Back in my youth British mail trains had a sytem for picking up mail bags without stopping https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DUN9GxmtfX90 Surely this could be adapted to pick up passengers :-) Virus-free. www.avast.com <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> __________________________________________ David C Brown 43 Bings Road Whaley Bridge High Peak Phone: 01663 733236 Derbyshire eMail: dcb.home@gmail.com SK23 7ND web: www.bings-knowle.co.uk/dcb *Sent from my etch-a-sketch* On 28 October 2017 at 17:05, Harold Hallikainen wrote: > > > I have often though that there should be some very small vehicle for > > commuting, something like an enclosed, self balancing motor cycle capab= le > > of carrying two people. > > > > Since I'm now working from home, my commute is quite short. Earlier this > week when the discussion started, I was reading it on a Denver CO light > rail coming back from a trade show. We were going about 70 MPH passing al= l > the cars of the freeway. It works quite well. One thing I've always > thought could be done with trains, whether commuter or long distance, > would be to have a self-powered train car at each station. People wanting > to get on the train would board this car. People on the train who wanted = a > particular stop would get into the last car. As the train approached the > station, the last car would disconnect and roll into the station. The car > that was in the station would then catch up with the train and join it. > Passengers not wanting the next stop would move into the rest of the > train. What slows trains down, in my opinion, is all the stops. This woul= d > avoid that delay. > > Harold > > > > -- > FCC Rules Updated Daily at http://www.hallikainen.com > Not sent from an iPhone. > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .