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>A special 7-tonne (6.9-long-ton; 7.7-short-ton) rail motor coach was built for an anticipated visit of Kronprinz Wilhelm in 1914. A 6-cylinder Daimler-Benz gasoline engine gave the car a speed of 38 metres per second (120 ft/s) (137 km/h or 85 mph) and the title of the fastest 2 ft (610 mm) gauge rail car
>ywn sit in the dining car of a 2' gauge train watching the wilderness of German Africa speed by as you eat your schnitzel and drink your ice cold glass of Windhoek
Why live
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>>1062034
My dad used to run patrols in Namibia when he was in the SADF in the 80's. They used an armoured car that was fitted with rail wheels. Pic related.
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>>1062064
How many blacks did he kill?
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>>1062064
>>1062069
not him, but my dad was also in the SADF in the 80's and he and his platoon fired at a bunch of blacks with blanks on their way to an exercise for lols. however he never shot any floppies in anger (he was a signaller)
that guy's dad was also probably on glorified guard duty on or near the border.
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What would it take to build a high speed (or at least comparable to ordinary standard gauge speed) super narrow gauge railway? They are so comfy
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>>1062069
The real question is how many Nobel Peace Prize winners did he lock up for blowing up busses and train stations?
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>>1064966
Well, seems like 600 mm gauge will allow for 100+ km/h, so you'd just need a well-built track and adequate rolling stock.
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