ericbomb@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoDrop your most "wtf that's not how the world works" from movies/tv shows.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square597fedilinkarrow-up1913arrow-down112file-text
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minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-24 days agoClose enough I think: Just watched the new mission impossible dead reckoning. Pretty sure no one uses coal trains anymore.
minus-squareSomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·4 days agoAs in coal-powered steam trains? There’s a moderate number in tourist service around the world. Diesel or electric trains carrying coal are still very common.
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 days agoThere’s a coal train still in use in my hometown. It’s a tourist thing, but still.
minus-squareArxCyberwolf@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoSteam locomotives are still used on tourist and heritage railways, just not in revenue service anymore. (An exception being a single railway in Bosnia that still uses WW2-era German steam locomotives.)
Close enough I think: Just watched the new mission impossible dead reckoning. Pretty sure no one uses coal trains anymore.
As in coal-powered steam trains? There’s a moderate number in tourist service around the world.
Diesel or electric trains carrying coal are still very common.
There’s a coal train still in use in my hometown. It’s a tourist thing, but still.
Steam locomotives are still used on tourist and heritage railways, just not in revenue service anymore. (An exception being a single railway in Bosnia that still uses WW2-era German steam locomotives.)