Have You Seen My Meds?

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September 07, 2012
cloggo: DIESELPUNK- Streamline Steam  A very unlikely Streamliner was the Iraq State Railways PC Class as half it’s Bagdad -Mosul route was single track.  They were built by Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns in 1941  to resemble British passenger express Pacifics, with a nose rounded like the LMS Coronation Class and valancing styled like the LNER Class A4. They were still in service when I made my solitary railway journey from Bagdad but unfortunately my route was south to Shaibah rather than north to Mosul. The names of the stations en route to the south were thought provoking. Ur Junction (Ur of the Chaldees) and Babylon.   MORE HERE

cloggo:

DIESELPUNK- Streamline Steam

 A very unlikely Streamliner was the Iraq State Railways PC Class as half it’s Bagdad -Mosul route was single track.  They were built by Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns in 1941  to resemble British passenger express Pacifics, with a nose rounded like the LMS Coronation Class and valancing styled like the LNER Class A4.

They were still in service when I made my solitary railway journey from Bagdad but unfortunately my route was south to Shaibah rather than north to Mosul. The names of the stations en route to the south were thought provoking. Ur Junction (Ur of the Chaldees) and Babylon.


  MORE HERE

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August 29, 2012

bassman5911:

Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender

The Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender prototype was born out of a United States Army Air Corps request for a higher-performance, more heavily armed fighter with improved pilot visibility over existing aircraft. The brief specifically allowed, and suited, unconventional designs. And if the XP-55 Ascender was one thing, it was unconventional.(more)

(via Strange Aircraft: Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender | diseno-art.com)

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June 20, 2012
cloggo: DIESELPUNK Aero Engined Monsters Actually the Amilcar is to small and dainty to be called a Monster, but it’s size and elegance belies the fact it houses a 12 litre Hispana Suiza engine of the type used in the SE 5a Fighter aircraft in the Great War. Owned By Robin Baker and seen here at Harewood Hill Climb on June 2. Pic by Cloggy

cloggo:

DIESELPUNK

Aero Engined Monsters

Actually the Amilcar is to small and dainty to be called a Monster, but it’s size and elegance belies the fact it houses a 12 litre Hispana Suiza engine of the type used in the SE 5a Fighter aircraft in the Great War. Owned By Robin Baker and seen here at Harewood Hill Climb on June 2.

Pic by Cloggy