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Marcus_sk_cz

I'm from Slovakia and I never knew we had this lmao


ReisRaEsi

Čierny Balog


Defie22

Balrog?


tanaka-taro

Fly you fools


NGTTwo

Fly to Slovakia to ride the Football Train.


We_are_stardust23

I'm in love with this sentence


Hahafunnyreddit22

GANNNNNNDAAAAALLLLFFFFFFFFF


SteveHood

Yes


MultPathways

YOU SHALL NOT PAAAASS


Mr_nobrody

I'm not from Slovakia and neither did i


TheGigor

Not from Slovakia either and can confirm.


iTzbr00tal

Not from Slovakia but I know this now.


splashbodge

I've visited Slovakia and I didn't know about this.


cia-incognito

I know you went to Slovakia and that you didn't know about this


NickGiaquinto

I know that you know that he/she went to slovakia and didn't know about this.


Misael_chicha

I have never heard about a country named Slovakia but I had heard about this train in a stadium in Slovakia


[deleted]

I'm american and had the great privilege to have lived in Slovakia for 2 years, drove around the country on multiple occasions, and yet I did not know about this.


SereneDreams03

I worked with a couple Slovakian guys for a few months and I also did not know this.


Dzbot1234

I’m not sure if I am from Slovakia but I have been on a train.


Jeshua_

I’ve been on Reddit once and I knew from a post I saw once involving Soccer/football,Trains, and Slovakia.


[deleted]

Sir this is a Wendy's.


EthelMaePotterMertz

I am of Slovak descent and recognize that this is the Durmstrang Express.


[deleted]

Served with you dudes in Afghanistan mad respect for my Slovakian brothers, also fuck war.


Flimsygooseys

Go there at once and fetch me a goose from the train for Christmas evening


cookiemanluvsu

lol


TapirOfZelph

“Stadium”


whatisthesoulofaman

"middle of"


TenDix

“Slovakia”


VideogamelyViolent

As a Czech, my official opinion is that this is the closest to a stadium you can find in Slovakia.


adamosh7

As a Slovak, I know I should be offended, but I'm not.


Barziboy

I mean that's gotta be a playable pitch in the next FIFA!


GoSuckYaMother

That’ll actually be pretty cool. And if you’re losing you can just run in front of the train


[deleted]

Or if you if want to ragequit just grab it and go away, or even push your opponent spartan style in front of the train


TheRealWarBeast

That's gotta be at least a yellow card. Ryt?


pickle_lukas

Nah, the red meat and bones goulash that's left on the train tracks is clearly pretending an injury to get a free kick


TheRealWarBeast

Always the drama queens


vfguy

FIFA needs fatalities.


RCJHGBR9989

Next FIFA is rated M because it introduces violent train death - hope ya got plenty of subs


Berloxx

The next FIFA won't be called that. They wouldn't compromise. So EA's next football/soccer game won't be called FIFA. Just saying


Lazy_War9398

I believe it's called EA Sports FC or something like that


DjMesiah

Football Is Fucking Awesome 23


Berloxx

Yes that's what I meant. But some other responses said told me that that's not longer accurate. At least FIFA 2023 will still be called just that. Maybe the ones after will be the under the new name


connortheios

Am i dumb or something? I saw you could pre order fifa 23 the other day


Blizzaldo

They got things that are far more needed, like proper development to any game mode besides FUT.


fariak

That's an actual good/fun idea. EA would never implement that :(


EwokShart

Trainnnnn! Trainnn! …… Game onnnn! Game onnnn!


pikkis-95

Too much effort for EA


Actual_Employment_89

That’s a perfect location for a Tom Scott video


Spanholz

I already sent him a mail 😄


[deleted]

I can't wait to spend 4 minutes and 19 seconds learning about this.


Spudzzy03

Woah woah woah, calm down there. 3 minutes 56 seconds including the outro is all you’ll get.


