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Old 02-18-2012, 02:54 PM   #1 (permalink)
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high-speed rail circa 1865
I'm gonna attempt my 1st image link to Dr.Samuel R.Calthrop's 1865 "air-resisting train" Patent drawing.It's at GOOGLE IMAGES.
The tail car foreshadows today's high-speed rail locomotive/tailcar technology.

http://www-distance.syr.edu/SamCalth...s/image002.jpg
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...I assume the end with the smoke-stack is the front end, correct?
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...I assume the end with the smoke-stack is the front end, correct?
Yep,das ist ein sootundcinderfrontgobemakin'aeromashine!
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