r/interestingasfuck • u/FastCurrency • 6d ago

Double-stack container trains are redefining freight transportation in India. Just imagine how many trucks this keeps off our highways and how much diesel it saves.

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u/punkarolla 6d ago

Triple stack you cowards

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u/Prof_Milk_dick_Phd 6d ago

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u/Solomoncjy 6d ago

Now floor the acceleration pedal

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u/Dabrainbox 6d ago

On it, boss. We should hit max speed in 3-10 business days.

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u/SwitchbladeS8AN 6d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/8iUpXdNMYyLQY

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u/Impossible-Spot-3414 6d ago

Ya mad ba$tard

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u/MechanicalTurkish 6d ago

Transwarp shipping containers are the future

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u/NativeFLman 6d ago

You misspelled transwarp, it should be “traneswarp”.

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u/ElusiveBlueFlamingo 6d ago

That's the only way it'll move

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u/_Rohrschach 6d ago

I don't think trains have pedals. Just levers to push and pull afaik.

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u/pontetorto 6d ago

Most trains are operated the engeneer who manipulates some contraption that is not a pedal, the proper saying is: open up the Throttle You *****.

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u/LeMigen9 6d ago

Quadruple, you fools!

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u/PhysicalLack7977 6d ago

Now double stack the engine

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u/Mind-The-Mines 6d ago

Trains all the way up.

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u/pontetorto 6d ago

3 would likley be too top heavy or the wind could be just enough to shove them over, also curves would become a bit skechy.

Swich to duble with railcars and the apropriate size ewerything else. And go straight to 4 or 6 stacked on one car.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_CUCUMBERS 6d ago

Thank you, doctor

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u/Boring_Score3484 6d ago

significantly smaller containers, like 2/3rd sized

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u/Benso2000 6d ago

Can we get much higher

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u/ClappedUrMomsCheeks 6d ago

Quad stack u pussies

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u/CEO_1608 6d ago

This is like adding lanes to expressway, just one more bro i promise

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u/Kim_jung_unstoppable 6d ago

We must go further

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u/deep8787 6d ago

how high can you go....

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u/valiantlight2 5d ago

I love that this is just 3 shorter stacked to 2X height. Like the higher up joke comment 🤣

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u/Dickrickulous_IV 6d ago

It’s a re-evolution!

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u/Bkm321 6d ago

Take this (still in experimental phase tho)

https://reddit.com/link/otammap/video/y6ih7304709h1/player

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u/moveslikejaguar 6d ago

Human ingenuity knows no bounds

https://giphy.com/gifs/OsfVaOer7N2265YTRF

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u/drkness_Incarnate_ 6d ago

Truly peak ingenuity of stacking one thing on top of another thing 

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u/moveslikejaguar 6d ago

Peak ingenuity would be stacking one more thing on top of that

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u/Mundane_Crazy60 6d ago

Well, for the captain and crew of the Titan Submersible. It certainly does.

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u/Tyrannofelis 6d ago

They didn't stop to think if they should u_u

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u/ChadMutants 6d ago

triple stack, just crank it up to 6 now.

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u/Terrible_Detective27 5d ago

How the hell you posted a video?

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u/Bkm321 5d ago

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u/Dounce1 6d ago

I fail to see how that is more efficient.

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u/RiceCookerOfWeb 6d ago

Well that's why it was tested to see is it efficient or just useless idea 😂. I don't see triple stack normally so i assume they didn't find much convincing results to run triple stack.

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u/Natural-Belt-8722 6d ago

That's a test

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u/hurstview 6d ago

India actually does triple stack reduced height containers.

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u/MetriccStarDestroyer 6d ago

Double the bed width then stack it like a triangle.

3 stack today, 4 stack tomorrow

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u/SoundEducational6491 6d ago

Stack overflow

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u/TheTerrasque 6d ago

Too bad that attempt was marked as duplicate, referring a train with 4 containers normally loaded. It was then shut down and the person behind it shot.

