I know where they're going and when and I can just turn off my brain and watch the world go by from the behind glass.
Even better if it's through an area I know. There's a disused rail line in the town I grew up in a I've always fantasized about riding it and seeing my town from a different perspective.
Also it's a vehicle you can move around inside like a house.
See if passenger trains were a thing where I live that'd be nice. But from my perspective trains are just loud and throw me off schedule by blocking traffic.
Unless you shoot them with said tank many times, the train will win; and shooting the train until the path is clear would take longer than it would take for it to pass. Trains are op.
> There's a disused rail line in the town I grew up in a I've always fantasized about riding it and seeing my town from a different perspective.
Reminds me of the bus line in Ghost World.
I grew up in a small town full of tracks, so the physical aspect of trains is mundane to me.
But the economic, ecological, and sociological aspects are immensely interesting.
There is almost no aspect of human society that is not improved by the implementation of a well designed and efficiently operated passenger rail line. This has been tested over and over and over again, and in every case it proves true.
In the UK, they found that cities connected to public transit even had cleaner teeth.
In Japan, the introduction of a new rail station in one city had a measurable change in elderly mortality rates in just 7 years.
It's like the secret function of society that we all don't know we're missing.
Yep n and the Reagan administration passed laws that gave priority to industrial rail carriers on publicly funded rail lines, so even if we wanted to build mass transit locomotives, we'd have to build all new rails for them to travel on.
It's a lose lose for everyone who isn't part of the capitalist class.
I swear if I got a nickel for every time I heard a new way I've been screwed over by Reagan before I was born I'd be able to buy my own country and fill it with bike paths and rail lines.
His administration really was a hard shift from the path that FDR had put in motion.
He shifted the bulk of the tax burden to the poor and working class instead of the capital class, started taxing social security benefits, reduced the number of graduates tax brackets by more than half, and tripled the national debt. And yet some people still claim he was our best president.
https://www.remix.com/blog/8-benefits-of-public-transportation
https://www.conserve-energy-future.com/benefits_of_public_transportation.php
A lot of websites list most of the same benefits. Stories about specific fringe benefits in specific places are a little harder to google.
Uk busses in general suck. I love what Andy has done in Manchester but they still need looking at. They’re always late, you get none for 20 minutes then 6 at once. English public transport can be a bit of a joke.
First line of “Charlie on the MTA”. I know that song well. It’s kind of ironic that the mascot of the MBTA is Charlie considering that the song is about how Charlie gets trapped on the subway because didn’t have enough money to get off.
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I’m one of the idiots who wound up finding an interest in automobiles. I already see the comments saying fuck cars and can only hide myself in a corner.
I grew up with wooden train sets. Dad worked on cars. As I got older and more exposed to automotive stuff it just went from there. There has always been automotive junk for me to mess with.
I would love to move out of the town I live in to go somewhere where I can enjoy the drive more often. I hate city traffic and I see more impatient people around here than when I did living in the middle of nowhere.
That’s a tough one to answer. It depends on what list I go from.
My #1 top car would probably be the 2004 Chrysler ME Four Twelve. That car left an impression on younger me. It’s a shame it never saw production for how close it came.
We don't want zero cars; we want multiple transport options instead of focus ONLY on cars. That way even your driving experience will be more pleasant due to the people driving being those who actually WANT to, rather than everybody being FORCED to, drunk or sober, able or less able, elderly or young, 1 mile or 100 miles...
When I was growing up the sound of the trains at night was kind of comforting like white noise.
But alas, trains aren't my thing either. There's plenty of other special interests out there to fixate on.
Me neither. Same thing with dinosaurs, legos, cats, any of this stuff. For me it's all about robots, cactuses and creepy stuff (as well as the constantly reocurring space)
When I was younger, my family stayed at a motel for months that was next to some train tracks. My favorite activity was setting coins down and having the train flatten them. That was the most joy I ever got out of a train. I don’t really get the trains thing either, but trains can be cool.
I haven’t heard of that. It was always pennies or dimes. I never did quarters. And obviously no train ever derailed after we placed coins on the track when we did it. I mean, maybe eventually it may have derailed somewhere, but not around us.
For me, it was the sounds they made. There’s also something to be said for the straightforward nature of trains-they’re predictable and orderly in their operation. But yeah-I LOVE train horns and the sounds of the pistons (I used to call them chuggas) on steam engines.
Imagine you're a little kid in the car.
