and he chuckles - Avast ye Landlubbers! Yonder comes a "Sail-Bogie"!
http://www.mike.munro.cwc.net/ng_rly/sailtruc/sailtruc.htm Back in the First World War, the British built a lifeboat station and later an artillery post on Spurn Point on the Yorkshire coast. To get there and back they built a railway on cob (the narrow strip of land between the estuary and the point). It was operated by the British War Department and the Lifeboat Service between about 1915 and 1946. In addition to a couple of gas powered cars, the railway had two sail cars Passengers sat on the wooden decking and were propelled at speeds of up to 40 mph by a balanced lug sail suspended from a 14 ft mast. There were no brakes and the cars were stopped by dropping a heavy piece of timber in front of the wheels! Miraculously, there were no serious injuries amongst passengers or crew and the `land ships' were highly effective except on rare days when there was no wind. And for the posh crowd, we 'ave 'Spooner's Boat' on the Ffestiniog: http://chris6164.fotopic.net/p21792128.html Under construction: http://www.festrail.co.uk/lodge17.htm I recall an article in RMC back in the 60s about a railroad in Norway that used sails and in the cobwebs of memory I remember seeing a film on similar cars used either in Holland or Denmark. They were shaped like boats (or were boats mounted on wheels) to cut wind resistance and load cargo. As I recall a large part of that railroad was built on pilings and ran out to an island in the North Sea. Sail trains were also used in the Falklands as well as Pategonia where the winds blow constantly. No doubt they were used elsewhere as well. While not exactly a kayak with flanged wheels Ed, sail trains did prove the old saying -"Where there's a wind, there's a way!"... Nyuk, Nyuk! Raleigh in the rain in Maine See my videos at http://www.emporiumpictures.com/ email me for new releases: Emporium Pictures <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 01:55 AM 11/2/2006, ed_loizeaux wrote: >--- In <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected], >Charles Weston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How about kayaking under railroad bridges and watching > > trains? > >Do kayaks have flanges? I can't wait for Rollie or someone to start >sending pix of kayaks with flanges. Only on the I-net. What is this >world coming to? Cheers...Ed L. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
