An 89-year-old Reinventing the Train in His Backyard

Re:An 89-year-old Reinventing the Train in His Backyard by zeronight on Saturday June 17, 2017 @11:54PM (#14578879)

I don't understand how you could have many trains on the same track. If one train needs to stop then do they all stop?

I guess you could have sections every half mile or so but that sounds crazy expensive. Putting a pump out in the middle of nowhere.

And how would train yards work? Assuming you used sections how long would they be? 10 feet?

Cool idea though, first time I've seen it.

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Re:An 89-year-old Reinventing the Train in His Backyard by an_account on Sunday June 18, 2017 @01:47AM (#14579170)

In train yards you could probably use electric motorized carriages pretty easily, that could be switched to different lines (at slower speeds).

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