There is something about an empty train “not in service” passing at “minimum station speed” that is elegant, and grim.
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It's really gone too far and it's not cute anymore. Especially without any graffiti to distract you from the grime. You see this is why I take the bus mostly... but yeah... it's faster.
@futurebird not to brag but look at the TW3000 in Hannover.
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These days, Charon wears a cap and hi-vis vest, demanding subway tickets instead of drachmas.
Good thing I always have a spare one-way ticket in my wallet, I guess…
// @futurebird
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@futurebird not to brag but look at the TW3000 in Hannover.
You shut your mouth.
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@futurebird i always wondered if these were funeral trains transporting rail workers to their final resting place; i don't know if that idea is charming or just grim
@phooky @futurebird That was a thing that happened. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Necropolis_Railway
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@phooky @futurebird That was a thing that happened. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Necropolis_Railway
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@futurebird They have secret new yorkers on them who are invisible to you as well.
But when you board a train that passes through the secret versions of new york, you are invisible to those residents living there.
A multiverse of new yorks whose only connection to each other is the shared subway system
So, hold up. I could ride a train to NYC.2 and there would be a city there but no people, yet, still ... there would be "people" so things would just move around and change as if the city was alive, but never when I was looking at them?
That sounds kind of awesome for a vacation!
And creepy. Gonna add a #backrooms tag because at this point I think I might as well.
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So, hold up. I could ride a train to NYC.2 and there would be a city there but no people, yet, still ... there would be "people" so things would just move around and change as if the city was alive, but never when I was looking at them?
That sounds kind of awesome for a vacation!
And creepy. Gonna add a #backrooms tag because at this point I think I might as well.
@futurebird Only if you can figure out how to get off the train at one of those stations
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@futurebird Only if you can figure out how to get off the train at one of those stations
@MLE_online @futurebird Gotta figure out how to get ON one first
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@MLE_online @futurebird Gotta figure out how to get ON one first
Oh that's easy, I know some people.
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Oh that's easy, I know some people.
@futurebird @whknott @MLE_online
So,. I'm guessing maybe one of y'all read "The City & the City" (Mieville)? No? -
@futurebird @whknott @MLE_online
So,. I'm guessing maybe one of y'all read "The City & the City" (Mieville)? No?I have not... is it good?
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@phooky @futurebird That was a thing that happened. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Necropolis_Railway
@RogerBW @phooky @futurebird Funeral trains were a thing in Sydney in the late 19th and early 20th centuries too. The very gothic Mortuary Station, a.k.a. Necropolis Receiving Station, is still there: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regent_Street_railway_station
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@RogerBW @phooky @futurebird Funeral trains were a thing in Sydney in the late 19th and early 20th centuries too. The very gothic Mortuary Station, a.k.a. Necropolis Receiving Station, is still there: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regent_Street_railway_station
@spacelizard @RogerBW @futurebird talk about burying the lead: "From 1986 to 1989, a pancake restaurant, the Magic Mortuary, was operated using railway carriages to house the diners."
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@phooky @futurebird burial at sea but they just throw you out while going over the manhattan bridge
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@cinebox @futurebird i absolutely know people who would do this if it were an actual option
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There is something about an empty train “not in service” passing at “minimum station speed” that is elegant, and grim. I am convinced these are the trains that go to the other secret versions of NYC.
@futurebird There are other secret versions of NYC? You mean besides the mental map I, as a non-driver, have that so baffles my car-owning friends? I can believe it.
I've long held the belief that there is a magical Irish pub somewhere in NYC where, if you sneak out a back door, you are transported to a similarly magical (but inverse) pub in Dublin. I haven't found it yet, but there are still a few Irish pubs I haven't visited.
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@futurebird I've experienced the opposite too, where I'm on the train passing through a lit but not yet opened station
@RandomStickman @futurebird There was a station on the R line that was badly damaged by the September 11 attack. It was closed for a few years, barely lit, and quite terrifying to ride through, especially the first time when I wasn't expecting it. Absolutely eerie!
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There is something about an empty train “not in service” passing at “minimum station speed” that is elegant, and grim. I am convinced these are the trains that go to the other secret versions of NYC.
@futurebird i used to love the construction trains and the occasional money train going by in the early hours of the morning.