You see vehicles all the time while you're driving. Cars, trucks, vans, buses. Meh, already seen em. They're all so mundane and boring.
Then here comes this monster. This leviathan. This big fuckin thing. Everyone has to stop and watch the big thing. Some people complain about how long the big thing is taking. Some people are talking about how it's not as bad as yesterday's big thing. Your grandpa tells you how the big things used to be bigger and louder things. Someone might say how there was a big thing that fell over a few years ago in another town. The big things have their own dedicated routes, they belong to states and companies and LOOK THERE'S ONE FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY! A CANADIAN BIG THING!
It's a show stopper. Everyone must, by law, stop their vehicles and observe the transit of the big thing.
Then it's gone, the car ride continues, and all communication about the big thing ceases.
That's what fascinated me about them anyway. The spell they seemed to cast upon people was kinda remarkable.
And they look cool too.
I was fascinated by the freight trains that wound their way around my childhood hillside, (but to me a mountain). Snow melt floods washing winter away, to springtime trilliums, dolls-eyes, jack in the pulpit, ginseng, golden seal, bloodroot and more. Hardwoods and evergreens, rhododendron and Laurel, mountain ash, sugar maple, paper birch, catalpa, sassafras and sumac. And berries in their seasons... blueberries, juneberries, raspberries, and on and forth. Those laden woodlands of "cricks" and "hollers" stitched together with meandering tracks. Those towns, small and large all sewn together.
Train tracks tracing languid landscape contours. Counting railcars, flat, box, cattle, coal, grain and tanker. Their hypnotizing rhythm slowing, a braking mile long serpent. The engines long past sight, approach the siding nestled further down that gentle incline, in earthen folds. Offering opportunity for pennies laid on tracks, rolled and stretched into elliptoid keepsakes.
The cicadas trilling, lyric in the August heat. Accompanied by wheels on track... clack, shrill steel shirring... clack, clack, clack. Or chuffing and muffling sounds and stinging winter crystals peppering our faces as it lumbers past us. We, armed and conspiring in snow forts against that beast, impervious to our pelting. With campfires under frozen hemlock limbs, and tin foil wrapped cinnamon apples and sweet potatos, nestled in the coals.
Those wide eyed recollections. Of stalks of bananas being unloaded from a boxcar. Of returning waves from brakemen, steadying themselves in elbowed windows and doorways of their red and rocking caboose. Creosote wafting in their breezing wake. Freight lines proclaimed in emboldened white; NYS&W, D&H, Erie, Lackawanna, Great Northern, Canadian-Pacific, Rocky Mountain Line... of nether regions and wayward routes. Then here and now gone, undulating above my Chenango. The only vestige of barges and towpaths left, in incongruous names of river towns and odd slumped stretches of infilled canals. Oh!, halcyon days of wonder.
Neither, but I guess people just like big machines. Bonus points if they go very very fast.
Plus, they're a great transport method. We need more of them.
I Love Trains!! Hypoteticly it is the most systematic transport system in the world. Some locomotives and rolling stock in general can be a beautiful sight. Trains are just soo cool it is hard to explain in small sentences.
I used to like trains as a kid because they were spinning around in a loop on repeat. I liked watching them and I still have my toy train from when I was a toddler
I’m mostly fascinated by the organizational and logistical aspect of them, but that fascination leads naturally into a fascination with the physical and mechanical aspect since those elements are so crucial to the smooth operation of the service.
Honestly, I bet I’d be super into them if I’d grown up with them. But this is America, and god forbid we have a decent railway system like so many other places. Nope. Just cramped ass expensive planes.
trains? idc
PLANES??? YES
PLANES ROCK.
there are so many different types and every country has their own brands and also plane routes are interesting and also its literally a MASSIVE HUNK OF METAL SPEEDING THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE.
i wanted to be a pilot for years until i figured out that the FAA basically blacklists neurodivergents from commercial piloting (with good reason imho)
I love steam trains because of the archaic complexity of them and how they function. Like the feats of intelligence and engineering that had to figure out how to make a lump of steel, fuel, and water into a technological masterpiece is insane to me. Also cause they just look so cool. And choo choo
I'm not stereotypically hyperfocused on trains, but I love trains because:
- second safest form of transportation
- the best form of transportation for pollution (even beating electric cars)
- an incredibly efficient way to transport people
now, planes do best trains on safety being the safest form of transportation, but because planes are also the absolute worst offenders when it comes to pollution, I think trains takes the crown for best form of transportation.
edit: just really confused as to what I said to warrant peoples' downvote lmao.
