SéracMay 17
Bon matin!
Sainte-Foy, #Québec #Canada
#Bridge #BridgeObsession #francophone #TrainTravel
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Largest cantilever bridge in the world at 549 m span. Collapsed twice while building it, killing 88 workmen.
Pont de #Québec, #Canada
#Bridge #engineering #steel #WorldRecord
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Cabin view.
#ViaRail #ocean #TrainTravel #Sleeper
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First coach is for checked luggage, the second one is this seater car. It was empty and locked but with the lights on the entire way I think. Then the sleeper cars.
#ViaRail #CanadienNational
Show threadSéracMay 17
Lounge cars with WiFi on each side of the dining car, followed by, well, the other half of the train. At some stations we would stop twice, first for the sleeper, then for the seated cars.
#ViaRail #ocean #TrainTravel
Show threadSéracMay 17
The outside.
Drummundville, #Québec #Canada
#Train #Alstom #PassengerRail
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Catch.
Rivière des Hurons, #Québec #Canada
#BridgeObsession #travel #rail #birds
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After almost 24 hours and perfectly on time we arrive in
#Montréal, #Québec #Canada
#TrainTravel #bridge #skyline
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One green light over red over red gives us clearance for the last one of 1346 km.
#Montréal, #Québec #Canada
#Train #signalling #travelling
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Made it to the Hotel right on time, too.
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Touching the clouds.
#Montréal, #Québec #Canada
#Skyscraper #streetphotography
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O.
#Montréal, #Québec #Canada
#Art #photography #architecture
Show threadSéracMay 18
Glassy.
#Montréal, #Québec #Canada
#Glass #roof #engineering
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The lellow line maneuvers without passengers from the arrival track to the departure track.
Berri-UQAM, #Montréal, #Québec #Canada
#Metro #EndOfTheLine #train
Show threadSéracMay 18
Globe.
Biosphère, #Montréal, #Québec #Canada
#minimalism #photography #sightseeing
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Reside.
Plateau-Mont-Royal, #Montréal, #Québec #Canada
#Brutalism #architecture
Show threadSéracMay 19
My sense of humour: bus number 777 takes us to the casino. Walking away from the bus stop (or out of the casino after losing all your money...?) seems to be unthinkable.
#Montréal, #Québec #Canada
#Casino #Bus #Line #CarCentric
Show threadSéracMay 19
1435 mm standard gauge plus tyres, 750 V DC.
#Montréal, #Québec #Canada
#Metro #Bombardier #Alstom
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Clock tower.
#Montréal, #Québec #Canada
#Port #sightseeing
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Delivery.
#Montréal, #Québec #Canada
#CN #train #freight
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Last time I ate dumplings as tasty as those here (symbolic picture) was when I was in Shanghai.
#Chinatown #Montréal, #Québec #Canada
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Station hall above the tracks above the underground city.
#Montréal Gare centrale, #Québec #Canada
#ViaRail #TrainStation #Bahnzeit
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Au revoir!
#Montréal, #Québec #Canada
#TrainTravel #HighRiser #train
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Welcome on board of our ViaRail Airlines flight to Toronto!
#ViaRail #TrainTravel
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Straight shot.
Dorval, #Québec #Canada
#TrainTrackTuesday
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Although it's far from a highspeed train, track quality makes the ride feel quite fast ;-)
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We were stuck behind a freight train, but then were able to pass it, now on time again.
Near Morrisburg, #Ontario #Canada
#CN #ViaRail #TrainTravel #CanadianNational
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There is water, there is hope!
Port Hope, #Ontario #Canada
#Lake #TrainTravel
Show threadSéracMay 21
Unlike our train, this thread is a bit behind.
#Toronto, #Ontario #Canada
#TrainTravel #ViaRail #OnTime
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Arrival hall.
#Toronto, #Ontario #Canada
#Train #Station #ViaRail
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Hauled us here.
#Toronto, #Ontario #Canada
#Locomotive #Diesel #Train
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Looking around.
#Toronto, Union Station, #Ontario #Canada
#TrainTravel #Bahnhof #Station #travel #cn
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Arrival hall too.
#Toronto Union Station, #Ontario #Canada
#TrainStation #unterwegs
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Looking up.
#Toronto, #Ontario #Canada
#Skyscraper #engineering #architecture
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Crossing the Ohio River.
Monaca, #Pennsylvania #USA
#Bridge #BridgeObsession #steel
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Containing.
Ambridge, #Pennsylvania #USA
#Train #freight #NorfolkSouthern
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Levels.
#Pittsburgh, #Pennsylvania #USA
#Bridge #BridgeObsession #Rail
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Stayed.
#Toledo, #Ohio #USA
#Bridge #Engineering
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Sweet.
Luna Pier, #Michigan #USA
#Beach #lake #Erie #travel
Show threadSéracMay 26
Longest span in the world with 564 m when built in 1929.
Ambassador Bridge, #Detroit, #Michigan #USA
#Bridge #engineering #WorldRecord #Border
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Stopped.
#Detroit, #Michigan #USA
#RoadTrip #downtown #travelphotography
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Merge.
Belle Isle, #Michigan #USA
#International #Skyline
Show threadDominik 🇪🇺🟥🟢May 23

@serac

irgendwie schade dass das so in Europa nicht geht

Show threadJonathanMay 22
@serac The glass for the body of the building was manufactured by Canadian Pittsburgh Industries and was coloured using 2,500 oz (71,000 g) of gold, valued at CA$70 per pane at the time of installation.
Royal Bank Plaza - Wikipedia

Show threadSéracMay 23
@jonathan
We didn't scratch any of it off, I promise!
Show threadJonathanMay 23
@serac 😂 You are on quite an adventure!
Show threadsimonbpMay 21

@serac Good ole F40PH, the last truly successful EMD passenger locomotive.

