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DeadnCold
That is cooler than it ras any right to be.
PoopertonUnit
Why are we not funding this?
JohnLeePettimore
Teach him to make train noises
HamsterMK2
Hey look, its me!
SanjbobSquarelad
The future is now thanks to science
KataraDaKitty
Why was it, that the whole time I watched it, I couldn't get 'Thomas the train's' theme song out of my head?
methisahellofadrug
Mikethemike
Off to the front page with you! :)
Popsiscool
1 hamster power.
StheVonTess
That hamster is going places!
TheRealArclight
little guy is going places..
SeriouslyAwkward
Ya know what. If I had an exercise train like this I'd run more honestly looks fun
AnEvilGenius
The energy crisis is solved.
MozzStk1993baybE
Say what you will, but he's never been late to a single plastic man train station stop.
humongous89
This is exactly what they meant as Mouseville in The Green Mile
acmeyakko
46853
*I didn't choochoose chuglife
PrimePowerOn
'e's never gonna get to drink that water..
TheStateVsThomasLight
First Great Western.
Katateochi
this is so true, it isn't even funny.
lindt22
ItsTheOne
Now we just need multi track hamster powered drifting
JoyBeorge
Sauce?
hill79
sauce: https://www.facebook.com/LeylandSME/videos/731437483699989/
micdorcan
It's even has a tender!
cakeladyinok
And a water refill station.
Commentsleroyjenkinsoneverything
Thats a guinea pig
redclaysmartass
I'm no expert, but I think that's a guinea pig.
blitherypoop
It's a fake hamster.
redclaysmartass
Oh, of course. Thank you.
Eanikran
Is it just me or does the hamster look fake?
TotesMcGoates
https://www.amazon.com/Zhu-Pets-Hamster-Nugget/dp/B003AGOY62
DiamondJimBrady
I had one of these a long time ago that comes with that exact pink wheel. It's motorized with wheels on the bottom instead of feet
Profunwell
I guy in the green shirt for half the gif said its real but i will call Massey motors ltd tomorrow and see if they can confirm.
Aardvarksneedlove
Southern Rail new plan (which will improve their services)
PianoMan2112
Don't knock it until you move to a place where the only train takes forever to get anywhere.
xDragovian
This is going to be so underrated.
AgentTempest
Shame it's a train and not a tram cos then I could have used a shitty 'tramster' pun
zanoii
Also, not a hamster? Or? Seems too big.
hill79
go ahead, use it anyway!
LargePoutine
Railrodent.
Alexpil
Amazing.
ceramicpear
TheArchaeologistIsIn
saturos01
Ha! I've seen our mice do the same thing.
xtsnx
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blitherypoop
I dropped my phone on my own face and this comment was on the screen. I don't know what post it's on. I'm sore and bewildered.
ArtOzz
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ColonelPrestonGarvey
Thinking outside the wheel.
sharkhugs
Fight the system
Macarao
Stop the wheel and watch him fly!!
raptorsoldier
Ultimate climbing wall
peopledontlikehearingwhatyoureallythink
Ur doin it wrong
SadToSay
Dave was... well not what you'd call normal.
Djalabajoe
Using data from otherpower.com a hamster can produce 200mA @ 2.4V without tiring therefore 20,000 hamsters could power a high speed train.
igniskonig
theygotmedsforthat
Wow, 20,000 hamsters. That would take a breeding pair, what..... 2 weeks to produce? Why aren't we funding this!?
blkbox
The X55 is a modern high speed train peaking at 2,120kW https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_(train)
Fisicboy
Or you can get a hamster on 2AA batteries like they did
SarcasticComment
oh... so that explains the imgur server. the little shits tire out eventually...
coxtad
With that data you would actually need 35.6 million hamsters to run, say a Shinkansen at 17.08 MW. (According to my calculations)
Abomb2933andstuff
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shuttlecockinakumquat
Honestly, that's not that many hamsters.
swatz
So, a few could recharge my phone? Hell Yeah, another use for them, while camping.
Zeroji
So if I carry 10 hamsters I can charge my phone with them? Great!
draconisoffensive
NickDitto
but how much is lost in heat?
Jewf
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blkbox
ICE 4 peaks at 9,900 kW.
Djalabajoe
Apologies,I forgot to convert to kW so its 20,000,000 hamsters to power a 9600kw ICE 1 train.
ICouldntComeUpWithAnOriginalUserName
and still for a very short time
StarrrryNight
20 thousand was possible. We could have made it work. Now you're just being silly.
TeeMee123
think of all the food though, you'd have more peanuts than a hot girl's inbox
pixarpizza
Damn man I've seen burnt coffee but that was a dark roast...
tagiau
Think of all the shit, you'd still not have as much as imgur.
TheKingSlayer
Use the shit to grow the peanuts. BOOM! Free energy.
IWasInsufferableIn2017
With that data, 20000 hamsters barely produce 13 horsepower. I'm reasonably certain high-speed trains don't run on 13 hp.
UnPossibleMagician
Like 20,000 hamsters dragging the train, or are they still in wheels powering the train engines?
demizu
"op" missed an x1000. 200ma*2.4v * 20000 = 9.6kw. trains are ~10000 kw (=13000hp). a german ice3 is 8000kw, french tgv 8800kw
JayEnfield
So 20,000,000 hamsters then. Simple enough.
TCGreen
Guitardrumr
He's quoting electrical output, so I'm assuming he's talking about an electrically powered train.
IWasInsufferableIn2017
Horsepower does not have anything to do with the energy source. It's simply a unit of power, just like watts.
Guitardrumr
No, but the type of propulsion changes things. 20k Hamsters = 4000Amps at 48k Volts. That's enough to power quite a large motor.
demizu
just no. 2.4v*200ma=0.48 watts. 2 hamsters either provide 400ma at 2.4v (parallel, = 0.96watts) or 200ma at 4.8v (series, = 0.96watts). ①
Taihennami
Class 08 shunter (built 1950s-1970s). Top speed 15mph (any faster, the motors explode). Uses a 450hp diesel engine for power.
IWasInsufferableIn2017
Well, that's certainly the highest speed I've ever heard of in the last two seconds.
PingpongMuffinhead
He said they could run it. Doesn't mean they have to run it fast.
IWasInsufferableIn2017
Can they even overcome the static friction coefficient to get the train moving at all?
HolyHolopov
But... high speed train... That kinda means they have to run it fast?
BarrackHusseinIslamabama
I have a degree in trains and high speed trains have to run at above 100mph or they fall apart, including during starting and stopping
miscperson
I mean, a high speed train doesn't cease being a high speed train when it's parked.
nellynorgus
Nah, the train is capable but they're running it slow to be cool.
brknsoul
This just in: vehicles that can go fast can also go slow.
TheJerkNessMonster
According to my calculations, this thread has produced enough salt to cure a ham made from the meat of 20,000 little dead hamsters