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		bombcar 10 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Germany's train service is one of Europe's worst. ... Do they run maximum-length consists? In the US I've been on a intercity Amtrak that was so late they combined it with the train ahead of it and had a massively long train (it had to stop twice at one or two shorter stations).

systemtest 10 days ago [–]

If you do this too many times, you end up with a train that never stops and rides along the world until the world is habitable again.

bombcar 10 days ago | [–]

Sounds like an update to this old chestnut is needed: https://youtu.be/XM2JpZ8Hu3E

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