That song slapped back on the day, it slaps today. The lyrics could be a recipe for scones and it would still slap.
Salty Aerith is my favorite character retcon.
A reminder that TVs used to be encased in wood.
He’s entertained by his obese cat falling off of it.
It doesn’t, really.
Some bacta will fix them right up!
Y=sinXbox
I think one of the TiVos looks like this.
It’s moving away at a rate that caused it to redshift.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18821978
This is probably going to be the best picture I ever take of Cinderella's Castle. That morning was cold and wet, then the clouds disappeared and the sun lit everything up in a way you don't often see.
Taken by me in 2017, before the castle got repainted in 2020.
America: “I used the crime lord to capture the crime lord.”
There’s a non-zero chance that Tim Walz still has his VMUs.
Capybaras are clearly doing something right that we aren’t.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18317484
(Sorry, maxso216, but this is truly the shortest functional train line in Japan.)
The DisneySea Electric Railway is a 2-station line coming in at less than half a kilometer in total length (0.48km). Even at the relaxed 15kph speed of the trains, it only takes two and a half minutes to traverse the entire line. The line runs between the American Waterfront and Port Discovery areas of Tokyo DisneySea. It also has what must be the smallest fleet of rolling stock of any line in Japan; Four two-car sets, of which only two or three sets are in operation at any given time. (Fewer sets than even the Tokyo Disney Resort Line monorail.)
A trivial oddity about the trains is their numbering system. Which initially appears to not be a system at all. All eight cars of the four train sets have a unique (yet random) car number, and the set pairs are never separated from each other. The only discernible pattern with the car numbers is that the final digit in each number seems to represent in which order the sets were commissioned:
Set #1) 5591 & 1111
Set #2) 1022 & 2842
Set #3) 1783 & 5593
Set #4) 0214 & 4824Set #1 traversing the elevated tracks over American Waterfront:
The origin of the train sets are a bit of mystery. Their manufacturer is not known. Since the beginning of operation in 2001, the DisneySea Electric Railway has been sponsored by Takara Tomy - A Japanese toy company that makes functioning toy train sets, including replicas of the trains on the DisneySea Electric Railway.
Sign over the American Waterfront Station entrance:
It is possible that the train sets were designed and built by WED themselves as simply another park attraction, or possibly by Kyosan Kogyo Co. Ltd. which manufactured the sets used on the Western River Railroad in Tokyo Disneyland. The DisneySea Electric Railway sets are modeled to resemble some of the elevated streetcars used in what became the New York City subway system at the turn of the 20th century.
Preserved Brooklyn Union streetcar at the New York City Transit Museum, WikipediaAll four sets have been in service since Tokyo DisneySea opened on September 4th, 2001. Apart from having air conditioners installed in 2015, there have been no notable improvements to the trains themselves.
Is the DisneySea Electric Railway an actual train line? Yes. In addition to having two stops which allows the line to be used by park guests to easily get from one side of the park to the other, the line falls under the jurisdiction of Japan's transit authority. Despite being on private land and requiring admission to the park to use, DisneySea Electric Railway must adhere to the same standards as any other public train line.
Set #2 arriving at Port Discovery Station:
When Tokyo Disneyland was built and opened in 1983, the Western River Railroad was purposefully designed to have only one stop and run in a loop that sent riders back to where they started to avoid a law that required charging a train fare and that a departure schedule be posted and followed by the line's operators. This decision made it another attraction, rather than a functional line like the Disneyland Railroad in Anaheim. This particular law was abolished in 1987, allowing DisneySea Electric Railway to function as an actual line with destinations without needing to follow those rules.
(This is my first attempt at a long form post here, let me know how I did. All pictures are by me unless noted.)
This is probably going to be the best picture I ever take of Cinderella's Castle. That morning was cold and wet, then the clouds disappeared and the sun lit everything up in a way you don't often see.
Taken by me in 2017, before the castle got repainted in 2020.
Another of my favorite jet liner-style trains. They were developed to allow the cars to tilt side-to-side while in transit, so that they could lean into corners and take them at higher speeds. The E351 was effectively built to fly on the ground.
These trains went into service in 1993 on the Oito Line as the Azusa and on the Chuo Main Line as the Chuo Liner. One year later, they became the Super Azusa on the Oito Line when the tilting feature first went into use.
Every set had the same purple band on a white body livery. Two types of sets were built. Four-car sets and eight-car sets. Each set had one conductor cab with a lit plaque on the nose that displayed the service that train was running, and another conductor cab with a retractable gangway that allowed coupling with other E351s.
All E351s were retired in 2018 and replaced with E353s. Sadly, none of the E351s were preserved.
Credit goes to Star Trek Minus Context on the scrolling socials.
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/39680153
Borg Rule
A 10-car Odoriko 185-0 Series limited express liner, sitting out of service at Tokyo Station in 2017. The 185 Series looks like a regular liner train, but has the trademark flair of a late 20th century Japanese express train with the distinctive triangular "hood ornament" and the backlit name plaque at both ends of the train.
These particular sets were built in 1980 and originally designed to replace the 153 Series on the Izu express service between Tokyo and Shizuoka. In 1981, the Izu express was converted to the Odoriko limited express. These longer A-series sets included Green Car seats - business-class seating with food cart service which require a second ticket to use.
Over the years, the sets were refurbished multiple times, The 185-0 Series sets were repainted in a "Shonan" green and yellow color scheme. In 2011, the A-series sets were refurbished one last time and their livery restored to the original diagonal green lines they began service with.
As of 2022, all 185 Series trains have been retired from service, with the exception of two refurbished sets which are still in use for special events as touring trains.
Science has proven that what doesn’t kill you (like a virus) actually weakens you. But, conversely, you become more efficient at responding to that specific thing so it only appears like it made you stronger.