Not about railroads, but it does involve transportation, sort of

[Jeff Schumaker]

I give you the salmon cannon. I kid you not, this is a serious project in the Pacific NW. I recently read about it in Popular Mechanics, and had to look for a video.

Enjoy.

http://devour.com/video/the-salmon-cannon/

Jeff S.

[Glenn Christensen]

Hi Jeff,

That was pretty neat!

I bet the fish find it fun.


Best Regards,
Glenn

[Ira Schreiber]

The fish get a bang out of it as it is a real blast. I know, not a high caliber reply.....................

[Greg Klein]

We haven't sent men back to the moon in 40 years but have salmon transportation that is second to none!

[john d Stone]

 More than just fish, this looks like an environmentally friendly and cheap solution to high speed ground transportation! Like a system of vacuum tubes, as were once used in office buildings, to zip people from place to place! I can, however, see potential problems with football tackle-like pile ups at destination points. Big luggage might jam things up. Personal hygiene could  be an issue. OK, better just do fish!