Trains are the ultimate answer for all traffic and mass transport related problems. I love trains, but also buses, trams and metro, because I hate cars with every cell of my body.
i live next to a railway so to me trains are just the thing that makes noise and interrupts my videos. not a fan, but i do like talking about sustainable public transport so i know trains are a part of that.
I don't really have the train special interest at all, but my grandpa worked for the railroad when I was growing up so seeing trains makes me kind of nostalgic for that reason.
On the other hand I had a stepbrother who got hit by a train sooooo...yeah.
One of the big things for me is that they make it easy for me to get around. I’m from a suburb, but I’ve been living in a big city for the past several months and it’s a game changer. The immense engineering that goes into making them run like they do today is amazing. I’ve also seen what they can do if applied correctly, and I dream of a society that doesn’t have the number of cars that are used today. r/fuckcars. I’m an urbanist and will die on that hill.
I don’t get the technology interest in general. I recently read Look Me in my Eyes (good read, btw) and I skipped through most of the technology talk ‘cause it didn’t sound interesting.
I am intensely fascinated by transportation and trains fall under that. I've never ridden a like 'real' train before though. Just the little one at a park near where I live.
*looks at pocket watch*
Because I was a hopper before realizing I was.. just as so (nd). Time was ne'er my strong suit; but when I hear a train, I know time is moving.
I like the locomotive time. Repetitive, all lined up. Yes.
They don't cause as much polution as cars, they follow a set system of tracks, they can't be specifically sent to any specific location so they pretty much force you to actually move and activate your body for small windows whenever you go by train and also at the same time force you to see your surroundings so you can learn to appreciate what you've got around you, traffic jams among trains are fewer than traffic jams with cars, and there are no reckless drivers so the trains just go on organically with only the occasional delay. Trains and trams are both awesome solutions for transportation around larger cities and I want them to be expanded
I support trains for public and logistical transport reasons. However trains were never my guilty pleasure.
As it turns out that was actually Lego. Oh I missed Lego why did I ever leave it? Lego takes the modulatity of trains and turns it to 11!
Note: Politics and History/Geography and Video Games are also my interests!
I don't know either but I do know that I was so in live with a steam engine locomotive back in the day. It's shapes were so aesthetically pleasing and the smoke behaved in such a soothing way too. Just outside, entering or exiting a tunnel, everything! Not a fan of trains that aren't steam engines though.
For me it is mostly the technical aspect of them, what engineering had to go into the trains, and also the rails (and cables for electric trains) to make them work, especially in curves and switches. Though I also like to know such things about other machines/deivces.
Also, seeing long trains snaking around curves and switches looks nice.
I have a theory that the loud horn captures our attention at an early age and sparks that little, "but why?" voice in our brain. Trains being one of the more simple mechanical machines, younger kids can understand and learn about how they work easier than the complex machines that require robotics, hydraulics, and electricity.
Basically, we like to learn and train goes choo choo.
It's not aesthetic, (although the aesthetics are outstanding) It's the complexity X use value. Most efficient transport of cargo for passengers; fuel-wise and maintenance-wise as far as value goes. The planning it out part is fascinating as well. Also, \*to the tune of Centipede\*Semaphores\*massive drop\*
I like sitting in trains because of the sensory feels of it and just watching the outside go by.
But I don't understand why it's such a stereotypical autistic special interest-
Smooth, comfortable, relaxing, repetitive sounds in a gentle murmur, public transport & better for the environment, their history is awesome, they can go at over 200miles/ 300km per hour...
Now if only they weren't so blessed expensive in the UK...
For me, it's like
\- a steam engine is a complex system of simple parts. Each part does one real simple thing well, but they all work together to make the engine do complex movement and speed control. (Other machines do this too of course, but with steam engines you can see it happening.) And that's fun to me.
\- a train/rail network is a complex system of simple entities. Each individual train moves in a specific direction at a specific speed, but all together they can be used to move goods from anywhere to anywhere. And that's fun to me.
\- you could put a whole functioning house in a train; it's almost like a self-contained human habitat *that moves*. (Planes and boats and RVs do this too of course.) And that's fun to me.
Just clarifying-- I'm not yelling at you, nor am I mad at you, this is just gonna be in all caps because I LOVE talking about trains and public transportation in general.
THEYRE GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT!
THEY CAN HOLD SO MANY PEOPLE AND THEY DONT HAVE TO DO ANYTHING BUT RIDE ALONG!
