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Trains are pretty awesome. I'm going to be sitting in one some time this month for an 8and a half hour trip to North Carolina. Yaaaay!

May you have a Fun and a Safe Time! And: A train!

My ex loves trains.....like LOVES them. lol I used to collect them when I was little

My father made a shed that is full of little trains that run on little electric tracks. About 30 of them.
Also, I have about 9 VHS tapes and 12 DVDs of Train Rides.

Neane (post: 1508362) wrote:My father made a shed that is full of little trains that run on little electric tracks. About 30 of them.
Also, I have about 9 VHS tapes and 12 DVDs of Train Rides.

yea thats kinda what he had, a whole level of his garage his dad made into a diorama for trains, pretty cool. I have like.....10 moves on trains >.> I started liking them when I went on a old fashion steam engine train when I was like 5 XD lol that was like one of the funnest things ever.

There's a band by that name, ya know.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34o2dO2N6CI

Mr. SmartyPants (post: 1508374) wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34o2dO2N6CI

That's an amazing song. Thank you.

Neane (post: 1508352) wrote:May you have a Fun and a Safe Time! And: A train!

Why thank you kind sir! I'll let you all know how the train was once I've been on it. xD Don't actually know when I'm going yet. It's a rather random trip down to see my cousin. Haven't been to NC since I was around 15 I think. xD

Pfft. Who needs trains when there's the Internet? Then again the internet can't physically transport you so trains have some cool points there. ^^

TopazRaven (post: 1508351) wrote:Trains are pretty awesome. I'm going to be sitting in one some time this month for an 8and a half hour trip to North Carolina. Yaaaay!

I live in North Carolina, and therefore it is awesome. Enjoy your stay!

sandalwood (post: 1508429) wrote:I live in North Carolina, and therefore it is awesome. Enjoy your stay!

Thank you! I do indeed plan on having a good time. xD It will be my first real train ride! xD By myself to.

Trains are cool.

There's a train station where I'm going to school. It's active, running AmTrak engines; diesels; don't know what kind. I'm surprised people still ride trains, but it's actually a very nice way to travel I've heard.

http://trainspictures.net/Funny-train.jpg






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ok, not like that.

[quote="ABlipinTime (post: 1508510)"]Trains are cool.

There's a train station where I'm going to school. It's active, running AmTrak engines]
I've heard it's a pretty fuel-efficent travel method. Also, I think most trains in the U.S. nowadays are in cities, where car traffic can get unbearably slow.

On-topic, I have no memories of riding a train (though my mom says I was on one when I was little), but I'd like to. Also, I'll be writing a book sometime involving trains, so I've studied them a bit and they're neat.

Wait. You are going to write a book about trains and you have never been on one (Or at least remember it)? That's the same as writing an essay.

Neane (post: 1508796) wrote:Wait. You are going to write a book about trains and you have never been on one (Or at least remember it)? That's the same as writing an essay.

Well, writing a book involving them. The ones that show up will be slightly different from real ones due to worldbuilding (fire magic! steam power! ), so some details will be different anyway. I'd still like to ride one (closest thing I remember being on was, I think, an old cablecar), but unless I suddenly get an opportunity to travel quite a ways away, it's not happening. So I'll be doing a *lot* of research, at least for early drafts.

And... I'm not sure what you mean about essays. o.o?

FllMtl Novelist (post: 1508795) wrote:I've heard it's a pretty fuel-efficent travel method. Also, I think most trains in the U.S. nowadays are in cities, where car traffic can get unbearably slow.

Interestingly enough: I've heard from several people that steam engines are actually more efficient than diesel. Go figure. However, diesel is better for moving slow (I guess that's because it's hard to slow down a steam engine).

Yeah, many trains run in cities, and there are quite a few that run from cities out to airports. Maglev (magnetic levitation) trains are used in these scenarios because they're fast, fuel efficient, and it doesn't cost nearly as much to run some magnet track out to an airport as it does between major cities.

Something you might consider for your stories is cost and feasibility of production: is it possible to build a track over the terrain in a specific region of your world? where do the resources to build these trains come from? how much does it cost? etc

ABlipinTime (post: 1509043) wrote:Interestingly enough: I've heard from several people that steam engines are actually more efficient than diesel. Go figure. However, diesel is better for moving slow (I guess that's because it's hard to slow down a steam engine).

Yeah, many trains run in cities, and there are quite a few that run from cities out to airports. Maglev (magnetic levitation) trains are used in these scenarios because they're fast, fuel efficient, and it doesn't cost nearly as much to run some magnet track out to an airport as it does between major cities.

Something you might consider for your stories is cost and feasibility of production: is it possible to build a track over the terrain in a specific region of your world? where do the resources to build these trains come from? how much does it cost? etc

You should help FllMtl Novelist with her book. They are very great.

ABlipinTime (post: 1509043) wrote:Interestingly enough: I've heard from several people that steam engines are actually more efficient than diesel. Go figure. However, diesel is better for moving slow (I guess that's because it's hard to slow down a steam engine).

Yeah, many trains run in cities, and there are quite a few that run from cities out to airports. Maglev (magnetic levitation) trains are used in these scenarios because they're fast, fuel efficient, and it doesn't cost nearly as much to run some magnet track out to an airport as it does between major cities.

Something you might consider for your stories is cost and feasibility of production: is it possible to build a track over the terrain in a specific region of your world? where do the resources to build these trains come from? how much does it cost? etc

Interesting.

And yup, those are all questions I'll address during the world-building process. (Which for this story has been put aside because I'm doing something else for NaNoWriMo.)

Neane (post: 1509076) wrote:You should help FllMtl Novelist with her book. They are very great.

I don't know where you got that information, but thank you! XD

http://londonparticulars.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/thomas-the-tank-engine.jpg I like this train :3.

I like that train to aliveinHim. Oh how I miss my childhood.

TopazRaven (post: 1509982) wrote:I like that train to aliveinHim. Oh how I miss my childhood.

Me too, those were some good times.

"Coughs and sneezles, spread diseasels!"

We have the biggest set of Thomas trains ever. I now use them for when I babysit. We build the biggest tracks ever.

Wooden tracks, and the cars connect with silver magnets? Or a different kind?

I still have all my "Thomas" stuff from my childhood.

I like trains...I like trains...now where have I heard that before?
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ASDF Movie!

Vii (post: 1510948) wrote:I like trains...I like trains...now where have I heard that before?
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ASDF Movie!

Someone made a Baccano! amv using that audio.
Also, the same person made a Baccano! amv using the Brooklyn rage song.

The first time I rode a train it tried to leave me in the middle a a forest...