The Strange and Unusual

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[size=large]The strange and unusual....real trains...

How does it stay up???[/size]

[size=large]Does it Fly???[/size]

[size=large]Mr. Bug???[/size]

[size=large]Need I say more???[/size]

[size=large]Mad Max???[/size]

[size=large]I'm leaving on a Jet Plane...er...Train[/size]

[size=large]Do you know of any strange and unusual real trains???[/size]

Miksolo

The last picture looks a lot like "the jet train" from the online indie educational cartoon, Shawn the Train...
At least as far as I can remember. I didn't think it was based on a real thing.

I saw the one episode with it in it and cringed the whole way thru.. Heh.. Wasn't really for me.

Nigels

That first one is truly crazy, just hope the driver never says "if you look out the .... window you can see... Oh crap!!"

As for 'Mr Bug' that is a truly lovely engine, used to be run by the German railways and was their competitor to the British and other 'streamlined' expresss steam loco's. You can get some lovely models in HO gauge, for a price... 🙂

DalaGStanator

1: Is that like an early concept of a Monorail? It looks like it's supported by humans walking inside its rear end, like driving a Cozy Coupe.

2: Why's it got a propeller? Is it even powerful enough to drive it?

3: That one just looks idiotic. No comment.

4: Imagine if Filmore were redesigned like that..

5: What's this, a bulldozer?

6: ...

Super

DalaGStanator wrote
5: What's this, a bulldozer?

Its a snow plow I think

Nigels wrote
As for 'Mr Bug' that is a truly lovely engine, used to be run by the German railways and was their competitor to the British and other 'streamlined' expresss steam loco's. You can get some lovely models in HO gauge, for a price... 🙂

Thats interesting, would you happen to have a link for any of the models?

ROKMAN1445

1: It uses a giant gyroscope. The idea was scrapped due to a very low popularity rate and due to complexity.
2: It does not. It was to achieve high speeds. It was not used due to the propellor being to close to a trailing coach.
3: A streamlined DR locomotive. Looks quite nice.
4: I dunno.
5: A heavy duty snowplow.
6: An attempt to make the slower RDC units faster. It cost too much and was dangerous.

Nigels

Here's a nice cheap static diecast version of mr bug (its a DRB Class 01.1) Mr Bug

You can get HO and maybe N gauge versions made by Fleishmann or Roco but they are around the £200 mark but incredibly detailed 😃

and a real one;

Super

That is an awesome train, thanks for the links. If I had an HO layout I would surely have one of these as I love the strange and unusual lookers. I just love the bug look and when I first saw it I was thinking it was some strange diesel but with the smoke stack, odd looking smoke deflectors and that massive tender its a steamer for sure. The picture of the Fleischmann HO train (below) has the massive 4-6-2 wheels covered and look at that tender, 10 wheels.

This train reminds me of one of the earlier designs by Plarail. Pictured below you will see what is called the ET-300-1 Express which I have been told is not modeled after any real train. If you added some bug wing smoke deflectors on the top and a large covered tender this Plarail would resemble the German DRB Class 01.01 in my opinion.

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Nigels

I actually had a typo in my earlier post its a class 01.10 in case we got any rivet counters watching lol!

I agree that is a good body to start with and with the right mods could well make a good example.

I have to say I've wanted one of the HO versions for years, although I'd probably go for the Roco version as they IMHO are even more detailed and run much more smoothly

DalaGStanator

Super wrote
That is an awesome train, thanks for the links. If I had an HO layout I would surely have one of these as I love the strange and unusual lookers. I just love the bug look and when I first saw it I was thinking it was some strange diesel but with the smoke stack, odd looking smoke deflectors and that massive tender its a steamer for sure. The picture of the Fleischmann HO train (below) has the massive 4-6-2 wheels covered and look at that tender, 10 wheels.

This train reminds me of one of the earlier designs by Plarail. Pictured below you will see what is called the ET-300-1 Express which I have been told is not modeled after any real train. If you added some bug wing smoke deflectors on the top and a large covered tender this Plarail would resemble the German DRB Class 01.10 in my opinion.

You're absolutely right! It might actually be possible that that Plarail engine was partially influenced by it. It's also somewhat similar to "Marklin" (the unofficial nickname for that black background engine that was used in the first season of Thomas). That, or Darth Vader as a locomotive.

Nigels

If you want Darth Vader's locomotive you can't beat the front car of the Nankai Rapit 🙂

Super

Nigels wrote
If you want Darth Vader's locomotive you can't beat the front car of the Nankai Rapit 🙂

Or, if this guy was painted black...

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Nigels

That is a Nankai Rapit isn't it? Same moulding if nothing else as I recognise some of the detailing on it. Now that is a train I would love to get in N scale as I think it is so cool 🙂

Nigels

Just seen this listing, as its one of your odditties, thought I'd share 🙂

Plane on the track?

Super

That looks like the pictured one in the first post although now I don't know which is the front and which is the rear. I had thought the prop side was the front but looking at your model the other side looks like the front end of an F-Unit.

Is that an HO or N Gauge? It looks so long and the trucks spread so far apart I wonder how it handles a tight curve.

Nigels

I think it's actually Z gauge if I recall correctly, they have some quite wide curves so could potentially cope with it.

The propellor definitely is at the back, meant to push it along as did some of the turbo-prop planes after the war.

Apparently (if you read the blurb on the auction) the original was a prototype made by an aircraft manufacturer and there was only ever the one made 🙂

Super

The 1934 Union Pacific M-10000
http://streamlinermemories.info/?p=1

Nigels

Wow, very nice 🙂

ROKMAN1445

I loved to look at images of this train when I was little. It was so inspiring. Why not have more today?

Nigels

Apart from Japan most trains these days are like cars, designed on computer to be aerodynamic and pack as many seats in as possible meaning like cars unless you see the badge you have no idea what it is. There are of course a few exceptions, but very few... 🙁