and he notes - I have that magazine on my already crammed bookcase of Sci-Fi, Ornithology, herbal remedies and other odds and ends - "The Great Martian Railroad Race" was the title by Eric Vinicoff, [Isaac Azimov Science Fiction Aug. 1988]. I bought it for that story as I was curious about what a railroad on Mars would look like.
Model Railroader ran an article some years ago about a railroad on the Moon and a portion of the SAFEGE monorail was used in the movie "Fahrenheit 451" (though I think the Wuppertal would have been more interesting). One of our productions - "Streamline Express" - takes place on a high-speed monorail capable (so the announcer says) of going from New York to Los Angeles in 20 hours - not bad for 1935! Curiously, it resembled the New Haven RR's Bessemer steam powered "Comet". Railroads have been found in other Sci-fi books as well as Tom Swift stories too. One outlandish tale involved a giant iron man like machine that was coal fired and powered trains by foot power (saving money on wheels I presume). I guess not all the far-out stuff was confined to Mars. When the B&M demonstrated a Budd RDC through my home town in the early 50s, the local newspaper hailed it as a 'space age' train. The B&M purchased nearly a hundred of 'em with 3/2 seating. I guess the idea was to cram as many people as possible in as little 'space' as possible... Raleigh in far out Maine! At 02:46 PM 9/2/2005, Barry Comer wrote: >Hi Group. Is the Martian Drive Inn on Mars or Earth? If on Mars, is it >close to the Martian Railroad? Some years ago, a sci-fi writer/model >railroader/railfan wrote a story about railroads on Mars. To REPLY to the list, use REPLY ALL; to reply to the sender, use REPLY. For those of you on DIGEST mode, all REPLY messages go to the list (remember to edit the SUBJECT of your message). Change message settings, use our CALENDAR or LINKS, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
