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On the technology spectrum, railroads would certainly seem to skew toward the brutally simplistic side of things. A couple of strips of steel, some wooden ties and gravel ballast to …read more Continue reading Feeling the Heat: Railway Defect Detection
Model trains are good fun, though few of them serve any purpose beyond amusement or authentic railway simulation. [ProjectAir] decided to put his model train to practical use by having …read more Continue reading Model Train Delivers Fresh Coffee
Electric cars are very much en vogue right now, as the world tries to clean up on emissions and transition to a more sustainable future. However, these vehicles require huge …read more Continue reading China’s New 100 MPH Train Runs on Hydrogen and Supercaps
Model trains are fun, but sometimes little whirring motors in electric models feel a long way from the hulking metal beasts of the real railways. [Lewis] of [DIY Machines] adds …read more Continue reading 3D Print Yourself A Tiny Steam Train Complete With Smoke Effects
LEGO trains are fun to play with, but as with any model train, you so seldom have enough track to fulfill your greatest desires. YouTuber [brick_on_the_tracks] has come up with …read more Continue reading Simple Hacks To Make LEGO Train Track Out of Other Pieces
It looks like it’s soon to be lights out for the Mars InSight lander. In the two years that the lander has been studying the geophysics of Mars from its …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: May 22, 2022
In everyday life, the largest moving object most people are likely to encounter is probably a train. Watching a train rolling along a track, it’s hard not to be impressed …read more Continue reading Retrotechtacular: The Power to Stop
[Joel] of Joel Creates loves trains and Minecraft. So what better way to combine them than to make a real-life electric mine cart and ride it around? At first glance, …read more Continue reading This Little Minecraft Mine Cart of Mine
Maglev trains have long been touted as the new dawn for train technology. Despite keen and eager interest in the mid-20th century, development has been slow, and only limited commercial …read more Continue reading China MagLev Train Aspirations Boosted by New 600 km/h Design
The livingroom coffee table has long been a favorite realm of the model railroad. But what to do when you actually want to have coffee? [Peter Waldraff] has come up …read more Continue reading Coffee Table Railroad Flips to Hide the Fun