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Trains can’t cross oceans or cover long distances or dynamically change routes
by MagicMoonlight 4y ago
Trains can’t cross oceans or cover long distances or dynamically change routes
- genderwhy 4y agoTrains can't cover long distances? Surely that's a typo -- trains can cover incredible distances... And they can change routes within their network. So yes, there's some cost to get train stations and tracks built, but afterwards they can visit anywhere within the network and carry a whole lot more than airships. Fair point on the oceans thing though.
- dredmorbius 4y agoTrains in tunnels can cross water, and trans-oceanic tunnels are ... within the realm of possibility. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submerged_floating_tunnel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submerged_floating_tunnel> A fully-automated, cargo-only submerged floating tunnel might be an acceptable pilot / risk model. <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32967216 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32967216> (From a previous airships discussion, as it happens.)