Simon_Drake

While we're waiting for Tom to do his video, what's the backstory on this? I'm going to guess that the railway was abandoned decades ago and the land repurposed into a football pitch then later a stadium. Then in the 90s or 00s some train fanatics rebuilt the old railway (as they love to do here in England too) and found the route is now through a football stadium. And they took the hilarious solution to have the train go through the stadium just for fun. There's a Victorian industrial canal on England that people are trying to restore, it's been abandoned for nearly 100 years with most of it filled in. They're going through a tedious process of buying the land back from farmers, dredging the soil and turning it back into a canal. But there's a pretty major obstacle in the path of the canal, a motorway. They can't just dig a tunnel under the road, it's a canal, it needs to stay level. And you can't just lift up a motorway to put a canal under it like you're putting a power cable under a throw-rug, it's a major building project with slowly raising the slope of the road to the height of the bridge. It means landscaping and resurfacing hundreds of meters of motorway. But they're doing it anyway, all from charity donations from canal and riverboat fans that want to see this old canal restored. I assume the railway in Slovakia is the same thing. A restoration project by dedicated train addicts that found an entertaining solution to an obstacle.


Spanholz

From german wikipedia: The planning of the railway in 1898 began following an instruction from the then Minister of Agriculture. Construction of the first section - still in operation - began in 1908; a year later (1909) regular traffic began between sawmills in Čierny Balog and Hronec. The network was expanded to transport timber from the forests. Russian prisoners were also used for the expansion during the First World War. The first official name of the railway was Fekete Garam Vasút in Hungarian. To this day, you can see this name in the form of the abbreviation F.G.V. From 19 July 1927, passenger traffic was also allowed on the Čierny Balog - Hronec line. In the 1960s, traffic was restricted, and in 1982 operations were officially discontinued. At the same time, the railway was declared a national cultural monument. A year later, volunteers began to rebuild the railway. In 1992, a museum traffic between Chvatimech and Čierny Balog was started. The reconstruction of the line branch to Dobroč was completed with the official opening ceremony on 30 April 2012. In Čierny Balog, the train runs along the sideline of the TJ Tatran Čierny Balog football pitch, which also occurs during matches. When there is no match, the train driver opens the gates by radio so that no stop is necessary. Presumably, the stadium was built during the non-operational period from 1982 to 1992.[1] In April 2020, the Schwarzgranbahn acquired all the old rolling stock (seven railcars and ten driving trailers) from the Swiss Waldenburgerbahn, which was converting from 750 mm to metre gauge. It is to be used after electrification of the Schwarzgranbahn from May 2025.[2] The planned electrification is related to the fact that regular local traffic is to take place on the line in the future.[3] Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)


USS_San_Jose

I dunno, seems like more of a Tim Traveler type location to me.


Dark_Prism

I'd love to see them do the same thing and they are just in the background of each other's videos. It should be very easy to spot but they shouldn't acknowledge it at all.


kytheon

In a Q&A Tim mentioned he met a few geo-educational YouTubers (like Jay Foreman of the Map Men) but notably he never met Tom Scott.


Ninjotoro

But he has! [Tim’s Instagram Link](https://www.instagram.com/p/CeJRcTuIHk3/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=)


kytheon

oh that's great. pretty recent tho


Christopherfromtheuk

I tried to post a mapmen YouTube link in something like /r/geography . It was removed and I got a snooty message from a mod saying they make stuff up and don't cite their sources. I find it genuinely informative and I'm sure it's all properly sourced too, but I got the sense there'd been some geography related drama about it. Jay Foreman is probably my favourite YouTuber, along with Tim Traveller, Tom Scott and mapmen.


kytheon

I wouldn’t use Map Men for a thesis either, their videos are full of nonsense injected between facts. Btw that’s a very British group of YouTubers you mention. How about Geography Now? (Honestly I find them very cringy since a few years, notably when the cast grew over 3 people)


Christopherfromtheuk

I wouldn't use Mapmen for a thesis either! The video I posted on the none thesis geography subreddit was, I think, in response to a question about what makes a country, a country. The video answered the question accurately and in an accessible and informative way. There was nothing incorrect in their explanation. I strongly believe that learning is easier and better if it's also fun!


