Like isn't that kinds weird? A boat for trains. Like a boat-train synthesis. We only really need two kinds of transportation: trains and boats. Airplanes are just air boats.
train-ferry is neat and all, but what about when its too costly to build a canal?
boat-train: a train that carries your boats across land.
:galaxy-brain:
And you even have true boat-train hybrids like this
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-rare-victorian-boat-train-sits-in-portmadog-station-88399784.html
just this one so far as im aware.
and thats less "trains carrying boats" than i would like, cause theres not like a long line of boats on rails that are all tethered together in a long train, its more boat goes on rail carriage down a hill.
are there any more trainlike boat-trains?
:bean-think:
edit: by "this one" i mean the type of thing, where its an inclined plane that uses a counterbalance to move boats around, not just like.. that specific one
yes, thats literally what i was talking about. these. not train enough.
its like calling a mine cart a train because it goes on a rail
It also makes sense when you consider it's also a good alternative to a tunnel.
just putting my train hauling cars onto the train ferry for maximum transit nesting
I think there aren’t too many active rail ferries left in the US anymore. There’s one near NYC I think.
There’s a fair amount of visible infrastructure remaining from shipping rail cars across the Great Lakes. There are actually some rail cars at the bottom of Lake Michigan that were lost in heavy storms.
Rail cars were being shipped across the straits of Mackinac into the early 80s I believe.
There are a few crossings in the Nordic region I believe where they float rail cars including passenger trains.
I came across the idea through a mention of this. If you go over the list in the wiki article you'll encounter most of the entries under "former" so it's a rare thing these days. Sweden still has two though.
