On the recurring transport beat, this week brings us a handful of wtfs relating to mass transit. Nothing private.

"Thank you for traveling with Deutsche Bahn" sneers Philipp H. bitterly, explaining "The German railroad company sadly is famous for often being late and also has lots of other issues. While booking my next trip I'm asked to pick my seats for the reservation. - Looks like they now stack seats on each other or on the table. - hopefully the seats facing the wall at least have a window there. - winning the jackpot lottery also seems more likely than understanding their seat numbering system."

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"Whöøps!" wröte Adrien K. metallically. "Other monitors on that train were fine. It's just this one which refused to display unicode characters correctly."

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"Trains slashdotted" Peter G. "Looks like the train has been slashdotted..."

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Ernesto reports a simple typo, included here because it relates to a story I have long found both sobering and inspiring. He relates: "Translated from Italian, this reads "We got to come back a few years. Exactly back to July 19th, 2989 ..." Italian source. The news was about a plane crash with some deaths, not the best argument for joking. But the author's finger slipped a little bit and we're going back to the future. The bright side, the article tells how 185 passengers out of 296 survived thanks to the pilots."
Despite the tragic loss of life, it is an astounding story of skill and teamwork. If you're unfamiliar, the English Wikipedia is here.

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On a more light-hearted note, Michael R. sent in a photo of a heavily-modified double-decker Delorean, which proposes to deliver passengers before they board. That must have been some party to inspire repeat visits!

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