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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...

[–] CeruleanRuin 3 points 1 year ago

The Omnibus podcast did a great episode on the Wuppertal Schwebebahn.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Colorized version of the same video: https://youtu.be/EQs5VxNPhzk

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That was incredibly fascinating!

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

On this basis, there is also another video that shows the scenes from 1902 and 2015 in parallel: Wuppertal Schwebebahn 1902 & 2015 side by side video 🚟 🚟