Post AP0x0sSrZOUlcfpf1c by gudenau@fosstodon.org
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(DIR) Post #AP0uKiADHIJDbXsIgC by thomasconnor@mstdn.social
2022-10-27T18:35:53Z
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Alright, Tooters, new and old -- Mastodon is fun, but it's more fun for new people when there's stuff happening. So: what was your favorite #train journey? Was it on #HighSpeedRail, or a slower #rail experience.
(DIR) Post #AP0uKlAK7LBCukwvlg by publius@mastodon.sdf.org
2022-10-28T03:36:26Z
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@thomasconnor My least favourite was probably a trip on the ICE (nominally super-high-speed) between Berlin and Munich, which was slowed down to a literal walking pace, and sometimes stopped, due to signalling and other problems on the line. We arrived three hours late.The worst part of it was, I was stuck in a six-person compartment with five PHP developers returning from a conference, talking excitedly in a mixture of German and English about… well, PHP.
(DIR) Post #AP0wUy19O92DZvebDM by skipfordj@toot.cafe
2022-10-27T20:10:08Z
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@thomasconnor Probably the Shinkansen in Japan when I was 16. You didn’t feel the speed until you got up out of your seat.
(DIR) Post #AP0wUydn4TwXVljSRU by thomasconnor@mstdn.social
2022-10-28T00:06:12Z
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@skipfordj Realizing how fast you're going on a proper high speed rail is a great feeling. I've heard Japan has some nice slower, narrow gauge lines worth experiencing too.
(DIR) Post #AP0wUzEIsj9NL0ocM4 by publius@mastodon.sdf.org
2022-10-28T04:00:45Z
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@thomasconnor @skipfordj Hitting 325 kph (briefly, although 315 was maintained for extended periods) under the wire, on the Paris―Strasbourg run, was kind of nice. Also amusing aboard a German ICE, as I've not gone that fast aboard one in Germany!
(DIR) Post #AP0x0sSrZOUlcfpf1c by gudenau@fosstodon.org
2022-10-27T23:43:34Z
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@thomasconnor The Disney monorail was pretty cool. Honestly still feels kinda futuristic even though it's fairly old.
(DIR) Post #AP0x0t5VFjP5YVuWFk by publius@mastodon.sdf.org
2022-10-28T04:06:31Z
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@gudenau @thomasconnor Unfortunately, the "Trailblazer" monorail, in Fair Park, Dallas, was shut down and removed many years before I was born.
(DIR) Post #AP0xNs1XNHwQus0yPY by notthatdelta@mstdn.social
2022-10-28T01:28:02Z
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@thomasconnor my favorite was definitely the Chunnel! Based in the US and have never ridden a proper train here (aside from the Denver light rail). It was incredible riding in a fully featured train UNDERWATER between two countries. Also very inexpensive!
(DIR) Post #AP0xNsgeuOpoyPFoVU by thomasconnor@mstdn.social
2022-10-28T02:36:24Z
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@notthatdelta I haven't done the Chunnel yet, but it's one of those things that's just too cool to process. A TRAIN, traveling under the OCEAN, to a separate COUNTRY, and it's not even a big deal?!?!
(DIR) Post #AP0xNt6tKrooHlWlOa by publius@mastodon.sdf.org
2022-10-28T04:10:40Z
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@thomasconnor @notthatdelta A friend of mine was able to get on board the JR train at the stop (closed at last notice) INSIDE the Seikan Tunnel, underneath the Tsugaru Strait which divides Honshu from Hokkaido.Ever since she told me about that, I've thought it would make an AMAZING opening scene for a film.
(DIR) Post #AP0xkd7KxjyLLSa1qa by notthatdelta@mstdn.social
2022-10-28T04:14:47Z
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@publius @thomasconnor I had to look up the Seikan Tunnel but WHOA, that is how a heist movie starts!
(DIR) Post #AP1iQU59Xcr5NQSDXk by thomasconnor@mstdn.social
2022-10-28T12:57:45Z
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@publius They don't make noise cancelling head phones strong enough for that torment!
(DIR) Post #AP1ijmg2d70MYAuZ5U by thomasconnor@mstdn.social
2022-10-28T13:01:14Z
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@publius @gudenau Looking at the Wikipedia list of decommissioned monorails, it looks like a lot of amusement parks tried to have one in the decades after Disney.
(DIR) Post #AP1saT633kkIl2GxBg by publius@mastodon.sdf.org
2022-10-28T14:51:38Z
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@thomasconnor @gudenau Yeah, but Trailblazer predated Disney. It was a suspended type (not the Alweg system), a prototype constructed by "Monorails Inc" for a proposed Houston mass transit system. And still a pretty good idea, considering how prone to flooding Houston is!
(DIR) Post #AP83LEL1ugbP5NyZeK by thomasconnor@mstdn.social
2022-10-31T14:20:23Z
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@publius @gudenau Oh wow, that's even cooler. And a great what-if to ponder for Houston.