Sat, 11 Oct 2003
21st century steam locomotives and biplanes
Steam locomotives may be about to make a come-back on British
railways, in the form of the 5AT, a 4-6-0 configuration steam locomotive designed to
reach speeds upwards of 180 km/h and be far more efficient and
far less polluting than the last steam locomotives
manufactured in the UK. They're looking for investors today
and want to have a prototype running by 2010 ...
Meanwhile, can anyone identify this thing for me? It claims to
be called "Kometa", but a quick google reveals no matches for
it among the Lithuanian match factories, high-altitude
observation planes, and cruise missiles that share the name.
[ Link
(Loco) ] [ Link
(Even more Loco) ]
[ Link
(Russian biplane) ]
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