To be abandoned? Final months of train BO-1 to Rousselot, Peabody, MA - 4/13/2023
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- With the impending closure of the Rousselot Plant on the S. Reading Industrial Track in Peabody, MA I made another effort to capture the train BO-1's normal operations on the line. With the closure date estimated to be in June or July approaching I decided to get a few different shots than I got in the previous chase for better historical documentation. Given the various factors like no other customers, rumors about redevelopment of the plant property, and history of other closed lines it could easily become a bike path making this train's last days extremely significant, enough so that I spent the day filming again. This video starts in Salem, MA and chases the train to/from Rousselot and ends at the Swampscott MBTA Train Station.
North Shore, MA
4/13/2023
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Thank you for the coverage on an obscure line like this in it's death throes. To think of how New England's railroads have retrenched in the last 50 years it's getting hard to find any Industries still using rail. This line is reminiscent of some the Northwestern ran in the Fox River Valley of Wisconsin with numerous small Industries and some paper mills. Last Autumn went by an area and felt something was missing and it was one of the bigger paper mills completely leveled and now they build condos on the site including where the tracks went. Sad to see it in this condition but at least your footage preserves it for history
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it is not that industry does not use railroads or any other mode of transportation, it's the fact there is no industry................thank the government and especially democrats for their tax, regulations, and myths. there is a reason industry is in China, Mexico, and other nations, low wages, taxes, and regulations. but in this nation, you pay as much as if the product was produced here. Just listened to a report regarding overtime regulations placed on farmers in Washington State. Democrats pushed through laws forcing vegetable farmers to pay overtime to workers, prior that the workers were making an above-average salary, today, that same farm worker is taking on a second job because the farms are now working through a labor pool, Democrats are the root cause of the industrial decline and inflationary costs.
You can thank the democrats for that high taxes and assine regulations drove industries overseas not to mention bill Clinton and nafta !😡
So sad to see any railroad come to an end. So far the train we have up here comes through our small town in Michigan. Mainly for hauling logs and for storing cars during the winter on the rails. I’m so glad people like you take the time to videotape the last days of this train running.
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Thanks for recording this. At one point the city of Peabody was trying to attract more business to their industrial park further down the now dormant line. I wonder how much longer customers will last in Chelsea and Everett, would be a good video to see. Thanks again.
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Chelsea and Everett aren't going anywhere.
? Why would it be destroyed. Rail roads are neat and help move goods. Govt. Might hurt rail from working properly.
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Nice video, Thanks
Very sad, In the 70s there were 12-15 Businesses on that part of the line and up to 30+ cars !! And the small yard at North St. had about six long tracks and always a Switcher working and as you know the Engine house tracks were at the wye (Parking lot now) and Tunnel. I grew up in East Boston & Lynn in the 1960s -70s and Railfanned the many Boston and Salem switcher moves and freights over this area (Everett, Chelsea, Lynn, Salem, Peabody, Beaverly, Danvers, Danversport, Lynnfield, Wakefield also to Ipswich, Topsfield, Newburyport & Gloucester) from 1974' to the late 1990s Started with mt late Father in the late 1960s getting an Ice Cream with him in Salem and driving to the B&M Castle Hill yard there an watch the many Switching & Freight moves for an hour or so at that very busy yard then, many industries back then into the 70s !! My Grandfather worked for the B&M from 1923' to 1958' it was a Hard job in those days my Father went into different work but we still took great interest in the RR. Later in the mid 70s my older Brother and I started Railfanning. I always Love the New England Branch lines in Towns & Cities !! I lived in Exeter, NH for the last 28 yrs now, my Apt building is right on the Tracks just 60 ft away and I moved here to see every train daily Lol. Well I'm just glad I have my B&M/Guil memories especially of the B&M GP7/9/18/38s , F units all the NW/SW types and Alco RS-3/ S-Types . It's almost all gone now, I'm 65' now 👍
Thanks for watching! It’s sad to see how much has disappeared over the years.
