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FarCargo " Eysturoy " Boeing 757-200 ( PCF ) operating the return flight T2345 from Dublin, Ireland to Vagar, Faroe Islands.
Operated by West Atlantic Sweden, SE-RLE has been operating this freighter 6 days a week ( exlcuding Sundays ) between Vagar & Dublin carrying fish, first class of course.
The Boeing 757, often nicknamed the “Flying Pencil” due to its sleek, narrow fuselage, has a few quirks that make it a fan favorite. Pilots love its sporty vibe—some even compare flying it to driving a sports car in the sky, thanks to its impressive climb rate and zippy performance. With a cruising speed of around 525 mph, the 757 can zip across the Atlantic faster than many of its peers, often shaving precious minutes off transatlantic hops. It’s no wonder Delta and United still keep a hefty fleet of these planes for their busy routes!
After driving a mile away from the SUV fire, you can see what the intense heat does to the sky above here. Aka, human generated weather manipulation.
DART upgrade
Upgrade from the usual DART to work this morning due to a bridge strike at Grand Canal Dock.
The 07.54 comutter service from Grand Canal Dock to Drogheda, usually non stop from Connolly to Howth Junction served all northbound stations due to DART distuption. #irishrail #train #upgrade #irishyoghurts #kefir #dart #iarnodeireann
Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail) 22000 Class InterCity Railcar (ICR), built by Hyundai Rotem, as there’s no specific "Class 29" associated with Irish Rail in available records. The 22000 Class, often referred to as the ICR, is a diesel multiple unit (DMU) that has been a cornerstone of Irish Rail’s InterCity and commuter services since its introduction in 2007.
The 22000 Class ICR was manufactured by Hyundai Rotem of South Korea, in partnership with Mitsui of Japan and Tokyu Car Corporation, which supplied the bogies, at a cost of approximately €400 million. The fleet was introduced to replace older locomotive-hauled carriages, such as the British Rail Mark 2 and Mark 3, and began service between 2007 and 2011. The initial order of 120 vehicles was expanded to 234 by 2008, with an additional 41 intermediate cars ordered in 2019 for delivery between 2021 and 2023. These railcars operate at a maximum speed of 160 km/h (100 mph) and serve most InterCity routes from Dublin (except Dublin-Cork and Dublin-Belfast, which also use other rolling stock) and commuter services to destinations like Portlaoise, Carlow, Athlone, Dundalk, Kildare, Longford, and Mallow. The fleet is configured in 3, 4, and 5-car sets to provide flexibility for varying passenger demands, with a total of 63 sets (28 three-car, 25 four-car, and 10 five-car) as of recent updates.
The 22000 Class features modern amenities designed for passenger comfort, including air-conditioning, LED destination signs, power sockets, and USB ports added during a 2019-2022 refurbishment that also replaced cloth seats with leather to reduce maintenance costs. Each train includes a multipurpose area with flip-up seats and bicycle storage, though the newer intermediate cars lack toilets, as existing carriages already have them. The railcars are equipped with open gangways for easy movement between coaches, fixed tables, and non-reclining seats in standard class. Catering services, once provided by Rail Gourmet, were discontinued in 2020, but a contactless-only catering service was introduced on the Dublin-Cork route in 2023. The trains have faced challenges, including corrosion damage on two units (22010 and 22011) during delivery, which were replaced by Rotem, and incidents like deer strikes and a collision with a timber train in 2025, causing minor to significant damage to specific units.
Operationally, the 22000 Class has transformed Irish Rail’s network by enabling faster, more frequent services compared to the older locomotive-hauled stock. For example, Dublin to Galway and Limerick journeys now take around 2 hours 45 minutes, with improved timetables since the ICR’s introduction. The railcars are maintained at the Portlaoise Traincare Depot, where Irish Rail provided access for detailed modeling by Irish Railway Models for a 2024 OO-gauge release. Efforts to improve fuel efficiency include engine shutdown modifications in 2008 and a trial of ZF transmissions in 2018, targeting up to 19% fuel savings. The 22000 Class remains a critical asset for Irish Rail, supporting both InterCity and commuter services while aligning with plans for network expansion under the National Development Plan 2021-2030.
