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Teds guessing game, have a go !!
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Sun May 25, 2014 11:15 pmby Reslotted
My latest purchase is a little 12 volt version of something I've always wanted.
It was Sleek and Streamlined and Blue, back in the '30s it was good for 126 mph (so that must be about 200 km/h in new speak). There were only ever 35, 1:1 versions built, today only 6 remain and only 3 actually go.
Have a guess what it is and I'll post a pic later tonight. See if anyone gets it.
1st to guess it wins absolutely nothing, 2nd to guess will get exactly half of what 1st gets and so on. :lol:
Re: Teds guessing game, have a go !!
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Mon May 26, 2014 2:33 amby Ember
French?
Re: Teds guessing game, have a go !!
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Mon May 26, 2014 4:01 amby Reslotted
No. Not French.
But not far away geographically.
However Restored/preserved ones can be found as far away as Wisconsin and Canada.
8-)
Re: Teds guessing game, have a go !!
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Mon May 26, 2014 7:26 amby waaytoomuchintothis
I thought I had it with a Bugatti Royale, but there were only 6 of them ever built. There were 25 of them planned, so it still doesn't fit. I thought about a Bluebird (one of the many versions), but there's non of them in North America.
Wait! Its the Mallard, the record breaking steam locomotive. Still the fastest steam loco ever.
Re: Teds guessing game, have a go !!
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Mon May 26, 2014 7:28 amby turbokev
not many cars were capable of 125+ in the 30's...
A supercharged Auburn speedster?
EDIT: Got to be the Mallard.. I just searched it.. sleek, blue, 126mph
(he never said it was a car LOL)
Re: Teds guessing game, have a go !!
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Mon May 26, 2014 7:37 amby SRQSloter
Mallard 75 :D
Re: Teds guessing game, have a go !!
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Mon May 26, 2014 3:07 pmby DAVE
I would go with the Mallard class loco. There is one at the National Railroad Museum near
Green Bay, Wis. at the head of the General Dwight D. Eisenhower train. I did some of the
restoration on it around 1970. It is not blue, but some were.
Re: Teds guessing game, have a go !!
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Mon May 26, 2014 4:11 pmby Ember
My head was more in the realms of Talbot or Delage. Don't think Sampson ever made anything that fast.
Re: Teds guessing game, have a go !!
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Mon May 26, 2014 4:54 pmby Ember
Maserati 8CTF?
Re: Teds guessing game, have a go !!
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Mon May 26, 2014 8:04 pmby Reslotted
Re: Teds guessing game, have a go !!
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Mon May 26, 2014 8:07 pmby Reslotted
Dave I'd like to hear a bit about your time working on the Eisenhower.
Re: Teds guessing game, have a go !!
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Mon May 26, 2014 8:52 pmby Ember
I forgot that you're a railways man.Which came first, the employment or the train love?
Re: Teds guessing game, have a go !!
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Tue May 27, 2014 6:28 amby ElSecundo
Re: Teds guessing game, have a go !!
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Tue May 27, 2014 8:06 amby waaytoomuchintothis
Re: Teds guessing game, have a go !!
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Tue May 27, 2014 9:26 amby Reslotted