There is something about an empty train “not in service” passing at “minimum station speed” that is elegant, and grim.
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Those trains are taking all the souls of recently dead people to the other sidewrote 7 days ago last edited by@mloxton @futurebird
The Hanshin line between Osaka and Kobe runs empty trains with the carriage lights turned off. It really has serious "train of the dead" vibes every time you see one. -
There is something about an empty train “not in service” passing at “minimum station speed” that is elegant, and grim. I am convinced these are the trains that go to the other secret versions of NYC.
wrote 7 days ago last edited by@futurebird I've experienced the opposite too, where I'm on the train passing through a lit but not yet opened station
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There is something about an empty train “not in service” passing at “minimum station speed” that is elegant, and grim. I am convinced these are the trains that go to the other secret versions of NYC.
wrote 7 days ago last edited by@futurebird They have secret new yorkers on them who are invisible to you as well.
But when you board a train that passes through the secret versions of new york, you are invisible to those residents living there.
A multiverse of new yorks whose only connection to each other is the shared subway system
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There is something about an empty train “not in service” passing at “minimum station speed” that is elegant, and grim. I am convinced these are the trains that go to the other secret versions of NYC.
wrote 7 days ago last edited by@futurebird I have to say, NYC subs are so ugly
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@futurebird I have to say, NYC subs are so ugly
wrote 7 days ago last edited byIt's really gone too far and it's not cute anymore. Especially without any graffiti to distract you from the grime. You see this is why I take the bus mostly... but yeah... it's faster.
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@futurebird there’s undoubtedly a secret line that splits off at City Hall.
wrote 7 days ago last edited byOh I've been there a few times. I wonder if the grand piano is still down there. That thing was a gothic MESS.
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@futurebird I have to say, NYC subs are so ugly
wrote 7 days ago last edited byThis is what keeps all that real-estate so damn valuable and everyone knows it. Every single person. But do we do anything about it?
*most mocking whining voice possible*
noooooooOOOOOooo
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Those trains are taking all the souls of recently dead people to the other sidewrote 7 days ago last edited byThese days, Charon wears a cap and hi-vis vest, demanding subway tickets instead of drachmas.
Good thing I always have a spare one-way ticket in my wallet, I guess…
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@futurebird i always wondered if these were funeral trains transporting rail workers to their final resting place; i don't know if that idea is charming or just grim
wrote 7 days ago last edited by@phooky @futurebird burial at sea but they just throw you out while going over the manhattan bridge
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It's really gone too far and it's not cute anymore. Especially without any graffiti to distract you from the grime. You see this is why I take the bus mostly... but yeah... it's faster.
wrote 7 days ago last edited by@futurebird not to brag but look at the TW3000 in Hannover.
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These days, Charon wears a cap and hi-vis vest, demanding subway tickets instead of drachmas.
Good thing I always have a spare one-way ticket in my wallet, I guess…
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@futurebird not to brag but look at the TW3000 in Hannover.
wrote 7 days ago last edited byYou shut your mouth.
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@futurebird i always wondered if these were funeral trains transporting rail workers to their final resting place; i don't know if that idea is charming or just grim
wrote 7 days ago last edited by@phooky @futurebird That was a thing that happened. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Necropolis_Railway
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@phooky @futurebird That was a thing that happened. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Necropolis_Railway
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@futurebird They have secret new yorkers on them who are invisible to you as well.
But when you board a train that passes through the secret versions of new york, you are invisible to those residents living there.
A multiverse of new yorks whose only connection to each other is the shared subway system
wrote 7 days ago last edited by futurebird@sauropods.win 3 Jul 2025, 23:48So, hold up. I could ride a train to NYC.2 and there would be a city there but no people, yet, still ... there would be "people" so things would just move around and change as if the city was alive, but never when I was looking at them?
That sounds kind of awesome for a vacation!
And creepy. Gonna add a #backrooms tag because at this point I think I might as well.
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So, hold up. I could ride a train to NYC.2 and there would be a city there but no people, yet, still ... there would be "people" so things would just move around and change as if the city was alive, but never when I was looking at them?
That sounds kind of awesome for a vacation!
And creepy. Gonna add a #backrooms tag because at this point I think I might as well.
wrote 7 days ago last edited by@futurebird Only if you can figure out how to get off the train at one of those stations
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@futurebird Only if you can figure out how to get off the train at one of those stations
wrote 7 days ago last edited by@MLE_online @futurebird Gotta figure out how to get ON one first
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@MLE_online @futurebird Gotta figure out how to get ON one first
wrote 7 days ago last edited byOh that's easy, I know some people.
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Oh that's easy, I know some people.
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So,. I'm guessing maybe one of y'all read "The City & the City" (Mieville)? No? -
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So,. I'm guessing maybe one of y'all read "The City & the City" (Mieville)? No?wrote 7 days ago last edited byI have not... is it good?