Walmart is working with manufacturing partners to develop new technologies to help reduce our environmental footprint, are viable for our business and provide a return on investment. This truck is a hybrid assist, which means the batteries kick in when the truck needs more power (at start up or going up a hill). Freightliner is testing a new location for the batteries – on the back axel, which is designed to put power where it’s needed and mitigate power loss. This truck represents a test for Walmart. We will learn from this vehicle and work with Freightliner to continue to enhance the technology.
Kenworth’s new, fuel-efficient T680 52-inch mid-roof sleeper Advantage Package, for regional haul and less-than truckload operations, is now available for order as of December 2016. The T680 Advantage with 52-inch sleeper features an optimized powertrain with either the PACCAR MX-13 or PACCAR MX-11 engine, Eaton Fuller Advantage(TM) series 10-speed automated transmission, and the new PACCAR Axle, the industry’s most efficient and lightest weight tandem drive axle. The 52-inch mid-roof sleeper configuration also offers new aerodynamic elements including a front air dam, flared-out fairings, lower sleeper fairing extenders and FlowBelow(TM) wheel covers that enhance fuel economy by effectively redirecting airflow around the chassis, sleeper and trailer. Other notable fuel-efficiency features are Kenworth’s Predictive Cruise Control, Neutral Coast, and Driver Performance Assistant.
Los Angeles Times, Aug 30, 2008, by Dan Neil
"...Shrewdly anticipating the utterly obvious and inevitable, Honda was ready for the recent surge in gas prices in all ways but one: It didn't have enough cars on the lot. Honda has had the highest fleet average fuel efficiency in the U.S. for the last 15 years and has, with admirable restraint, avoided stuffing gas-aholic V8s into the trim little noses of its cars.
The company's hottest product is the Fit, a small, modest, lumpen prole of a car that just happens to be one of the best-engineered vehicles on the planet. It tells us something fundamental about the changing tastes of the American market that Fit sales are up 73 per cent this year, while you couldn't give a Cadillac Escalade away if you filled it with mermaids..."
Walmart is working with manufacturing partners to develop new technologies to help reduce our environmental footprint, are viable for our business and provide a return on investment. This truck is a hybrid assist, which means the batteries kick in when the truck needs more power (at start up or going up a hill). Freightliner is testing a new location for the batteries – on the back axel, which is designed to put power where it’s needed and mitigate power loss. This truck represents a test for Walmart. We will learn from this vehicle and work with Freightliner to continue to enhance the technology.
Walmart is working with manufacturing partners to develop new technologies to help reduce our environmental footprint, are viable for our business and provide a return on investment. This truck is a hybrid assist, which means the batteries kick in when the truck needs more power (at start up or going up a hill). Freightliner is testing a new location for the batteries – on the back axel, which is designed to put power where it’s needed and mitigate power loss. This truck represents a test for Walmart. We will learn from this vehicle and work with Freightliner to continue to enhance the technology.
One of the most direct ways to gain throughput in very narrow aisle warehouses is to increase speeds. By providing faster lift, travel, pivot and traverse speeds, the Crown TSP Series helps operators complete more cycles within a defined time period. Learn more at www.crown.com/USA.
Users of the Crown TSP 7000 Series will benefit from greater flexibility throughout their warehouses by being able to place most loads at any height and/or at any open slot, all while traveling in a tight aisle with less than six inches of clearance. These turret trucks feature a main lift speed of 120 feet per minute, which is a 41 percent gain compared to conventional trucks. Learn more at www.crown.com/USA.
Photo Exhibit at the Boeing Future of Flight Aviation Center in Mukilteo, Washington.
The structure of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner is 50 percent carbon composite. This helps it use 20 percent less fuel than metal aircraft the same size.
DART upgrade
Upgrade from the usual DART to work this morning due to a bridge strike at Grand Canal Dock.
The 07.54 comutter service from Grand Canal Dock to Drogheda, usually non stop from Connolly to Howth Junction served all northbound stations due to DART distuption. #irishrail #train #upgrade #irishyoghurts #kefir #dart #iarnodeireann
Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail) 22000 Class InterCity Railcar (ICR), built by Hyundai Rotem, as there’s no specific "Class 29" associated with Irish Rail in available records. The 22000 Class, often referred to as the ICR, is a diesel multiple unit (DMU) that has been a cornerstone of Irish Rail’s InterCity and commuter services since its introduction in 2007.
