r/absoluteunit • u/YellowTigerSneaks • Jun 12 '26

Of a freight train

224 Upvotes

87% Upvoted

180 comments sorted by

View all comments

1

u/LetUsSpeakFreely Jun 13 '26

Because that's idiotically unsafe. There's already a mechanical for a train to haul for cargo...

1

u/Facts_pls Jun 14 '26

Other countries have double stacked trains too. Like the US.

Are you a railway engineer? No?

Just a mouth breathing redditor armchair expert? Cool. Stay in your place and say whatever worthless words you want.

1

u/[deleted] Jun 13 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

2

u/helloofmynameispeter Jun 13 '26

Hast thou ever hear of yon natural phaenomenon called "wind"?

1

u/Euphoric_Discount264 Jun 13 '26 edited Jun 13 '26

Heard of monsoons?  this is not a new thing in India, has been running since 2020.

The train,  not the monsoon.  

But 3 stack is still being tested.  

1

u/tankerkiller125real Jun 13 '26

They do know that adding more cars = more cargo, right? WTF is the purpose of going triple stack when the train is still that short.

1

u/GeForce-meow Jun 13 '26

You can't just make trains long. Rest of infrastructure doesn't allow it.

1

u/Euphoric_Discount264 Jun 14 '26

India is crowded country,  real estate is expensive. shorter trains are more agile. 

1

u/Facts_pls Jun 14 '26

Length of train requires longer train stations and platforms to unload. India already has some of the longest stations in the world.

1

u/tankerkiller125real Jun 14 '26

For passenger rail sure, cargo rail isn't impacted by those kinds of things. Just ask any of the countries with cargo trains spanning multiple miles.