Topic: I wish I could have been a subway/metro train conductor in the USSR.

Anonymous A started this discussion 3 years ago #104,324

It seems like a good life.

Meta !Sober//iZs joined in and replied with this 3 years ago, 1 hour later[^] [v] #1,175,035

Why don't you just do it here? We have subways here. Or maybe you could be a bus driver.

Meta !Sober//iZs double-posted this 3 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,175,042

We have a light rail in Houston. Maybe you could drive that!

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 3 years ago, 32 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,175,044

@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
Nothing "light" about Houston lol

Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 3 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,175,048

@previous (A)
"Light" rail isn't necessarily light in weight. They are called that because they move lighter loads than freight trains.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 3 years ago, 17 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,175,056

@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
They move lighter loads, "lighter" being based on what unit of measurement?

Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 3 years ago, 4 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,175,060

@previous (A)
Weight.

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 3 years ago, 53 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,175,061

@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
So a metro rail car "weighs" less than a pickup truck that delivers freight?

Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 3 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,175,063

@previous (C)
No the cars weigh much more than a pickup truck.

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Anonymous C replied with this 3 years ago, 20 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,175,064

@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
So it's actually heavy rail.

Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 3 years ago, 33 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,175,066

@previous (C)
Heavy metal.

Anonymous C replied with this 3 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,175,067

@1,175,063 (Meta !Sober//iZs)
Ways*

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 3 years ago, 36 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,175,075

@1,175,060 (Meta !Sober//iZs)
You just said it is not about weight lol. You have a thing with weight.

Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 3 years ago, 14 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,175,087

@previous (A)
The rolling stock of light rail is not necessarily light weight. The cargo it carries (people) is light in weight compared to that a freight train would usually carry.

Moto joined in and replied with this 3 years ago, 8 hours later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,175,207

@1,175,075 (A)
Tho rollong stock of loght rool os not nocossoroly loght wooght. Tho corgo ot corroos (pooplo) os loght on wooght comporod to thot o frooght troon woold osoolly corry.

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