Book idea: User interfaces for various modes of transportation: cars, trains, planes, buses. Not just pretty pictures, but also principles of operation, good stories, and – most importantly? – hacks and conventions. (Inspired by: https://twitter.com/chris_labarthe/status/1020534582406393856 …)
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Replying to @mwichary
I'd love to read that, actually! If you're interested in that sort of thing, I could show you a German tram from the early 1950s tomorrow. Just gotta take a few photos before.
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Replying to @moritzkraehe
WHAT WHAT WHAT I love trams!!!!! Also, I grew up in Stettin, so not that far.
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Replying to @mwichary
Alright then. I'll get you a guided tour of one of these beauties tomorrow.pic.twitter.com/4Sb6qngtNI
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Replying to @moritzkraehe @mwichary
After the second world war, tram companies in Germany desperately needed new rolling stock, so first of all "new" trams were built by putting new bodies onto the chassis of old trams damaged in the war.
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Replying to @moritzkraehe @mwichary
The first all-new trams used that same kind of body, except on a brand new chassis. These were called "Verbandswagen", because it was built to the specifications of the German association (=Verband) of transit companies.
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Replying to @moritzkraehe @mwichary
This tram is a Verbandswagen. It was built in 1954 by Credé in Kassel for the tram in Frankfurt am Main. 65 motor cars and 122 trailers were built for Frankfurt, many more for other cities.
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Replying to @moritzkraehe @mwichary
The last ones were supposed to be decommissioned in 1977, but four motor cars and six trailers survived as the "Ebbelwei-Expreß" - a heritage line running on the weekends, a round trip through Frankfurt, with music, pretzels and applewine.
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Replying to @moritzkraehe @mwichary
These trams are fairly unique because they've been in service for 64 years now without ever having been decommissioned.
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Replying to @moritzkraehe @mwichary
Also, they require a conductor for security reasons. I work as a conductor on the weekends, so I know these trains inside and out. I'll just need to take a few pictures tomorrow!
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Very looking forward to this!!!
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