Think of a diesel locomotive truck...
| April 07, 2008 02:36PM |
Bet you weren't thinking of this!
"This railroad marvel has DM62 locomotive engine set on top of ballistic rocket mobile wheeled base "Hurricane". It was built not too long ago, in 2002 by the students of VNIKTI institute in Bronnitsy, Russia."
Photo and description found here, a page of Hi-Rail trucks.
Hi-Rail Trucks
Which eventually led to a huge collection of Russian narrow gauge photos (over 13,000) and information.
Encyclopedia of Russian Narrow Gauge Railways
Bruce
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/07/2008 02:38PM by bcp.
"This railroad marvel has DM62 locomotive engine set on top of ballistic rocket mobile wheeled base "Hurricane". It was built not too long ago, in 2002 by the students of VNIKTI institute in Bronnitsy, Russia."
Photo and description found here, a page of Hi-Rail trucks.
Hi-Rail Trucks
Which eventually led to a huge collection of Russian narrow gauge photos (over 13,000) and information.
Encyclopedia of Russian Narrow Gauge Railways
Bruce
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/07/2008 02:38PM by bcp.
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
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