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Originally Posted by daepp View Post
Is that the Porsche Hybrid from circa 1900? If it is, that's the first photo I've seen of it. I've looked hard but have never found one. I also understand he adapted the concept to a "Land Train" - where all wheels were powered by the forward unit with electrical cables running to each "trailer". Basically all wheel drive for all units in the train - could go anywhere at a time when Europe had very few paved roads - but very slow, and ultimately succumbed to a new type of warfare - airplanes dropping bombs by hand on the very slow land train.

Of course - maybe you were referring to something else Oh, well.....
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