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What exactly was the military doctrine of armored trains in WW2 and the years leading up to it? They seem to be sitting ducks for ground attack aircraft, can only go where railroads go, and can be easily immobilized by damaging the tracks.

Meanwhile you might enjoy reading this history lesson from a friend at Southampton University. The USA standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used? Because that's the way they built them in England, and...

that a Novum in this Forum we talk allot about Aircraft, but not much about Airports Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport was original planed as Aéroport de Paris Nord in 1966 with 4 runways of 4000 meter length and 6 big Terminals like Terimal One, but with 6 floor multi-storey car park for 4000...

Since we already have aircraft, ships and tanks why can't we have automobiles and trains?

The GT1 is a new Russian dual-section freight locomotive of 2 (Bo-Bo-Bo) axle arrangement, with a total weight of 300 tonnes and a service speed of 100 km.h. The prime mover is a two-shaft gas turbine developed by SNTK Kuznetsov from the NK-321 turbofan that powers the Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack...

Hi everybody I am searching for pictures or drawings of the Krauss-Maffei "Atomlok" . It is a german postwar project for a nuclear powered locomotive ! Data: Lenght 35m, wide 3m, weight 185 t, Power 5916 hp Here I have found some websites with pictures of nuclear powered locomotives ...