Train porn

Short video from back in March, showing the points operation system at Toronto Union Station, Canada. Still manually operated, and 86 years old.

Video (by one Matt Skuta) from 31/08/2015 showing aerial view of a Burlington Northern Santa Fe intermodal train on Union Pacific's (originally Southern Pacific) Tehachapi Loop in south central California, about 35 miles or so southeast of Bakersfield. Grade is 1 in 50, and the change in altitude over the 1.17 kilometres of the loop is 23 metres.

Tried to find video of this tramway, but can only find photos. This is car 40 of the Lake Louise Tramway in Alberta, Canada. This tramway was built by the Canadian Pacific Railway to replace horse coaches which used to take as long as an hour and a half to climb up the hill from the station to the hotel, a distance of about six kilometres and a change in altitude of about 244 metres. The petrol-powered tram cars were unidirectional, and turned on loop-shaped tracks at each end (originally a turntable at the hotel). The line had some severe curves, but the grade was at least held down to a maximum of 1 in 25. Track gauge was 42 inches (1067 mm). The line opened in 1912 and last operated in 1930, with track lifted in 1931; it is a hiking/biking trail today with some segments designated hiking only.