Just guessing here, but I wonder if this camouflage was done in response to complaints about seeing the trains by the folks it passes by.
I don't see where this would be a problem on a dedicated, crossing-free ROW.
What's needed is a system that will make the train "invisible" when there's no crossing danger, but very visible when needed.
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After all the efforts the FRA has been making to make trains MORE VISIBLE in this country.
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Good one Chuck, wish I'd thought of it!
Will Claude Rains be the engineer?
An invisible North American train Haiku:
Cross buck crossing
Black coal cars in black of night
Car beneath crushed a terrible sight
Will crossing accidents or pedestrian/MOW worker fatalites go up, since no one can see it coming?
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Hey, I've got a name for it!
"The Silver Sausage!"
Seriously though, how do you railfan an invisible train?
An invisible train is set to be on Japanese tracks by 2018, in an effort to blend the carriages into the landscape.
The train sports a semi-reflective surface which gives the illusion of invisibility when it is speeding across the countryside.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/04/12/invisible-trains-to-speed-through-japan/
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