Monday, February 6, 2023

Now that's cool. Armored trains are a poor idea, but that is still pretty cool.

 


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  1. Somewhere in Manchuria, I believe.

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    1. Could be Manchuria, could be eastern Siberia when the Japanese were trying to take over from about 1920 to 1925 during/after the Russian Civil War. Armored trains are very useful in civil wars, where 'friendly' territory has to be patrolled. They were used in the US and Russian civil wars.

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  2. Turn it into a museum real easy...just remove rails.

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  3. Does Lionel make an "0-Scale" size model of this Nipponese Bad Boy?

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  4. The North Koreans have missile trains they hide in tunnels.

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  5. WW Two. Uncle Jim's unit was getting shelled by a BIG gun. Not the usual German towed or self-propelled artillery. Someone found an old railroad map that showed a closed line leading through a tunnel that was NOT on any new maps. "Well that's where 'd put my guns." sad the US artillery C.O. USAAF bombed the mountain above the tunnel entrance. No more problems ... at least from those guns.

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  6. Sovietski Russian Rocket Forces had ICBM's on Railcars up until the 1980's, I think. Now the "Yars" Missiles (same size as USAF "Minuteman" Roll the Gravel Roads in the Northern Taiga, on 100-Ton, 16-Wheel Kamaz Trucks.

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