MORE random pics......

[sammyg2]

What happens when you pull a vacuum on a rail car?



I didn't know they had chicanes for trains


LOL remionds me of when my dog tries to run really fast on a hardwood floor and the rug curls up behind him and he doesn't go anywhere.

[nynor]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

OK How can this work at all?

i can see it.

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by MJHanna

Nope their Diodes used in the head tracking system for the heads up display.

What tracking system is that? I did some work on one for helos...what a mess!

[enzo1]

man, i like that car...

[sammyg2]

[MJHanna]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

What tracking system is that? I did some work on one for helos...what a mess!

Its used on The Eurofighter Typhoon

"An advanced optical head
tracker is integrated into the helmet system to
provide a high accuracy/low latency solution for
low, medium, and high altitude operations."

And some "other" programs

[GH85Carrera]

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[proffighter]

Originally Posted by cashflyer

Do you know the source of the photo?
It appears to be a cog-drive rack railway; either a Marsh, used on the Mount Washington Cog Railway, or a Riggenbach, which was used to climb the Rigi Mountain in Switzerland.

As my grandparents had a little apartment in Vitznau, I was countless times on the Rigi, it is about 45min from my home away. The pic could really be the Rigibahn, but I cannot tell for sure. The track wide looks European for me and it's not small, as most if not all others with gear-track here

and the random pic of me (hand) and some friends

[GH85Carrera]

[strupgolf]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Hey Joe, do you hear something?

[enzo1]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

OK How can this work at all?

this is the reply I got from my buddy....
This is a cog railway where the power uses cog in the middle of the rail to power itself along the rail. This is only used on very steep grades. It is similar to a rollercoaster climbing that very first hill, although the rollercoaster is much steeper.

The wear on the cog portion indicates that the siding is seldom used. This would be where a cog locomotive could be sent into a roundhouse for repairs, although due to lack of obvious wear on the cogs, I would say it is just a siding, seldom used. When it is used the switch at the far end of the picture would be thrown and the points would direct the loco on to the siding. The straight rail would be moved (it is not obvious how), but the cog rail is then moved over to the usually really hard rubber supports to allow the loco to motivate itself onto the siding. I’ve only seen this on the Mt. xxxxxxxxx just outside Colorado Springs.

[tcar]

Originally Posted by enzo1

I’ve only seen this on the Mt. xxxxxxxxx just outside Colorado Springs.

That would be the Pikes Peak Cog Railway.

From Manitou Springs to the top of Pikes Peak, one of Colrado's 'Fourteeners' (over 14K feet high).

Pike's Peak Cog Railway - The world's highest cog railroad, the highest Colorado railroad AND highest train in the United States.

[pete3799]

Mt. Washington cog railway

[EarlyPorsche]

Originally Posted by enzo1

A wonderful picture! You are truly blessed.

[enzo1]

She's not mine, unfortunately....

[enzo1]

I like this 1, too...