stackyFACTSBefore we had modern travel anxiety, Victorians had 'railway spine.' Passengers claimed the mere vibration of early train carriages shattered their nervous systems, resulting in a completely psychosomatic paralysis caused by nothing but a bumpy ride.
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James A Garfield was desperately rushed to the New Jersey shore after being shot by an assassin in eighteen eighty-one, requiring engineers to frantically…
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Smuggled like highly volatile human cargo. To get him back to Russia to start a revolution, German authorities essentially sealed Lenin in a train carriage,…
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Before standardization ruined the fun, trains were basically rolling mansions. Early broad-gauge tracks allowed for absurdly wide carriages that felt more…
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Indian Railways developed an official mobile application specifically dedicated to tracking the notoriously delayed national train network in real time.…
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Burning literally tons of coal generates a terrifying amount of residue. Old steam engines would simply grate the burning embers and hot ash downward,…
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Nothing highlights the absurdity of old-world class quite like eating off breakable porcelain in a moving vehicle. Historically, elite rail services spared no…
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