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Woah, lolicon office equipment? That's really pushing it here.
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good stuff.
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whoohaa
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On your Copper Canyon photo, when my family came down from Alaska in June of 1965, we drove from Anchorage to White Horse, Yukon then put our Volks camper on a flatbed railcar of the White Pass and Yukon Route railroad to Skagway, AK. It followed the GoldRush Trail of 1898 through the mountains and in place you could still see the steps worn into the rocks. The RR is running again but only to the Canada border from Skagway.
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Your 1961 Ford Fairlane Hy-Rail is actually a Checker Marathon, of indeterminate age because they never bother to change the styling.
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Back in the '70s I discovered that my '49 Ford pickup could ride the rails by slightly deflating the bias ply tires. Her creeper gear allowed us to leisurely cruise abandoned rail lines at 5 to 10 mph. The great thing was that it required only minimal attention from the driver.I only wish there was a system in place allowing us to similarly travel the highways. I would gladly give up some control of my vehicle in exchange for being able to pay attention to the scenery, or the newspaper, or my co-passengers.
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Don't forget the "Rail Scooter"
http://thescooterscoop.blogspot.com/2006/07/wtf-scooter-of-month-4-wheeled-rail.html
or
http://thescooterscoop.blogspot.com/2007/01/return-of-rail-scooter.html
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And the RailBike: http://www.toerismevlaanderen.nl/tvl/download/nl/2260653/hoofdimage/railbike.jpg
Sorry for the small pic, there are bigger ones available, but this exact pic is the only one around where I live.
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Thank you, i added some more info.
Terrapin, you don't have a picture of this, by chance?
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To your "Truly a Light Rail Vehicle" i can say that the first and third are Simson Schwalbe KR51/1 (aka Simson Swallow) build in the German Demokratic Republic. The second is a Simson Star, also build in GDR.
greetz
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About that Volkswagen Bus: This is not some sort of "homegrown" conversion, they were produced in series equipped this way. The German railway company Deutsche Bundesbahn ordered some dozens of these (about 60 units, iirc). Some of them still roam around at several transportation museums or historic railways.
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Don't forget de Back to the Future
Delorean Rail edition
http://www.jpustoys.it/JPS/images/delorean_rail.jpg
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Where's polish car "Mitor" vel. "twin Żuk"?
one pic: http://www.ssb.strefa.pl/mitor/galeria/mitor02.jpg
more: http://www.ssb.strefa.pl/mitor/mitor.html
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The german so-called "Schi-Stra-Bus", the red bus shown on the pictures courtesy of mibaone.de, was not only used between the towns of Siershahn and Montabaur. 15 of these were brought into use in 1953 and 1954. They were used on several routes, partly on rails and partly on roads, e. g. between Passau and Cham. However, most of the connections were cancelled by the late 50ies, early 60ies, since the conversion between road and rail was rather time-consuming (10-15 Min.) and improvements to the road-network made all-road connections more competitive. The last "Schi-Stra-Bus"-route, Betzdorf - Koblenz trough the Westerwald-mountains, lasted till 1967. One bus, the one shown above, is preserved.
More information (in German) on site linked to my name above.
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nb the photo just after the "willys jeep 4x4" is ALSO a Willlys jeep 4x4. It's a "forward control" jeep.
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The William Glover photo of the 1951 Chevrolet track inspection car is actually from the Eureka Springs & North Arkansas Railway in Arkansas, though it is pretty close to Missouri.
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A spruce goose is an airplane, the D&RGW #2 pictured is the combination of a Pierce Arrow car body with a box car, and is known to the railroaders as a "Motor". This is evident by the 2 foot tall letters on the side that say "Motor"
To rail fans and the people of Colorado these marvels of necessity are called a "Galloping Goose"
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rather nice ones, couple of slovak here as well :) http://vlaky.net/zeleznice/spravy/003153-Vyhra-zeleznica-Piestany-Vrbove-svoj-boj-o-prezitie.asp
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After D-Day during WII, the US military used jeeps as locomotives, and I think I have seen the same use during the same period in Burma.
John Bessa
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The second picture of the '55 Chevy Bel Air is very interesting, because the boxcars in the background have buffers. So the pictures is most likely taken somewhere in Europe.
That leaves the question, if the car was used by a european (state) railroad, or by the United State Army Transportation Corps?
Does anyone have information???
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These last photos of a Russian Army "URAL" truck probably are the tests of "Unitsky's String Transportation system". Possibly it might use hi-voltage wires as a string/rail, but on the polygon these things are only tubes.
Here's the link to their site. http://www.unitsky.ru/ (translate yousing google translate, yeah).
Also I'm quite sure, that these photos with a truck were not taken in Siberia, because the only testing polygon was in Ozery (South east of Moscow district, not far from Kolomna). I visited it in 2009 with a friend of mine, it was ruined a bit... I think there is no studies of this system now... Also Dr.Yunitsky is not very popular in Russian Scientific Society... So I don't thing that someone in Russia would like to give money for this.
And a few tricks. Youngsters that we met in Ozery didn't know, where the Yunitsky Transportation System is. But they knew, where there is a "tower":)))
Bonus: video from this "tower":))
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea9lk6p9CaA
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Thank you Evgeny, great material, will include in the next part.
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It's really tell about the very old mariage of religion with war. Always walked hand in hand for thousand of years.
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And they are still walking hand in hand richard.
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The Land Raider is from the "Warhammer 40000" Sci-Fi gaming system (or WH40K for short). "Warhammer" is a fantasy gaming system.
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The theme song for this page should be "Onward Christian Soldiers".
