• poVoq@slrpnk.netOPM
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    6 months ago

    Its kinda cool how by making it mono-rail, they can use a single track rail to have pods moving in both directions, and the rail could still be used during the night for regular cargo trains.

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      6 months ago

      It looks monorail at first but if you look closer its not.

      I also wouldn’t want to be the forgetful dumb person that forgot how late it was before taking this thing home because those cargo trains ain’t gonna stop.

      • Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works
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        6 months ago

        It is a monorail, the outrigger is just for testing purposes. It’s gyro stabilized. The tech has been around for more than 100 years, developers always wanted higher capacity which is problematic.

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      6 months ago

      Using that for monorails and regular cargo trains would require the monorails to follow regulations and I don’t see that happening.

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        6 months ago

        Not if it is strictly time separated. Like I wrote, I could see these pods operate exclusively during the day and regular/cargo trains operate exclusively during the night. Or any other such time based system.

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      6 months ago

      Does that mean that these things can’t go across points? (and anywhere that there isn’t an outer edge to the rail)