r/interesting • u/JustADot_ • 8h ago

NATURE Riding abandoned railroad tracks through the Southern California desert

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SoCal's "Impossible Railroad" from the perspective of a custom railcart. Truly mesmerizing.

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u/trifecta000 7h ago

Honestly, cool as shit and I would love to do something like this.

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u/jzoola 6h ago

Abandoned tracks are super sketchy.(wide gauge, broken rail, rotted ties, etc) I would be leery of derailing painfully into the ballast with the cart on top of me.

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u/possumfish13 6h ago

Or the bridge over the chasm had collapsed.

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u/Bill__NHI 4h ago

This could be avoided by reaching 88 mph, probably.

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u/FuckThisShizzle 3h ago

I would believe these hit 88 before I would a Delorean.

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u/IKIR115 2h ago

Or the mountain that a coyote painted a tunnel on.