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Monster 310-mile automated cargo conveyor will replace 25,000 trucks (newatlas.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Smart. I assume this will reuse the current tracks already used to run Shinkansen trains as they are replaced, which is fantastic.

[–] threelonmusketeers 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Why would they use Shinkansen tracks for something so unaerodynamic?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They're rebuilding and replacing the aging train fleet and had a bunch of ideas of how to reuse the existing tracks without scrapping them. This might be an answer to that problem.

[–] threelonmusketeers 2 points 5 months ago

They’re rebuilding and replacing the aging train fleet and had a bunch of ideas of how to reuse the existing tracks

Ah, makes sense. I was not aware of that.