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I have to wonder, what is the scale of a train in Sweden? here in the states the vast majority of our locomotives are dedicated solely to freight. Speaking fr

I have to wonder, what is the scale of a train in Sweden? here in the states the vast majority of our locomotives are dedicated solely to freight. Speaking from experience having worked on locomotive engines in the past, the sheer magnitude of US rail is difficult to comprehend. a fully loaded freight train can weigh north of 20,000 tons (18.14 million kilos). They can often times be nearly 2 (3.2km) miles long. and heres the reason "rail bikes" are illegal in the US: they can take more than a mile (1.6km) to stop.

BBC-vs-neolibs 5y ago
Railbikes only go on tracks no longer used for regular traffic.
- dang 5y ago
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  - BBC-vs-neolibs 5y ago
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      - BBC-vs-neolibs 5y ago
        Ok dang, please reinstate me. :) And thanks for going above and beyond.
        dang 5y ago
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eCa 5y ago
As far as I know, the heaviest trains in Sweden run on the Iron Ore line[1]: ”68 cars long and weigh 8600 tonnes”. I would surprised if rail bikes are allowed on any ’live’ track anywhere in the EU. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ore_Line https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ore_Line

BBC-vs-neolibs 5y ago

Railbikes only go on tracks no longer used for regular traffic.

dang 5y ago
Sorry for the offtopicness but we don't have your email. I just saw https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26721647 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26721647. Since your comments have mostly been fine since we banned you (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26649016 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26649016), I'd be happy to reinstate your account. However, I think the username is a bit too trollish. It's not extreme of course, but the audience here is large enough that even minor trollishness can cause major weirdness. If you want to pick a different username, we can change it for you and unban the account. https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comment&storyText=false&prefix=true&page=0&query=by:dang%20trollish%20username https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=troll%20effects%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...
- BBC-vs-neolibs 5y ago
  Thank you. How do I pick a different username?
  - dang 5y ago
    It's best to email hn@ycombinator.com but if you really don't want to do that you can just reply here.
    - BBC-vs-neolibs 5y ago
      Ok dang, please reinstate me. :) And thanks for going above and beyond.
      - dang 5y ago
        Happy to reinstate you but we need you to pick a different username first! I've restored your recent comments which are fine for HN but I don't want to unban you without renaming the account because then I'll forget that we still need to do that.

eCa 5y ago

As far as I know, the heaviest trains in Sweden run on the Iron Ore line[1]: ”68 cars long and weigh 8600 tonnes”. I would surprised if rail bikes are allowed on any ’live’ track anywhere in the EU. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ore_Line https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ore_Line