InsideTransit

Found via German railfan Till, here’s a link to an excellent photoblog from Germany. The text is in German but you can navigate and view all of the photos. I love the angle of all of the photos – this guy takes time to create awesome photographs.

Here’s the latest photo:

Today’s transit photo comes to us from Zurich, Switzerland. It is a warning sign of some sort – leave your thoughts on what the icons mean in the comments – I’ve cut the photo into two pieces for ease of viewing.

My thoughts on what the icons mean:

1. smoking on the subway will lead to the head  becoming a cloud of the person in front of you
2. don’t ride the subway if you have no money in your pockets or show the inside of your pockets so robbers know you have no money
3. do not play the guitar but piano is fine
4. you may carry a large saw on the subway just do not use it to cut up a seat
5. do not put feet on another seat

I’ve been a BVE train simulator junkie for years. Sadly BVE does not work on the Microsoft Vista OS so my time driving the various routes has been non-existant the past few months. It’s certainly disappointing because there are so many passengers that are stuck on subway and train platforms just waiting for me to come pick them up and get them to their destinations!

Now I”ve learned that there is a new simulator coming soon named “World of Subways 2″ which looks freaking awesome. The trains are very realistic as is the movement and the stations. The example below is from the Berlin subway system and is so close to real, you can’t tell that you aren’t in Berlin! They even have real announcements on the subway along with flashing lights when the doors are closing. The trains look just like I remember them from my trip to Berlin.

Here’s an article discussing the U-Bahn-Simulator (it’s in German).

Here’s a sample of what the simulator will look like: