engineerd™, on June 20th, 2012
The British have a fascination with rail travel. You can get to nearly any part of the British Isles by rail. London’s Underground includes the oldest section of underground track in the world. Innovations on steam and Diesel engines have come at the hand of British railwaymen. One such innovation never made it past the proof of concept stage. This revolutionary “train” promised to provide a highspeed passenger link to all parts of England and to France.
Continue reading It’s A Train! It’s A Plane! No! It’s The Bennie Railplane!
Deartháir, on January 12th, 2011
Image courtesy of VintageBus.com
As the Snowpocalypse continues to assault us here in the northern hemisphere, and our Brazilian readers continue to gloat, I’ve found myself continually longing for some sort of heavy-duty snow removal device. This wasn’t exactly what I was thinking of, but now that I’ve seen it, I have a [...]
Deartháir, on December 8th, 2010
Technology on a grand scale can be a beautiful thing. This is the Spiral Tunnel in the Kicking Horse Pass in southeastern British Columbia. It’s one of many spiral tunnels around the world, and it’s also one of the earlier examples to be completed. It was opened in 1909, and allowed the use of [...]
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