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[–] Izzy 247 points 1 year ago (5 children)

We have re-invented trains for the 500th time. Good job world.

[–] [email protected] 94 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What about trains underground?

Maybe even powered by electricity.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago

Is this "ThE lOop"?

[–] teruma 41 points 1 year ago

Is that like crabification for vehicles?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

But this time, it's different!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

My trains have black jack and hookers.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

But it's an even worse version because with it the traffic on rail networks would explode, the complexity of the unit that moves everything increases (as well as cost), and it pisses away all the efficiency trains get from economies of scale. A 2 mile train will always be more efficient than this crap. And that's all before you consider the safety nightmare that this would cause.