The coolest project I've ever worked on has been open sourced!

https://www.nrel.gov/transportation/altrios.html

https://pypi.org/project/altrios/

https://github.com/NREL/ALTRIOS

ALTRIOS is a rust-backed python package that simulates and optimizes the rollout of locomotive powertrain technologies (e.g. battery electric locomotives, H2 fuel cell locomotives, biofuels, e-fuels) for economically feasible decarbonization of freight rail.

#rustlang #python #rail #locomotives #decarbonization #decarbonisation #FreightRail

Railway upgrades aren't just great for rural and regional communities because they provide more options for freight and commuter travel.

They can also be a major catalyst for communications network upgrades, as the Inland Rail project is showing.

https://www.itnews.com.au/news/inland-rail-brings-comms-to-remote-nsw-communities-591964

#rail #trains #urbanism #planning #UrbanPlanning #telecommunications #telco #transit #rail #FreightRail #freight

"It’s never good when people who spend their entire professional lives studying the subject say you fucked up."

More than 500 #Labor #Historians Condemn #Biden’s Intervention in #FreightRail Dispute

https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7vnax/more-than-500-labor-historians-condemn-bidens-intervention-in-freight-rail-dispute