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15 years 7 months ago #3760 by Fred
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And I thought the Zepplin was unneak! :)

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15 years 7 months ago #3765 by Mr. White
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Can I pass the question off to someone else? I have no good questions.

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15 years 7 months ago #3766 by Alaska Railroader
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I just posted one on the other thread that I hope you guys can tell ME!

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15 years 7 months ago - 15 years 7 months ago #3785 by Fred
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Soviet answer to NEW YORK CENTRAL jet Train- Speed 180 mph
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15 years 7 months ago #3802 by ULie
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Fred wrote:


Soviet answer to NEW YORK CENTRAL jet Train- Speed 180 mph


I'm just wondering how they thought to reverse the train with this installation...

GreetingZ, HilZen,

Uwe

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15 years 7 months ago #3804 by goobnav
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Simple,

Turn off the engines and have 100 People of the Great Soviet Union push it backwards for the glory of Republic. That's just my guess.

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15 years 7 months ago #3805 by Fred
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One way would have been to mount engines on a swivel-- Not done on either jet train so I would suspect they had auxiliary power, or assist engines as these were test units and never pressed into regular service. Then again, if these did prove sucessful, they could have turntables at either end, for single car trains and a reversing loop for multi car consists.
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15 years 7 months ago #3816 by Kelley
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Having been around Soviet built Aircraft, I would say that anyone riding that thing would be stone deaf. I can't even imagine the kerosene fumes that would be sucked inside either.I am guessing those B-36 pod engines would do the same. If you wanna see a B-36. check out the movie Strategic Air command with Jimmy Stewart.

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15 years 7 months ago - 15 years 7 months ago #3841 by Fred
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Pages 4-5 of the latest WORLD"S GREATEST HOBBY
Just IMAGINE a T SANTA FE---:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
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15 years 7 months ago #3842 by TerryH
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Fred, imagine all those scales on the same layout and of course T and TT as well.

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15 years 7 months ago - 15 years 7 months ago #3844 by loadmaster
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Kelley wrote:

Having been around Soviet built Aircraft, I would say that anyone riding that thing would be stone deaf. I can't even imagine the kerosene fumes that would be sucked inside either.I am guessing those B-36 pod engines would do the same. If you wanna see a B-36. check out the movie Strategic Air command with Jimmy Stewart.



Kelly,

Have you ever seen that gigantic Soviet cargo aircraft, I cannot remember the aircraft type, but it's bigger than a C-5. When they designed it, they forgot to put rollers on the floor so pallets cannot be loaded as easily as on the C-5. That aircraft must be loaded manually.
We can load two rows of 18 pallets into the plane totaling 36 pallets. Normally, there are only 32 pallets because the two position on the forward and aft ramps are not used. We can also setup the aircraft with pallets just down the centerline of aircraft, but that is when we do airdrops.

Now back to the subject of trains.

Robert

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15 years 7 months ago #3845 by Kelley
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This one? I seen the one that is like the C-5 but with conventional, not a T tail and 4 engines. Still big.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:An-225_front_day_V1.jpg

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15 years 7 months ago #3846 by Fred
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I saw the AN-225 at Baltimore/Washington International several years ago- Parked all by her lonesome- HUGE Aircraft.
Fred

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15 years 7 months ago #3847 by loadmaster
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Yes, I think that's it. It was in the evening and we were parked on the tarmac. I never noticed the tail rudders. I think we landed in the Ukraine with some humanitarian supplies and they didn't even have a "K" loader so the military brought out the "troops" and the down loaded our aircraft by hand which took several hours. One of the our crew members was asked if he had any "Levis" and when he said yes, they offered him $70-80 for a pair of them, WOW.

Robert

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15 years 7 months ago #3848 by loadmaster
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Fred wrote:


Pages 4-5 of the latest WORLD"S GREATEST HOBBY
Just IMAGINE a T SANTA FE---:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:


Fred,

Lionel had "standard" gauge before "O" gauge. Do you know how much larger it was and whether it was a large as G acale?

Robert

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15 years 7 months ago #3850 by Fred
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I'm not sure about "Standard" someone with more knowledge than I can pipe up here. My first train was a MARXS- tin type.. it Ran on 027 track.
Lionel had 027, O, and then Super O. All 3 rail and all of thier rolling stock could run on the same track. Sort of like MTH today with different degrees of detail.
Fred

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15 years 7 months ago #3914 by Fred
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Danbury Mint Farm
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15 years 7 months ago #3915 by Fred
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Other side
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15 years 7 months ago #3916 by Fred
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This end
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15 years 7 months ago #3917 by Fred
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That end
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