Back to the idea of a pneumatic railway:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach_Pneumatic_Transit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_P ... ic_railway
It sure seamed in the UK, one inventor had a system where the 'carriage' was not in a pneumatic tube...and ran along the track. I was not able to find a link on that one.
This type of thing would possible be 'easy' to model...on a real small scale...but we certainly would not be riding it...and perhaps could not even see it!
-Mike
Another type of pneumatic railway!
Another type of pneumatic railway!
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Re: Another type of pneumatic railway!
Interesting concept! With a long enough tunnel, I expect that some impressive speed could be achieved.
Harold
Harold
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Re: Another type of pneumatic railway!
Here is what I had been thinking of:
http://www.ikbrunel.org.uk/atmospheric-railway
Brunel's atmospheric railway.
Sounds like he was ahead of his technological time!
http://www.ikbrunel.org.uk/atmospheric-railway
Brunel's atmospheric railway.
Sounds like he was ahead of his technological time!
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Chuckle! That, or very fond of feeding rats!dorin wrote:Sounds like he was ahead of his technological time!
Harold
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Re: Another type of pneumatic railway!
Very interesting about the Brunel idea. Looks similar to the steam catapults used on aircraft carriers. They use a tube with a rubber sealing strip.
Mr.Ron from South Mississippi