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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, and if i'm rolling a freight train and someone gets in my way, i won't even notice, it's basic physics.

And every time you arrive the chime will play.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

nah here in the US we subscribe to the notion that freighters have bells on them.

Anything else is a crime against trains.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

a lot of other countries around the world do have bells on some of their freight lines, but it seems to be primarily US import freighters, though there are domestic manufacturers outside of the US that do use bells. I hear they're relatively common in canada as well? Makes sense frankly.

specifically, this one