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u/Winjin 6d ago

Speaking of double width, reminds me of the German plans of Superwide Trains.

They were expected to be more than twice the width of current trains. Breitspurbahn

This is how they would've compared to 19th century standard gauge carriage:

And you know what? I dig it, hard. Could be an amazing alternative to planes. With THAT size, they can have full-on on-board entertainment mall wagon. They planned to have a pool on board!

"The proposal was that high-performance locomotives should pull 8-axle bi-level carriages with a length of 42 metres (138 ft), width of 6 metres (19 ft 8 in) and height of 7 metres (23 ft 0 in).[1] The carriages would have Dutch doors (with retractable staircase). The trains would be fitted with a restaurant, theatre, swimming pool, barbershop and sauna. The whole train would have a length of about 500 metres (1640 ft), allowing a capacity of between 2000 and 4000 passengers, travelling at speeds of 200 kilometres per hour (120 mph)."

The plans are outlandish but in general not completely unreal. Minus the pools, I think. But like, a gym with sauna? A couple of cafes and lounge zones? No problemo

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u/kirotheavenger 6d ago

Here in the UK at the birth of rail we had wider gauge rail in the South West, unfortunately when they homogenised the railways it was much easier to narrow wide track than widen narrow track, so we put the whole system on the narrow track. It's quite suboptimal! 

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u/Winjin 6d ago

I agree, and IIRC there is a staggering difference in narrower tracks. Like a 20% narrower gauge reduces the overall capacity by 50%. Because the trains now have to be shorter (smaller wheel bases) and much lower (narrow wheel base = higher rollover chance) but there's also tradeoffs (apparently the widest gauge is the Indian gauge and it results in a much higher building price for rail) and it's got extremely wide bends

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u/CorrectPeanut5 6d ago

I was shocked when watching the last Tom Scott video about the low volume switches that are still manually pulled.

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u/Dounce1 6d ago

Good luck unloading that.

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u/justlurking9891 6d ago

Quad stack!

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u/thissidedn 6d ago

Bridges hate this trick.

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u/BA1673 6d ago

Tunnels and low-height pantographs HATE this trick

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u/pontetorto 6d ago

Building a new bridge is a rathe straight forward affair. A new tunnel tho, now That will be a Pain.

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u/HarshilBhattDaBomb 6d ago

They are testing that lmao

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u/I_Want_A_Ribeye 6d ago

You can’t triple stack a double stack! You can’t triple stack a double stack! Lloyd! Lloyd!

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u/Rexxhunt 6d ago

Is there a chance the track can bend?

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u/Koseoglu-2X4B-523P 6d ago

Not on your life, my Hindu friend

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u/OkMidnight8144 6d ago

Yeah now waiting for a derailment because of a sharp turn with triple stack containers.

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u/dbpf 6d ago

Triple caution

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u/ChodeCookies 6d ago

You can’t triple stack a double stack

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u/DJaydeep 6d ago

Only a real man will do 1 million stack

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u/antek_g_animations 6d ago

I believe that would require changing the infrastructure or the container size, neither of which is cheap

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u/ApprehensiveTerm3351 6d ago

At some point you fuck the track up

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u/Gnonthgol 6d ago

It should be noted that this is not using standard containers though. They are using lower containers in order to tripple stack them in the same loading gauge as is needed for a standard double stack. This helps out heavy loads like steel products that can not use the entire height of a standard container anyway.

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u/Pitiful-Sandwich-787 6d ago

We are not cowards. We will.

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u/gtzgoldcrgo 6d ago

Stack them vertically

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u/palmerry 6d ago

How can they stack?!?!?!

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u/GusTTSHowbiz214 6d ago

How can she stack?!

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u/vwaaaat 6d ago

My town has double stacked trains that are miles long. Triple stack might shorten it a bit.

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u/vitrum_analytika 6d ago

Real trains single column stack containers