Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Railplanes

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In the development of railroads aircraft engines and propellers, and eventually even jet engines, were explored as means of propulsion. First tired in Russia with the Aerowagon in 1917, variations on the concept were imagined, prototyped and put into limited use through out the 20th century.

These are images of those trains. At the end of this post, after the jump, is a video of the Bennie Railplane in action. 





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