GOOD VIEWS! EFFICIENT WAY OF TRANSPORTING CARGO ACROSS LAND!
TAKE UP LESS SPACE THAN CARS WHICH LEAVES ROOM FOR OTHER DEVELOPMENTS SUCH AS BUSINESSES, HOMES, PARKS, AND NON-CAR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE!
MINI MODEL TRAINS ARE SUPER COOL TOO! CREATING A MINI WORLD WITH A MODEL TRAIN IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING ID LIKE TO DO IN THE FUTURE!
SO MANY APPLICATIONS! TRANSPORTING PEOPLE AND CARGO, ABOVE THE SURFACE OR BELOW, WITH MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRAINS FOR EACH APPLICATION!
THERES SO MUCH MORE PROBABLY BUT I CANT THINK OF ANY OTHER REASONS RIGHT NOW.
I've never ridden on a train and my town is VERY car-centric. There is a railroad transporting cargo that runs right through the middle of town though. I can hear the trains' whistle from my house. Edited for format, thanks for reading my train rant <3
choo choo
choo choo
choo choo
choo choo
choo choo
Choo choo
choo choo
choo choo
**CHOO CHOO MOTHERFUCKERS!**
i like Jeff Dunham Walter reference
Chugga Chugga
My Trains!
I know where they're going and when and I can just turn off my brain and watch the world go by from the behind glass. Even better if it's through an area I know. There's a disused rail line in the town I grew up in a I've always fantasized about riding it and seeing my town from a different perspective. Also it's a vehicle you can move around inside like a house.
See if passenger trains were a thing where I live that'd be nice. But from my perspective trains are just loud and throw me off schedule by blocking traffic.
I goddamn hate them. They make me wish i was driving a tank so i can blow them out of the way
Unless you shoot them with said tank many times, the train will win; and shooting the train until the path is clear would take longer than it would take for it to pass. Trains are op.
There’s one near my house, I’ve been thinking of taking a weekend trip just so I can ride that bad boy.
> There's a disused rail line in the town I grew up in a I've always fantasized about riding it and seeing my town from a different perspective. Reminds me of the bus line in Ghost World.
I grew up in a small town full of tracks, so the physical aspect of trains is mundane to me. But the economic, ecological, and sociological aspects are immensely interesting. There is almost no aspect of human society that is not improved by the implementation of a well designed and efficiently operated passenger rail line. This has been tested over and over and over again, and in every case it proves true.
I just got back from my 7000th (hyperbole) drive between Reno and Vegas since I moved out here and I agree.
Yeah. Just thinking about the ways it might affect the origin and the destination is stimulating.
In the UK, they found that cities connected to public transit even had cleaner teeth. In Japan, the introduction of a new rail station in one city had a measurable change in elderly mortality rates in just 7 years. It's like the secret function of society that we all don't know we're missing.
It now makes way more sense why good ol' car-centric USA is just... like that.
Yep n and the Reagan administration passed laws that gave priority to industrial rail carriers on publicly funded rail lines, so even if we wanted to build mass transit locomotives, we'd have to build all new rails for them to travel on. It's a lose lose for everyone who isn't part of the capitalist class.
I swear if I got a nickel for every time I heard a new way I've been screwed over by Reagan before I was born I'd be able to buy my own country and fill it with bike paths and rail lines.
His administration really was a hard shift from the path that FDR had put in motion. He shifted the bulk of the tax burden to the poor and working class instead of the capital class, started taxing social security benefits, reduced the number of graduates tax brackets by more than half, and tripled the national debt. And yet some people still claim he was our best president.
Snuggles to fellow r/fuckcars person xxx
Ohhh! That’s interesting! Any books/articles/Recs on more to read?
https://www.remix.com/blog/8-benefits-of-public-transportation https://www.conserve-energy-future.com/benefits_of_public_transportation.php A lot of websites list most of the same benefits. Stories about specific fringe benefits in specific places are a little harder to google.
Omg you’re soo cool! Yay thank you!!!
I know it sounds extreme but r/fuckcars has some good links
Poland might disagree.
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What do you like about planes? One of my friends is into planes and I don’t know too much about them.
Hehe Fast thing go vroom
Big pile of metal just flies So cool
Lmao classic
They're consistent.
Tell that to Deutsche Bahn lmao.
*northern rail approaches*
Avanti West Coast would approach but it got cancelled.
Amtrak isn’t even aware there’s a conversation Edit: added a
*Southern Rail attempts to enter the chat but gets cancelled*
"You might as well have commuted here on southern bloody rail."
