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Originally Posted by Brianna
Seeing as how the unexamined life is not worth living, let me tell you what I learned today: I learned that there are two different sorts of rail roads in India
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I thought the two kinds of railroads in india were
1) the one where 2000 people get on a train designed for 100 and run into another one and
2) where the kind of train in example one gets onto a bridge and
2a) derails or
2b) the bridge collapses.
Since American railroads were developed while railroad passenger traffic was still profitable, they run (with few exceptions) on a standard rail gauge.
However, Amtrak has been trying to develop an American version of type 1, but their goverment subsidies are only big enough for them to develop a train designed for 2000 with 75 people on it.
As Amtrak right-of-way infrastructure deteriorates they'll be introducing a version of type 2b soon...they have prototypes already,