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   nina (q66@blahaj.social)'s status on Monday, 10-Feb-2025 07:35:36 JST nina

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   • Aroma 🍥

   @koakuma @aroma @theresnotime narrow rails are cute but you can really feel it's less stable...

   the train i rode to sapporo in japan had rails like that and it was a little shakey (and not very fast)

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     Sun Microdevil Pte Ltd (koakuma@uwu.social)'s status on Monday, 10-Feb-2025 07:35:37 JST Sun Microdevil Pte Ltd

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     @q66 @aroma @theresnotime Meanwhile people here running 3m wide trains on 1067mm rails :02lurk:

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     nina (q66@blahaj.social)'s status on Monday, 10-Feb-2025 07:35:38 JST nina

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     @aroma @theresnotime wide gauge is cool and comfy though

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     Aroma 🍥 (aroma@ohai.social)'s status on Monday, 10-Feb-2025 07:35:39 JST Aroma 🍥

     • Sammy Fox :nonbinaryFlag:

     @theresnotime The Spanish rail network was built with a wider track gauge because of a miscalculation. They took inspiration from the English rail network, which used standard 1435mm gauge, but they wrongly assumed that, because of the Spanish steep landscape, trains would need to accommodate a larger boiler. That's why they used the Iberian gauge.

     Although there's an urban legend that says that they used a different track gauge to avoid a French invasion.

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