Anyone Else Fascinated By Old Locomotives?

Rruuff Day said:
The passenger train on the inside track isn't moving....
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Possibly. But also possible is that maybe the train spewing the exhaust is in fact reversing regardless of what the caption says .....
Your comment almost made me dizzy because it reminded me of a few times when you are on a train or bus stopped beside another one and you're looking at it and it starts to move and you get that weird sensation that you just started to move . Very strange and unique feeling. OK , had to look it up of course, lol.

This sensation occurs due to relative motion perception between the two trains. Without fixed reference points like the ground or platform, your brain interprets the adjacent train's movement as your own. Phenomenon Name It's commonly called the train illusion. This visual trick, also linked to vection (the feeling of self-motion from visual cues alone), arises when your train lacks external anchors, making the other train's motion fool your vestibular system. Why It Happens - Your brain relies on visual cues for motion. In an enclosed train car, the moving train next to yours becomes the default reference, creating an illusion of backward motion for your stationary train—until you spot a stable landmark like a platform. Related Effects - Happens bidirectionally: A stationary adjacent train can seem to move if yours starts first. Enhanced by smooth acceleration without jerks, minimizing other sensory input.
 
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1st Vette said:
Possibly. But also possible is that maybe the train spewing the exhaust is in fact reversing regardless of what the caption says .....
Your comment almost made me dizzy because it reminded me of a few times when you are on a train or bus stopped beside another one and you're looking at it and it starts to move and you get that weird sensation that you just started to move . Very strange and unique feeling. OK , had to look it up of course, lol.

This sensation occurs due to relative motion perception between the two trains. Without fixed reference points like the ground or platform, your brain interprets the adjacent train's movement as your own. Phenomenon Name It's commonly called the train illusion. This visual trick, also linked to vection (the feeling of self-motion from visual cues alone), arises when your train lacks external anchors, making the other train's motion fool your vestibular system. Why It Happens - Your brain relies on visual cues for motion. In an enclosed train car, the moving train next to yours becomes the default reference, creating an illusion of backward motion for your stationary train—until you spot a stable landmark like a platform. Related Effects - Happens bidirectionally: A stationary adjacent train can seem to move if yours starts first. Enhanced by smooth acceleration without jerks, minimizing other sensory input.
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Just shut your eyes.... ;)
 

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