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10 Jul 2022, 1:37 pm



https://youtu.be/T-TUS0epJvY


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11 Nov 2024, 5:15 am

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I was just watching a video about one of the more bonkers early experiments in electrified railways.... I believe I've actually seen the remains of the track supports on the beach, though I didn't know what they were at the time!



It worked though!

I saw something like that but with road wheela on a Proiriot movie.


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11 Nov 2024, 12:26 pm

Brilliant thread, had no clue about these other Locos.. :D


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11 Nov 2024, 1:42 pm



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11 Nov 2024, 8:07 pm

That was a impressive looking sleek design....... :D


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12 Nov 2024, 6:28 am

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12 Nov 2024, 12:41 pm

Is the above pik , even a Lovo? looks like a unsuccessful plane design from the 1800s... :) .....
but I love wicked looking Steam Punk devises... :mrgreen:


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12 Nov 2024, 4:22 pm

Jakki wrote:
Is the above pik , even a Lovo? looks like a unsuccessful plane design from the 1800s... :) .....
but I love wicked looking Steam Punk devises... :mrgreen:


Is a vertical boiler rack and pinion loco designed specifically for going up and down steep hills from the look of it.


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12 Nov 2024, 5:34 pm

Sorry , this is beyond my understanding ....never ever thought , I would see a Vertical Engined Designed Loco ... 8O

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12 Nov 2024, 7:16 pm

Jakki wrote:
Sorry , this is beyond my understanding ....never ever thought , I would see a Vertical Engined Designed Loco ... 8O

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They did a lot of rack railways in Switzerland as well as other places. There is even a rack railway climbing to just below the top of the highest mountain peak in Wales!


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12 Nov 2024, 9:47 pm

I've travelled on several funiculars...they're always fun.



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13 Nov 2024, 2:22 am

Did Angels Glight in LA, Calif. back in the day...wonders if that counts ?


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06 Apr 2025, 10:15 am

The class 47 at the start of the thread may have been a test for the engine for a proposed new class. There may have been two such Class 47s or one 47 which did two stints as a test bed. First time I think for the Ruston engine of 3200 hp for the 56 and the second time ( as 47901?) for the 12RK3ACT engine for the class 58



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10 Apr 2025, 11:45 am

rowan_nichol wrote:
The class 47 at the start of the thread may have been a test for the engine for a proposed new class. There may have been two such Class 47s or one 47 which did two stints as a test bed. First time I think for the Ruston engine of 3200 hp for the 56 and the second time ( as 47901?) for the 12RK3ACT engine for the class 58


Interesting. It came a surprize to see them rebranded 57's and rebuilt for future years.


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