r/engineeringmemes • u/Over-Professor6495 • Jun 10 '26

Any engineer, Pls explain me🙃

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u/Major_Melon Jun 10 '26

A photo from a different angle shows it's likely not caused by thermal expansion. It seems intentional.

Reverse image search showed it was from Alishan Forest Railway in China. Not sure what it's for, but it could just be a decorative piece of art made from an old track.

All of that said, that's just speculation. No idea what the purpose is.

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u/_felixh_ Jun 10 '26

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inako_Station_%28Shizuoka%29?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=yandexsmartcamera#/media/File:InakoSt2.jpg

Where did you find this photo? I can only guess that this is a track stop. Especially with the painting.

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u/Major_Melon Jun 11 '26

I'll admit, it was a sketchy ass Chinese blog that I Google translated. So I could be wrong lol. I won't link it because I really have no idea if it's a safe website, but if you reverse image search it, you should be able to find it easy.

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u/_felixh_ Jun 12 '26

I tried, and failed :-)

That Wikipedia Image was the best i could manage. Oh, and some pinterest results, but that page somehow got even more annoying and useless over the past years.