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Post #702353

2026-03-18 13:03 UTC

new map for you all: "how big can trains be?" across europe using declared loading gauges from the ERA RINF. purple = big trains, red = small trains, green = somewhere in between. https://compute.olie.science/expo/?data=loading_gauge/2026-03-18#x=8.0973&y=48.8056&z=5.0605 thanks go to @kaat0 for helping with the data. all mistakes are my own :)

Replies (10)

  • @bovine3dom@masto.ai 2026-03-18 13:04

    @wnd@fosstodon.org spain is back to being empty again, even though i wrote an xml parser from scratch. i think the only logical conclusion is that it's haunted

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  • @Sobex@social.sciences.re 2026-03-18 13:08

    @bovine3dom@masto.ai @kaat0@fediscience.org poke @jon@gruene.social if you haven't seen this yet.

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  • @bovine3dom@masto.ai Don’t show this to Swedish railnerds, they’re already arrogant enough about our large loading gauge :D (And then we have like 25%-50% shorter platforms so I’m not even sure who we’re trying to fool.) @kaat0@fediscience.org

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  • @bovine3dom@masto.ai @kaat0@fediscience.org @skinnylatte@hachyderm.io why can’t we ever have nice things?

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  • @tml@mementomori.social 2026-03-18 14:53

    @bovine3dom@masto.ai @kaat0@fediscience.org I see that the UK is infrared.

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  • @wnd@fosstodon.org 2026-03-18 15:18

    @bovine3dom@masto.ai @kaat0@fediscience.org do you have a colour for "tiny trains". For I have RT3793 from knowledge

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  • @moof@cupoftea.social 2026-03-18 15:22

    @bovine3dom@masto.ai @kaat0@fediscience.org What's that red bit over by Linz in upper Austria? Also, out of interest, why are these hexagons rather than the actual paths of the tracks?

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  • @ignaloidas@not.acu.lt 2026-03-18 15:57

    @bovine3dom@masto.ai @kaat0@fediscience.org fwiw for Baltic countries the S structure gauge seems to be marked, which has these dimensions (in mm of course)

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  • @aslakr@mastodon.social 2026-03-18 16:20

    @bovine3dom@masto.ai @kaat0@fediscience.org What is Denmark's excuse for not at least have loading gauge closer to Germany's?

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  • @ehrba@verkehrswende.social 2026-03-18 18:45

    @kaat0@fediscience.org Finden wir Quellen um auch Kapazität, Auslastung und ggf (nicht bediente) Nachfrage/abbilden zu können? 🤔 Personenverkehr ist relativ einfach. Aber wie steht es mit dem Güterverkehr? @bovine3dom@masto.ai

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