Yes, I do too. Unfortunately, though, here in America, there is little to no public transportation options.
Yes but USA has the sickest freight train system on the planet and the sickest freight trains along with Australia and the other countries using Diesel-Electric locomotives.
Watching the fucking occasional massive 16-18k feet BNSF trains roll by at high speeds is pretty cool, especially with the gorgeous locomotives, the rumble of the GE's and the ominous low pitched sound of the EMD's are unparalled in the world of trains, seriously, the SD-40's are a special kind, they are 4 decades old and still in use! That's how reliable and good they are, the most famous of the line being the 1604 that used to be all the time performing yard switching in the Belen yard of BNSF in New Mexico.
Europe is still FAR FAR behind USA when it comes to freight, as USA is one of the few countries on the planet that use double-stack system for containers + super long trains with up to 10 locomotives each. Without also mentioning the manifest service which is top notch quality and makes shipping very cheap, efficient and reliable. Watching the VRF live cameras is pure fucking joy, I used to let the Belen camera opened in my third monitor 24 hours a day everyday, and would put the volume on the max when I would go to sleep, the absurdly loud and teeth-wrenching rail screech sounds relax me to no end, I would listen to it all fucking day. It worked like a bless to help me sleep whenever a train was going out of the yard. Before Belen, it would be the Revelstoke, Canada cam that would be opened 24h a day, the sight of the mountains is really amazing, the place is magical and really beautiful, and sometimes you would see bears crossing the street into the yards of the houses. A cool sight was the Rocky Mountaineer, a very luxurious and quite gorgeous deep blue train.
Quick pass-by in Revelstoke. The train goes through really fucking scenic locations, you can check more if you google it.
Just a regular BNSF 16k passing through La Plata, although it's quite common to see them in Belen. (This one in the video was pointed out to be actually an 18k feet train, but I'm not sure, math is not for me to calculate the legth). It is common for double-stack trains to be this long, the other freight types are not very common for this, they tend to be shorter, but still unimaginably long for the stantards of other countries, especially Europe. There have been some 250+ cars hauling coal, though.
Another regular 16k from BNSF.
And this was a very famous 18k test ran by UP in 2010, they never did it again and it seems this was the only 18k feet they have ever ran, although it seems BNSF has ran some 18k feet a couple times.
Another UP run, this time it was the longest manifest ever, it seems. About 17k feet.
CSX and NS sometimes run some 12k feet trains, but they seem to be rare. Your railroad companies combined make more money in a year than many countries are worth in GDP. Just BNSF alone $23 billion in 2019, it is a Class I railroad and there are 9 of them in USA making fucktons of money. The amount of money the Class I, II, and III make together in a year would be enough to top the GDP of several countries. Give more value and feelings to American rails and trains, they haul freight like no other place on the planet.
Fucking ginormous trains are also common in Brazil I heard, they have iron ore trains with up to 660 cars, although their cars are a bit shorter, but some of these trains at times are the longest running trains on the planet, and now they have a bunch of Tier 4's GE's and EMD's like USA and Canada.
Isn’t that an autism trait
It's pretty common among autists.
I got called autistic for it before.
