USA: Meet ‘Dirt’, The Nevada Railway Cat That Always Looks Like He Needs A Bath
Meet the Railway Cat Dirt, wandering around the East Ely Railroad Depot Museum. Famous for his distinct markings, he gives the appearance he’s been working all day on a locomotive, covered in coal. [thefirstnewspaper.com]
USA: Chicago Transit Authority on celluloid
In any movie set in our city, from the 1973 Paul Newman and Robert Redford caper The Sting to last year’s Steve McQueen-directed heist film Widows, the elevated tracks, subways, and buses of the CTA are likely to play a starring role. [chicagoreader.com]
Asia: Train station in Osaka, Japan plays “most disturbing sound in human history” to announce arrivals
In the bustling hub of JR Tennoji Station, one platform may have gone one step too far beyond the very open minds of Osaka residents with some unusual music choices. [soranews24.com]
USA: How did the MTA subway lines get their letter or number?
The subway train numbers and letters New Yorkers are familiar with weren’t introduced until the 1960s. So how did they each get named? And why were some letters skipped? [amny.com]
Asia: Tokyo’s Shibuya Station Gets a 100-Foot Anime Mural
Tokyo’s Shibuya Station spans several city blocks. That much real estate provides the perfect canvas for murals, and that’s exactly what two of Japan’s biggest anime and manga publishers did. [hypebeast.com]
USA: The saga of Waldo Schmitt, the crustacean biologist obsessed with building a commuter rail subway in Washington DC
In the 1940s a man named Waldo Schmitt proposed a commuter rail subway to bring workers closer to the center of downtown, and to connect rail lines from the east and west. [ggwash.org]
USA: ‘First Class’ L Ride Comes With Cider, Towels And $100 Bill
Two men turned this New York City L train car into a “first class subway experience,” handing out sparkling cider, warm towels and a check. [patch.com]
