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All aboard the NOPE train to FuckThatVille, Ohio.
Mar 5, 2018 5:59 AM
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Portusjacksoni
Isn’t this a recipe for derailment and death? Or some other form of tragic accident?
BasicallyAsian
AdongWrecker
heynerd
CharliMcFarli
Upvote for the title alone!
kidtutty
GIF progress bar FTW!
CinnamonBunny
*mp4
ThatNewMeme
AltHorrorPunk
SeaCucumberSeaCucumber
At first I thought this was fake still. Until I saw it was an animated gif...
Robowitz
At least you got 1 thing right, it is a gif indeed.
Janusha
Its amazing how this is even running at all. According to experts, US trains do the same speeds today as they did in 1953
MINOMBREESJEFF
jjc101
This has to be the best comment gif I've seen in a while!
qwijybo
No yelling on the train!
SlippitySlappityLovinLifeAndWife
That locomotive is well trained.
OneSmallStepForManOneGiantLeapForPeachCobbler
Meanwhile Japan's trains float magnetically over tracks at 1000mph
BurgerExplosion
Guy driving the train prob
walrusarts
Your country has so much money tied up in inflated peronal assets and the ultra rich, you don't have enough left over to fix this shiz.
bananaspitz
And thats why we’re so pissed off.
wratgaf
What third world shithole is this?
rssplowman
I’m no expert on trains, OP’s mom is, but that doesn’t look within safe standard operational limitations.
BobbalishBobbus
OP's mom here, it's not..
wichaw
+1 for the "op's mom"
spin3
I like the fact that the surname of the photographer is Taipale, which means trek or journey in Finnish.
spaceMX
boopduck
Reminds me of Cities: Skylines
CanisMaximus
That train would have it easier on a dirt road.
seanvt
The engineer has turned on the seat belt sign, we are expecting turbulence.
OpieCunningham
Trackulance....
Aceh0le87
stabilize plz
HologramLuke
LittleSchrodinger
FUCK I WAS TOO LATW
LittleSchrodinger
*late. Fuck
Alkuam2
BanditKablooie
I thought rails were continuous welded, and had been for a long time.
bladderinfection
They do that for metro trains to make them quieter. More expensive to maintain.
brownsugga
Did no one notice the tiny dude on the scrollbar at the bottom of the screen?
lostandlonelyguy
Yeah, those are getting pretty common now days, and rarely elicit comments any more.
brownsugga
I'm getting old, I guess.
lostandlonelyguy
You have to age gracefully. That's what I love about Keith Richards. He's falling apart right before our eyes, and he's doing it gracefully.
Robowitz
He didn't mention that now days started about 1-2 months back!
tresloin
The US is letting all of its public interest infrastructure go to ruin. USA is no longer the example for the rest of the world to follow.
wichaw
Actually USA was not an example to follow...in any way.
Asteroidrules
And yet the UK is still following it.
Zero3Quarter
Hey now!!! Those tax cuts are important okay!! They’ll trickle down to us ANNNNNNNNYYYYY Day now.... just don’t hold your breath for them!
KillerTofu615
This looks like a private freight line. Many train companies own their own lines so it's up to them to fix them.
bamcockseverywhere
I mean that's kind of the problem isn't it
KillerTofu615
Why? Private train lines are a private resource, has nothing to do with public infrastructure.
danpio1309
The gov't doesn't pay towards railroads like they do regular roads. We re-invest in our own physical plant without taxpayer money.
danpio1309
And freight railroads are not public interest (unless you are a stockholder), nor are they considered infrastructure.
Pookiemonsters
Big wigs are spending tax payers money on war instead of upgrading the infrastructure
DougTheLlama
Bring on the Small Wigs!
GeneralSturgeonWarning
Aaah very untrue. I actually test track and the FRA requirement is rather frequently for a track to be tested (depends on weight going 1/2
GeneralSturgeonWarning
Over it on average.) When we test there is most generally a crew right behind us fixing the defects. Derailment is more expensive than 1/3
GeneralSturgeonWarning
Fixing the track, too.
Pookiemonsters
Ok, so what are we watching?
Pookiemonsters
Because this track seems overdue for an upgrade.
GeneralSturgeonWarning
My boss said what we were seeing here was a veteran conductor transporting a train (more cost efficient) after this crappy sub was bought
CinnamonBunny
Oh that wasn't India?
userfriendly19777
I don't think India is that bad actually.
SpiritSauceArtwork
Welcome to Ohio where if the Weather isnt to your liking, just wait 5 mins, but other than that absoulutely nothing happens here.
wakkawakkabeepboop
Look at the corn grow , eat the corn , wait for the next corn to start growing.
CinnamonBunny
I like corn.
wakkawakkabeepboop
SparrowTail3
Surprisingly enough, even though the trains can be overcrouded, India has one of the most impeccable railways in the world.
brownsugga
Not India! There aren't people on the top and hanging from the sides
CinnamonBunny
Yeah, realized that too.
SuperSaiyanSasquatch
As a born and raised resident of Ohio, a nice chunk of our state looks like a third world country.
CapTon
They have better trail lines than that in india
nihilistdad
No, different third world country.
CBmac
If it was on india, there will be a lot of people hanging outside of that train
GoogleFucker
Indian railways are actually in great shape
Arcian
Fun fact, most of Africa has better roads and railroads than the US.
miles4pints
Sauce? I’ve only seen a small portion but the roads were shit. The new nearly completed railway seemed nice though
bohemiancrabcity
Having been to Africa I'm loudly screaming absolute bullshit here.
playstation360
I thought it was russia, but the train is too new.
