Random Picture Thread

Jolly, the Chisos was one of my favorite trips. Met two friends in Vegas, drove to Big bend. Camped for a week, hooked up with three gals for the second week, went to Guadaloupe, White Sands, Carlsbad. It's the perfect time of the year to be there, too.

 

The random moving picture strikes again... Timber table with hand tools.

http://www.wimp.com/makestable/

 

http://imgfave.com/view/1212376

 

In Stockholm maritime museum there is a truckload of plans and photos, for the search "eka" I found these... http://www.sjohistoriska.se/sv/Fordjupning/Sok-i-samlingarna/Sok/?q=eka&x=21&y=16

 

Looks like a before and after picture for a weight loss programme.

 

Love the hillbilly powersaw!

 

Scottish Railplane prototype from 1930, and French Aerotrain from 1965:

http://www.messynessychic.com/2014/05/22/before-the-eurostar-remains-of-the-flying-rail-plane-that-never-was/

 

The shrimp boat Darway was sinking so they beached it on Galveston's west end. 1970

 

That French rail project I believe was a Maglev one and the track was around Poitiers, I remember seeing it there in about 1969. Looked quite futuristic to me as a young boy!.

 

Hi to all. Finally something I can contribute.

Still running today around the corner from where I live. Great mode of transport:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuppertal_Suspension_Railway


The best train I've ever been on. Fast. Silent. A shame Germany is Car Country, so it never took off.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transrapid

 

To eliminate the chance of a necessary involuntary beaching the shrimpers in Oostduinkerke stay on or near the beach and fish from horseback . . - - - (translation)

 

Transrapid

I was working over out of Singapore in the mid 90's when they came to an international transportation show that was hosted there. I found it fascinating as I had always been interested in monorails, and wondered why they had not seen more widespread acceptance.

Bangkok was in the process of looking thru 3 different mast transit systems for their city, and again since that town is built on a swampy river delta, I wondered why they would even consider a subway system?? Why not an above ground system that could largely fabricated off-site, then brought in and erected intown,...and much less susceptible to the flooding that all of Thailand experiences??

I think the one negative aspect of the Transrapid system is the very large extra expense of the 'mag-levitation' option. Not all such trains need to travel that fast. The linear electric drive is a great and somewhat simple aspect of that train.

 

Sounds like something we might have tried if we had horses.
My friends and I once pulled a fish seine out through the surf with a canoe and hauled it back in by hand. All we caught were striped mullet and a few small sting rays.

 

In that highly dense populated area we live in, I think every penny would have been worth it. Just to avoid the noise from all the trains around here.

It was so amazing: Inside there was nearly no noise at all and standing outside as the train passed it was just a 'SSSSSShhhhhhhh'. At a speed of 380km/h.