Munro MK_1 Mountain Rescue Edition: Scottish startup Munro has a new EV made for emergency rescue and fire teams providing 4×4 capabilities with zero emissions.
Contributed by Phil.Heisler gear driven steam locomotive built in 1917 for the Craig Mountain Lumber Co. logging railroad in Winchester, ID. Acquired by the Oregon Scenic Coast Railroad in 2016 and put back in service in 2022. Contributed by David S, From the Texas Bluzman.Brennan Monorail. Electrical powered train was invented by Louis Brennan in the early 20th century. It had a single set of wheels and ran on a single track rendering it look like a motorcycle of train. Due to its inability to pull the other coaches and incur cost-effectiveness, the train could not commercialize.
Jean Bertin’s Aerotrain This train came into existence as a replacement for the conventional trains. Funded by the French Government, the train was light, quiet and fast with a speed as lofty as 420 kilometers (260 mph). However, later, the government denied its introduction followed by the view of safeguarding the state-sponsored railway system.
Schienenzeppelin The Schienenzeppelin was an assembly of the German machineries. This preliminary super fast train was powered by an engine connected to a huge propeller in the back. It never went past the prototype stage as a result of fears that its propellers could injure or even kill the people who stood close to the tracks at railway stations. The highest speed recorded for this train was 225 kilometers (140 mph).
Meigs Elevated Steam Monorail Railway, E Cambridge, Mass, 1186
American High Pressure Locomotive
German High Pressure Steam Turbine Locomotive.
Swiss High Pressure Steam Locomotive.
Steam Punk.
Portland Union Train Station. Phil and me know this one…
From Grog, oh, and he wants to remind us he hates Budd wheels on trucks…
Both pics are from Large Marge. I also include a snap of our only home, our 1996 Ford CF8000 commercial truck we converted to our concept of an Expedition Vehicle in 2003. Two decades full-time live-aboard.
Attached, please find a snap of our latest Expedition Vehicle build on a 2006 Autocar firetruck foundation… stripped of its apparatus. I also fabricated our toy-hauler on a similar commercial chassis.
What Igor needs to convert his Beaver Motor Home too… Call her Ethel.
Wyoming’s Big Boy 4014 Locomotive Rescues Freight Train Stuck In Nebraska
Still Has The Muscle The rescue was captured on video by YouTuber Otto the Railfan, and in just over 12 minutes you can watch Big Boy 4014 creep up behind the freight train, hook on, then power up as it begins to push. Gleaming black and looking sleek, Big Boy was actually working for the first time in more than six decades, and it appears the engineers were having as much fun as those looking on. The video then cuts to a railroad crossing, where an eclectic mix of rusted railcars, some with colorful graffiti, trundle by until Big Boy 4014 comes into view, it’s telltale 1940s steam engine chug-a-chugging unlike any that have likely crossed those tracks for decades, a strong white plume of steam spouting from the back of the locomotive. After about 20 minutes, the freight train was able to pull away and finish the route on its own and Big Boy 4014 resumed its trip back to its home base in Cheyenne, UP says, adding that, “Big Boy was in the right place at the right time to help keep our network open.”https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/07/10/wyomings-big-boy-4014-locomotive-rescues-freight-train-stuck-in-nebraska/ Tracks North of Mountain Home, Idaho.
Learn about the history of the trains and railroads in the Great Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee and Appalachia. Former locomotive engineer Oliver Gillen shares his story. pic.twitter.com/7eC1wzSSSk
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H/T to Phil.Phil spied this car hauler on the other side of the fence from his work.
Bennie Monorail, Glasgow, Scotland.
One of last weeks cog railways picture of a cog track maintenance cars derailing in Switzerland.
Tracks in Siberia, Russia. Railway has a reputation as a bad luck railway.