The 22000 Class ICR was manufactured by Hyundai Rotem of South Korea, in partnership with Mitsui of Japan and Tokyu Car Corporation, which supplied the bogies, at a cost of approximately €400 million. The fleet was introduced to replace older locomotive-hauled carriages, such as the British Rail Mark 2 and Mark 3, and began service between 2007 and 2011. The initial order of 120 vehicles was expanded to 234 by 2008, with an additional 41 intermediate cars ordered in 2019 for delivery between 2021 and 2023. These railcars operate at a maximum speed of 160 km/h (100 mph) and serve most InterCity routes from Dublin (except Dublin-Cork and Dublin-Belfast, which also use other rolling stock) and commuter services to destinations like Portlaoise, Carlow, Athlone, Dundalk, Kildare, Longford, and Mallow. The fleet is configured in 3, 4, and 5-car sets to provide flexibility for varying passenger demands, with a total of 63 sets (28 three-car, 25 four-car, and 10 five-car) as of recent updates.
The 22000 Class features modern amenities designed for passenger comfort, including air-conditioning, LED destination signs, power sockets, and USB ports added during a 2019-2022 refurbishment that also replaced cloth seats with leather to reduce maintenance costs. Each train includes a multipurpose area with flip-up seats and bicycle storage, though the newer intermediate cars lack toilets, as existing carriages already have them. The railcars are equipped with open gangways for easy movement between coaches, fixed tables, and non-reclining seats in standard class. Catering services, once provided by Rail Gourmet, were discontinued in 2020, but a contactless-only catering service was introduced on the Dublin-Cork route in 2023. The trains have faced challenges, including corrosion damage on two units (22010 and 22011) during delivery, which were replaced by Rotem, and incidents like deer strikes and a collision with a timber train in 2025, causing minor to significant damage to specific units.
Operationally, the 22000 Class has transformed Irish Rail’s network by enabling faster, more frequent services compared to the older locomotive-hauled stock. For example, Dublin to Galway and Limerick journeys now take around 2 hours 45 minutes, with improved timetables since the ICR’s introduction. The railcars are maintained at the Portlaoise Traincare Depot, where Irish Rail provided access for detailed modeling by Irish Railway Models for a 2024 OO-gauge release. Efforts to improve fuel efficiency include engine shutdown modifications in 2008 and a trial of ZF transmissions in 2018, targeting up to 19% fuel savings. The 22000 Class remains a critical asset for Irish Rail, supporting both InterCity and commuter services while aligning with plans for network expansion under the National Development Plan 2021-2030.
The Crown TSP 6500 can reach a total of 531 inches, while the TSP 7000 Series reaches 675 inches, or six stories. The rigid design of the MonoLift™ mast is rooted in a boxed-in cross section construction that significantly minimizes twisting and swaying, providing greater stability and higher heights. Learn more at www.crown.com/USA.
An improved CFM-56 engine on a newly-completed Boeing Next-Generation 737 for China Southern Airlines. The airplane was just completed and sits outside of Boeing's factory in Renton, Wash. before it goes into the paint hangar.
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Cars, SUVs, vans- a range of taxi models compile New York City's famous yellow cab fleet. However, starting in October 2013, a more uniform set of taxis will begin replacing the hodgepodge that serves New York's over 600,000 passengers per day. The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) has signed a contract that will make the Nissan NV 200 the city's exclusive Taxi of Tomorrow. Inhabitat had the chance to catch a glimpse of the new interior that offers several advanced features for optimal passenger safety and comfort.
The truck industry is searching high and low for solutions that cut fuel consumption. One method is to use the vehicle’s kinetic energy to propel the truck. Now Volvo Trucks has developed I-See, which operates like an autopilot and takes over gearchanging and utilises gradients to save fuel.
Volvo Trucks Newsroom: bit.ly/LB6uzn
Volvo Trucks Magazine: bit.ly/LPxUje
YouTube: youtu.be/b98FV0Pblaw
Crown Equipment’s new TSP 7000 Series turret trucks feature a main lift speed of 120 feet per minute, which is a 41 percent gain compared to conventional trucks. They also deliver a 25 percent advantage in travel speed, and can complete a full traverse in only five seconds and pivot a full 180 degrees in six seconds. Learn more at www.crown.com/USA.
If you are worried about your carbon footprint , Terracota drinking pots or Matkas as they are known as in Urdu/Hindi, are surely the way for going green:-)
You can read more on it here www.fuelefficiency.org/?q=node/162
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Learn more about Hybrid Vehicles on Wikipedia.
