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Propeller Train

Unread postby dejoh » Wed Mar 23, 2011 12:01 pm

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/03/schienenzeppelin/
Would like to see one of these go by. !!*ok*!!
Got to hand it to the Germans.
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Re: Propeller Train

Unread postby Kali » Wed Mar 23, 2011 2:25 pm

Time for the obligatory link.

Certainly fun, but ... mebbe some well placed wire mesh would make me feel a little safer about waiting for one to arrive :p
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Re: Propeller Train

Unread postby micaelcorleone » Wed Mar 23, 2011 6:23 pm

The idea is so funny. *!lol!*
But a "Fliegender Hamburger" (Flying Hamburger) would be also nice.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRG_Class_SVT_877
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Re: Propeller Train

Unread postby Samwolf » Thu Mar 24, 2011 3:41 pm

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I like the flying hamburger, but my real love was hotdogs. *!lol!*
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Re: Propeller Train

Unread postby styckx » Thu Mar 24, 2011 4:12 pm

micaelcorleone wrote:The idea is so funny. *!lol!*
But a "Fliegender Hamburger" (Flying Hamburger) would be also nice.

[url][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRG_Class_SVT_877/url]


Can't leave out creepy bullet train

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Re: Propeller Train

Unread postby micaelcorleone » Thu Mar 24, 2011 4:14 pm

styckx wrote:Can't leave out creepy bullet train

What is this? Looks like a caterpillar. !*roll-laugh*!

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Re: Propeller Train

Unread postby styckx » Thu Mar 24, 2011 4:26 pm

Some odd 1930s Talgo Spain train. It does indeed look like a catepillar. Lol

Back to prop trains.. There was also the great railplane.

http://gajitz.com/a-rail-y-great-failur ... ted-train/

I love old concepts like these.
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Re: Propeller Train

Unread postby Samwolf » Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:45 pm

Why use a prop when you can use a jet?

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Soviet Jet Train.
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