20 years ago, they hauled nearly every passenger train in North America. Now, VIA is one of the last operators, and like most, replacing them with Siemens Chargers

Show threadTilo SchumannJun 1
@serac Probably the widest Platform at Toronto Union Station😄
Show threadMartin HoffmannMay 20
@serac Looks like you got a new Siemens set? Pity. The older LRC carriages are real nice.
Show threadSéracMay 20
@partim
I'm not familiar with the rolling stock over here, but I think we got an old one. Some of the oncoming trains seem to be newer.
Show threadMartin HoffmannMay 20
@serac Hm. Must be something refurbished though. Those seats look suspiciously like previous generation ICE seats.
Show threadsimonbpMay 20
@partim @serac Yeah, the refitted the 1950s stainless steel heavyweight coaches in the 1990s with very 1990s seats. Those are gradually being phased out with the Siemens Venture sets (roughly, Railjet redesigned for North American crash safety standards).
Show threadjavensbukanMay 20
@serac I hope Gare Centrale gets a glow up someday like Union Station got in Toronto.
Show threadSéracMay 20
@javensbukan
Giving a glow to these underground stations is difficult. On the other hand, it does make sense to create density at spots like these - not only for money-making, also as a passenger I value the oppotunities right at the station. Also the hotel we stayed at was built on top of the tracks
Show threadjavensbukanMay 20

@serac Yeah! I feel like they could do a lot just to make it *brighter*.

It has puny metal halide lamps and frosted glass - Both could be improved to let more light in.

Nothing major needs redoing - just more light would help so much! And maybe a brighter floor.

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Show threadSéracJun 5
Peek!
The concrete reinforcement reaches from the foundation slab all the way up through the next higher ceiling and a bit further. This is more complicated to build, but helps to make the building earthquake resilient.
Benito Juárez, #CiudadDeMéxico #México
#Earthquake #Engineering #Steel #Sismo
Show threadSéracJun 7
Take a step.
Templo Mayor, #CDMX #México
#Archaeology #pyramid
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Take a seat.
Templo Mayor, #CDMX #México
#Histodon #temple #ruins
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Go a head.
Museo Templo Mayor, #CDMX #México
#Aztec #museum #history #skull
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Go up.
Torre Latinoamericana, CDMX México
#Skyline #city #view
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Go for lunch.
Torre Latinoamericana, #CDMX #México
#FensterFreitag #restaurant #Skyscraper
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Popocatépetl 5426 m.
Torre Latinoamericana, #CDMX #México
#Mountains #volcano #FensterFreitag
Show threadSéracJun 8
Light it up.
San Martín de las Pirámides, #EstadoDeMéxico #México
#Balloon #Globo #Tourism
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The fat mountain.
Cerro Gordo 3054, #EstadoDeMéxico #México
#Air #mountain #Vacation #Balloon
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Overview.
Teotihuacán, #EstadoDeMéxico #México
#PreHistoric #UNESCO #ballooning #pyramid
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Pulling the plug.
Teotihuacán, #EstadoDeMéxico #México
#HotAir #Balloon #parachute #vent
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Early riser.
Teotihuacán, #EstadoDeMéxico #México
#Histodon #ruins #UNESCO #sightseeing
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By far the largest city in northern america before it was abandoned around 600 AD.
Teotihuacán, #EstadoDeMéxico #México
#Archaeology
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With a good 220x220 m footprint much larger than the moon pyramid on the main axis: Pyrámide del Sol.
Teotihuacán, #EstadoDeMéxico #México
#UNESCO #pyramid #Sightseeing
Show threadSéracJun 9
Hospital.
Benito Juárez, #CDMX #México
#Architecture
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Heading home.
Benito Juárez, #CiudadDeMéxico #México
#BikeTooter #Velo #TravelThread
Show threadSéracJun 10
Beluga 1.
Aeropuerto Benito Juárez, #CDMX #México
#Boeing #united #aircraft
Show threadSéracJun 10
Checking in online is, let's call it, an option. We gave up on it.
#UnitedAirlines
Show threadSéracJun 10
Users from the US might have this content blocked by their government.
Gulf of Mexico, #Texas #USA
#United #travel
Show threadSéracJun 10
Finally...on the ground? Underground? Above ground?
Skymetro #Zürich #Schweiz
#Metro #airport
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Hovercraft funicular, detachable.
Skymetro, #Zürich #Switzerland
#Funi #AirCushion #Seilbahn
Show threadsimonbpJun 8
@serac On my list of "Civilization world wonders I still need to visit"
Show threadSéracJun 8
@simonbp
Which list of world wonders are you refering to? The one from the NewOpenWorld Foundation lists Chichén Itzá, but not Teotihuacán. However, it is a very impressive site indeed.
Show threadsimonbpJun 8
@serac As in the ones from the Civilization games
Show threadMark OheJun 8

@serac

Love this photo.