AWESOME TRIVIA ABOUT TRAINS
Added on: 18th May 2016
THE WEST HIGHLAND LINE TRAIN IS THE REAL
HOGWARTS EXPRESS TRAIN THAT WAS USED IN
THE MOVIES. IT RUNS EVERY DAY
THE FIGHT SCENE IN SKYFALL WAS FILMED ON AN
ACTUAL TRAIN IN MOTION. ALSO, DANIEL CRAIG
DIDN'T USE A STUNT DOUBLE
A DERAILER IS A DEVICE THAT DELIBERATELY
DERAILS TRAINS WHEN THEY ENTER
UNAUTHORIZED AREAS
SLIME MOULDS HAVE REPLICATED MAJOR RAILROAD
SYSTEMS NEARLY PERFECTLY WHEN PLACED ON
MAPS WITH FOOD SOURCES LOCATED AT
IMPORTANT HUBS AND CITIES
APPARENTLY, THE MOULDS WOULD TAKE THE MOST
ECONOMICAL PATH FROM ONE POINT TO THE NEXT,
MUCH LIKE HUMAN ENGINEERS WOULD WHEN THEY
ARE PLANNING THE RAILROADS. SCIENTISTS WERE
SO IMPRESSED THAT THEY EVEN PROPOSED USING
ONE TYPE OF MOULD (PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM)
TO CONSTRUCT NEW RAIL SYSTEMS
DURING THE BATTLE OF STALINGRAD A RAILWAY
STATION CHANGED HANDS 14 TIMES IN ONE DAY
A TRAIN STATION IN SWEDEN USES THE BODY HEAT
OF WAITING PASSENGERS TO HEAT A BUILDING
ACROSS THE STREET
IN 1963, FOUR STUDENTS FROM PRINCETON STOPPED
A CAR ON THE TRACKS OF THE TRAIN LEADING TO
THE SCHOOL. THEY GOT OUT WITH FAKE GUNS,
BOARDED THE TRAIN, PICKED 4 GIRLS AS DATES
AND RODE AWAY ON HORSES
IN 1907, JESUS GARCIA, A MEXICAN BRAKEMAN DROVE
A TRAIN THAT HAD CAUGHT FIRE AWAY FROM
NACOZARI, MEXICO BECAUSE IT WAS FILLED WITH
DYNAMITE. THE TRAIN EXPLODED AND KILLED HIM
BUT HE SAVED THE TOWN AND IS CONSIDERED
A HERO TO THIS DAY
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