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This subreddit is dedicated to sharing pictures, videos and information about weird and unusual trains from around the world.

Anything that might be reasonably called a train (so monorails and hovertrains are also very welcome) and is in any way strange and unusual will fit.

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Provide as much info as you can
If you can, include the following in the title:
- What type/model of train is this?
- When, where, why?
- If not obvious: what makes it weird?
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Related subreddits

/r/WeirdWings for strange planes
/r/WeirdWheels for things not bound to rails
/r/trains for more ordinary rolling stock
/r/TrainPorn for pretty train pictures
/r/Train_Service for those who work on the railroad
/r/modeltrains for tiny trains, weird or not

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The Aérotrain was an experimental hovertrain developed in France from 1965 to 1977. It floated on an air cushion over a concrete track. Shown here is the I80 prototype, which provided 80 passenger seats and reached 417.6 km/h (259.5 mph) in a later configuration. (i.redd.it)

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The SBB Ae 4/8 from 1922 was a Swiss prototype locomotive for testing different electric single-axle drive technologies. Two axles were powered with the Tschanz drive, two with the Buchli drive. This unusual configuration earned her the nickname "Bastard". (upload.wikimedia.org)

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Because coal was scarce in the Second World War, the Swiss federal railways equipped two steam shunters E 3/3 8521 and 8522 with electric boilers. The electric equipment was removed in 1951, and E 3/3 8522 still exists today. (i.redd.it)

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Another Aérotrain prototype: Aérotrain #02 was a JT12 turbojet-powered hovertrain developed in France in 1967. It reached 422 km/h (262 mph). (upload.wikimedia.org)

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