A cool steam train revival in Wales.

[Aeson]

We are able to post to the internet due to work done by steam engines. Steam (not the intrusive game platform though ... )

[Sava]

Steam (the game platform) hate is so 2004

[Aeson]

Steam (the steam locamotive) hate is so 1904

[regexcellent]

Steam (the game platform) hate is so 2004

Few years back I had to take a dumb as **** "first year enrichment" course as a freshman and uggghh the topic was "innovation" and one kid did his talk on "steam" is an "innovative platform for delivery of games" jesus christ, he was fat and was wearing a minecraft t-shirt too.

Wasn't enough to make me hate steam though.

Apolyton's advertising system is highlighting minecraft t-shirt. I hope the shirt is delivered soaked in VX toxin.

[Sava]

Why? Minecraft is fun.

[regexcellent]

Nothing against people who play minecraft. People who wear minecraft branded clothing and minecraft scarves and oh christ. Sorry, my school has a game design major and all of the people in that program are insufferable.

[Sava]

Ages ago, I was enrolled in a game design program.

I agree with you.

[MOBIUS]

I'm pretty certain the first steam railroad trains to run regular routes were in the US.

You're "pretty certain"...

Amusingly, despite the supposed dominance of trains in Europe, the United States hauls a greater proportion of freight by rail than Europe does. However, we transport more passengers by road and air. Which makes way more sense, since passengers are light and need to get places fast and freight is heavy and doesn't care (much) how long it takes to get there. So moving passengers by rail is pretty much just ass-backwards.

Given you're flat out wrong with your first statement, I'm "pretty certain" everything else is flat out wrong too. In fact all the stuff you wrote about moving passengers by rail is egregiously wrong!

[dannubis]

he is trolling, dude. nobody is that pretentious and uneducated at the same time.

[Sava]

nobody?

[dannubis]

[Colonâ„¢]

You're "pretty certain"...



Given you're flat out wrong with your first statement, I'm "pretty certain" everything else is flat out wrong too. In fact all the stuff you wrote about moving passengers by rail is egregiously wrong!

American freight rail actually is top of the bill and European is rather the opposite. In the old continent the state incumbents have been pretty effective at blocking competition from start-ups, as they typically own the tracks. Different rules and standards across national borders have also been stiffling rail freight. Road freight doesn't have to change drivers and trucks at border crossings.

[MOBIUS]

Thanks. That's the bit I wasn't sure about, but given how the rest of reg's post was so completely wrong... I guess it's down to the fact that nobody actually travels on trains in the US, thus leaving the way clear for freight over long distances, which actually makes loads of sense!

Rail freight is making a big comeback (relatively) in the UK in recent years. In Wales the railways are used extensively in this capacity (steel, timber, coal exports etc) and there are a number of lines that aren't open to the public expressly serving those industries.

[Dinner]

I'm pretty certain the first steam railroad trains to run regular routes were in the US.

No, they were in the UK.

[Dinner]

Didn't you ever play Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon?