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"John Norris (AngryDrifter)" (angrydrifter) 10/18/2014 at 14:43 • Filed to: None

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djmt1 > John Norris (AngryDrifter) 10/18/2014 at 14:50

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Here in England our trains have roofs.

They are surprisingly roomy btw.

kanadanmajava1 > djmt1 10/18/2014 at 14:55

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Is there some good reason why we don't have these nice compact trains instead of the normal big ones?

djmt1 > kanadanmajava1 10/18/2014 at 15:00

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Lack of toilets. Btw that is the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway and it is a legit railway with a daily timetable and everything. That said I'm not sure who uses it to commute since the line goes from a Castle to a Nuclear Power-plant.

Tohru > djmt1 10/18/2014 at 15:07

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Mr. Burns, of course.

Tohru > kanadanmajava1 10/18/2014 at 15:10

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Economy of scale, most likely. It doesn't cost that much more (relatively speaking) to make a full-size train instead of a 3/4 scale train. At full-scale it can carry a lot more stuff, which more than compensates for the added construction cost.

It's why rail shipping a cargo container cross-country is cheaper than trucking it, and why the biggest boats in the world are for hauling cargo.

McPherson > John Norris (AngryDrifter) 10/18/2014 at 15:38

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Holy crapola, Amtrak needs more funding.