@@SouthCoastRailVideos Yes it is, now it's just the same old CSX GE/EMD Wide-Cab computer on the mainline out my widow and if I see a GP38/40 or SD40 it's a good day Lol. Thankfully there are still about 20 Pan Am painted units with a few PAR SD40's left !!
Thank you for doing this. Mass doesn’t have a lot of major freight railroading left and railfanning sucks here. Sad to see this one go
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I grew up in a house that was short walk down to the Grove St. crossing. I took some pictures for my last album (I'm a musician) on those tracks. I remember going to school and seeing them almost every day in the Salem yard. Now it's down to Tuesdays and Thursday's. Sorry to see them go...
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Grove Street is listed as a station in my century old timetable.
@@interstellarphred I feel like a got one of those somewhere too.
How depressing. I'd say "it's a highly urban area! It should be repurposed for light rail!" but, unfortunately, the line doesn't really go anywhere. Even the abandoned section where the ROW is still mostly intact peters out in a condo park a few miles south in Lynnfield. Still, it's a shame - I never want to see any freight operation close, especially one in New England (where they are hard to come by at the best of times).
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I worked for Guilford in Maine several years ago. I hated seeing traffic decline and lines essentially abandoned.
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Excellent capture. And with (finally) money being put into rail infrastructure, I find it odd that more effort wouldn't be put into taking advantage of something that is already in service.
Thank you! The last customer on the line is closing so realistically this is it.
Very good point. Peace
Great video! I live about four blocks from Salem station, so this was fun to see.
Looks like a ex cn rail gp38 dash 2 comfort cab unit😊
I LOVE that funky trackwork!!! This is RAILROADING!!!!!
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At 24:58, only rail worse I've seen is the pre-Pioneer Rail Corp. upgrade of Napolen Defiance and Western.
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@@SouthCoastRailVideos Third world countries have better rail, that's sad to see.
Video is way cool, final?❤
Thanks, the final run is still probably 2-3 months away
Look carefully at the bridge 4:20 , you can see it sink down from the weight, more then it should.
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Fly high…. The Rail line that got me into fright rail fanning. The stories my parents told me about how floods used to lift up the cars off the rails and my grandfather telling me he used to climb on the cars during his childhood O_O. I don’t think I’ve heard the bells of the railroad crossing signal in person but definitely loved watching the cars getting parked in several instances.
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Great capture, and sad at the same time-R.Ferencik
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Like so much the picture at the begining. Pure joy for model railroader. Urban location with buildings, plenty of cars and trucks on roads just above tunnel with track below surrounding ground. Track signal with "Atlas" tower with window shades at different height already in. A modeler paradise that scene but not for tofay railroading. Not enough graffitis everywhere. In modern urban decay it should be covered (sadly) !!
Good catch
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When grandparents lived in Danvers, my father and I would got Salem and photograph the operations in that area.
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😭😭😭 thanks for documenting the last days for us. I still remember watching trains on the Clearwater line in Florida through holiday and new port richey as a kid. I wish there was some video of that ❤
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great train video bro
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I completely understand this channel is about trains but I have a childhood memory playing around this track and the white building you were standing next to filming at. I remember saying to myself at that young age how close that building was to that track. Your video just strangely appeared on my feed and it gave me a strange feeling so I had to check it out. My aunt lived in Peabody until here death. Many memories of that area and the Salem Willows Park. What I wouldn't give for a box of peanut butter kisses from E.W. Hobbs! Sucks living in Colorado sort of. All the good food is back east.
Thanks for watching! It’s always nice to hear someone having a connection to the area filmed that invoked memories.
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Superb video!
Thank you!
It's amazing to see the train going right down the middle of the downtown and I wonder what used to be there
There must have been a train station and a Depot maybe some ware houses and businesses that used the trains
All long gone now. Are there old photos of the area from back then ?
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Awesome video! Cheers from Ontario Canada 🇨🇦
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While other lines come back, other lines go it seems
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It seems as though the only rhythms on the railroad up there will be the echo Of the memories
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Nice video
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Fantastic tracks ,safety first👍🤣
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Awesome video 👍🏻 it sucks were losing our railroads in dribs and drabs, it’s part of what built our country, get yourself some railroad spikes or something you find laying around to have just incase it does close, it’s part of history
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That is just a damn'd shame! Progress my ass! Maybe there's a chance that this line and these men's jobs will be saved...
