Post #3320318
2026-06-14 20:37 UTC
Replies (24)
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@meena@glitch.social 2026-06-14 20:42
@davidnjoku@mastodon.world my favourite train sound is "tadam tadam … tadam tadam …" it's probably also the sound i make for my daughter when talking about trains
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@acb@mastodon.social 2026-06-14 20:44
@davidnjoku@mastodon.world Thinking that steam trains are more authentic/have more soul than the current electric trains and wanting to bring them back is only slightly more silly than thinking that vinyl records are more authentic/soulful than CDs/FLAC files, which is apparently the majority opinion
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@KolekNiewiary@mstdn.social 2026-06-14 21:01
@davidnjoku@mastodon.world im' pretty sure last steam trains operated in Poland during my lifetime, and i'm not that ancient.
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@pipe_dreams@mk.absturztau.be 2026-06-14 21:04
@davidnjoku@mastodon.world ask any small child about what a phone looks like. some things do change...
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@acm_redfox@jawns.club 2026-06-14 21:16
@davidnjoku@mastodon.world I mean, we've already warped them with "quack" and "moo" and so forth. Listen to the world around you, kids, don't rely on us!!
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@hembrow@todon.eu 2026-06-14 21:20
@davidnjoku@mastodon.world I agree with your point, but steam trains didn't actually disappear that long ago. For instance, the last steam driven normal service (not "historic") service on British Railways was in 1968, 58 years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainline_steam_trains_in_Great_Britain Lots of us are older than that. The first fight of Concorde took place only about six months after the last steam train service, and the Apollo 11 moon mission was just a couple of months later again. So anyone who remembers the moon landing probably also remembers steam trains !
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@mawhrin@circumstances.run 2026-06-14 21:35
@davidnjoku@mastodon.world Stories are powerful; be careful with the stories you tell. indeed. i was pretty much alive in the nineteen eighties, and steam trains were still used on some lines in poland then.
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@miramarmike@cloudisland.nz 2026-06-14 21:53
@davidnjoku@mastodon.world https://youtu.be/Octg3-5FU4o
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@Kierkegaanks@beige.party 2026-06-14 22:09
@davidnjoku@mastodon.world uk had steam trains well into the 70s and maybe 80s
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@Pamela1960@kolektiva.social 2026-06-14 22:29
@davidnjoku@mastodon.world I remember steam trains. I was still only 7 or 8 when they went out, but I remember taking one from Manchester to North Wales. I also remember them regularly at the ICI sidings near me.
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@Christo_459@mastodon.me.uk 2026-06-14 22:29
@davidnjoku@mastodon.world I remember steam trains they terrified me. I hid in my mother's skirt as the train pulled into the station and. steam came out and the sound like a dragon
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@petherfile@beige.party 2026-06-14 22:30
@davidnjoku@mastodon.world Any child that only speaks English... A Thai child, for instance, would probably tell you a train goes "poon poon".
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@Crovanian@mastodon.social 2026-06-14 23:00
@davidnjoku@mastodon.world you say something poignant, I say ‘FNAAAAAAAAAAH! HENK HENK! HYEEEEAAAAAAANNK!’
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@tsturm@famichiki.jp 2026-06-14 23:07
@davidnjoku@mastodon.world I saw regular steam freight service in China as late as 1991. I think it was mostly phased out by 1995. I have vivid memories of the noise of steam freight trains thundering through the night while on sleeper trains in China in that time period. But thanks for making me feel super-old this morning. 😂
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@Haikyoneko@famichiki.jp 2026-06-14 23:07
@davidnjoku@mastodon.world I blame Thomas.
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@bouriquet@mastodon.social 2026-06-15 00:17
@davidnjoku@mastodon.world Kids books. The Little Engine That Could, etc
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@bouriquet@mastodon.social 2026-06-15 00:28
@davidnjoku@mastodon.world I recall that this company started steam when I was about 10 years old in 1965.  Steam on the Black River & Western Railroad (BR&W) refers to their vintage 1937 ALCo 2-8-0 "Consolidation" steam locomotive, #60. Operating out of Flemington and Ringoes, New Jersey, it is one of the only railroads in North America that operates both scenic passenger excursions and occasional freight using steam. https://njskylands.com/atbrwrr
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@Cedar@neurodifferent.me 2026-06-15 00:36
@davidnjoku@mastodon.world The idea that frogs say "ribbit" comes from one species of frog that happens to live close to Hollywood. Other frogs make all sorts of sounds.
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@unruly@mastodon.social 2026-06-15 01:01
@davidnjoku@mastodon.world Once upon a time we were at one with nature. Deep down we all know this to be true. :mastodon:
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@BenCotterill@mastodon.social 2026-06-15 02:12
@davidnjoku@mastodon.world Steam trains at the end of our street. Toot toot.
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@maven@social.vouaix.com 2026-06-15 02:37
@davidnjoku@mastodon.world We should take those kids, young and old, to see this, the UP Big Boy 4014 tour schedule: https://www.up.com/about-us/history/steam/schedule
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@lily@homestead.social 2026-06-15 03:44
@davidnjoku@mastodon.world When my nephew was about 2 1/2 (who grew up going to IndyCar races with the family in Indianapolis) I asked him what sounds cars make and his response was "nyoom nyoooom" instead of "vroom vroom"
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@bernard_dub@mastodon.social 2026-06-15 03:47
@davidnjoku@mastodon.world This thread might be of interest to @chuuchuu@toot.community and @maartje@blahaj.social 🚂
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@ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world 2026-06-15 03:50
@davidnjoku@mastodon.world Excellent post! We also still click a little icon of a floppy disk to save our work, despite no-one other than retro tech enthusiasts using floppy disks anymore. Millions of younger computer users have never even seen one. Can we think of any other examples of this phenomenon?