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Techbros invented trains...again. Except much more complex, much more dangerous, and with much less capacity. (www.youtube.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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[–] 40 points 1 year ago (5 children)

We have a lot of abandoned rail here in Canada. I've often thought about making a very simple low-speed "rail chair with wheels" that I can put in my backpack and mess around with for fun. Hooking up to old rails is cool, but not as cool as having trains. Bring back trains!

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Its illegal to be on or near railroad tracks though.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    Definitely be careful though! There's plenty of rail that's overgrown, horribly maintained, looks like it hasn't been touched in 20 years but gets a train every few weeks or something. You'll want to be very sure that it's impossible for a train to be on the same track.

    (There's a town in my state that has some rail that is physically cut off from the railroad it used to be part of, so something like that would be the safest)

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