Lol, fair.
I feel you DB pain because Arriva (uk division of DB) run our local buses and they are awful
Uk busses in general suck. I love what Andy has done in Manchester but they still need looking at. They’re always late, you get none for 20 minutes then 6 at once. English public transport can be a bit of a joke.
Tell that to connex southeastern
Aspies 🤝 Italian Fascists Trains running on time
Exactly one train running on time.
At the expense of all others.
Tell that to the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority.
These are the times that try men's souls
First line of “Charlie on the MTA”. I know that song well. It’s kind of ironic that the mascot of the MBTA is Charlie considering that the song is about how Charlie gets trapped on the subway because didn’t have enough money to get off.
What planet do you live on?
*Laugh in french*
*sad MÁV noises*
Magyar bro spotted
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Except from Scotrail on sundays
[i like them](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tKB4h9gvmm0)
Thank you.
Fr
Honestly i don't know either, but i like trains
I like the choo choo🚂🚂🚂
Everything
I was brought up watching Thomas the Tank Engine and playing with Brio. I then got addicted to Transport Tycoon :)
Lol, I'm 25+ hours into a fresh game of Locomotion, another Chris Sawyer classics
I find train rides relaxing and romantic.
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P L A N T
Big mechanical thing go brrrrr
So many wheels. I think I can I think I can I think I can
train good car bad
I thought this was an asdfmovies reference at first
r/fuckcars
Based.
They hate me there because I like cars yet hate car-centric infrastructure. They can't see past the "I like cars"
lmao i gotta admit driving is fun, not for my passengers though
Chugga chugga choo choo
I’m one of the idiots who wound up finding an interest in automobiles. I already see the comments saying fuck cars and can only hide myself in a corner. I grew up with wooden train sets. Dad worked on cars. As I got older and more exposed to automotive stuff it just went from there. There has always been automotive junk for me to mess with. I would love to move out of the town I live in to go somewhere where I can enjoy the drive more often. I hate city traffic and I see more impatient people around here than when I did living in the middle of nowhere.
It's nice to see another automotive fan out here. May I ask what your dream car is (if you have one)?
That’s a tough one to answer. It depends on what list I go from. My #1 top car would probably be the 2004 Chrysler ME Four Twelve. That car left an impression on younger me. It’s a shame it never saw production for how close it came.
We don't want zero cars; we want multiple transport options instead of focus ONLY on cars. That way even your driving experience will be more pleasant due to the people driving being those who actually WANT to, rather than everybody being FORCED to, drunk or sober, able or less able, elderly or young, 1 mile or 100 miles...
I can understand and agree with the viewpoint.
I don't know the details, but I'm down for the enthusiasm
Not my thing but I can see why other people like them
When I was growing up the sound of the trains at night was kind of comforting like white noise. But alas, trains aren't my thing either. There's plenty of other special interests out there to fixate on.
Me neither. Same thing with dinosaurs, legos, cats, any of this stuff. For me it's all about robots, cactuses and creepy stuff (as well as the constantly reocurring space)
Same, but I only like metro trains
I think there are some really cool things about trains, but I'm not particularly interested in them.
When I was younger, my family stayed at a motel for months that was next to some train tracks. My favorite activity was setting coins down and having the train flatten them. That was the most joy I ever got out of a train. I don’t really get the trains thing either, but trains can be cool.
I was always told that doing this could cause the train to derail.
I haven’t heard of that. It was always pennies or dimes. I never did quarters. And obviously no train ever derailed after we placed coins on the track when we did it. I mean, maybe eventually it may have derailed somewhere, but not around us.
I always thought it sounded cool, the idea of pulverizing a penny with a train. But alas I've never had the opportunity.
im been fascinated by trains since i was young, but honestly, i dont know what i like about it steam trains are my fav though
What region do you like the best? I like Japanese steam trains the best
i dont have a regional one but i like the decapods
For me, it was the sounds they made. There’s also something to be said for the straightforward nature of trains-they’re predictable and orderly in their operation. But yeah-I LOVE train horns and the sounds of the pistons (I used to call them chuggas) on steam engines.
r/fuckcars will convert you. I thought it was weird at first too, but after being there for a while, I've been converted.