KirovTheAirship
Nope. Over the past 5 years, the loco park has almost renewed. And In Russia, even in 1990s, railroads were not brought to such a state.
playstation360
Out in the country... I've seen videos of trains out there, it's disgraceful.
OctaviusClausewitz
So you thought it was Russia but you knew is not russia ?
playstation360
Thought at first, realised after.
AzgarOgly
In Russia somebody would have be shot and jailed for neglecting railroad like that.
playstation360
And yet their apartment buildings have stalagmites made from frozen poop water.
AzgarOgly
Nobody cares about apartment buildings. Railroad is a strategic asset.
playstation360
You have no idea how badly their military assets are maintained, to say nothing of civilian assets, even of strategic importance.
CinnamonBunny
Shot AND jailed?
Vernietiging
Yes, in that order.
bnice38
elmonosabio
They got a system working.
Janusha
Everybody in the world has better technology than this. US trains havent been renewed since 1953. But USA dont have the budgets.
DoublevBomb
That requires actual spending though. On something that just sits there and isn't somehow "sexy".
jimmyriba
How is *that* not sexy?
AsianDad
We don't have the budget, we can delay them.
VonMochens
well, at least sweden has the tecnology...
ColonyOfBirchmen
This is so cool
metalfoto
YesImkazuma
BITCH IT MIGHT BE.
becausefukyouthatswhy
How do they set it at the right height?
mechanicalchaos
Honest question - the gif seems to have very warbly rails. Is that just the uneven terrain and is fixable or do you bring in new rails?
MarikaOniki
Just a railcar mechanic, here, but the track in OP's gif looks decent, mostly just ridiculously rotted ties making it so uneven.
Sigh101
Much better!
Sekolah
Holy shit that is sexy
Cablestorm
yes but not the money
nyaargh
i like how those guys trust the operator so much
jimmyriba
SO sastisfying!
FWBatman
We can make him better, stronger, faster...
offdapost
Yes we can
TapiocaMartini
That sounds like infrastructure repair, and that is socialist B.S. as we all know if we wait long enough people will die and 1/2
TapiocaMartini
Corporations will take care of the problem.
ProfessorSnugglesworth
Ayn Rand said so.
Hission
I think this is one of the best looped gifs i ever saw,...
jackharvest
I... I’m not gonna say how long I watched this.
Benegesseritwitch75
I think I went slack jawed
Passedoutinbarsandandunderthestars
Right... I was amazed at the loop
contextuallyrelevantphantompoop
Flawless loop
makeSX
Oh please, our german friends are way a head https://youtu.be/_MKcTbYDP7w
jimmyriba
oooOOOOOOHH!
SitusInversus
As a German: engineers internally
dauntlessds
Goddamn, what a ride!
PUNISHER88
Damn impressive, those machines are huge. In the future it will all be automated putting us humans out of work....lol...sob.
abfallgefreiter
But still here in Germany the trains are fucking late every single time. Sry to break it to u outside of Germany the saying is wrong!
KingXizor
Okay, so I'm not sure if it was morning wood or this sexy fucking video, holy shit.
TheGalacticLeprechaunwithtinynipples
no, the German railroad company is never ahead of anything - 5 minutes late is the best they can do. Nice machine, though :D
PuddingSkin
Gosh damn do I love some good fucking hydraulics.
RHFiesling
not sure that really is in Germany
Onebeats
Never the less that's a machine manufactured in Germany and/or Austria.
RHFiesling
you SURE about that?
CossackHD
O.O
Ruhig
I feel like "machine" underrepresents the complexity of the system. It's like 3 different entire trains devoted to just relaying the track.
imgonnawreckitagain
one cost hundreds of millions. The other lives paycheck to paycheck and needs pizza and beer to function.
dumbking
belgian railways in the footage :)
YouHaventLivedaDayIfYouHaventLaughed
Noticed too that it's Belgian railway.
Pyrolime
Could an engineer please explain why this is easier/cheaper/faster than tearing everything up and rebuilding?
Radix865
Replace bunch of concrete supports. Or do that anyways, AND replace tons upon tons of steel rails too. Now which sounds faster and cheaper?
Pyrolime
Idk removing the rails before replacing the sleepers still seems easier. And replacing the rails would increase longevity
Ellitivity
Because it's cheaper and faster. That's why it's easier.
Ellitivity
Because it's easier and cheaper. That's why it's faster
Ellitivity
Because it's easier and faster. That's why it's cheaper.
Janusha
Everybody is... Not just the Germans. Even India is ahead of this. US trains do the same speeds today as they did in 1953.
Electrogourd
all we use rail for is bulk freight: not about speed, but cost efficiency.
Janusha
Thats because your car industry bought it all up and shut down all passenger transport with trains. To sell more cars. As stated above.
SisterSinister
I read somewhere that the car industry bought a lot of rail systems and let them rot, so people have to buy cars.
Janusha
GM bought all the trams in the cities and shut them down. The US car industry did these things back then. Look up "GM streetcar conspiracy"
PUNISHER88
Good ole US scumbag corporations, putting themselves before others and hampering human advancement. Hope they all burn.
Janusha
Well... They didnt burn. And US corporations has kept on doing the same right up to modern times.
WorkerLurker
Ford bought the land and tore them up to push auto sales
Janusha
GM too. They bought all the city trams and put them up for scrapping. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_conspiracy