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Giant gears that mesh with the sides of the train would be pretty awesome.
by db48x 9y ago
Giant gears that mesh with the sides of the train would be pretty awesome.
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- taneq 9y agoWell there's rack railways[1] which are pretty close. I've been on one in India[2] and it was amazing, although a bit scary when (halfway up) one of our fellow passengers told us that one of the trains on that route had derailed and fallen into a ravine a few months prior, killing everyone on board... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rack_railway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rack_railway [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilgiri_Mountain_Railway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilgiri_Mountain_Railway