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Thanks for sharing :)
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actually, for the Quebec ice storm, some areas of the province went without power for as long as six weeks... yes, SIX WEEKS... 100 000 people were evacuated. 16 000 soldiers were sent in for various tasks. 25 people died. yes... quite a storm. I was lucky, I was out of power for 4 days. And it seemed like weeks.
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Incredible collection of ice storm photographs! The one I took in Atlanta was definitely an accident and it was quite exciting to wake up and see everything frozen over night...
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"Strong winds and extreme cold combine to create ice sculptures"
These pictures were not taken in Serbia. These were taken in Hungary at Lake Balaton in the winter of 2005/06.
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These pictures are beautiful!
I live in Ontario, so ice storms are nothing new for me...but the artistic photos will remind me to not just see freezing rain as a nuisance, but to stop and take a look at the beauty it creates.
Thanks for another great post!
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so cool ,very like your post!
thank you!
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I well remember the Spokane ice storm. On campus, there is a four story dorm that faces a bunch of tall trees, and the residents were cheering as the branches broke off. Why not? Nobody was walking down there, and it was probably the only entertainment they could get with the power out. I spent the evening in one of the few places with power— the Honors study house. It was quite a party.
The pictures I have from the day after are quite lovely but non-digital. Thank you for posting the link!
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Growing up in NY - we have had our fair share of ice storms - and they can be both scary as well as quite beautiful if you can get out and take some pictures.
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These are really beautiful. we have a lot of ice storms in Arkansas as well but nothing that looks anything l
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Thanks for all this info!
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The photographs accompanying this post are nothing less than spectacular. Thanks for sharing!
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hi, I came here via stumble, and I just wanted to thank you for actually putting some effort into this post. Nearly every other click on the stumble button produces a blog entry showing extreme natural phenomena, but this one is the first and only that actually had interesting and helpful reference information and obvious thought put into the presentation. Thanks.
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your pictures makes me cry...
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hi, I'm from Ontario and remember the ice storm really well... I managed to be able to stay in my home for the first week. After that I had to go to my folks house for a week and finally with a friend for the remainder. I was without power for 21 days. It's amazing how beautiful nature can be when at her most destructive. Everything was quiet, no sounds of cars or anything, just the sounds of the ice as branches moved in the wind and pieces fell. A truly awesome experience!
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"Everything was quiet, no sounds of cars or anything, just the sounds of the ice as branches moved in the wind and pieces fell. "
Wow. I can easily imagine that. Still, 21 days without power is pretty hairy.
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Niesamowite....
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I live in New England, and Ice Storms are just a common part of life here. I remember a big Ice Storm back in '97 that knocked out power to around a million people. I was out of power for about a week, the entire state of Maine basically shut down.
They can be the most destructive of storms, but they can also be the most beautiful sights in the world. Watching the morning sun set afire a forest enshrouded in ice, with nothing but the sound of tinkling branches falling in the wind, is something you can't forget.
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The second to the top casemod is "The BFG", it's very very nice model of the BFG in the Doom games, even with a working stroboscope in it. You can view the whole proces of creating this casemod at: http://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/list_messages/1188110/ . It's in Dutch, but there are more than 100 photo's.
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Just to let you know, the "tricycle concoction" is a new scooter from Piaggio. I know a place where one's for sale, and I saw one driving about once.
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Adler's pictures are real-life versions of the classic Hanna-Barbera Wacky Races cartoon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wacky_Races
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Thank you, guys. I've updated it.
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What IS this thing??
It's a "HyperBike"
Powered by both arms and legs and capable of speeds of 50 mph.
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/070122_technov_nasa_bike.html
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Also see, http://www.hyperbike.info/
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The Wacky Racers cars were built for the Goodwood Festival Of Speed. Each year they build another car from the series and they all drive in a grand parade.
Info at http://www.goodwood.co.uk/fos/intro/jfos.htm
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Great stuff. I'm surprised to see a list of wacky cars without the Landmaster, though.
http://www.answers.com/topic/landmaster
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"This one is only a toy, we hope"
No it is photoshopped. Front and rear is from a real bike.
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"This one is only a toy, we hope"
the design is taken from the "tomahawk" which is a "dodge" creation.
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The Pen Guy
I love wacky cars and thanks for inluding my Mercedes Pens, its a great honor. I also started a new blog called
Art Car Central which I hope will become world's most comprehensive blog about art cars, events, lists, how to and everything else related to this wonderful and unique personal expression.
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Thank you Costas,
your site links to some cool cars...
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Sadly, the Bigfoot is no longer at the Race Rock in Orlando, FL. They shut it down earlier this year, and it was sold off or something.
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Great page/site.Another cool three wheeled rig is the T-Rex from Canada, cool looking and high performance.
Great compilation of images, Thanx
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You may want to include the
"Roadog" in Part 4.
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You really also need the Moller Skycar:
http://www.moller.com/
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The Moller's car we did cover in Future Tech
series
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The truck that has 'US airforce afterburner' written on it, just to let you know, is more than likely a just a monster truck... when they transport monster trucks they remove the large wheels and fit small ones and then transport them separately to be easier.
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Ok, i have a weird car's picture, how i send it?
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Send it to -
abramsv@gmail.com
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My direct boss (our CEO) has the Carver. It looks neat and is fun - but hey, 40k Euro for a "cool" joyride that isn't even that eco-friendly? Seems like a waste of sound engineering.
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Looks like this would provide some good exercise.
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I love these scenes. These colors are more then beautiful!
The Vader money comoes from http://diablo2003.deviantart.com/art/Starbuck-67549133
your website is awesome.
76% at freakout :P
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