Thermite Be Giants

ThermiteBeGiants@aus.social

Ask me about heritage railways! Fair-weather e-bike commuter. Reluctant STEMnik. Rubus Ronin. Off-grid hater, certified reticulator. Interests: Trains, trams :dingdingpixel:, bicycles, vintage tractors, home brewing, communism (historical & future). Posts a lot of "bad" music. Trans rights = human rights. Posts are mostly followers-only. Follow requests are vetted based on your bio, so if you don’t have one and I don’t know you ❌

Posts

Post #4316374
How a First Nations community built an Indigenous-owned fibre optic network; even in remote subarctic Canada, building a real sovereign network makes money and craps all over Starlink: https://spectrum.ieee.org/indigenous-fiber-network
Post #3665214
Telstra took down regional and freight train services across Australia this morning, because they use the Telstra network for train radio. But why do V/Line, NSW TrainLink and freight trains on the ARTC network all use Telstra for their radio interface? Well, because in the early 21st century, you needed no less than 6 radios in the cab of a locomotive talking to up to 14 different radio networks in order to go from Brisbane to Perth via Melbourne, and that was really annoying: (🧵) (Photo: Rod...
Post #1814333
The TAC should fund frequent all-night public transport on Thursday, Friday, Saturday &amp; Sunday nights in order to reduce drink-driving.
Post #1763916
Ok yeah the Candy XPT looks fantastic, I get it
Post #1745488
Steam locomotive ash is still being used to seal up canal lock gates - a traditional practice that is still more effective than more modern sealants. Canals and heritage railways in the UK are now working together to continue doing it. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gvjjnv114o
Post #1552736
On May 9, the volunteer-run Talyllyn Railway will be holding a Talyllyn Women’s Day event, where the entire railway will be staffed by women volunteers. They’re a great little railway and I strongly encourage people to go and support events like this! https://www.talyllyn.co.uk/events/talyllyn-womens-day #HeritageRailways #wales
Post #1378841
Mezzanine Beetle and Prodigy Crab
Post #1091769
CTA has a banger new billboard ad - via https://bsky.app/profile/mattbrown.bsky.social/post/3mj6j6krzm22c
Post #838874
The Victorian Goldfields Railway took no time to take advantage of this morning’s announcement of free public transport across Victoria in April:
Post #775157
I would absolutely buy this
Post #149196
A Croydon Tramway contractor in London has a flangeway cleaning truck called “The Traminator” and it looks just like what you’d expect:
Post #59216
European Regional Railways be like:
Post #44439
It is a matter of record that the Australian version of Back To The Future would involve Marty using an AU Falcon (with a Peter Brock Energy Polariser) to travel back in time to 1985, not to make sure that his parents get together but to buy himself a terrace house in Marrickville for a slab of beer and a tenner as an investment property
Post #4759
Thermite rail welding in North Queensland, 1971. Gloves & goggles, but only stubbies - and no shirts!