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Last week I went to Chicago to ride trains and spend sats. The trains are here on Nostr, the Lightning Trip Report is on Stacker News: https://stacker.news/items/1535931

Nobody ever built a highway rest stop and gas station like this. Absolutely stunning. Chicago Union Station, built 1925

What a beautifully maintained commuter car, taking me to the Chicago Bitcoin Collective this morning. As a tourist I’m in awe of the historic railroads of Chicago, as a commuter I’d probably expect some upgrades, especially to trains, stations and tracks. This stuff must fail a lot, and it’s slow

My camera is somewhat broken, so now everything looks gloomy and dated. It’s called the Chicago filter. #trainstr

This was once the busiest railroad intersection in the world. It was built in 1897 and I think it’s pretty insane that it’s still in use. On the left outside the frame is the old observation tower ‘18,’ although records of why it is called that have been lost. 224 trains could pass through here per hour during rush hour, a train every fifteen seconds. Lake/Wells Street, The Loop, Chicago

Breakfast on Via train 71 from Toronto to Windsor. The meal is included in the business class ticket (~US$54) ticket and served at your seat. Drinks are served repeatedly. #trainstr

Hot meal on Via train 45 from Ottawa to Toronto. #trainstr

99% suggested tip? Lmao I’m not even in the U.S. right now

Seeing the potential in every person, project and place is such a curse.

Exploring Canadian railway history. And look, a marmot!

How are your local Nostr and Bitcoin IRL communities doing? As active as two years ago? Less active? Entirely inactive? What about adjacent communities? Very curious to hear some stories

How can an ice cream shop afford to have so many different varieties of chocolate?

Too many stories about people losing their Bitcoin read like this: “So I went to meet this guy at the gas station. We know each other from Facebook Marketplace where he brags about being former Iranian intelligence. He has some investment tips for me, and gave me a USB stick to plug into my computer. Somehow the program wasn’t running properly (I’m still on Windows 7, sorry). Somebody on Reddit suggested this could be a hacking attempt? Anyway, I went to sexure.seedcheckrx.biz and uploaded my wallet, but the site says everything’s alright. Now my wife is really mad at me. What did I do wrong?”

The abandoned Granville Island railway station, overgrown, but still shining. I hope one day streetcars can once again stop here. #trainstr

This week I converted one NUC and three of these Dell MiniPCs into Linux machines. 2027 will almost certainly be the year of Linux on the desktop (and Lightning in your wallet).

Got to ride this beautifully restored streetcar today. Built 1912 in St. Louis, it was in service until 1954 for B.C. Electric Railway. Today it needs to pull a little diesel generator, as the line is no longer electrified.

What do these mean, and who has been putting them up around Vancouver?

Extremely lucky shot of train #2 heading to Toronto this afternoon as it approaches the bridge across the Fraser River in New Westminster. An absolute #trainstr hightlight