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Originally Posted by: Alsterstreek  In my school days I admired the English for their spleens, and can it become any weirder than this? Brandon Volk's Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway in England that ran through the shallow coastal waters of the English Channel between 1896 and 1901.
Yes, it must have been a weird thing to ride on, especially when the tide was in. Another one would be the vacuum or atmospheric railway that also ran on the south coast. It didn't run for very long as rats kept eating the leather flaps used to seal the vacuum tube before and after the wagon went past.
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Originally Posted by: kiwiAlan Another one would be the vacuum or atmospheric railway that also ran on the south coast. It didn't run for very long as rats kept eating the leather flaps used to seal the vacuum tube before and after the wagon went past. Fascinating, and there is a remnant in your backyard in Didcot, a cat iron pipe with a slot along the top of Brunel's 1840s South Devon Railway section between Newton Abbot and Totnes. :o)  Source: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3201907 |
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Originally Posted by: Alsterstreek Originally Posted by: kiwiAlan Another one would be the vacuum or atmospheric railway that also ran on the south coast. It didn't run for very long as rats kept eating the leather flaps used to seal the vacuum tube before and after the wagon went past. Fascinating, and there is a remnant in your backyard in Didcot, a cat iron pipe with a slot along the top of Brunel's 1840s South Devon Railway section between Newton Abbot and Totnes. :o) Source: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3201907 Oh yes, I had forgotten they had a section of the pipe down at the museum. They also have some modern copies of Brunels Broad Gauge trains there, if anyone is ever over this way.
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I'm fascinated by Brunel's broad gauge trains. They look so different to our modern eyes!
I spent a very enjoyable day at Didcot last summer looking around the various exhibits with my son. Whenever I'm in UK I try to do something related to the railways but there's not always time. |
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Originally Posted by: waorb Initially I thought it was French, but apparently it is on the Island of Sylt. Some of the other photos of Sylt make it look like a builder has been opening a new subdivision of identical houses. I also liked his mode of transport in this photo, well, it might not be his, but one he saw in a campsite, but I liked it.
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I am going to file this here.  |
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Originally Posted by: kiwiAlan .......... the vacuum or atmospheric railway that also ran on the south coast. It didn't run for very long as rats kept eating the leather flaps used to seal the vacuum tube before and after the wagon went past.
I have always thought that with modern synthetic materials (such as PVC, polystyrene etc) the atmospheric system would not be dogged by the rat problem. Maybe there are physical limitations as to what is achievable regarding loads and speeds anyway. It would certainly seem on the face of it, to be a lot cheaper to construct than magnetic levitation. Kimball |
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Originally Posted by: Alsterstreek Gantlet in Kaufungen, Germany. haha, went looking for a photo of the ramp onto the road/rail ferry between the North and South Islands of New Zealand. Found what I was looking for ...But at the top of the web page was the photo Alsterstreek posted ...
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Henschel of Germany delivered streamlined diesel locomotives to Egypt’s National Railways between 1958 and 1960.   |
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Catalogue images by EMD? GM? NOHAB? No: Henschel of Germany.  |
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OK, we had Boeing planes on BNSF flat cars, but how about a large loco in a plane?  148 t EMD loco built in London, Ontario loaded into Antonov plane. |
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Trains with facial expressions: 1) Crying London-Gatwick express  2) Large nose Indonesian class BB 301 loco  |
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Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado (EFE), the national railway of Chile. EFE Sur: Night train Temuco - Santiago, near Talca.  EFE Santiago, Alameda, Chile.  |
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United Airlines and Union Pacific are considering a merger.The preferred plain (or is it trane?) is being developed by General McDonnell Corp.One of the major benefits of this plain is the non-existent airport fees, as no airport is needed to take of or land. A few miles of straight track will get them tranes up and away according to a reliable source. The combined company will only serve North America. As a spokesperson explains: “There would be too much trouble with those overhead power lines in Europe, we would have a bit of trouble with our landings."  |
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Hehehe, if we are following that avenue, I present a diesel punk version:  |
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I am filing this here. Thai train plowing through water. |
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We have come a long way since the 1850s:  James Pearson locomotive design, Great Britain  Pioneer steam locomotive, USA |
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Do you have a photo of the other side? This little thing just BEGS to be scratch-built!
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That poor guy doesent know if hes coming or going 
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Now, what do we have here? The Erlau-Wegscheid branch line in Bavaria. Rail car with small luggage trailer, of course. Anything else? Oh, yes it was a cog railway.  So what next? A cog railway railcar in push-pull service (here seen pushing) with a "driving trailer". And the driver was sitting where? In the brakeman's cab, why?  I rest my case... |
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Originally Posted by: kiwiAlan I guess you could overcome that by linking it with something like a Viessmann 2311 powered low car truck. You almost feel you would not have to delve far into the bits and bobs box to complete a very acceptable kit bashed model of this cute little beauty.
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Originally Posted by: Alsterstreek On the island of Sylt off the North German coast operated until 1970 the "Sylter Inselbahn" on 1000 mm narrow gauge. In the 1950s Borgward trucks were converted for passenger transport. Originally Posted by: waorb For those who like the Schienenbus...    Brekina 64202: "Borgward Sattel-Triebwagen der Sylter Inselbahn" (motorized H0 scale two-rail version) |
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 I think it's the first time I saw a "monster, mummie & mutation" that was really created on HO scale... Good post. Cheers, Walter
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Originally Posted by: Alsterstreek Thank you!!
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Originally Posted by: kiwiAlan Easy, hide the motor/drive in a wagon coupled behind the tractor!
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I just saw this beautiful topic and want to contribute with some recent pictures from Trinidad on Cuba. All shown equipment is still in service.   Leaving Trinidad for Iznaga  And here is one from Santa Clara from 2009 
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Don't know if it's been here before... The streamlined McKeen railway car from the Aussie Victorian railways 1912-25...   |
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