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Suspended Railway Over the Wupper River in Wuppertal Germany | April 1, 1952 (ani.social)
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[-] Sv443@sh.itjust.works 21 points 4 weeks ago

Why is there a demon with horns riding on top?

[-] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 16 points 4 weeks ago

It was the 50's. Times were different.

[-] dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Yes, now they can ride in the carts with the rest of us, unfortunate as that may be.

[-] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 weeks ago

If you're cold, they're cold. Bring them inside.

[-] JASN_DE@feddit.org 20 points 4 weeks ago

It has been modernised every so often, but the line is still operating today.

[-] Schmuppes@lemmy.today 10 points 4 weeks ago

Because the topography of the place makes anything other than busses pretty much impossible. The name "Wuppertal" translates literally to "Wupper Valley", which is pretty narrow. I find it awesome that the city was once very wealthy, so they decided to just go for it and build something cutting-edge for the time. Nowadays, the initial investment would no a big no-no.

[-] Fluke@feddit.uk 5 points 4 weeks ago

I've been on it. It was cool as fuck.

(Was visiting at some point around Gamescom nearly a decade ago.)

[-] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 4 weeks ago

Now tell the story when the elephant fell out of it!

[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 8 points 4 weeks ago

How do I get the full story of this?

[-] swearengen@sopuli.xyz 9 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

An elephant fell out of it.

[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago

Well that is just the climax of the story

[-] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 4 weeks ago

There exists an English Wikipedia entry

[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 9 points 4 weeks ago

Bei einem Besuch im zweiten Stock des Rathauses von Oberhausen verspeiste sie unter anderem einen Blumenstrauß und urinierte im Beisein des damaligen Oberbürgermeisters Otto Aschmann auf einen Perserteppich.

Fucking lmao

[-] Mr_Mofu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 4 weeks ago

Went on a Journey with that a while back. Such a Cool experience!

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