The Nice People Thread, No.16: A Universe of Niceness.

Masomnia

zagubov wrote: »

It lead me to discover this interesting technology.

How fascinating. Can't help but feel a bit sorry for Mr Bennie, devoting basically his whole life to a project that no one else believed in.

PasturesNew

Masomnia wrote: »

How fascinating. Can't help but feel a bit sorry for Mr Bennie, devoting basically his whole life to a project that no one else believed in.

He was born into a wealthy family, with a mansion, so probably wasn't "struggling", even when he went bankrupt as he'll have had contacts.

Trouble with any idea is that those who make it say you should stick with your dream, no matter who thinks it's rubbish - while those who have failed are forgotten. It's easy to be lead to believe that all you have to do is keep trying and believe in your product/yourself, but it's not that simple.... in fact, that's an outright lie.

GDB2222

Pyxis wrote: »

Rail bus.
:think:
Is that one of those things called a train? :D


Seriously, though, I've never come across a rail bus. What makes it different from a train?

It's a very short train with only one or two carriages. The carriages usually have a motor each. They are much lighter than traditional trains.

Masomnia

PasturesNew wrote: »

Trouble with any idea is that those who make it say you should stick with your dream, no matter who thinks it's rubbish - while those who have failed are forgotten. It's easy to be lead to believe that all you have to do is keep trying and believe in your product/yourself, but it's not that simple.... in fact, that's an outright lie.

I had exactly the same thought. Sometimes its important to know when to cut your losses and give up on a bad thing.

Pyxis

GDB2222 wrote: »

It's a very short train with only one or two carriages. The carriages usually have a motor each. They are much lighter than traditional trains.

Would they be a bit like a tram, then, but with wheels made to fit railway lines?




Talking of escalators, one brilliant invention was those tracks on slope escalators that the wheels of trolleys fit into, to enable you to take a trolley up or down.

When I first realised I had to use one of those escalators, my heart was in my mouth, as it seemed counter-intuitive to take a laden trolley onto a downward moving slope that steep! :rotfl:
I was amazed when the wheels locked!
And then just slid off at the bottom! :T

chris_m

Pyxis wrote: »

Would they be a bit like a tram, then, but with wheels made to fit railway lines?

Some of them are/were extremely like buses, but on railway wheels - see the 6th pic down here;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_railbuses

ivyleaf

TBH I assumed a railbus was a bus that went to the railway station.

Pyxis

ivyleaf wrote: »

TBH I assumed a railbus was a bus that went to the railway station.

It does.
It just goes to the station along the railway tracks! :rotfl:

zagubov

PasturesNew wrote: »

He was born into a wealthy family, with a mansion, so probably wasn't "struggling", even when he went bankrupt as he'll have had contacts.

Trouble with any idea is that those who make it say you should stick with your dream, no matter who thinks it's rubbish - while those who have failed are forgotten. It's easy to be lead to believe that all you have to do is keep trying and believe in your product/yourself, but it's not that simple.... in fact, that's an outright lie.

In fact I gather the derelict factory I passed was a later business venture he started after going bust.

I love train travel. This summer I've both driven a 900-mile round trip to Scotland and gone by train. The ease of train travel compared with the hassle of motorway driving is a no-brainer.

It amazes me that tiny Taiwan can run a bullet-train network and this country can't.

michaels

GDB2222 wrote: »

It's a very short train with only one or two carriages. The carriages usually have a motor each. They are `much lighter than traditional trains.

Isn't it something to do with the suspension, a train has boogies but the 'bus train has springs and shocks like a car.

ivyleaf wrote: »

TBH I assumed a railbus was a bus that went to the railway station.

No that is a 'rail-replacement' bus .....