5 ms·

You lost me at ‘single model of 300km/h train that can make it here’ Meanwhile here in Australia our “fast rail” trains go 160km/h. Unless it’s over 32 degrees

You lost me at ‘single model of 300km/h train that can make it here’ Meanwhile here in Australia our “fast rail” trains go 160km/h. Unless it’s over 32 degrees, then they slow down. And if it hits 36 degrees they slow down even more (90km/h) And it gets that hot here a lot… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V/Line_VLocity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V/Line_VLocity https://www.vline.com.au/heat https://www.vline.com.au/heat

john-h-k 1y ago
Don’t OBB Railjet trains travel at 230km/h?
- detaro 1y ago
  Australia, not Austria ;)
  - Akronymus 1y ago
    I can count on one hand how often I've seen that mixup happen in that direction. As an austrian, I am amused.
    - dotancohen 1y ago
      Is it Austria that has the stands in the airport for tourists who thought they were buying tickets to Australia, or is it the other way around?
      - Akronymus 1y ago
        I am not familiar enough with air travel that I can say either way. But austria and australia regularily exchange mail that got sent to the wrong country.
      - Al-Khwarizmi 1y ago
        I think it's a myth that originated from an ad: https://www.vol.at/2023/11/397526796_1104257417472438_8118406415096633677_n-1.jpg https://www.vol.at/2023/11/397526796_1104257417472438_811840... I suppose it's difficult to make that mistake because plane tickets are to cities, not countries as a whole. As a real story, I knew a guy who had a B&B near a beach called San Francisco, in Spain, and he regularly had to cancel bookings from people who thought it was in the US city of the same name, though :)
        thih9 1y ago
        Apparently people confuse cities when flying too, here’s an article about a passenger going to the wrong Sydney, and more examples: https://simpleflying.com/ameican-airlines-passenger-flies-sidney-montana-instead-sydney-australia https://simpleflying.com/ameican-airlines-passenger-flies-si...
  - john-h-k 1y ago
    Wow not even a verbal slip up I literally read Australia as Austria. Equally impressed and horrified with myself
LargoLasskhyfv 1y ago
Paint them! https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleis#/media/Datei:Mariazellerbahn_10.6_weiss.jpg https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleis#/media/Datei:Mariazeller... And/or build them like this https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Schienenauszugsvorrichtung_100_0845.JPG https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Schienenauszugsvorrichtu... , or this https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:SchienenauszugMitLzb.jpg https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:SchienenauszugMitLzb.jpg , or this https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feste_Fahrbahn#/media/Datei:Oelzetalbrücke-Schienenauszug.jpg https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feste_Fahrbahn#/media/Datei:Oe... It's called https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breather_switch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breather_switch

john-h-k 1y ago

Don’t OBB Railjet trains travel at 230km/h?

detaro 1y ago
Australia, not Austria ;)
- Akronymus 1y ago
  I can count on one hand how often I've seen that mixup happen in that direction. As an austrian, I am amused.
  - dotancohen 1y ago
    Is it Austria that has the stands in the airport for tourists who thought they were buying tickets to Australia, or is it the other way around?
    - Akronymus 1y ago
      I am not familiar enough with air travel that I can say either way. But austria and australia regularily exchange mail that got sent to the wrong country.
    - Al-Khwarizmi 1y ago
      I think it's a myth that originated from an ad: https://www.vol.at/2023/11/397526796_1104257417472438_8118406415096633677_n-1.jpg https://www.vol.at/2023/11/397526796_1104257417472438_811840... I suppose it's difficult to make that mistake because plane tickets are to cities, not countries as a whole. As a real story, I knew a guy who had a B&B near a beach called San Francisco, in Spain, and he regularly had to cancel bookings from people who thought it was in the US city of the same name, though :)
      - thih9 1y ago
        Apparently people confuse cities when flying too, here’s an article about a passenger going to the wrong Sydney, and more examples: https://simpleflying.com/ameican-airlines-passenger-flies-sidney-montana-instead-sydney-australia https://simpleflying.com/ameican-airlines-passenger-flies-si...
- john-h-k 1y ago
  Wow not even a verbal slip up I literally read Australia as Austria. Equally impressed and horrified with myself

LargoLasskhyfv 1y ago

Paint them! https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleis#/media/Datei:Mariazellerbahn_10.6_weiss.jpg https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleis#/media/Datei:Mariazeller... And/or build them like this https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Schienenauszugsvorrichtung_100_0845.JPG https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Schienenauszugsvorrichtu... , or this https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:SchienenauszugMitLzb.jpg https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:SchienenauszugMitLzb.jpg , or this https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feste_Fahrbahn#/media/Datei:Oelzetalbrücke-Schienenauszug.jpg https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feste_Fahrbahn#/media/Datei:Oe... It's called https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breather_switch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breather_switch