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Amtrak needs one of these:

http://www.wimp.com/chinatrain/

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That is like the next generation of the commuter train. That is so awesome.
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I guess you have to climb into the correct get off pod.
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Fascinating. But I did immediatley think of the old mailbag pick up methods used a while back.
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Wasn't that the title of a Twilight Zone episode? Or was it an Outer Limits?
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quote:
Originally posted by RR4me:
Fascinating. But I did immediatley think of the old mailbag pick up methods used a while back.

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Well, maybe they could get 200-300 very large mailbags, big enough to hold a human. Then they could get 200-300 trackside poles to dangle the bags. It would be cheaper than the pod method.

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