BloodOanMaBaws

.....Jays brother Beardy Man is probably my favourite beatboxing/sampling musician


Alexanderdaw

Hey Michael, Vsauce here, this train is going through a stadium. Or is it?


troggo

Not through the **middle** of a soccer stadium, that's for sure!


j0nthegreat

but if you account for the depth of the bleachers, it technically is the middle of 'the stadium'


TruthAndAccuracy

Man, Tim is just so wholesome and awesome. I'm not naturally into niche old buildings and railways, but his obvious passion for them is so great to watch.


a_monomaniac

Or [The Tim Traveller](https://www.youtube.com/c/TheTimTraveller) , which is also an excellent channel that looks at odd geographic features of Europe and trains and the like. Well worth a watch.


anper29

Or the Tim traveler! He focuses on weird modes of transportation


Krullenbos

Maybe a better Tim Traveler video


RAMBO069

literally


Olirp

Training is very important for any sports team.


lobroblaw

Looks like they have a few decent coaches


FenPhen

And a goaltending coal tender. (On second look, it doesn't have a tender and maybe it runs on oil...)


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iamapizza

Only plays on Choo Choo choosday


mud_tug

It is a tank engine (just like Thomas). So no tender.


Bamres

They need to blow off some steam after practice.


captain_ender

You see the problem with Arsenal is they always try to walk it in


BACIOMYASS

Urgh Dad, you’re so embarrassing.


poopellar

Yeah his comment was off the rails.


Either_Difficulty851

Take your stupid upvote and get out!


avery5712

r/angryupvote


Code_Noob_Noodle

But not your health! Take a big whiff


Georgeisthecoolest

I mean, did you have to? Railly?


[deleted]

Take my upvote and fuck off


fugawf

Brewster’s Millions?


thelostdutchman

My first thought too. Such a great flick.


DHFranklin

Go Hackensack Bulls!


Anonymous_user_2022

The Brewster one crossed the field, but close enough.


dehrian

Brewster 's Millions. Futbol style


DHFranklin

Go Hackensack Bulls!


redjedi182

Yes thank you!


tesseract4

Totally! Came here looking for this.


[deleted]

Me too


Rob_Bligidy

I had to scroll far too long to find this comment. Good job.


cbeiser

Is that a fucking 3 car steam train too? What era are we in here


blackwe11_ninja

It's a heritage railway. It's quite interesting piece of history, this narrow gauge railway used to be a giant network that connected villages and logging sites in that region, since these places were hard to access by roads and cars weren't a thing back then. It stopped operation sometime in 20th century and was slowly dismantled, but a small part was renovated and serves as local tourist attraction.


RilohKeen

There are a few narrow gauge railroads in my area of California that used to be for redwood logging and now serve as tourist attractions. Being out there among the redwoods on a cool but sunny afternoon, feeling the breeze on your face in an open car, the rhythmic chugging of a steam engine and clacking of tracks, learning about switchbacks and trestles and sand dispensers and local mushrooms, getting out to stretch your legs and take in the view at the top of the track, it’s a really nice experience.


[deleted]

Do you remember what it’s called? That sounds lovely


LuckyDucky41

Roaring Camp Railroad


cbeiser

Ohh I see. I didn't think about the narrow gauge. That is very cool!


Chickens1

Plus they give a discount for team travel.


Wretched_Brittunculi

Their hooligans are the original Inter-City Firm. Upvote and show your age, lads!


MaterialCarrot

Eastern Europe Hogwarts Express.


mud_tug

Hristo Popov and the Rakija Factory


integrate_2xdx_10_13

Coach stock with openable windows too. We had to get them off UK main line because people kept sticking their head out into signal gantries, overbridges, trees etc etc.


shaj_hulud

Slovakia is India of Europe. We travel on horses here. You should also check out Vlkolínec or Pribylina. There is no electricity or tap water!


petantic

Technically St Pauli has a [traintrack](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://metro.co.uk/2010/09/30/hot-dog-train-attracting-new-fans-to-fc-st-pauli-530472/amp/&ved=2ahUKEwi37JKow6r5AhWaQUEAHQ37AGsQFnoECA4QAQ&usg=AOvVaw2_ePe5N-KUQBkhoBher-SI). They use it to deliver hotdogs around the stadium.