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That's a really fine video, thank you, and will stand as an excellent historical document line when/if the line does close.
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Thank you for documenting what will soon be long lost history. Very sad.
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4:29: uhh that bridge... very unsure it's going to last long with it flexing so much...
I guess it won’t have to hold long anyways. Thanks for watching
I drive and walk past the tracks at Peabody Square almost every day with hopes that I would see a train go by just once, and today I finally saw a train go by. So sad to hear that the tracks will go out of service soon. I've been taking walks along the old rail lines all over the Peabody/Danvers area just to imagine what it was like in the old days when train travel was popular.
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Love the old style crossbuck at the plant. A railfanner should try and get that before someone steals it. Only one of those I see anymore is on a post in someone's front yard near Genoa OH.
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Great one again. love your layout, A complete tour would be fun
What?
Boy that train crosses EVERYTHING...Yeah, I tell everyone that if you have a small business that take rail you should video that right away. Things are changing all the time. There is rail growth resurgence happening. But there is more pressure on the small businesses as railroads seek to get more train to fewer destinations. This cycle will eventually end but how long that will take and how many more operations like this jewel here will disappear? Who Knows?
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Always sad. When I was a boy a local freight shunted the local lime mills but then CN decided to cut off the local for a yard run. it changed everything.
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I was tracing back some abandoned rail lines that either PRR or Conrail closed. I found one town barely holding it together where at one time there was a large grain facility and sawmill. There was a doctor's office and probably a pharmacy. They are down to an antique store and General Dollars. It still has its own company but the damage was done. Thank you for sharing the sadness. I get sad, too. because I know what happens.
It would be nice to see if CSX could drum up something before the tracks get ripped up. I doubt it’d occur before Rousselot closes but they seem to be a more willing business partner with smaller industries than Pan Am was, so who knows what might happen.
Maybe, the line does continue past the plant but is overgrown and OOS. Perhaps there’s some real estate in that direction for new business.
There is some industrial development at 1st avenue/2nd street. I wouldn’t make any final claims about permanent ends of potential freight until the tracks are ripped up and the ROW is sold. We only know so much.
I was under the impression that most of the real estate along the tracks is industrial space, if not zoned for industrial. I doubt that unless one of the current abutters wants to cough up cash for rail service it’d go anywhere, but who knows if others might show up at some point. Not us, that’s for sure.
@@djldrumsKeep it active? Certainly no reason to keep it running after Rousselot closes. Keep it in place? That I find more likely. No obligation to run down the line but no full reason to abscond of it. I think railroads like St. Lawrence and Altantic with the southern end of their Berlin Sub had a similar approach.
CSX will have a chubby while ripping up the tracks. It's been their favorite pastime since the SCL days. Many ACL branches were abandoned or sold in segments from the 70's-early 80's, they abandoned huge sections of the S Line in the mid 80's, and sold off the Tallahassee Sub in 2019. Plus, with PSR, they've shuttered operations at many yards. Some abandoned, and sold outright. These smaller branch lines don't fit in with their PSR b.s. Realistically, if it wasn't for Amtrak Silver Star, CSX would surely either abandon or sell the S Line (Hamlet Sub) from Hamlet, NC to Cayce, SC.
What was that at 4:00 sounded like a supercharged Bumblebee LOL
Haha, sped up video
@South Coast Rail Videos Yeah I know...Just made me laugh when I heard it....
Really nice paint scheme on those locos. Black with red stripe.
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Actually--- dark gray, with an orange stripe.
How many Guilford family line locomotives are still left in operation? I’m very curious.