One Change's fuel efficiency campaign was at the Woodstock Canadian Tire location Sunday October 3, 2010 to distribute free digital tire gauges, with the help of volunteers! www.onechange.org
PNNL researcher Yuri Hovanski inspects the quality of the friction stir welding join after the test sheet of aluminum is stamped. PNNL’s new process enables the use of FSW to create all-aluminum auto parts without rivets and fasteners that increase cost and weight.
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The new 2017 emission PACCAR MX-13 Engine can be ordered on Kenworth T680 and T880 models with the newly updated Kenworth Predictive Cruise Control functionality. The update, which was made in conjunction with the launch of the new 2017 emission engines, provides truck fleets and operators up to a 1 percent improvement in fuel economy over the performance of the current version of the Kenworth Predictive Cruise Control
DART upgrade
Upgrade from the usual DART to work this morning due to a bridge strike at Grand Canal Dock.
The 07.54 comutter service from Grand Canal Dock to Drogheda, usually non stop from Connolly to Howth Junction served all northbound stations due to DART distuption. #irishrail #train #upgrade #irishyoghurts #kefir #dart #iarnodeireann
Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail) 22000 Class InterCity Railcar (ICR), built by Hyundai Rotem, as there’s no specific "Class 29" associated with Irish Rail in available records. The 22000 Class, often referred to as the ICR, is a diesel multiple unit (DMU) that has been a cornerstone of Irish Rail’s InterCity and commuter services since its introduction in 2007.
The 22000 Class ICR was manufactured by Hyundai Rotem of South Korea, in partnership with Mitsui of Japan and Tokyu Car Corporation, which supplied the bogies, at a cost of approximately €400 million. The fleet was introduced to replace older locomotive-hauled carriages, such as the British Rail Mark 2 and Mark 3, and began service between 2007 and 2011. The initial order of 120 vehicles was expanded to 234 by 2008, with an additional 41 intermediate cars ordered in 2019 for delivery between 2021 and 2023. These railcars operate at a maximum speed of 160 km/h (100 mph) and serve most InterCity routes from Dublin (except Dublin-Cork and Dublin-Belfast, which also use other rolling stock) and commuter services to destinations like Portlaoise, Carlow, Athlone, Dundalk, Kildare, Longford, and Mallow. The fleet is configured in 3, 4, and 5-car sets to provide flexibility for varying passenger demands, with a total of 63 sets (28 three-car, 25 four-car, and 10 five-car) as of recent updates.
The 22000 Class features modern amenities designed for passenger comfort, including air-conditioning, LED destination signs, power sockets, and USB ports added during a 2019-2022 refurbishment that also replaced cloth seats with leather to reduce maintenance costs. Each train includes a multipurpose area with flip-up seats and bicycle storage, though the newer intermediate cars lack toilets, as existing carriages already have them. The railcars are equipped with open gangways for easy movement between coaches, fixed tables, and non-reclining seats in standard class. Catering services, once provided by Rail Gourmet, were discontinued in 2020, but a contactless-only catering service was introduced on the Dublin-Cork route in 2023. The trains have faced challenges, including corrosion damage on two units (22010 and 22011) during delivery, which were replaced by Rotem, and incidents like deer strikes and a collision with a timber train in 2025, causing minor to significant damage to specific units.
Operationally, the 22000 Class has transformed Irish Rail’s network by enabling faster, more frequent services compared to the older locomotive-hauled stock. For example, Dublin to Galway and Limerick journeys now take around 2 hours 45 minutes, with improved timetables since the ICR’s introduction. The railcars are maintained at the Portlaoise Traincare Depot, where Irish Rail provided access for detailed modeling by Irish Railway Models for a 2024 OO-gauge release. Efforts to improve fuel efficiency include engine shutdown modifications in 2008 and a trial of ZF transmissions in 2018, targeting up to 19% fuel savings. The 22000 Class remains a critical asset for Irish Rail, supporting both InterCity and commuter services while aligning with plans for network expansion under the National Development Plan 2021-2030.
The new 2017 emission PACCAR MX-11 Engine can be ordered on Kenworth T680 and T880 models with the newly updated Kenworth Predictive Cruise Control functionality. The update, which was made in conjunction with the launch of the new 2017 emission engines, provides truck fleets and operators up to a 1 percent improvement in fuel economy over the performance of the current version of the Kenworth Predictive Cruise Control.