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submitted 1 month ago by sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to c/memes@feddit.uk
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[-] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 51 points 1 month ago

☝️🤓 Um, actually, the 4-decade-old "Pacer" (pictured) was retired a few years ago.

It was replaced by the exciting new "Sprinter", merely 40 years old.

Wow! So futuristic!

[-] fox2263@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

So the 40 year old was replaced with a 40 year old

[-] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm kinda surprised there hasn't been a retrofit of some kind to at least make an attempt at aerodynamics for it. I guess it would be minimal efficiency savings.

[-] _AutumnMoon_ 32 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Don't forget America!

[-] Hackworth@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 month ago

Fun fact, in the US, we have 3 train derailments per day.

[-] sirico@feddit.uk 12 points 1 month ago

Well we've invested more into HSR than any of those countries combined. Well it's not quite finished Well it doesn't run the length of was intended quite a bit shorter Yes cancelled you say right

[-] smeg@feddit.uk 9 points 1 month ago
[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago

Laughs in amtrak

[-] Forester@pawb.social 7 points 1 month ago

It's funny that the country that invented trains has worse trains than the US.

[-] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 17 points 1 month ago

I wouldn't go that far.

[-] Shezzagrad@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 month ago

What are you talking about, America is the worst at it by a mile

[-] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Ehhhhhhhh, considering the UK is basically the same size as ONE midwestern state ... it's highly debatable as to who has failed worse. (note: both are still abysmal failures, but one country has a goal post MUCH closer than the other)

[-] Forester@pawb.social 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

By a mile? How many miles of operational rail do we have? Now how many miles do you have? The US has approximately 140,000, mi. There is approximately 10,000 mi of rail across Great Britain and Northern Ireland........

As my British friend Tom used to say

Mate you fucking flunked your maths schooling didn't ya.

[-] FundMECFSResearch 3 points 1 month ago

Nah mate that’s a massive exaggeration. US rail is absolutely centuries behind UK rail.

[-] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 5 points 1 month ago

The little train that… awww, mum, effort, stop nagging me, can’t be bothered!

[-] Wbear@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

The little engine that didn't wanna.

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