Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág

Budapest public transport has a tram with see-through panels so people can peek into the mechanics of how the tram works. They even have signs explaining parts.

It's pretty fun. Every time I catch it I love to watch people marveling at it, kids and adults alike. 😄
#Budapest #PublicTransport #Hungary #trams

Feb 6, 2023 at 6:43pmWeb
Show threadKovachFeb 6, 2023
@TarkabarkaHolgy I was engaged in repairs, not long and hard Tatras t3/t3m
Show threadBill, organizer of stuffFeb 6, 2023
@TarkabarkaHolgy
Plz add descriptions on your photos - thanks!
Show threadDr. Zalka Csenge VirágFeb 6, 2023
@wcbdata I did. You mean it should be more detailed?
Show threadBill, organizer of stuffFeb 6, 2023
@TarkabarkaHolgy
My apologies - I missed it somehow! That's a really cool feature on that train!
Show threadAndreas SebayangFeb 6, 2023
@wcbdata @TarkabarkaHolgy My Mastodon client doesn’t show it either. It only shows, that there is a description, but not readable. Weird.
Show threadBill, organizer of stuffFeb 6, 2023
@AndreasSebayang @TarkabarkaHolgy
I didn't see it the first time, but then I saw it in the mouseover in the browser...
Show threadDr. ir. Brian R. PauwFeb 6, 2023
@TarkabarkaHolgy cool idea, we need more of that.
Show threadEVHasteFeb 6, 2023
@TarkabarkaHolgy I would love to ride one of these! 😍
Show threadLee MarcusFeb 6, 2023
@TarkabarkaHolgy @danb Well this is awesome
Show threadElio CampitelliFeb 7, 2023
@TarkabarkaHolgy This is magical!
Show threadAlina YossimouseFeb 7, 2023
@TarkabarkaHolgy oh cool, it looks like a model that we have in Freiburg, Germany as well. What a fun idea
Show threadAuntie MameFeb 7, 2023
@TarkabarkaHolgy Line 14 on the Paris metro is automated, so the front car has a fake engineer’s “dashboard” so kids can pretend they’re driving the train. So cute.
Show threadAirplanista 🇺🇦Feb 7, 2023
@TarkabarkaHolgy I was there in 2017, was able to navigate Budapest on public transport despite your words not at all looking like words to this American. System was flawless however. And regional train out to Szentendre was fast and cheap. Took a boat ride back to Buda on the “Blue” Danube which at that time of the year was pretty brown. Great scenery however. Toured the Parliament building, that was pretty great.
Show threadDr. Zalka Csenge VirágFeb 7, 2023
@Av8rdan I don't think the Danube has been blue for quite a while :D It varies between green and brown. Glad you liked Budapest!
Show threadAirplanista 🇺🇦Feb 7, 2023
@TarkabarkaHolgy yeah we had a ball there. I like your meals, meat with two sides of meat.
Show threadDr. Zalka Csenge VirágFeb 7, 2023
@Av8rdan Yeah there is a reason I'm not crazy about many traditional Hungarian foods :D They were designed for my ancestors who got up at 3am to go work on the fields all day :D
Show threadAirplanista 🇺🇦Feb 7, 2023
@TarkabarkaHolgy One of the best things about Buda was a big market we found near the apartment we stayed at. Could not tell you where it was, but the stalls were loaded with everything imaginable that I love. Might have been Central Market Hall.
Show threadAirplanista 🇺🇦Feb 7, 2023
@TarkabarkaHolgy Now that I found some pics on the Google, yeah it was Central Market Hall, about two blocks from where we were staying. We wandered all day and ate all sorts of what I assume was pretty traditional Hungarian fare. Good times.
Show threadmyrmepropagandistFeb 7, 2023

@TarkabarkaHolgy

*coveting thy neighbor's train*

Show threadmyrmepropagandistFeb 7, 2023

@TarkabarkaHolgy

I'd be late to work SO often.

Show threadScout Da WoofFeb 7, 2023

@TarkabarkaHolgy Very nice! Got to visit home sometime soon.

PS: Jó látni magyarokat errefelé :)

Show threadDr. Zalka Csenge VirágFeb 7, 2023
@scout Szia :)
Show threadFluffyPuff123Feb 7, 2023
@TarkabarkaHolgy This is so cool
Show threadjphFeb 7, 2023
@TarkabarkaHolgy that’s pretty bold. I suppose having your work always on display is one way to encourage tidiness
Show threadScott M. Feb 7, 2023
@TarkabarkaHolgy Toronto used to have some buses where there was a clear panel so you could see the inner workings of the door openers. Not nearly as cool but still somewhat neat.
Show threadjoe•iuculano Feb 7, 2023
@TarkabarkaHolgy that's super-cool, lol
Show threadsorry 🇵🇸☭Feb 7, 2023
@TarkabarkaHolgy which line is this, I've never seen it (but now I want to)
Show threadDr. Zalka Csenge VirágFeb 7, 2023
@almaember 56
Show threadChris_SwanFeb 7, 2023
@TarkabarkaHolgy I would love that too. The eternal question for me as a child was "how does that work?!"
Show threadErik AblesonFeb 7, 2023
@TarkabarkaHolgy @donmelton We need more stuff like this to show the complexities of all of the things in our daily life we take for granted. Also a possible way to expose children to the idea that people made these things and that they might want to do so themselves.
Show threadpolprogFeb 7, 2023
@TarkabarkaHolgy looks similar to polish Konstal 105Na car, do you know what model it is?
Show threadDr. Zalka Csenge VirágFeb 7, 2023
@gorplop I have absolutely no idea :D
Show threadheisebahnFeb 7, 2023

@gorplop @TarkabarkaHolgy

Seems to be a Tatra, original type T5C5: https://transphoto.org/list.php?mid=454.
Which number has the car? (Stays at the front, between the lights.)

Very intreresting idea, never seen such before! 😀

Show threadCoprolite9000Feb 7, 2023
@TarkabarkaHolgy
My dad and my small nephew would absolutely *love* that - former is obsessed with trains, latter obsessed with mechanisms...
Show threadghostdancerFeb 7, 2023
@TarkabarkaHolgy I'd miss my stop for sure, several times.
Show threaddmi 💽 Feb 7, 2023
@TarkabarkaHolgy mmmm we had one like that in Gdańsk once, except for the fact that the panels were open, and not just see-through :p
Show threadhugo.Feb 7, 2023
@TarkabarkaHolgy so cool! Is that something new? Last time I was in Budapest was back in 2003 or so (gosh, it doesn't feel like 20 years ago!), but I don't remember seeing this
Show threadSarenth ÓðinssonFeb 7, 2023
@TarkabarkaHolgy That's awesome!
Show threadShannon EichornFeb 7, 2023
@TarkabarkaHolgy This is wonderful!
Show threadPicanúmerosFeb 7, 2023
@TarkabarkaHolgy oye @brucknerite has visto esto?
Show threadKatyFeb 7, 2023

@TarkabarkaHolgy I love when this is done for just about any sort of how does it work/behind the scenes. Let me see how the elevator or escalator works!

Or like several decades ago (in the US, I don't know if this was worldwide?) there was a sadly short trend in consumer electronics to have see through cases. See through tape player, telephone, etc.

It's just cool!

Show threadansible42Feb 7, 2023
@TarkabarkaHolgy I love that you can run autonomous trains using about 64k memory and control hardware from the 80s
Show threadLeanne JFeb 7, 2023
@TarkabarkaHolgy This is cool! @alistairmacdonald @cazmockett
Show threadCaz MockettFeb 7, 2023
@LDJ oooh, nice 👍🏻
Show threadHotspur🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦Feb 7, 2023
@TarkabarkaHolgy This totally rocks. I work for a public transit trade group; I will share this image if that's OK. Maybe those of us in the US can take a cue from that...
Show threadAndrew FosterFeb 7, 2023
@TarkabarkaHolgy That is so cool. Thanks for sharing.
Show threadTed Smith #ProEUFeb 7, 2023
@TarkabarkaHolgy I love Budapest. One of my favourite cities.
Show thread🙃 ɐıunp zsɐɯoʇFeb 11, 2023
@TarkabarkaHolgy in case of hydrogen buses you would need to have see-through roof, because almost all of the most important elements are there 😉