreamy grove]

Losing her religion

[glad drum]

where's the spotlight?

[wicked dagger]

Most insane music video

[edgy dagger]

Platform doors bad

[wicked dagger]

Not for metro

[serene glen]

platform doors in non tunnel stations look very silly

[dreamy grove]

Literally half of Korea

[edgy dagger]

Montréal

also spent a surprising amount of time in tunnels

[dull nacelle]

very nice

[edgy dagger]

Montreal metro is very good, especially the new trains

They're massive

And on rubber tires of course, this is a francophone place

[serene glen]

this is basically france but america

which is kinda a cool thing to have