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In The Netherlands we have an iconic train which must have been inspired by the 747. https://www.ns.nl/binaries/_ht_1533730717772/content/assets/ns-nl/overig/p

• WJW 6y ago
  The designers elevated the driver cabin so that it would be possible for passengers to walk underneath it when they coupled multiple trains together into a longer one. Sadly, it turned out the doors for the interlocking mechanism were very error prone so in the end they just welded them shut and you have to go around outside (at a station) if you want to move between trains sets.
  • iso8859-1 6y ago
    Weird, intuitively seems like a less fragile approach than a giant diaphragm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IC3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IC3
    • WJW 6y ago
      There was also a telescoping gantry-like contraption that went across. I can see how that is quite fragile mechanically in a moving vehicle with vibrations and everything.
• Muximize 6y ago
  Even more so in this advertising livery: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EEXw14EWsAI4oAS?format=jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EEXw14EWsAI4oAS?format=jpg