To this day, people still remember the "Pakistan Railway No. 1" vividly, after all, in the era when the mobile Internet was just emerging 14 years ago, the concept of three-dimensional bus directly refreshed people's three views.
The appearance of the test vehicle "Pakistan Railway No. 1" has made people believe that this project will lead mankind to a "new era of transportation".
It's just that I didn't expect that the "Pakistan Railway No. 1" would soon become synonymous with a Ponzi scheme, and this behemoth also disappeared from people's sight.
Now some bloggers have found the "Pakistan Railway No. 1", which has disappeared for 8 years, and photographed the cockpit settings in all directions.
As you can see from the test car in the picture above, the appearance of "Pakistan Railway No. 1" is very high-tech, with a hint of the shadow of Harmony at the front of the car, this behemoth is 2 meters high from the ground, nearly 5 meters wide, 22 meters long, and weighs 100 tons.
At that time, it was envisioned that it could be used on existing roads, and that it would be possible to solve the problem of public travel without worrying about traffic jams and ensuring the safety of passengers, so it could be understood as a subway running on the road.
Because of its advanced concept and sci-fi appearance, "Pakistan Railway No. 1" was quickly reported and became famous in one fell swoop.
Even the foreign media were shocked by this concept, after all, the appearance of the test vehicle basically proved the feasibility of this project, and this creation can change the existence of transportation around the world.
Of course, in addition to the excitement, there are still many calm spectators who poured cold water on the "Pakistan Railway No. 1".
First of all, it was discovered that the air bus test vehicle was a "tendon" that could not be turned at all, which meant that if the project was put into real life scenarios, it would have to rebuild a straight road for it.
This loophole is fatal, and with the cost of building a straight road, it is not as straightforward as building a light rail.
But this suspicion was quickly dispelled by proponents, who believed that the "Pakistan Railway No. 1" was only the first test car and would definitely continue to improve in the future.
In addition, there are doubts about the inventor of the concept, Song Youzhou, who has only a primary school education and simply does not have enough professional knowledge to do this.
However, after seeing Song Youzhou withdraw from the R&D team and truly experience the "Pakistan Railway No. 1" test vehicle, everyone dispelled their concerns.
However, it turned out to be a hoax.
After the project company behind it raised 4 billion yuan by relying on "Pakistan Railway Wealth Management", the scam was exposed, and the airbus myth was shattered.
Now, after 8 years, someone has finally found this behemoth - "Pakistan Railway No. 1".
Abandoned in a dilapidated site, it still retains its original appearance, which also shows us the truth behind the original scam.
Similar to the semi-trailer, the "Pakistan Railway No. 1" has a total of four sets of wheels, each of which has four track wheels at the front and rear to prevent the car from derailing.
Between the two track wheels are 4 rubber tires, which are responsible for forward travel.
The car is electrically driven and also comes with its own charging pile.
In other words, there is no technical breakthrough in the drive of the "Pakistan Railway No. 1", to put it bluntly, an electric car is put on the shell of the Airbus.
And the most irritating thing has to be the cockpit.
At that time, it seemed that this cab like a high-speed rail console was full of science and technology.
Multiple screens monitor data, and the operation buttons on the table are simple, like a car with intelligent driving functions.
However, when this cockpit is placed today in 2024, it is basically a toy to coax children, and there is a sense of old man's joy.
In fact, several LCD screens do not display real data at all, because the vehicle simply has little data to offer.
Because the vehicle does not have a steering function, the vehicle is controlled by two gear levers, one to control the gear and one to control the speed.
The black buttons on the right are the headlight switch, the heated front window, the wiper switch, and the door switch for the passenger compartment.
The orange button on the left is more direct, and the 8 switches are all used to control the light, which is the switch of the light.
The designer divided the signal lights outside the vehicle into "red, yellow and green" separate switches, and the lights in the cab and passage can be controlled independently.
The blue sky and white cloud pattern on the top of the passenger hide is rudely named "blue sky and white clouds", and the interesting thing is that the button shows that behind the several LCD panels in the cockpit is a light strip.
What's more, this airbus does not integrate central air conditioning at all, but hides a cabinet machine to blow directly into the passenger compartment, which is shielded by an air conditioning outlet baffle to give people the illusion that the vehicle has its own air conditioning.
That is to say, driven by the high-tech concept of "Pakistan Railway No. 1", the R&D team welded a high-tech shell to the gantry crane, connected the motor and the wheels, set up two operating gear levers and multiple lighting switches in the cockpit, and placed a cabinet air conditioner to deceive countless investors.
Today, the Airbus has long been idle, and the passenger compartment is leaking due to disrepair.
Although this airbus deceived us a lot back then, but now when we see this car, the shock it gave us back then is still vivid.
And it is now a waste of resources to be idle, if it can be reused, I believe there will be many netizens to check in.
In my opinion, this Airbus is best used as a restaurant.
From its 22-meter-long and 4.8-meter-wide cabin, it can be inferred that the passenger compartment of the "Pakistan Railway No. 1" is roughly 100 square meters, which is more than enough to make an exquisite western restaurant, and the empty cockpit can just come in handy as a kitchen.
Secondly, this airbus can also provide border services for tourists in the scenic area, after all, the roads in the scenic area need to be newly built, and it is not difficult to design the point-to-point as a straight line and add two tracks.
If it is operated properly, this airbus is very likely to become a scenic spot in the scenic area, you must know that people are still full of curiosity and freshness about this airbus, everyone wants to see it and experience it for themselves, I believe this is also a good business opportunity.
But then again, the "Pakistan Railway No. 1" has been idle for 8 years, and if these commercial assumptions can be realized, I believe it will not be shelved for so long.
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