In China, a debate over sanitary pads on trains reflects long-held beliefs about women and menstruation: tommaso79 / Shutterstock Discrimination against and repression of women is a global problem. In authoritarian states, it is also intertwined with regime survival. Take recent events in Iran, where women-led protests against strict hijab laws are challenging the country’s …
Motion sickness: this might explain why some people feel sick in cars or on trains: Motion sickness affects people of all ages. metamorworks/ Shutterstock If you’re someone who suffers from motion sickness, travelling in many types of vehicles can be difficult thanks to a host of symptoms like dizziness, lightheadedness, nausea and even vomiting. But …
Play with model trains in OpenTTD: My father has always been fond of model trains, and I remember watching him building a track around the Christmas tree when I was young. When Lego train sets were released, he and I transitioned to them for their convenience and inherent extensibility. We built and operated Lego trains …
The future of transport: how local people are helping to design new metro trains: Electric Egg/Shutterstock The Tyne and Wear Metro train fleet has served the UK’s busiest light rail network outside London for over 40 years. Now, these trains are at the end of their working life – and people across the region have …
Coronavirus: staying safe on trains, planes and automobiles: Many of us rely on public transport to get to work, school, and to meet friends and family. But in the time of COVID-19 is it safe to use these vehicles and is there a difference between them? Transport has contributed to the spread of coronavirus – …
‘The Night Trains’: a masterly study into southern Africa’s murderous migrant system: Shutterstock It would be a truism to say that the functions of trains in modern history have been diverse and multifarious. Steam engines were drivers of the British industrial revolution, and the motors of internal westward expansion in North America. Railways were instruments …
The Havre de Grace Arts Collective presents: Planes, Trains and Automobiles – a Culture interest event taking place on 2019-11-26 19:00:00 in United States The Havre de Grace Arts Collective presents: Planes, Trains And Automobiles Tuesday, November 26, 2019 at 7pm John Hughes broke out his teen angst mode with this bittersweet, comedic buddy movie. …
A nice South African Sport image: Iron ore trains from the Sishen mine queing at the Saldanha terminal Image by jbdodane Taken on 25 August 2014 in South Africa near Dwarskersbos Langebaan (DSC_6753) freewheely.com: Cycling Africa beyond mountains and deserts until Cape Town Image automatically curated and published by www.free-mail.co.za – CLICK HERE to learn …
South Africa in the news: South Africa: Overnight Vandalism Shuts Down Cape Town Trains: Train services in Cape Town have been shut down following vandalism to carriages in the early hours of Sunday, Metrorail announced. “Metrorail has suspended all train services in the region to permit urgent repair work to be done to its damaged …
Check out this Miss South Africa image: The Evening Trains Image by ARG_Flickr 61994 The Great Marquess and 60009 Union Of South Africa approach Clapham Station on a move from Norfolk to Carnforth. Running rather late due to a firegrate issue but at least the sun was out. This angle was an attempt to miss …