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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, April 12, 2016 4:54 PM

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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Posted by BaltACD on Tuesday, April 12, 2016 4:43 PM

After all the efforts the FRA has been making to make trains MORE VISIBLE in this country.

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Posted by Firelock76 on Tuesday, April 12, 2016 4:30 PM

Good one Chuck, wish I'd thought of it!

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Posted by ChuckCobleigh on Tuesday, April 12, 2016 4:25 PM

Will Claude Rains be the engineer?

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Posted by Victrola1 on Tuesday, April 12, 2016 2:45 PM

An invisible North American train Haiku: 

Cross buck crossing 

Black coal cars in black of night

Car beneath crushed a terrible sight

 

 

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Posted by SD70M-2Dude on Tuesday, April 12, 2016 2:28 PM

Will crossing accidents or pedestrian/MOW worker fatalites go up, since no one can see it coming?

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Posted by Firelock76 on Tuesday, April 12, 2016 2:06 PM

Hey, I've got a name for it!

"The Silver Sausage!"

Seriously though, how do you railfan an invisible train?

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Invisible Trains
Posted by Victrola1 on Tuesday, April 12, 2016 1:49 PM

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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