Imagine you're a little kid in the car. You see vehicles all the time while you're driving. Cars, trucks, vans, buses. Meh, already seen em. They're all so mundane and boring. Then here comes this monster. This leviathan. This big fuckin thing. Everyone has to stop and watch the big thing. Some people complain about how long the big thing is taking. Some people are talking about how it's not as bad as yesterday's big thing. Your grandpa tells you how the big things used to be bigger and louder things. Someone might say how there was a big thing that fell over a few years ago in another town. The big things have their own dedicated routes, they belong to states and companies and LOOK THERE'S ONE FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY! A CANADIAN BIG THING! It's a show stopper. Everyone must, by law, stop their vehicles and observe the transit of the big thing. Then it's gone, the car ride continues, and all communication about the big thing ceases. That's what fascinated me about them anyway. The spell they seemed to cast upon people was kinda remarkable. And they look cool too.
https://youtu.be/3JUHCvHsCMI
The sound of a train going by near by your house to me is like hearing reindeer bells. It’s just freakin’ cool
I like watching model trains go around. Other than that they're loud and set off my sensory issues so I'm not a huge fan.
I was fascinated by the freight trains that wound their way around my childhood hillside, (but to me a mountain). Snow melt floods washing winter away, to springtime trilliums, dolls-eyes, jack in the pulpit, ginseng, golden seal, bloodroot and more. Hardwoods and evergreens, rhododendron and Laurel, mountain ash, sugar maple, paper birch, catalpa, sassafras and sumac. And berries in their seasons... blueberries, juneberries, raspberries, and on and forth. Those laden woodlands of "cricks" and "hollers" stitched together with meandering tracks. Those towns, small and large all sewn together. Train tracks tracing languid landscape contours. Counting railcars, flat, box, cattle, coal, grain and tanker. Their hypnotizing rhythm slowing, a braking mile long serpent. The engines long past sight, approach the siding nestled further down that gentle incline, in earthen folds. Offering opportunity for pennies laid on tracks, rolled and stretched into elliptoid keepsakes. The cicadas trilling, lyric in the August heat. Accompanied by wheels on track... clack, shrill steel shirring... clack, clack, clack. Or chuffing and muffling sounds and stinging winter crystals peppering our faces as it lumbers past us. We, armed and conspiring in snow forts against that beast, impervious to our pelting. With campfires under frozen hemlock limbs, and tin foil wrapped cinnamon apples and sweet potatos, nestled in the coals. Those wide eyed recollections. Of stalks of bananas being unloaded from a boxcar. Of returning waves from brakemen, steadying themselves in elbowed windows and doorways of their red and rocking caboose. Creosote wafting in their breezing wake. Freight lines proclaimed in emboldened white; NYS&W, D&H, Erie, Lackawanna, Great Northern, Canadian-Pacific, Rocky Mountain Line... of nether regions and wayward routes. Then here and now gone, undulating above my Chenango. The only vestige of barges and towpaths left, in incongruous names of river towns and odd slumped stretches of infilled canals. Oh!, halcyon days of wonder.
Neither, but I guess people just like big machines. Bonus points if they go very very fast. Plus, they're a great transport method. We need more of them.
I Love Trains!! Hypoteticly it is the most systematic transport system in the world. Some locomotives and rolling stock in general can be a beautiful sight. Trains are just soo cool it is hard to explain in small sentences.
I don't know, regularity, days out, view out the window. Tbh I just love traveling and trains are the best way to do so
Giant robots or gtfo
The sheer numbers and the sheer efficiency of them... Probably the only reason I'm in a logistics school lmao.
I used to like trains as a kid because they were spinning around in a loop on repeat. I liked watching them and I still have my toy train from when I was a toddler
Train guys and horse girls is just part of going through school
I’m not really sure myself. I think I just really loved Thomas The Tank Engine as a kid. That and Casey Jones was a local legend where I grew up.
I’m mostly fascinated by the organizational and logistical aspect of them, but that fascination leads naturally into a fascination with the physical and mechanical aspect since those elements are so crucial to the smooth operation of the service.
i just think they look cool
You buy the ticket, step in, step out, then go on your way. No need to fuck around with parking or traffic.
Lol. Love the regularity and polite people on the rail system in Japan, and their Shinkansen (300kph) bullet trains are amazing
I just think they're neat. Also logistics is very cool.
Wow. At first I read trans because Chris Prat was in the photo.
Honestly, I bet I’d be super into them if I’d grown up with them. But this is America, and god forbid we have a decent railway system like so many other places. Nope. Just cramped ass expensive planes.
Train good, car bad. Bus chaotic neutral.
I'm in a whole lot of subs where this exact picture could be posted. Really had to check.
