Earlier quoted context omitted.
Maybe it's because you live in a forest! ;-)
Now, this comment is proof that Germans can have a sense of humour.
Yes, but only on Thursday evenings!
Tiny Trains: Neat Narrow-Gauge Rail Connects German Island to Mainland
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#12There are a couple of significant and actually, physically, miniature 15" gauge steam railways in the UK. I say a couple because the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway (Cumbria) and the Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Railway (Kent) are the preeminent ones. They both served as genuine forms of transport at various points in their histories. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romney,_Hythe_and_Dymchurch_Ra...
North Wales has several ~2 foot gauge steam railways as well, though they're not exactly "miniature."
Ffestiniog Railway from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Porthmadog, and Welsh Highland Railway from Porthmadog to Caernarfon: http://www.festrail.co.uk/
Talyllyn Railway from Tywyn Wharf to Nant Gwernol: https://www.talyllyn.co.uk/
Re: Tiny Trains: Neat Narrow-Gauge Rail Connects German Island to Mainland
#13This reminds me of Austria's Reisseck-Hoehenbahn which sadly closed down a few years ago. It was a 600mm narrow gauge train high up in the mountains originally used for the construction of a power plant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7XrOfSNdO4
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#15Private train cars are the most interesting part. I wonder how signaling works? Does each house/"station" have its own fork in the tracks for getting their private train car home?
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#18Can't this inspire the future of automated driving? Paint strips on the freeway optimized for visual-recognition systems, to serve as super cheap railway tracks. Super cheap because painted strips are far cheaper than laying tracks, and they would lower the cost of the visual recognition systems in cars. These automated driving sections would satisfy my principal pain point with driving, which is long commutes or drives on the freeway.
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#19 What is it about guys and trains? I reflexively upvoted before even reading the article, and after reading the article, I realize it is a pretty standard narrow gauge railroad. Don’t care! Would vote again if I could!