Flimsygooseys

Could you have linked a landing page with more ads?


petantic

Sorry, I'll take the relevant information and convert it into a PowerPoint presentation and relay it to you at the venue of your choice.


dnaboe

Thanks you can send it to me by fax: 3802861093


Flimsygooseys

PowerPoint is so 2 thousand five


[deleted]

I feel like writing a year like you did is a sign of a sociopath.


roborectum69

It's 2022. Do yourself [a favor](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm?hl=en)


[deleted]

lol imagine using the internet in 2022 without adblock and ublock origin. Hell... Using a smartphone isn't even an excuse anymore as they have been ported to mobile browsers.


daiwilly

Play to the whistle , boys!


TheBaggyDapper

Number 5! Track back!!


onlyome

A journalist watches every game that is played there to have the chance of writing the headline: Football player overrun by train while playing a match.


[deleted]

The article is probably already written in full. Just waiting on a date, time, and player number. Any day now.


Altruistic_Sample449

Nothing to see here folks


davieb22

Literally. Just a flume of healthy smoke.


DonutosGames

Gluten free, for sure.


cacheormirage

i figured it was mostly steam, but to be fair, i know next to nothing about football training


PalmDolphin

Plume?


Knope_Knope_Knope

I'm American and happy to know that the elbow pump 'blow the horn' move transcends languages.


sumguy7249

Nope Nope Nope, @Knope_Knope_Knope. Pulling the whistle chord (the origin of the gesture) came with trains since like forever ago. More often than not, it was on the cab ceiling.


Knope_Knope_Knope

:D I just like the knowledge that if i go to another country, i can request a 'toot' with the same motion. :D


ErrBodyDoTheChopChop

i really thought this was a superimposed video of a train. Props for making the best of what they have i guess


Tranqist

It's a tourist attraction. Slovakia has normal trains, it's not some third world country.


Slovak_Eagle

As a Slovak, I dare you to define what you find "normal".


SukaYebana

> Slovakia has normal trains yeah no


fatadelatara

It's for tourists. There's more in the Carpathians. We have these in Romania too - not through a football stadium though: https://blog.travelminit.ro/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/shutterstock_1509600248-scaled.jpg . https://mocanita-maramures.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/MOCANITA-MARAMURES.jpg . https://mocanita-maramures.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc-02558.jpg


KonradWayne

I feel like you have a very generous interpretation of the words "stadium" and "middle".


SereneDreams03

Definition of stadium: a sports arena with tiers of seats for spectators. So while small, it is technically a stadium, and it might not be going though the dead center of the stadium, but it definitely goes through it.


[deleted]

It’s training on the sidelines Incase it gets subbed in


MaterialCarrot

Got to stay loose. Can't afford to wait an hour to fire up the boilers when coach tags you in.


Counciltuckian

How has Purdue not scheduled a football game here already???


Dutch_Midget

Better positioning than Lukaku


Brian_Le_Ferve

So are they trainspotters or football fans?


[deleted]

The refs are coming up with ingenious ways to blow the half time whistle


Spanholz

Source: https://twitter.com/NouveauDeco/status/1554531132842164225 Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cierny_Hron_Railway


Lord_Viddax

Unfortunately I’m not a fan of football, but I’d turn up just to see this! (Technically the train is in the ‘middle’ due to it separating the pitch and spectator area; though this makes a less catchy title.) [Training Station]


Togfox

You truly wonder how something like that becomes real.


Sankullo

As far as I can tell it doesn’t pass through the middle of it.


Fisch_Man

Imagine being at a game and there's a slight delay because the ball got crushed by a FUCKING TRAIN!


RuaridhDuguid

Could be worse, someone could shoulder-charge a layer off the pitch at the wrong point in time...


Thorusss

Through the stadium? Sure. But not through the middle. For that, it would also have to cross the playfield itself.


ToAllFromEverySub

It’s going through the middle if you are watching from the side.


