train thread

Wow, that's a big train.

>>1061652
I saw an O-scale model of a UP 4-8-8-4 on sunday... "holy crap that's huge.." was all that came to mind.

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/n/, meet /k/

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>this was last used in 1995

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Those Poles liked armored trains.

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Narrow gauge bonus for my last pic.

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Armored trains are one of the stupidest ideas ever thought up by military idiots. You can stop one with a crowbar. Picture is of heroic Cuban bulldozer that won the battle of Santa Clara in 1958.

>>1061684
For you

>>1062582
Been waiting for that. Thank you.

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>>1061756
Got some more of this one (I think)

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>>1064177

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>>1064178

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>>1064179

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>>1061888
They were pretty effective in the Russian Revolution, but armored trains make no sense post-WWII.

What's the point of armored trains? Can't they just derail it with an ied or shell the track?

>>1061728
I saw a Gauge 1 model at an expo back in January. It was roughly the size of a small child, and probably cost more than a second-hand car.

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>>1064305
They were a good way to patrol/guard important infrastructure (railroad) with heavy weaponry when the alternative was to walk or load everything onto horses.

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Sexiest train reporting.

>>1061652
Is train driving a good career? Do you get paid quite a bit for doing it and is it fun?
I'm sure it'd eventually get boring like everything does. But it'd be fun to do like, for a couple years, right?

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Austro-Hungarian armored train during the First WW.

>>1064179
/k/ builds a train.

>>1061888
>Armored trains are one of the stupidest ideas

The idea isn't to use a train as a weapons platform per se. But trains already have to run for logistical purposes. And that makes them targets. So add defensive weapons (mainly AA) to protect them.

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>>1061652
Would ride this one straight to hell.

>>1064478
Neat

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>>1066303
>Transarctica

This game needs a remaster.