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Trains are what helped spark the industrial revolution, thus by definition they are preindustrial.

• masswerk 6y ago
  Arguably, trains came out of the industrial revolution and amplified it. (The early phase ran on canals.) The real question, however, is: will Hyperloop meet canal barges in terms of mass moved per distance at a given interval of time (and this for an equal share of investments / at comparable costs)? Edit: Assuming you'd have to divide the track into air-locked sections for safety concerns, with just a single pod in a section at a given time, which drastically limits capacity.
• eesmith 6y ago
  "Train" is decidedly not before the industrial revolution but rather is part of it. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution > The Industrial Revolution .. the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_locomotive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_locomotive > Richard Trevithick built the first steam locomotive in 1802. Further, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transport https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transport : > William Murdoch produced a working model of a self-propelled steam carriage in [1784]. The definition of "train" meaning "locomotive and the cars coupled to it" dates to 1816 or 1820 - https://www.etymonline.com/word/train https://www.etymonline.com/word/train .
• himinlomax 6y ago
  Trains require (at least) steam engines. If there's something that marks the start of the industrial revolution, it's (practical, not toy) steam engines.