Do you really have a privately owned rail car in order to go fast? It sounds to me more like a self-driving campervan, you can sit back and watch the world roll by.

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m463 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

I think the railcar equivalent will eventually become reality (if it isn't already)

Lots of people tool around in giant class-a motorhomes. They are 40 or 45 feet long. They are basically small apartments with double-door fridges, dishwasher, washer/dryer, starlink, etc

if they add the self-driving stuff, it will make them extra popular.

I think mobileye might have something.

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bombcar 6 days ago | parent [-]

I wonder if there’s a market for “flatbed car with an RV strapped on top” like some type of auto train.

	▲	stockresearcher 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		https://www.amtrak.com/auto-train I wish they offered this on more routes.

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nmeofthestate 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Sounds like the kind of thing a billionaire would do in a Neal Stephenson book.

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nmeofthestate 6 days ago | parent [-]

(actually I think it is something a billionaire does in a NS book)

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taneq 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

It's definitely something a zillionaire does in a Peter F. Hamilton book, except instead of a rail car it's a zepplin. I mean, if I were a zillionaire I guess I'd live in a zepplin too.

	▲	bombcar 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		I think everyone pretty much has to admit that “robber baron with zeppelin” is the peak billionaire style.

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4ggr0 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

They travel by train in Termination Shock, a book by NS :)