British online friend: "Saw a flying banana tonight.
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@GreenSkyOverMe
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British online friend: "Saw a flying banana tonight. I only noticed because of the purple light shining upwards"
Everyone: ???
"We have track measurement trains. They run around, checking the tracks for faults, the power cables, etc
They're bright yellow. So they're nicknamed the Flying Banana, as a joke on the Flying Scotsman
Night time they have this blue laser that scans the overhead wires. It creates this giant glow you can see when it moves"
@GreenSkyOverMe@ohai.social i want one of these
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British online friend: "Saw a flying banana tonight. I only noticed because of the purple light shining upwards"
Everyone: ???
"We have track measurement trains. They run around, checking the tracks for faults, the power cables, etc
They're bright yellow. So they're nicknamed the Flying Banana, as a joke on the Flying Scotsman
Night time they have this blue laser that scans the overhead wires. It creates this giant glow you can see when it moves"
@GreenSkyOverMe the measure and maintenance trains on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines are similar; they're named "Doctor Yellow"
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British online friend: "Saw a flying banana tonight. I only noticed because of the purple light shining upwards"
Everyone: ???
"We have track measurement trains. They run around, checking the tracks for faults, the power cables, etc
They're bright yellow. So they're nicknamed the Flying Banana, as a joke on the Flying Scotsman
Night time they have this blue laser that scans the overhead wires. It creates this giant glow you can see when it moves"
@GreenSkyOverMe why is it so long?
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@GreenSkyOverMe@ohai.social i want one of these
mx [@tay, @GreenSkyOverMe], now this one wants a giant blue laser glow,,
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@GreenSkyOverMe why is it so long?
@qwazix Not sure, maybe this video someone else linked explains it, I haven't watched it https://youtu.be/BVa0TR7YByc
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@allypally @chiffchaff @GreenSkyOverMe The same story just with a lot more jazz.
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@allypally @GreenSkyOverMe Ha! I won't. I wanna see Dr Zhicago now!
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British online friend: "Saw a flying banana tonight. I only noticed because of the purple light shining upwards"
Everyone: ???
"We have track measurement trains. They run around, checking the tracks for faults, the power cables, etc
They're bright yellow. So they're nicknamed the Flying Banana, as a joke on the Flying Scotsman
Night time they have this blue laser that scans the overhead wires. It creates this giant glow you can see when it moves"
@GreenSkyOverMe clearly the purple light is the bat signal, but for train nerds
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British online friend: "Saw a flying banana tonight. I only noticed because of the purple light shining upwards"
Everyone: ???
"We have track measurement trains. They run around, checking the tracks for faults, the power cables, etc
They're bright yellow. So they're nicknamed the Flying Banana, as a joke on the Flying Scotsman
Night time they have this blue laser that scans the overhead wires. It creates this giant glow you can see when it moves"
@GreenSkyOverMe today i learned: bananas have a blue laser at night
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British online friend: "Saw a flying banana tonight. I only noticed because of the purple light shining upwards"
Everyone: ???
"We have track measurement trains. They run around, checking the tracks for faults, the power cables, etc
They're bright yellow. So they're nicknamed the Flying Banana, as a joke on the Flying Scotsman
Night time they have this blue laser that scans the overhead wires. It creates this giant glow you can see when it moves"
@GreenSkyOverMe I first thought you were talking about the original Flying Banana, the Piasecki/Boeing Vertol H-21 helicopter! Shame they didn’t have blue lasers…
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British online friend: "Saw a flying banana tonight. I only noticed because of the purple light shining upwards"
Everyone: ???
"We have track measurement trains. They run around, checking the tracks for faults, the power cables, etc
They're bright yellow. So they're nicknamed the Flying Banana, as a joke on the Flying Scotsman
Night time they have this blue laser that scans the overhead wires. It creates this giant glow you can see when it moves"
@GreenSkyOverMe It's funny to think that the vehicle that tests the overhead lines... runs on diesel traction
Obviously it's more versatile that way for a largely unelectrified network in the UK, and Deutsche Bahn also use the diesel BR 605 for testing, so hardly unprecedented. But lovely to see the old British Rail class 43s still in use in one way or another all the same! -
British online friend: "Saw a flying banana tonight. I only noticed because of the purple light shining upwards"
Everyone: ???
"We have track measurement trains. They run around, checking the tracks for faults, the power cables, etc
They're bright yellow. So they're nicknamed the Flying Banana, as a joke on the Flying Scotsman
Night time they have this blue laser that scans the overhead wires. It creates this giant glow you can see when it moves"
@GreenSkyOverMe Hmm, wouldn’t this make plane pilot mad ?
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British online friend: "Saw a flying banana tonight. I only noticed because of the purple light shining upwards"
Everyone: ???
"We have track measurement trains. They run around, checking the tracks for faults, the power cables, etc
They're bright yellow. So they're nicknamed the Flying Banana, as a joke on the Flying Scotsman
Night time they have this blue laser that scans the overhead wires. It creates this giant glow you can see when it moves"
@GreenSkyOverMe This is a rabbit hole I am more than happy to enter.
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British online friend: "Saw a flying banana tonight. I only noticed because of the purple light shining upwards"
Everyone: ???
"We have track measurement trains. They run around, checking the tracks for faults, the power cables, etc
They're bright yellow. So they're nicknamed the Flying Banana, as a joke on the Flying Scotsman
Night time they have this blue laser that scans the overhead wires. It creates this giant glow you can see when it moves"
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British online friend: "Saw a flying banana tonight. I only noticed because of the purple light shining upwards"
Everyone: ???
"We have track measurement trains. They run around, checking the tracks for faults, the power cables, etc
They're bright yellow. So they're nicknamed the Flying Banana, as a joke on the Flying Scotsman
Night time they have this blue laser that scans the overhead wires. It creates this giant glow you can see when it moves"
@GreenSkyOverMe Wow, that is some incredible light pollution... Why is its intensity set so high? (I know I'm focusing on the wrong thing here, but geez...)
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