David Njoku1d ago

Here's a thing.

Ask any child what noise a train makes and they'll probably say "chugga chugga choo choo."

Funny thing is that pretty much no one alive today was around in the days when trains - powered by steam - made that sound.

The stories we're told are powerful, often even more powerful than the evidence of our senses. We think trains sound like that cos we're told they sound like that.

Stories are powerful; be careful with the stories you tell.

Show threadeena meena me1d ago
@davidnjoku my favourite train sound is "tadam tadam … tadam tadam …" it's probably also the sound i make for my daughter when talking about trains
Show threadElias Mårtenson1d ago

@meena @davidnjoku and modern railroads don't even sound like that anymore.

At last the smell of rail brakes have not changed (or have they?)

Show threadeena meena me1d ago
@loke @davidnjoku I live in Ireland now, I'm happy to hear a train twice a year, and it's far away from a modern one.
Show threadElias Mårtenson

@meena @davidnjoku sadly, even less for me. If we don't count underground trains of which there are a lot.

Singapore no longer has a regular train line, except a few hundred metres leading into Malaysia.

Jun 15 at 6:14amWeb
Show threadeena meena me1d ago
@loke not even an airport line??
Show threadElias Mårtenson1d ago
@meena no. But that's not a problem because the underground train goes to the airport.