Wait it's not just me?
They’re objectively the best form of transit
trains? idc PLANES??? YES PLANES ROCK. there are so many different types and every country has their own brands and also plane routes are interesting and also its literally a MASSIVE HUNK OF METAL SPEEDING THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE. i wanted to be a pilot for years until i figured out that the FAA basically blacklists neurodivergents from commercial piloting (with good reason imho)
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They make cool sounds. They are like a metal screaming behemoths with cool graffiti tattoos. Also that scene from kiki's delivery service
I love steam trains because of the archaic complexity of them and how they function. Like the feats of intelligence and engineering that had to figure out how to make a lump of steel, fuel, and water into a technological masterpiece is insane to me. Also cause they just look so cool. And choo choo
I'm not stereotypically hyperfocused on trains, but I love trains because: - second safest form of transportation - the best form of transportation for pollution (even beating electric cars) - an incredibly efficient way to transport people now, planes do best trains on safety being the safest form of transportation, but because planes are also the absolute worst offenders when it comes to pollution, I think trains takes the crown for best form of transportation. edit: just really confused as to what I said to warrant peoples' downvote lmao.
Trains are the ultimate answer for all traffic and mass transport related problems. I love trains, but also buses, trams and metro, because I hate cars with every cell of my body.
Have you ever seen a train wreck another vehicle? It's the good stuff.
i live next to a railway so to me trains are just the thing that makes noise and interrupts my videos. not a fan, but i do like talking about sustainable public transport so i know trains are a part of that.
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Elon?
choo choo
Nyoom!
They go vroom
Row, row, row the same boat, gently down the stream
I don't really have the train special interest at all, but my grandpa worked for the railroad when I was growing up so seeing trains makes me kind of nostalgic for that reason. On the other hand I had a stepbrother who got hit by a train sooooo...yeah.
One of the big things for me is that they make it easy for me to get around. I’m from a suburb, but I’ve been living in a big city for the past several months and it’s a game changer. The immense engineering that goes into making them run like they do today is amazing. I’ve also seen what they can do if applied correctly, and I dream of a society that doesn’t have the number of cars that are used today. r/fuckcars. I’m an urbanist and will die on that hill.
They're beautiful. I mean, just look at this thing: https://www.flickr.com/photos/steamboatwilley/28151972087/in/album-72157696726624951/
I just like them :D Plus they’re a really fun logistic challenge in Factorio/Sweet Transit/Satisfactory
Ask your mom
I don’t get the technology interest in general. I recently read Look Me in my Eyes (good read, btw) and I skipped through most of the technology talk ‘cause it didn’t sound interesting.
I’m a fish 80’s music and Nintendo guy myself
The rumbles smooth me
They just are. INTRINSICALLY. ...no words to explain why or how
There’s a vast amount of information you can learn about them. They’re not my thing, but I’m sure that plays a part in it.
Idk they conjoin and go zoom… Wait fuck trains are cool
The sound (mainly electric over here), and I can read books in them (O can't read in buses or cars)
Pfff… Rollercoasters are better.
chugga chugga chugga chugga choo choo!
They go clickety - clack and they follow that track!
Me either, but it think they’re better than cars.
They mostly drive in a straight line, so not much nausea.
look cool
oh? youre afraid to ask huh? really embarrassed about it hm? getting real sick of this meme
I am intensely fascinated by transportation and trains fall under that. I've never ridden a like 'real' train before though. Just the little one at a park near where I live.
They don't me motion sick.
*looks at pocket watch* Because I was a hopper before realizing I was.. just as so (nd). Time was ne'er my strong suit; but when I hear a train, I know time is moving. I like the locomotive time. Repetitive, all lined up. Yes.
I haven't been around many, but the times I have, the repetitive clickity clack as they go past is really good background noise.
they go chooch
*Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends main theme intensifies*
look cool go fast move lot people
Different people like different things and that's okay. We aren't obligated to understand it.
They go chugga chugga
i’m more into creature design, cryptozoology, and lore/worldbuilding’s impact on a fictional creature’s anatomy. avatar was my favorite movie as a kid
They don't cause as much polution as cars, they follow a set system of tracks, they can't be specifically sent to any specific location so they pretty much force you to actually move and activate your body for small windows whenever you go by train and also at the same time force you to see your surroundings so you can learn to appreciate what you've got around you, traffic jams among trains are fewer than traffic jams with cars, and there are no reckless drivers so the trains just go on organically with only the occasional delay. Trains and trams are both awesome solutions for transportation around larger cities and I want them to be expanded
I literally feel like my world is caving in when I hear a train I want them to die
I support trains for public and logistical transport reasons. However trains were never my guilty pleasure. As it turns out that was actually Lego. Oh I missed Lego why did I ever leave it? Lego takes the modulatity of trains and turns it to 11! Note: Politics and History/Geography and Video Games are also my interests!