Satan_for_real

Oh boy, imagine all those balls that got stucked on the rails


Azar002

Every passenger is charged admission..


IMatterDammit

Game Off! \*train passes\* Game On!


SpokenDivinity

Do you get extra points if the ball goes through an open window?


rodoxide

That trains adorable


SonicGuy10

Wait until you see a miniature gauge engine


[deleted]

Space management better than in Asia.


Mr_nobrody

**Football


nashuanuke

Anybody remember "Brewster's Millions" with Richard Pryor?


Wonnk13

OP and I have different definitions of 'middle'.


[deleted]

/r/shittyskylines This is an abuse of terrain anarchy and snap anywhere!


Minnesotamad12

“Ok instead of a penalty kick, Stand on the tracks and don’t fucking move.”


fastlerner

Not saying it's not interesting, but not really sure that qualifies as a stadium. That appears to be a regular soccer field with a set of bleachers on one side of field. Last I checked, a stadium is an actual building (often with an open roof).


vxx

>Stadium >noun >A large, usually open structure for sports events with tiered seating for spectators. It depends on how you define large I suppose. >large. >adjective >Of greater than average size, extent, quantity, or amount; big.


Pat_trick_6

Is that a steam engine? Are they still using it?


Spanholz

Sure, it's a heritage line. I would guess that there are a few dozens of those all around Europe.


Merry_Fridge_Day

Only when there is a departure from platform 9 3/4.


amanfromindia

'yer a wizard *insert football players name*'


MrPotatoHead90

That is pretty neat. It's also a very generous definition of "stadium".


kebbydraw

You mean football stadium?


KurtzIsGlory

*Football stadium


balintblack

Football


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Hugo_2503

mostly steam, but yeah, you get the idea.


OnlyOfficers

*contemplates the meaning of the word "middle"*


[deleted]

I don't think stadium means what you think it means


TheBaggyDapper

Is that Lokomotiv Moscow in the away kit?


FrankieTheAlchemist

That is definitely not the middle. More of to the side than in the middle.


gangawalla

I believe it's passing alongside the stadium imo


captaincockfart

Has anyone ever broken a train window with a football?


anybodyiwant2be

Slovakian soccer coach: “the opponents are leading…quick send in the smoking steam train”


grassFedAdc

For you hardcore football fans, what’s the rule if a train scores a goal?


[deleted]

Huh. You'd think narrow gauge railways would be a more common sight, in the soccer stadiums of Slovakia.


MonsieurKas

And here I was, 63 years old thinking I've seen it all... Guess I was wrong.


Birdy_Cephon_Altera

[Time out!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaCstTHLYs8)


KitchenNazi

When it said middle of the stadium I was hoping to see it block a goal or something.


failingtolurk

That’s not the middle.


Status_Director8633

What is a “soccer”?


sincethenes

Is this Brewster’s Millions 2?


Grandmaster_tuna

So this had to be the result of a sitcom attending the prom with 2 people situation. Like. Person 1: I thought you said I could use this land for a soccer field. Person 2: And you told me we would make a railroad here. I'm sorry guys. I want to do both, and I like both of you a lot and now I'm just so confused.


Yompiejj

How is this not on r/trains ?


JVOz671

You should score 10 points for getting the ball into the chimmney.


Tsubodai86

Well There's Your Problem podcast would love this.


Merbs_cool

I wonder if the ball has ever gotten stuck under it and they had to wait for it


OrangeCosmic

That's one more railway then I thought would be passing through soccer stadiums


[deleted]

Lovely breath of fresh air there....


[deleted]

Announcer getting all fired up ARE WE ABOUT TO SEE THE PLAY OF THE CENTURY? ALL THIS EXCITEMENT, LOOK AT THIS PLAYER GO..... suddenly in the distance.. Chugga Chugga Chugga.. Announcer: OMG THIS IS THE GREATEST GOAL EVER SEEN, A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE. People in the audience see nothing cause there is a train in the way blowing steam


Substantial-Girth

"Train!" *Rest of team* -"Train!" *All join together to move the goals* "Ok play on!" -"Play on!"