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Shitty old town starter pack (i.imgur.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 83 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Your picture is actually of active, well-used railroad tracks. Old unused tracks are rusty and weed-grown. If the rails are shiny it means that trains pass regularly and knock the rust off. If there's no weeds it's because the railroad actively sends out crews to maintain the tracks.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago

the railroad actively sends out crews to maintain the tracks.

Damn, the railroad spawns its own crews for maintenance? That's crazy

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was just in Japan and even some of their active rail lines have huge 4 ft tall weeds growing in the rail yards

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Weed control is a fairly new thing but not an environmentally friendly thing. Maybe Japan doesn't like spraying pesticide all around.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Wouldn't surprise me. In Germany the largest customer for Roundup/Glyphosate is DB, they spray that shit over around all rails.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

So THAT'S what looked off... And reminded me of where I moved out of...