obligatory?

I’m not sure I care.

mind = boggled

Apparently, the train and tracks are equipped for PTC... it just wasn’t turned on.

It’s actually a pretty difficult thing to do, you have relatively speaking, very little power at hand to get the train moving, keep the train moving, slow the train or stop the train. It requires thinking miles in advance for upcoming gradients, curves, weather, etc.

I’m not sure why Automatic Train Control, which has existed and been in use for DECADES was not implemented on this train/section of track. What were they thinking?

*whistles louder*

Pre-war DKWs used a transverse engine with the final drive/axles out front. In fact DKW was the first company to mass produce front wheel drive + transverse engines.

The most fun part of driving this in the snow was the one time, in response to gentle braking, it spun, in slow motion, 180 degrees and came to a stop facing oncoming traffic.

Not cooler than these:

Woody Allen is a creepy weirdo for sure, but I still don’t understand all the glee in demonizing and harassing people who’ve worked with him. What exactly is the point of all this again? It’s not going to make Allen any less of shitbag.

So you do realize that it’s been a long time right? I’m wondering if you’re familiar with a concept known as “change”? It tends to happen over time.

How old were you 40 years ago?

You have no room to call anybody else on the internet stupid.

Try reading the article at least once.

Did you read the article or look at the photo of the intersection?

Did you not read the article?

They just don’t know how to do it right.

Dumb question, but is there a good reason a wishbone set up cannot provide the wheel travel/articulation of a solid axle? In a direct comparison between stock set ups, does the old solid G Wagon axle have quantifiable advantages over the new independent set up? Have Steyr/Mercedes published any tech specs comparing…

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