There’s a few but unfortunately I don’t know the exact number
Guilford painted locos left on the roster are MEC 305
MEC 306
MEC 315
MEC 316
MEC 319
MEC 321 out of service at Waterville
B&M 330 out of service at Waterville
MEC 351
MEC 353
MEC 507
MEC 509
MEC 510
MEC 514
As of the otherday 350 351 & 353 were placed OOS at Waterville. Supposedly 306 might be done for good too I saw a comment on Facebook about it yesterday 5/1. It was leading on M426 headed to Waterville..not sure what may be wrong with it tho.
Very interesting shunting puzzle here.
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Walked part of the Danvers line near Salem station last summer, when I was on vacation. I got some excellent still pictures, but this is great video. Definitely going to use this as inspiration for future dioramas.
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True works of art
So sad that this line will be abandoned soon but nice coverage and video
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TY for posting.
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The movement on that bridge at 4:18
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I'll take a rail lines any day over a bike path
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I hope CSX looks into repairing this line
Ah yes repair it for 0 customers
Why? It meets FRA requirements.
Does this section have derailment from time to time? Seems like the buildings are growing over the line. Good you got it while still Rollin and rocking 😢.
I think there’s occasionally a slight derailment
It's now June '23. Did they close the BO-1 ? Pull tracks? 😢
Those are some pretty neglected rail beds at 17:55. I'm surprised they even attempt to use them.
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oh yeah I remember seeing YT vides on this line
Wish I could save the crossing signs & signals ☹
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@@SouthCoastRailVideos any word on the abandonment?
Need to put more active Crossings therefore no accidents with motor vehicles
The line is done, no need for signals anymore
This is just sad but glad you preserved it with your video maybe another company will buy the loco. The tank cars look fairly new
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What was that passenger station by the lights and tower?
It’s in the video
What railroad is this? How long is the line? Where is the railroads corporate office. We are looking for a line for tourism/ museum
CSX
Did there use to be a switch in Peabody Center for the Danvers Branch that ran parallel to Lowell Street?
Yes
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Wonder if rj corman cud buy and save this line of it's not to late
If you read the description you'd see that the issue isn't the line but rather the customer closing.
New England railways ever so easy on the eyes 🍸
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The people in town are going to miss the daily sound of the classic EMD 645E engine.
I doubt it
The people don't care about the sound of a train.
Hijole estas vías están tan chuekas como mis tripas.
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Peabody residents continually complained about the putrid odors coming from the plant.
It is quite unfortunate
Sad to see the line go away
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By chance was there some kind of rails to trails initiative going on? I am seeing that in many places.
Not sure
4:09 look at the bridge flex under that weight its needs to be supported a lot more tbh
Not for long
Track quality seemingly not an issue 😮
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Actually, they are an issue. There's even worse out there. A lot of track in the USA is in poor shape. More likely to lead to derailments, track failures and reduce efficiency. hence, the loco has to go even slower. Look at Euro and Asian rail tracks, and they're very straight. We don't have high-speed rail. We don't have good service for cargo and passengers. USA has the most dangerous rail in the world. For the trains themselves, passengers and road accidents. 24m55s is a good spot to show how wonky that track is. Again, there's YT vids with tracks far far worse.
I still love trains thou.
And good footage on this video.
3:45 how can a track in such a poor condition be still in service? I've seen tracks abandoned for more than 2 decades which are still in better shape than that!
The zoom exaggerates the condition
@@SouthCoastRailVideos still beyond bad ...
Would you mind sharing what camera and microphone you are using. The video and audio quality are great. It feels like I am right there beside the track!
Thanks for watching! I use a Canon G70 camcorder and Canon DM-E100 mic
I thought there were two companies on this site, no? Or does Rousselot take both the covered hoppers and the tank cars
Just one
handful of tracks down there are long abandoned or removed.
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Some sections of the track look so crooked that I wonder how the train stays on the tracks.
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Shame the MBTA has zero interest in restoring passenger services to Peabody or Danvers
There is some interest on the Danvers track but it has only gotten as far as a study.
