Those big engine-mounted rotary snow plows are awesome to watch.
The Flatcar with M-1 Tanks – check out TM-55-2220-058-14, the Manual for Loading and Use of the 140-Ton Flatcar. There are also Older (think WWII) Army Rail Operations Manuals to find.
The old trains and old trucks are always interesting. Keep em coming.
One questions the point behind applying camo paint to a Soviet armoured train. I mean, for a Stuka pilot there are rather obvious railroad tracks either end of said train to lead you, for ground troops there’s a pretty big train-shaped lump of steel armour with loud bangy-bang guns on it pointing in your direction. I suspect it was a postwar attempt by a museum director to cover up faded old military drab colours.
Re no.5, are there any Santa Fe Railway experts to explain why the double-deck rail wagon has long ramps on both upper and lower levels on the right side only, but short ones to the left side?
Not a Santa Fe expert, nut I did sleep in a Holiday Inn Express. The ramps were set up so the Scouts (or other vehicles) could load from one end of the train and drive the length. Each level of the car had a long and a short ramp, which met an opposite short or long ramp on the car in front or behind. Short ramp mated to long ramp and vice versa. That way, you could swap the rail car end to end and not be missing the right length of ramp on either end.
Make sense?
Wandering Neurons
#2: is that a ‘stop the oil ijiot’ catcher?
Love it.
#8 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_GT3
#18 : Blackpool tram, I think.
Serious snow blow
I got curious enough about that red contraption.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schienen-Stra%C3%9Fen-Omnibus
Those big engine-mounted rotary snow plows are awesome to watch.
The Flatcar with M-1 Tanks – check out TM-55-2220-058-14, the Manual for Loading and Use of the 140-Ton Flatcar. There are also Older (think WWII) Army Rail Operations Manuals to find.
The old trains and old trucks are always interesting. Keep em coming.
One questions the point behind applying camo paint to a Soviet armoured train. I mean, for a Stuka pilot there are rather obvious railroad tracks either end of said train to lead you, for ground troops there’s a pretty big train-shaped lump of steel armour with loud bangy-bang guns on it pointing in your direction. I suspect it was a postwar attempt by a museum director to cover up faded old military drab colours.
Re no.5, are there any Santa Fe Railway experts to explain why the double-deck rail wagon has long ramps on both upper and lower levels on the right side only, but short ones to the left side?
Not a Santa Fe expert, nut I did sleep in a Holiday Inn Express. The ramps were set up so the Scouts (or other vehicles) could load from one end of the train and drive the length. Each level of the car had a long and a short ramp, which met an opposite short or long ramp on the car in front or behind. Short ramp mated to long ramp and vice versa. That way, you could swap the rail car end to end and not be missing the right length of ramp on either end.
Make sense?
Wandering Neurons