Jet, the newest canine member of Escanaba Township Fire, will help firefighters investigate suspected arsons. Fire Chief ...
In the mid-1960’s, New York Central Railroad engineer Don Wetzel was exploring ways to make trains run safer, cheaper, but most importantly: faster. And, clearly, the most logical means of ...
How do you make a train more awesome? Attached two jet engines to it. That's exactly what Don Wetzel of the New York Central Railroad did in 1966 with the help of GE. In the summer of 1966, railroad ...
SOVIET engineers' visions of a futuristic turbo train which could hit lightening speeds now sits rotting in a factory yard. The 50 ton jet-powered train could reportedly hit speeds of around 180mph ...
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A new train that could have revolutionized rail passenger travel was being tested locally. The new train, called the Rock Island Jet, was built by the American Car & Foundry in Berwick. The train was ...
As crazy as it may sound, you can try out a jet-powered rail car. Don’t think you can do that in reality, but at least you can feel a bit of the outlandish experience in a simulator. We ended up again ...
The front of the Soviet jet train on a monument in Tver, Russia. By Eskimozzz [PD], via Wikimedia Commons. It started with one of those odd links that pop up from time to time on Hacker News: “The ...
A tourist visiting Jamaica described the record-breaking Hurriane Melissa as "a freight train with a jet engine." ...
The need to check in and unpack only once, it's been said, is why god created cruises—as well as private jet and train journeys. We could not agree more. If you like nothing more than having every ...