Doing some advocacy a few years back, I caught the ear of some MPO members, and the "T" actually held a public reach out about creating a branch operation to Rt. 128 to establish a park and ride. It was quite a positive reception (in Peabody at least) compared to the usual NIMBY fusillades I have witnessed. The GM actually used my term "interceptor" at some of the public forums. So guys, get out from behind your telephoto cameras, and show up at meetings. Three letters to a state legislator is a big thing. This cycle commuter considers trail conversion a failure of public policy, given these lines were acquired by the Commonwealth to expand rail transit in the wake of the I95 cancellation.
Are theses the Salam tracks to the ones that go to newbury or rockport.
No, these go Salem to Peabody
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why is hte plant closing?
The company that owns it listed economic reasons and there were some lawsuits about the smell of the factory.
@@SouthCoastRailVideos they can sue them for smell? this facotry has had to been their for decades
You can sue for anything, just doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll win.
@@SouthCoastRailVideos we have a cocnrete plant nearby and they like to burn tires and junk as a fuel source. covers the entire city with dust and obivously it stinks. i assume theirs nothing we can do about it lol
One can sue over smells. The Sriracha plant in California almost closed because his neighbors could not stand the smell.
This is called PROGRESS. Not.
It is unfortunate but it was the customer’s decision
Rails to trails is great thing, at least that still gets some use out of the old railbed. Here in Wisconsin we have a bunch of old railroads that are now state trails.
Deferred maintenance
@@eringardner4962. Railroads maintain track to profitably meet the service requirements of the customers. Looking at the consist of the manifest train, it’s all bulk material which generally is not time sensitive so minimal maintenance is all that is needed to maintain a dependable service that is acceptable to the customer. The capacity of the cars means the track will handle 100 tons; why would a railroad spend maintenance money on a branch line for one customer if it would mean operating it at a loss? You do remember that railroads are in business to make a profit, don’t you? Railfans need to wake up and look at the business so they can get a better picture of why things happen the way they do on a railroad.
@@douglasskaalrud6865 yea, I was a baby but we had a horrible company that went into bankruptcy fast called Penn Central… early 1970’s
What's the 13th month in the u.s.
That’s the day
I don't know how some of those trains didn't derail.
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If one built a like this in model with structures you be laughed as so close to line.
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Sad, sure looks like they have traffic. Maybe a Short line?
The plant the line serves is closing (as it says in the description)
27:39 somebody casually throws junk on tracks..
Looked like ice cubes….
Thats sad.
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Fix that track before there is an accident...
No need to fix anything if the line is being abandoned. There was actually money being allocated to fix the line but with the announcement of the customer closing there’s no need to do it anymore.
What a shame.
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Why is a "railway" company littering, ? by abandoning its unwanted machinery on sections of track that no one bothers to maintain ???????
Littering? What machinery are they abandoning? The train won’t be abandoned, just the line.
I take it that this was filmed in some 3rd world country if the state of the track is anything to go by. Here in UK the transportation authy would have closed it years ago until it was sorted.
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I would rather watch the locomotive over the cars. FYI
FYI you can skip the cars
4:14 vs 5:50 saggy bridge lol
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Где же так запущены железные дороги? Даже шпалы позапрошлого века. Неужели это та срань с чего нас учат брать пример?
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ni en los países llamados del tercer mundo, se miran las vías en pésimas condiciones, como se miran en este video siendo un peligro para las maquinas, y personal de maniobras.....
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How are those trucks so crooked? I bet the factory will be moved to china instead of updating it and making it cleaner.
Yet another another loss of jobs and industry. Thank you for the last video.
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Hydrochloric acid shipped over such rotten tracks!? .....no comment.
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Yay, a new scooter path is about to emerge. I hate trains anyways.
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In Deutschland würde nichts und niemand auf solchen Schienen fahren dürfen. Man bekäme gar keine Betriebserlaubnis dafür.
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Yup. Crooked tracks are like roads with lots of potholes.
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Das ist Balkan.
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I love this American approach to rolling heavy trains through the middle of the city on the main streets. It looks cool how these iron mountains glide majestically between cars. In Europe, at the thought of bringing trains and cars closer together, all officials would piss their pants and a few would have heart attacks.
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Thanks To Monopolies.
It is unfortunate
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