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 Posted - December 23 2008 : 5:27:03 PM
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if i saw this the night after,i think i would throw up,hopefully all over it,what do you think ken
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 Posted - December 23 2008 : 6:25:13 PM
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Ken that has to be from some kind of girl set.
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Posted - December 23 2008 : 6:42:09 PM
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No kidding...I'd like that in my roster, it appeals to my demented anti-rivet counter tendencies ...it's just too cool. From the looks of it though, it's probably a bit outta my price range.
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Posted - December 23 2008 : 9:02:11 PM
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EPIC. If I saw one of those at a train show, I'd buy it
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Posted - December 23 2008 : 9:38:35 PM
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Paint it black...
*Insert Rolling Stones reference here*
    
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Posted - December 23 2008 : 10:11:01 PM
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If that thing pulled a dinner train they would only serve Green Eggs and Ham.
I want one. 
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Posted - December 24 2008 : 06:15:34 AM
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It sure does look like Seuss. "I do not want them on a train, I do not want them in the rain..."
It was discussed on another forum, and IIRC the prototype is German and available in normal schemes, including WWII camouflage. I wonder if it was ever pressed into U-Boat service.
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Posted - December 24 2008 : 08:15:52 AM
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| apart from colour it must be an engineers nightmare for servicing ken
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Posted - November 08 2020 : 11:55:48 AM
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Looks like the painters are Minnesota Vikings fans by using the team colors. Almost the same shade of colors.
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Posted - November 08 2020 : 12:57:01 PM
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while color choice might not be everyone's cup of tea, the lines look good and the overall quality seems fine
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Posted - November 08 2020 : 12:59:37 PM
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quote:apart from colour it must be an engineers nightmare for servicing ken
Originally posted by catfordken - December 24 2008 : 08:15:52 AM
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I don't know, that looks like a lot of hinges, better than riveting the panels in place (ahem, tyco powerpaks)
but if it is german, of course it'll be hard to service, but when it runs it'll run forever
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 Posted - November 08 2020 : 3:26:32 PM
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isn't this what people thought of when they saw the Lady Lionel set?
So who collects that now?
THE GUYS!
I'd buy that
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Posted - November 08 2020 : 7:11:39 PM
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| btw, I believe that's a japanese locomotive
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Posted - November 08 2020 : 7:53:09 PM
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china
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Railways_LD1
"Similar in physical appearance to the Class 242 streamlined 4-4-4T tank locomotives of the Hungarian State Railways, they were painted in a purple and cream livery inspired by the German Class 61 streamlined tank locomotives."
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Posted - November 08 2020 : 8:08:45 PM
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quote:china
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Railways_LD1
"Similar in physical appearance to the Class 242 streamlined 4-4-4T tank locomotives of the Hungarian State Railways, they were painted in a purple and cream livery inspired by the German Class 61 streamlined tank locomotives."
Originally posted by tater1337Â -Â November 08 2020Â :Â 7:53:09 PM
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I thought maybe it was a armored loco
Like the ones from WW2
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Posted - November 08 2020 : 9:25:03 PM
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| How odd
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 Posted - August 24 2023 : 12:38:40 AM
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Sacrilege.
Thank god the internet photo is small. The great Pennsylvania Railroad should not be remembered like this.
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Posted - August 24 2023 : 12:44:28 AM
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Horrible beyond words.
Pennsylvania Railroad employees would be horrified. If they are still alive.
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Posted - August 24 2023 : 09:47:35 AM
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The pink Lionel trains didn't sell well, but I think for that very reason, they have some collector's value, now. Except for some flowers and raspberry ice cream, I'm not a big fan of the color pink, anyway, so the collectors will have no competition from me.
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 Posted - August 24 2023 : 6:47:48 PM
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Personally I do not care what colors model train companies use to sell their items.
Just looked weird seeing Pennsylvania Railroad with that garish color.
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Posted - August 25 2023 : 11:52:03 AM
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This actually looks nice. At least to me. And symbolic for cancer research to help sick people.
Nothing like a shiny black steam locomotive though.
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Posted - February 18 2026 : 2:30:45 PM
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Basically hovercraft confined to rails hovertrains were the technological predecessor to maglevs and they reached their pinnacle in Jean Bertin’s Aérotrain concept.
A greater more radical jet powered flop than even the TurboTrain.
The Aerotrain’s tale starts with a scale model and a pitch which Bertin shopped around before attracting the support of France’s national railroad, the SNCF.
While the SNCF lost interest several months later, an undeterred Bertin instead drew financing from a regional planning body.
Which funded the construction of a test track and a manned Prototype 01 that hit 188 mph with rocket propulsion.
After a jet-powered Prototype 02 managed 186, France’s national planning body got on board, further though progress was slow til 1969, when a rocket-augmented 02 hit 262 mph.
This achievement netted Bertin and company a commercial contract to link airports in Cergy.
La Défense with the first operational passenger line though this also marked the end of the program’s forward progress.
Less than four weeks later the contract was canceled and in September 1975 SNCF declared that an electric locomotive was the future of its Trés Grande Vitesse program.
Prototype I80-HV made its final test run in late 1977 before retiring to its hangar, where it was destroyed by arson in 1992.
Prototype 02 has been preserved, and remains of the test track it once roared down can still be seen decaying in the French countryside.
Its removal too costly to be worthwhile.
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