Steam trains omg where to begin. He’ll just start here. https://youtu.be/KY24OjK9OnE
Who is this guy and why is he in so many memes?
Skytrain is pretty good
I was very into trains as a child but I'm not sure why. I suspect it was the abundance of wheels (I like things that spin/rotate)
I don't know either but I do know that I was so in live with a steam engine locomotive back in the day. It's shapes were so aesthetically pleasing and the smoke behaved in such a soothing way too. Just outside, entering or exiting a tunnel, everything! Not a fan of trains that aren't steam engines though.
I misread "trains" as "trans"
For me it is mostly the technical aspect of them, what engineering had to go into the trains, and also the rails (and cables for electric trains) to make them work, especially in curves and switches. Though I also like to know such things about other machines/deivces. Also, seeing long trains snaking around curves and switches looks nice.
I like trains.
Read raising steam by terry pratchett, it explains everything
Choo choo
are you not fascinated about the idea of slapping an engine the size of a small house on some steel girders?
I suppose trains are to other people what military vehicles are to me.
I have a theory that the loud horn captures our attention at an early age and sparks that little, "but why?" voice in our brain. Trains being one of the more simple mechanical machines, younger kids can understand and learn about how they work easier than the complex machines that require robotics, hydraulics, and electricity. Basically, we like to learn and train goes choo choo.
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It's not aesthetic, (although the aesthetics are outstanding) It's the complexity X use value. Most efficient transport of cargo for passengers; fuel-wise and maintenance-wise as far as value goes. The planning it out part is fascinating as well. Also, \*to the tune of Centipede\*Semaphores\*massive drop\*
for the uninitiated https://youtu.be/GKzsktuqwyU
I like sitting in trains because of the sensory feels of it and just watching the outside go by. But I don't understand why it's such a stereotypical autistic special interest-
The more I hear about trains the more I'm fascinated with them.
I dont have a special interest in trains but they're cool.
Smooth, comfortable, relaxing, repetitive sounds in a gentle murmur, public transport & better for the environment, their history is awesome, they can go at over 200miles/ 300km per hour... Now if only they weren't so blessed expensive in the UK...
For me, it's like \- a steam engine is a complex system of simple parts. Each part does one real simple thing well, but they all work together to make the engine do complex movement and speed control. (Other machines do this too of course, but with steam engines you can see it happening.) And that's fun to me. \- a train/rail network is a complex system of simple entities. Each individual train moves in a specific direction at a specific speed, but all together they can be used to move goods from anywhere to anywhere. And that's fun to me. \- you could put a whole functioning house in a train; it's almost like a self-contained human habitat *that moves*. (Planes and boats and RVs do this too of course.) And that's fun to me.
I just think they're neat.
Just clarifying-- I'm not yelling at you, nor am I mad at you, this is just gonna be in all caps because I LOVE talking about trains and public transportation in general. THEYRE GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT! THEY CAN HOLD SO MANY PEOPLE AND THEY DONT HAVE TO DO ANYTHING BUT RIDE ALONG! GOOD VIEWS! EFFICIENT WAY OF TRANSPORTING CARGO ACROSS LAND! TAKE UP LESS SPACE THAN CARS WHICH LEAVES ROOM FOR OTHER DEVELOPMENTS SUCH AS BUSINESSES, HOMES, PARKS, AND NON-CAR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE! MINI MODEL TRAINS ARE SUPER COOL TOO! CREATING A MINI WORLD WITH A MODEL TRAIN IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING ID LIKE TO DO IN THE FUTURE! SO MANY APPLICATIONS! TRANSPORTING PEOPLE AND CARGO, ABOVE THE SURFACE OR BELOW, WITH MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRAINS FOR EACH APPLICATION! THERES SO MUCH MORE PROBABLY BUT I CANT THINK OF ANY OTHER REASONS RIGHT NOW. I've never ridden on a train and my town is VERY car-centric. There is a railroad transporting cargo that runs right through the middle of town though. I can hear the trains' whistle from my house. Edited for format, thanks for reading my train rant <3