Post #2569485

2024-11-16 14:36 UTC

It's actually quite sad how the public approach to marvels of engineering like that has changed in the 90s, train stations were fully crowded to see a TGV train driving through the country because it was so big and people were excited now this year in Poland a brand-new, fully domestically made high(er) speed multi-system modern ETCS-equipped locomotive has entered service and pretty much nobody cares. even tho this is actually a really big achievement with a possibly huge export potential new Griffin200 locomotives got briefly displayed publicly in Warsaw for a day or two, which only interested train enthusiasts and yeah that's it quite dissapointing

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@jeder@miau.jeder.pl 2024-11-16 14:38

@rail_@bark.lgbt i mean this is just a locomotive no one cares about locomotives people still get excited whenever they hear a word pendolino just because it looks like a fast train and is a "luxury"

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@MagicLike@soc.sekundenklebertransportverbot.de 2024-11-16 14:39

@rail_@bark.lgbt I guess there needs to be something done about it - maybe bringing means of transportation and engineering in general up in schools? /gen Like even in general many are not interested in the achievements being done in that sector especially because many people are so fanatic about cars

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@skye@derg.social 2024-11-16 14:41

@rail_@bark.lgbt heritage railways in the UK do kinda help with this a bit for the UK but most people don't see the tech in trains, they just see it as a way to go from A to B

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@Mair@kitsunes.club 2024-11-16 15:12

@rail_@bark.lgbt the postsoviet period was one of real optimism

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@leyrer@23.social 2025-05-23 19:55

@rail_@bark.lgbt are they able to be serviced it in any repair shop? https://www.railtarget.eu/technologies-and-infrastructure/hacker-intervention-saves-polish-trains-a-cybersecurity-drama-unfolds-8493.html

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