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The Flying Train (1902) (youtu.be)

submitted 1 year ago by bingbong to c/mildlyinteresting

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"The Flying Train" depicts a ride on a suspended railway in Germany in 1902. The footage is almost as impressive as the feat of engineering it captures.

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[–] Zukial 5 points 1 year ago

And it is still there today. This is the "Schwebebahn" in the City of Wuppertal.

If you know this video of the old days, and drive with it today, you can recognise many of the old buidlings, bridges...