Delicious LiveJournal Links for 6-18-2009

[anuran]

• Live Interactive Ships Traffic Worldwide Map
  ALL THE BOATS on googlemaps
  (tags: shipping)
• Save paper & ink printing only what you want « PrintWhatYouLike.com
  hurrah, if it works
  (tags: printing)
• Javelin train speeds from London
  Kent? Bugger that, stick it on the East Coast Main line. Or, better still, the Edinburgh - Glasgow Queen Street so I can get to Falkirk in like 12 minutes or something
  (tags: train travel news)
• BBC NEWS | Programmes | Breakfast | Missed something?
  Scroll down to Wed 10th to find out how to opt-out of the mobile phone directory, a 118 number that gives out any mobile numbers registered to an address.
  (tags: mobile info)

Comments

[bitospud]

PrintWhatYouLike does work, I've made use of it a couple of times, hurrah!

We're planning to use the fast train to visit Paul's brother in Ramsgate at some point. Sadly it's still not really faster than driving (because it goes off the high-speed line eventually then stops lots) and will cost a fortune. Booo. I just wish they'd sort out the Edinburgh - Aberdeen line (is that part of East Coast Main Line?) so it didn't take nearly as long as Edinburgh - London!

Edith

[henriksdal.livejournal.com]

PWYL: hurrah! I had a play with it later and was really impressed

Speedy trains FTW: I can't remember off the top of my head if the Edinburgh-Aberdeen line is part of the ECML. I always assumed it was, but I don't think the Forth Rail Bridge is electrified. Time to check Wikipedia..

[henriksdal.livejournal.com]

"the ECML is sometimes regarded as extending beyond Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen,[citation needed] running mostly right on the east coast via Kirkcaldy, Dundee and Arbroath. North of Edinburgh it includes the world-famous red cantilever Forth Bridge, and at Dundee the curved Tay Bridge, both crossing wide river estuaries."

from. Transport geeks rule.

[henriksdal.livejournal.com]

Also, "A prototype of the HST, the British Rail Class 43 (HST) achieved 143 mph on the line in 1973[4] before current UK legislation requires in-cab signalling for speeds of over 125 mph which prevents the InterCity 225 train-sets from operating at the Class 91 design speed of 140 mph (225 km/h) in normal service. Before the present in-cab regulations came in, British Rail experimented with 140 mph running by introducing a fifth, flashing green signalling aspect on track between New England North and Stoke Tunnel. The fifth aspect is not observable in normal service and appears when the next signal is a flashing green aspect and the signal section is clear which ensures that there is sufficient braking distance to bring a train to a stand from 140 mph"


Wow. I love non-computer related geekery.