Chapter 1319: Train (Ⅰ)

Just under the curious gaze of Joan, Medea, and Ruby, four giant beasts were arranged on both sides of the railroad track, dragging eight trains with reins for magic and toughness, and ran into the platform at a neat pace.
A middle-aged man in a straight uniform stood on the back of the giant beast, raised his chest and raised the horns with the "amplification technique", and the high-pitched sound waves passed into the ears of the giant beasts.
The train conductor pulled out a red flag around his waist and turned to wave hard. The attendants on each train were watching from the window probe, saw the semaphore issued by the train conductor, and quickly pulled down the brake slider. The wheels and rails rubbed out a long and harsh noise, and slowly stopped in front of the platform.
"I said Brother Joan... this is the'Magic Train' you just talked about?" Ruby stared wide and stared at the train slowly into the station. "What's this... Um? Not as I expected." the same!"
Medea was also somewhat surprised.
When she could see the appearance of the four-headed monster on the traction train, the doubts on her face quickly disappeared, and she laughed instead.
"Joan, I just heard you bragging about how advanced the magic locomotive is. You can run it by burning a steam boiler. But look at these four big guys. Is it a "steam locomotive" specially shaped into a Lose animal?"
"Of course not, they are the real Ross beasts." Joan scratched his head embarrassedly. "Accurately, they are close relatives of the'Highland beast' and the'underground beast', a kind of'short' I have never seen before. Mauros'."
The four-headed behemoth of the traction train disregarded the taste of the foreigners. He lay on the side of the road and rested. He twisted his head and chewed the large pile of corn cobs sent by the dispatcher of the platform.
After the train stopped, the doors opened and the passengers got on and then got on, which seemed very orderly.
"Sister Medea, shall we take this kind of, um...fake magic train?"
Ruby's small face couldn't hide his disappointment.
This kind of feeling is like going to a high-end restaurant to eat, expecting the chef to present a high-end specialty dish like foie gras caviar, but the result is a fish and chips wrapped in a newspaper, not to mention much disappointment.
"I have come here, I have bought all the tickets, and it would be too wasteful not to take the car." Medea took the little girl's hand and boarded the train, barely smiling and comforting herself. "In fact, this animal-powered train is also quite interesting , Let’s just take an outdoor carriage."
Joan followed the two ladies into the car, sat down according to the ticket number, leaned back against the bench, looked out at the vast field outside the window, and his mood gradually changed.
When he first saw the train entering the station, his mood was similar to that of his two female companions, and he was greatly disappointed.
Originally he also looked forward to taking this opportunity to visit the magic locomotive. The result is that the traction train is not a high-tech locomotive at all, but a four-headed, short-haired and short-haired beast, which is too rustic!
But when he thought about it, he was relieved.
In fact, when he first saw the railroad track, Joan made a whisper in his heart.
The magic train can be described as the most advanced land transportation in the contemporary era. Even the prosperous areas in the interior of the Ashan Empire are rarely connected by rail. The entire northern New World has no decent railway.
In the far-reaching provinces of the Far East, a small half of the year is winter, which is poorer and backward than the new continent. The new government started by the rebels has seized power in less than two years. Where is the capital to build a railway, and even remote villages like Wufeng Township have trains, which is simply unreasonable!
The new kingdom of Kolas, it is reasonable to say that it is impossible to design and build a magic locomotive on its own with technical strength and industrial capabilities. I am afraid that it will not be able to produce enough gold and silver to import magic locomotives-in fact, it may not be possible to buy it with money.
If there is no magic locomotive, what will happen to the built railway?
Just like this, withstanding the wind and rain, rusting in vain? That's too wasteful.
Under such difficult circumstances, replacing steam locomotive traction trains with animal power is indeed an ineffective way.
The horn sounded again, the four well-trained Los beasts swallowed the last bite of corn on the cob, stood up leisurely, marched forward, the traction train started slowly, after a period of acceleration, it finally remained steady at 25 mph Level.
The train entering the cruise stage is almost smooth without any shaking.
Joan was sitting by the window, but his mood was not calm.
The use of animal power to pull rail trains is not the first of its kind in the Far East.
As Medea and Ruby just mentioned, this track technology was first used in the ore mining industry, and was later extended to the municipal transportation field. The city’s public carriage system in Port Leiden and Midgard City is this aspect. Application models are commonplace in major cities.
However, expanding the city's rail transportation system to the field of outdoor long-distance transportation is indeed a major innovation for the Far East people.
The construction of such a railway transportation system is by no means easy on the surface.
The Far East people may not have mastered the technology of independently developing magic locomotives, but from the scale of the railway, it can be seen that the steel manufacturing industry in this emerging country is quite developed, and the rails that meet the specifications are not so easy to mass-produce!
Only with the foundation of the steel industry can we talk about building railways, otherwise it is just a fantasy.
Take Joan’s hometown of Yalfheim, for example, even a large steel plant that can manufacture rails cannot be found, let alone build a railroad line.
Meadgard has this industrial capacity, especially the dwarf forging plant in Nidaville. There is no problem in processing rails, but it is impossible to realize such a large project as the Far East Railway.
The problem is not industrial technology, but that the colonial government institutions are too weak to organize large-scale industrial construction.
The colonial company is rich and has the ability to organize, but the lords of the board of directors are not crazy. Rather than laboring to build a large project with huge profits and unexpected investment, it is better to open several magic crystal mines.
Joan also noticed that the seemingly rustic train towing beast, in fact, is not lacking in technical content.
Animals such as Los beasts are very common in the New World, and there are two main types-"Highland Lose beasts" living in the snow mountain plateau, and "Underground Lose beasts" living in dark areas.
These two kinds of Los beasts are covered with thick long hair, gentle character, and slow movement.
The Los Beasts used by the Far East to tow trains have two obvious differences from their close relatives in the New World.
The first is that the hair on the body is very short, which is convenient for heat dissipation, the strong muscle groups are clearly visible, and the running speed is much faster than that of other species of Los beasts, and the endurance is also better.
Even a trained military horse that can continue to run at a speed of 25 miles per hour can't hold it for a few hours.
It is a miracle that these four short-haired Los beasts dragged the train for eight or nine hours every day and could still maintain a healthy body.
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