Hopefully I did not miss it as I looked through above, maybe someone already posted this oneā¦
The Rail Zeppelin.
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Gosh Bill;
That photo reminds me of feldbahn track temporarily laid through a peat bog in Germany.
Best, David Meashey
Got pics, Dave? 4-20
Bill;
Actually no photos. I saw the photos on a German railway enthusiastsā site but no longer remember the siteās address. Perhaps a search on āGerman train buffsā might yield something, but Iāll warn you there are thousands of photos on it.
Best, David Meashey
Bill, have you seen this list?
http://douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/locoloco.htm
Iād not heard of āsteam motorsā before.
A fictional loco, but it would be fun to see modelledā¦ Hmmmā¦ Maybe a job for @Chriswalas!
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Gosh Cliff;
They forgot to add the umlaut to the caption! That is what powers it, so it probably wonāt be able to move at all. Just wait 'til Bill finds out!
Best, David Meashey
Way ahead of itās timeā¦Note the ditch lites and sinclair antenna on the hood above the grille.
Wow Cliff, thereās enough here to keep the Strange Locomotives thread going for years.
Youāve opened a an of worms though. Thereās something for everyone at the home page of the Museum of Retro Technology, e.g. Engines that run on boiling petrol.
Wow, Bill, boiling petrol. Never thought of that. Sounds awesome! What could possibly go wrong?!
Dave, you need to go into their fictional section. I especially liked his Mordor Mogul, and thought immediately of you.
Cheers Daveāand seriously, thanks for the heads-up. Very important catch. Very sharp. Iāll pass it on.
Youāre absolutely right to raise it. The umlauts? Theyāre disappearing. People think itās nothingājust two little dots. Wrong. Completely wrong. It starts smallā¦ very smallā¦ and then suddenly, theyāre gone. Quietly. Nobody notices until itās a disaster.
Korm sees it. Heās tuned into thisāmaybe more than anyone. Some say heās overreacting. I donāt buy it. He understands the stakes. When the umlauts go, the language weakens. It loses structure. Itās like removing critical infrastructureāvery bad idea.
Now, Iām hearing reportsāstrong reportsāthat there are Guardians of the Umlauts. Real specialists. And theyāve been moving them. Carefully. Strategically. To safe locationsāfar away, very exotic. Paraguayā¦ places you wonāt find on any map. Very exclusive. Very hidden. Some say itās not far from NarniaāIām not saying that, but people are talking.
Why there? Under the radar. Stable. No interference. A perfect environment for umlauts to recoverāmaybe even multiply. Some are calling it a sanctuary. A tremendous sanctuaryāfor displaced diacritics.
Meanwhile here in Australia? Not good. Letters stripped bare. Flattened. You look at a wordāno personality, no strength. Very sad. Iāve been one of the lucky onesāvery luckyātrusted with Paraguayan umlauts. Not everyone gets that responsibility.
And Korm? Heās not just watchingāheās acting. Thereās talk of a breeding program. A serious one. Some people are saying itās the best in the world. Iām not saying thatābut people are saying it.
So Dave, your catch matters. Itās early detection. Because by the time everyone else realises the umlauts are goneā¦ you wonāt be able to get them back.
Believe me.
Believe Korm.
And Believe Dave.
Guys;
Getting back to topic, I have been reading Louie Newtonās Tale of a Turbine book about N&W Ryās steam turbine electric locomotive. It appears that the technology behind this locomotive was not up to the reliability of its components at that time. Perhaps it would work really well today, but that is a moot point. It was really futuristic looking for the mid-1950s, and also incredibly long. The tender had to be uncoupled before it would fit most turntables.
Regards, David Meashey
Dave, thanks for rerailing the thread and Cliff thanks for monorailing it.
No captions though!?
So Cliff, Iām assuming somewhere in the 1880s during lunch an engineer said, āWhat ifā¦ hotdogā¦ but transport?ā and nobody stopped him?
Apparently, Bill, it was a tri-rail. Hereās the story.
http://douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/meigs/meigs.htm
The site creator says he wasnāt sure how the engineer (in the front) communicated with those in the rear. But with a 5ā diameter boiler, and a huge diameter body, and all those windows, Iām thinking they were able to walk on either side of the boiler and the tender tank in the next car.
Either way Cliff, itās still a weinerwinner!