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Re:Hyperloop One to Shut Down After Failing to Reinvent Transit by mschuster91 on Thursday December 21, 2023 @02:59PM (#38725988)
> The US freight rail network is in excellent shape.

The German rail network is in shambles - but compared to how some American freight rail looks like, even that is more like Japan's excellent railways... I've seen far too many examples like [1] for my liking on youtube. This kind of shit would actually land you jail time here if you as a responsible person would let a train run there. Or this legit, on-camera derailment [2] - no way the train would be allowed to just continue to move on, it would get a full-blown investigation and those responsible for the dereliction probably a criminal trial for endangering rail traffic [3].

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X2A2f6E5DI

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ao-24274Jw

[3] https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stgb/__315.html

Re:Hyperloop One to Shut Down After Failing to Reinvent Transit by g-b-r on Thursday December 21, 2023 @05:47PM (#38728180)
There's no way this is true ⊙ ﹏⊙
Re:Hyperloop One to Shut Down After Failing to Reinvent Transit by solardev on Thursday December 21, 2023 @06:44PM (#38728798)
In the US we really believe in efficiency and cost savings, so our freight trains double as roller doasrers. Whee!