I'm investigating rail options in Oslo for one of my wonderful sponsors--he will be making a trip & is interested in places to see by train
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Class 72. This is built by Ansaldo-Breda, a Dutch company. Cringey aesthetic, no good. No wonder people miss steam trains!pic.twitter.com/BlvBZiPLMk
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Incidentally, Breda made the most recent Green Line streetcars in Boston. Predictably, I prefer the Kintetsu-made ones...pic.twitter.com/GsC8WHaptL
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The most common new EMU in Europe right now appears to be the Stadler FLIRT. Norwegian, Swiss, Czech, Estonian versions shown here.pic.twitter.com/T3wvz989dz
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Again--great specs, but what's up with that design? And low platforms, smdh... Interior shots from Germany, Estonia, Hungary--not cozy...pic.twitter.com/LYYkEPjnuy
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Anyway. If there's a point to this thread, I guess it's that there's more to good rail service than the purely technical side of things.
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Aesthetics are VERY important, and it's perfectly understandable for people to be nostalgic for steam trains.
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I think because the cost of fixing them would be very wild and also trains change sizes so I guess they want that flexibility
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ya except high platforms level w the train floor = standard issue on any kind of railway in Japan
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I mean in London fir example the problem is outside of the tube, some platforms are shared with trains of varying heights
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makes sense under circumstances...but then again why not standardize heights?
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right! that's the commonsensical solution but you know how transport investment is always too low to make stuff like that possible
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