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    Quote Originally Posted by themacedonian View Post
    You beat me to it! I have been on this one.
    Yeah , I've been on it too , it's pretty neat.

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    A monorail with one rail on the top and one at the bottom? Mkay...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bleifuss View Post
    Yeah , I've been on it too , it's pretty neat.
    Till it crashes down into the Wupper...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seek View Post
    Till it crashes down into the Wupper...
    Well considering how many people it carries every year since 1901 , it's pretty safe with only one fatal accident

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    I'd rather stay on tracks beneath the train... No need to crash AND drown.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seek View Post
    I'd rather stay on tracks beneath the train... No need to crash AND drown.
    Pfff , no sense of adventure

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    I have some pictures at home but this is a good one

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sc...er_Strasse.jpg

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bleifuss View Post
    Pfff , no sense of adventure
    I'll be jumping out of an airplane in two weeks... Probably safer than this deathtrap...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seek View Post
    I'll be jumping out of an airplane in two weeks... Probably safer than this deathtrap...
    Now see that I don't understand , why jump out of a perfectly fine aeroplane?

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    Because i don't intend on paying the fare...

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    ^^^Schwarzfahrer, eh?

    Schwebebahn is well-tested. I'd have no problem riding it......
    Last edited by Euroamerican; 06-06-2012 at 07:06 PM.

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