I felt like I had to do something a bit special for the 200th post of this blog, especially since Post #100 came and went pretty much like any other one. And with this blog having covered Maglev-trains, Funiculars and Monorails (those are all early installments, excuse some…”roughness”) a roller…

Background Obereggendorf is a part of the municipality of Eggendorf (population in 2023: 5084 people), located in the far east of Austria 38km/24mi south of Vienna and 20km/13mi northwest of the Austrian/Hungarian border at Schattendorf /Sopron (both measurements in linear distance).

Background Zibo is a city of 4.5 million people (as of 2010) in the far east of China, located in the Shandong province 60km/37mi east of Jinan and 79km/49mi south of Binzhou (both measurements in linear distance).

Background Kerang is a town of 3893 people (as of 2016) in southeast Australia, located in the federal state of Victoria 123km/76.5mi north of Bendigo and 50km/31mi southeast of Swan Hill (both measurements in linear distance).

Background Chicago is a city of 2.75 Million people (as of 2020) in the north of the United States of America, located in the federal state of Illinois 135km/84mi south of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and 45km/28mi east of Naperville, Illinois (both measurements in linear distance).

Background Oxnard is a city of 202063 people (as of 2020) on the western coast of the USA, located in the federal state of California 84km/52mi west-northwest of Los Angeles and 56km/35mi southeast of Santa Barbara (both measurements in linear distance).

Background Waterfall is a town of 522 (as of 2021) in southeast Australia, located in the state of New South Wales 32km/20mi north of Wollongong and 36km/22mi southwest of Sydney (both measurements in linear distance).

Background Ebenhausen is a town of 825 people in the far southeast of Germany, located in the federal state of Bavaria 73km/45mi northeast of Füssen and 19km/12mi south of Munich (both measurements in linear distance).

Background Freihung is a municipality of 2577 people (as of 2022) in the southeast of Germany, located in the federal state of Bavaria 61km/38mi east-northeast of Nürnberg and 40km/25mi south-southeast of Bayreuth (both measurements in linear distance). …