More Oddities: Diesel Pneumatics, NYC Shay Boxcabs

In a world of diminishing variety, where you can count Class One’s with one hand and nearly every engine comes from one of two builders, here is some relief…some great oddities…This is a great site…very interesting stuff…I hope this link activates…not.

http://home.att.net/~berliner-Ultrasonics/boxcabs5.html#odderbox

Okay, I’ll activate it for you.

Sometimes they activate-sometimes they don’t-thanks.

Thanks for the link. Honestly, the more I scrolled down the page the more outlandish the locomotives got[:P]

Dave

The Soviets ran a number of locomotives that were combined steam and diesel

http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/russ/russrefr.htm

Zoweeee ! What a treat to see these old photos and bizarre photos of these odd looking creations, there must tons of this stuff alll over the world, thanks for bringing them to our attention. see, there are real uses for the internet.