But I was not the same, for I had found out what a slim rail I walked.
You can't reduce them to a zero level, but we can try to reduce it as much as we can and I believe the rail industry is continually looking at this together with the regulators and the Health and Safety Executive to reduce it to as low a level as possible.
Stepping inside, I came to a rail overlooking a shallow pit.
It had been open just one day when I arrived, and the new rail service would save me from retracing the uncomfortable five-hour bus trip I had endured to get here from the tourist hub of Guilin city, about 150km to the southeast.
Lulled by the silence of the carriage and the prospect of alpine rail travel, I fall into a deep, childlike sleep.
Should I put in the high speed rail that goes to the airport or not?
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The IRU is a very strong supporter of the concept of combined transport i.e. road and rail being used together in a complementary fashion.
But is Amtrak working off -- I'm talking about passenger rail now -- because some of these corridors, particularly the East Coast corridor into Washington is very sensitive.
I've asked the Welsh Liberal Democrats for details of the other Welsh rail investment projects Mr Clegg said his Government had announced - I'll publish them here when I get them.
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If (low-cost, high-speed rail) is a success I can imagine for cross-border lines the next years there will be opportunities to go to Brussels and Amsterdam, and perhaps from and to London and to Spain.
"There's going to be further disruption, I'm afraid, " a Network Rail spokesman said.
Made bold by excitement, I leaned over the boat's back rail, my face inches from the water to snap the shark's picture.
It was meant to be a temporary structure, but I am told that every four years Network Rail has to apply to the council to renew the planning permission for it.
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So following on from the piece I wrote on the old Mind the Gap blog (RIP) about saving money on fares, I've come across another way for rail passengers to save a few quid.
Once the last 10 yards of rail road is built, and I reckon we're looking at 2007, and we can watch our Broadband TV actually on our TV set, then that will be the point when Microsoft and co move from being complementary offers to becoming genuine competitors to Sky, NTL, and Freeview.
Price: Advantage Rail Europe, based on the search I did for this column: a one-way, Milan-Florence ticket, for November 10th around noon.
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"I fully appreciate the importance of restoring a direct rail service to Cleethorpes, Scunthorpe, Goole and other places affected by the Hatfield landslip, " he added.
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Local commuter networks, yes, but I must admit to being very unconvinced by long distance passenger rail travel.
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Again, I don't know what message Eric Cantor delivers when he tells you in Washington that it hasn't, but then tells his constituents, gee, I hope we get this grant to build high-speed rail in the district and create jobs.
"From what I gather Wellington will be sufficient in terms of length of platform - Network Rail may have a different view, " he said.
The only way we're going to get the rail infrastructure we need is to put the money in and then as I say also reassert that form of central coordination so that we can get some proper planning into the system.
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"Given the funding, I would say that it is fairly likely that at least a few moderate-speed rail projects will eventually be completed, " said O'Toole.
Everywhere I go, I see it with my own eyes -- like energy-efficiency and high-speed rail, relatively small amounts of recovery dollars will leverage very, very large investments in those areas.
"I think there's an aspiration to reopen that line, " said John Baker of Network Rail Wales and West.
But I think the industry needs a big idea to rebuild confidence and next year we shall have a free day of rail travel, where if you buy a ticket to go and see your auntie in Inverness, then you get another one to go and see your auntie.
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