>>2017181>>2017085>tfw born too late to properly appreciate and take the time to enjoy the era of boxy trains and rugged rundown stations both local and mainline before the introduction of all these squeaky fancypants organic design and architecture in the new EMUs and stations with their infantile sound design, graphics, and announcements.I craved the smell and look of the old North/Clybourn, Wilson, Lawrence, Quincy, and Warszawa Zachodnia, Wrocław Główny stations before the rennovations. Dirty and dangerous? Yes. But also alive. Despite the obvious improvements in comfort and utility, riding the rails an experience is far from what once was unless you are in Czechia in which case the railbuses kept the local lines alive.
What also fucking hurts - the new rolling stock on the L is a fiberglass abomination that looks like a toy compared to the sleek, metallic yet functional American style people knew and loved, and shit like the Impuls/Elf/Flirt just look like Chinese SciFi knockoffs for trains.
>>2017189I love how quiet they made it on the KM trains, but good fucking god is finding the bike/toilet wagon annoying on top of its janky mounting and low amount of space for them even compared to the bike cars on the Kibel. I know that it might not be consistent either for the latter but still. Like you hurry to find the wagon with the toilet/bikerack and its just the toilet in a confined space impossible to squeeze through or its not the end wagon of the trainset.
