The official tumblr of amtrak — what do you think is a reasonable fuel for fantasy...

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
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Anonymous asked:

what do you think is a reasonable fuel for fantasy trains?

amtrak-official answered:

Wood/Coal for steam are realistic but Wizard Corpses is a funny answer

batshua

Wait, are we killing the wizards to power the train, or just collecting already-dead wizards?

amtrak-official

Both <3<3

crowofwisdom

why not use heat metal on a normal steam engines boiler tubes

it’s a more renewable heat source than burning wizards

amtrak-official

The Wizards don’t get burnt, that would be wasteful, they are crushed and turned into a fine powder that can boil water instantaneously for hours

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Anonymous asked:

if i were to hypothetically go to dachcon 2, i would of course take the amtrak there. could you suggest an optimal route from richmond, virginia to toronto? bonus points if buffalo is along the route so i can go to the fossil dig on my way

Via Buffalo New York is the literal only way, but Northeast Regional to New York then Maple Leaf to Toronto.

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Anonymous asked:

If you host a panel at dashcon 2 you MUST make it an open discussion, and I will tell you why. So sometimes online it’s like

You: train good. Put more train.

Random person: wow. Way to just fucking hate my grandma that lives in the rural woods, who lost both her legs to a rogue badger attack in 1965, who runs a gas station. Not to mention her parents were murdered by a train. How dare you say you wish she was dead

Now imagine that IN PERSON. It would be magnificent

I would hope the people of Toronto would be more reasonable than the tumblrinas, but I am not sure

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sherdnerd asked:

Was just doing some back of the envelope math to explain the efficiency of trains to someone. Penn Station in New York saw about 600,000 daily passengers on weekdays in 2019. If every one of those people were to hypothetically drive a modern mini cooper instead (which, at 1.5m by 3.8m takes up an area of 6.4 square meters), it would require 3,876 square kilometres of parking. The combined area of Manhattan, Staten Island, and Long Island is 3,738 square Kilometres.

ALL OF LONG ISLAND???

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