Welcome to the #LongestTrainEU #CrossBorderRail record breaking thread!
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So that was Day 1 #LongestTrainEU #CrossBorderRail
Here's today's summary video from Kemi
@jon A Czech transportation web bulletin the Zdopravy.cz noticed your #LongestTrainEU : https://zdopravy.cz/6282-km-ze-severu-finska-na-jih-portugalska-zeleznicni-influencer-se-vydal-nejdelsi-moznou-trasu-v-eu-298396/
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@matt_jarvin @petes_bread_eqn_xls I agree it is not AI as it's old, but what's the story behind it?
@jon @matt_jarvin @petes_bread_eqn_xls It’s just a joke by the designer Arto Kukkasniemi.
YLE article in Finnish (from 2006)
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@bellinghman Yes, but I even went between the carriages where normally you overcome that window problem and even that didn't work
Anyway it is back working now. Let's see how it goes tomorrow!
@jon Let's hope so
I've been on ships where the phone GPS thought I was in Sweden when actually off the north coast of Norway, because of that assisted GPS thing believing Google Street View regarding network locations
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@jon A Czech transportation web bulletin the Zdopravy.cz noticed your #LongestTrainEU : https://zdopravy.cz/6282-km-ze-severu-finska-na-jih-portugalska-zeleznicni-influencer-se-vydal-nejdelsi-moznou-trasu-v-eu-298396/
@Nheg Yes, this popped up in my RSS feeds
I didn't even talk to them - they just took the press release! -
@jon Let's hope so
I've been on ships where the phone GPS thought I was in Sweden when actually off the north coast of Norway, because of that assisted GPS thing believing Google Street View regarding network locations
@jon FWIW I have an Android app on my phone named GPS Status (ad supported) that displays what satellites are in view. Right now right here, 71 satellites with 45 fixes. Up in Alaska last year, getting far fewer
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And finally a few photos from the day
And why there is a 6 finger hand on the train door, thanks to @saruwine - 2006 article https://yle.fi/aihe/a/20-24799
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@jon FWIW I have an Android app on my phone named GPS Status (ad supported) that displays what satellites are in view. Right now right here, 71 satellites with 45 fixes. Up in Alaska last year, getting far fewer
@bellinghman Ah that's a handy idea. Will explore tomorrow! Thank you!
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And why there is a 6 finger hand on the train door, thanks to @saruwine - 2006 article https://yle.fi/aihe/a/20-24799
This is the data discrepancy between the screen at Kemi (no train to Haparanda shown tomorrow) and Finntraffic's website where a train is shown (and it is on VR's site too)
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This is the data discrepancy between the screen at Kemi (no train to Haparanda shown tomorrow) and Finntraffic's website where a train is shown (and it is on VR's site too)
@jon I like how you haven’t even crossed the first border and it’s already apparent why my proposal for the tracking was stupid
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This is the data discrepancy between the screen at Kemi (no train to Haparanda shown tomorrow) and Finntraffic's website where a train is shown (and it is on VR's site too)
@jon Were there station staff to ask about the train, to confirm Finntraffic and VR’s live data?
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@jon Were there station staff to ask about the train, to confirm Finntraffic and VR’s live data?
@h0m54r I didn't go searching. The waiting room was open, but I didn't see anyone. I just trust the Finntraffic and VR websites more than the screen!
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This is the data discrepancy between the screen at Kemi (no train to Haparanda shown tomorrow) and Finntraffic's website where a train is shown (and it is on VR's site too)
And it looks like the most delicate train tomorrow is scheduled to get *to* Haparanda, and hence I can take it back to Boden
https://1409.se/position?tagNr=7182&datum=2026-09-08&lang=en&trainID=6124114
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And why there is a 6 finger hand on the train door, thanks to @saruwine - 2006 article https://yle.fi/aihe/a/20-24799
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@h0m54r I didn't go searching. The waiting room was open, but I didn't see anyone. I just trust the Finntraffic and VR websites more than the screen!
@jon Fingers crossed! Good luck with the remaining journey!
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@jon oh god, AI is coming for the trains!
@petes_bread_eqn_xls @jon Some people just have six fingers on each hand
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@jon Here is an elk sign for comparison. They should be taken seriously, elk accidents are no fun.
Reindeer, on the other hand, are pretty harmless and max a nuisance: https://youtube.com/watch?v=sRsIZiA8AZA
@sebwilken huh. Looks like a moose to me.
EDIT: OMG. Sorry. Elk is a different thing here in Canada. See the disambiguation on
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elk
Sorry for causing confusion
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Can some Finn please explain this road sign seen in Kemijärvi earlier?
Is it "you will only hit elk on the roads in half of Finland"? Is there some elk wall across the middle of the country?
EDIT: OK, it's a reindeer herding area
But I have questions!
The antlers on that sign are wrong.
And given I was a LONG way into the area, why do I need the map?
It's the area where reindeer herding and breeding is taking place. Basically Finnish Lapland.
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@bellinghman Ah that's a handy idea. Will explore tomorrow! Thank you!
@jon @bellinghman TGVs are especially "GPS-proof". (Oldish) Sleeper trains tend to let the signal go through but the very decayed train from Llubjana to Trieste was more touchy (here yes but 20 cm to left nothing). it's not linked to age brand new Avanti west coast train are totally gps transparent whereas the rather new bombardier main line swiss train seems to be very gps opaque.
In brief, it's strange and unreliable.
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This is the data discrepancy between the screen at Kemi (no train to Haparanda shown tomorrow) and Finntraffic's website where a train is shown (and it is on VR's site too)
@jon might be filtering out tomorrow's trains (night trains start before midnight, so counted as today's)
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@jon @bellinghman TGVs are especially "GPS-proof". (Oldish) Sleeper trains tend to let the signal go through but the very decayed train from Llubjana to Trieste was more touchy (here yes but 20 cm to left nothing). it's not linked to age brand new Avanti west coast train are totally gps transparent whereas the rather new bombardier main line swiss train seems to be very gps opaque.
In brief, it's strange and unreliable.
Yes. Some airliners too
I would expect the vestibule between carriages to be a bit more transparent, what with the flexible materials, but it does vary a bit. On the other hand, having popped up to Edinburgh and back on Lumo (one night up there), those trains are quite acceptable at the seats, and I can get pretty reliable speed metering on them
(DigiHUD Android app uses GPS for speed measurement)
