HOW CAN CARS EVEN COMPETE?
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HOW CAN CARS EVEN COMPETE?
TRAINS
Christ, that train is massive
BBT
>Trains will be obsolete in your lifetime
Trains hardly exist now unless they're subway trains for big cities.
>>14582756
>implying
>>14582704
Source?
>>14582756
They're efficient for moving large amounts of freight long distances
I'm pretty the major railways are still doing pretty well
BIG
>>14582756
>I'm retarded: the post
BLACK
>>14582768
If we've got such an immense rail network then why does it suck shit to try to take a train anywhere in this country? It takes for-fucking-ever and costs more than it would to drive. Is the rail infrastructure just depleted?
DESIGNATED
>>14582704
Why was the guy in the FJ Cruiser driving with his hazards on?
>>14582842
its not a high speed network and it was built mostly in the late 1800's and early 1900's
besides that's what roads are for anyway.
>>14582842
Because of private railways, used by industry as opposed to merely people's transportation
>>14582842
the us has one of the best freight rail systems in the world
the passenger rail system sucks though
>>14582849
>FJ cruiser.
I think you answered your own question m8.
>>14582756
Damn you retarded, Anon.
>>14582863
I think that needs to change. I live right near a historic railroad town and even there it would take me 16 hours to get to Cincinnati (an 8 drive) and it only runs every other Wednesday or some shit. We need a legitimate alternative to flying and driving.
>>14582756
stupid fuck
>>14582768
>Southern Railway of Vancouver Island still Belonging to CP Rail
i dont need these feels now
UK repping, check out the heli pilot here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RSxfB41xbM
>>14582797
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp-b4Ce4Mf4
>that whistle at 2:30
>>14582849
Probably taking video.
>>14582885
chicken and the egg problem unfortunately
people don't use it cause it sucks, so it doesn't get better.
>>14582940
This pleases my autism.
>>14582756
w-what
>>14582885
>>14582971
>tfw we tried to start fixing America's intercity rail issues but Scott Walker stopped it
>>14582940
why aren't you a train driver?
>>14582981
>tfw I would have used the Milwaukee-Madison train atleast twice a month
>tfw now I have to spend an hour and half + miles on the car to do it, because of Scotty
Dont even get me started
>>14582971
That fuckin blows because trains are cool af.
>>14583023
I fucking know right?
Just think of all the Madison students living in the 262/414 that would have boarded at the planned Milwaukee and Brookfield terminals. Then add all the business workers and weekend visitors going to see the capitol/farmers market.
And to think we could have had the honor of being the first state to actually revamp the US passenger rail infrastructure.
>>14582872
>>14582832
I'm not retarded, I'm resmarted.
>>14582940
That fugly Toyota SUV pissed me off.
>hazards on for no reason
>driving slowly in left lane
>doesn't keep a constant steady speed
>drives in front of the camera and blocks my view of this glorious black locomotive
>>14583324
Foamers gotta foam
>>14582756
your face when....
>>14582842
You realize that most of said railways are freight only?
>>14582704
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8qryuiom6g
Do you even roll coal Bro?
Do you even vape coal?
>>14583746
>tfw you would start vaping if there was a railroad-themed "Coal and Grease" flavor
Damn that thing is massive
>>14582842
I think you fail to realize just how big and spread out the lower 48 US states are. There is literally no other country on the planet with as spread of a population than that in the US. China has a pretty easy time building a high speed rail since most of their population lives near the coast.
>>14583731
If that's the case, why do people prefer to fly instead of take trains for long distance commuting?
You have to admit that personal use of trains has declined rapidly outside of areas where public transit is less viable.
But you're just some tripfag, so probably not.
>>14582756
>how can trains be real if our eyes aren't real
>>14585926
Please understand
http://history.howstuffworks.com/american-history/decline-of-railroads.htm
>>14585914
>If that's the case, why do people prefer to fly instead of take trains for long distance commuting?
Because you haven't been developping your high speed network, you lazy fucks.
>>14583813
>not even the UP Big mother fucking Boy
This is how you roll coal lads.
>>14585944
Trains with sleepers are infinity times more comfy than planes.
I always wanted to drive (whatever) trains but i don't even know how to get into the industry.
>>14585914
The airport and airline network has been heavily subsidized by the United States since the 1960s, as has the Interstate Highway System. Passenger Train travel nearly crashed in the 1960s before the US Government bought the remaining big Passenger lines and turned them into Amtrak in the early 1970s. While Amtrak gets Federal funding, it barely gets enough to cover basic operations and theoughout its life has never been able to substantially improve its network. The only High-Speed Rail line in America runs from New York City to Washington DC, and it rarely ever reaches anywhere near its top speed of 150 mph because it runs on a line that has never been improved for HSR.
Passenger train travel isn't dead, its pretty much held steady since the 1970s at around 15-20 million passengers per year. However, HSR projects face an uphill battle because of Airports and Interstate, all of which are many many times more subsidized, and since HSR projects are typically stalled because of costs, it would take a huge initiative that just isn't there today to make a national High-Speed rail system.
>>14582756
This is a great example of the Dunning-Kruger effect: Since you don't know other countries technologies, you can't know how america is outdated.
You're literally too stupid to comprehend.
>tfw you will never own a steam locomotive but at least you work in a company that builds rail masts and buffers
>>14586620
>Being this butthurt
>>14582704
Holy shit that's fucking awesome.
I don't even know anything about trains and that's cool.
>>14582940
>That Suburban at 4:30
>>14583826
...Russia? Double the area, half the population.
>>14583324
There is someone filming in that vehicle as well. If you look between 2:30 and 3:00 you can see the camera.
>>14586727
Most of Russia's population lives west of the Urals. Rail lines from Moscow to closer big cities like Tula, Orel, and such make sense. In the US there's quite a bit of 'high speed' rail travel in the Northeast where the rail cities are far enough to cause problems while driving, but close enough that flying becomes inefficient.
It's America's closer Midwest cities and California that need a rail infrastructure revamp. Chicago, Indianapolis, Milwaukee. Saint Paul/Minneapolis, and such could all use a connecting HSR line that also stops at smaller cities between the large ones. California should have a rail line that goes up and down the coast.
>>14582977
Autism nothing, it made my dick rock hard.
>>14582768
tfw when no rails in Newfoundland anymore
>>14582768
>tfw rail industry hasn't been socialized
Feels good with all that competition and short lines
>>14583746
>Climb one hill
>Need to stop to fill up water
>>14582756
I'm in Jersey and trains aren't going anywhere. I don't know about cargo, but a fuck ton of people use them to travel every day, especially to the city
>>14582704
The ultimate FWD
>>14591010
Ultimate all wheel drive desu
