http://www.railpictures.net/photo/438990 All the times I looked on www.railpictures.net I never thought i'd find this......... O.O A diesel disguised as a steam engine.
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Isn't is positioned a bit oddly on the tracks? :hehe:
Isn't is positioned a bit oddly on the tracks? :hehe:
Yes, yes, I did read the description .
I agree, it seems wrong to me to disguise a diesel as a steamer.aaaand a part of me just died....that is quite, well, sickening is the right term I guess, for a steam breather like me. Sorry to be a downer, but that's just me I guess.
Those are quite common nowadays - they're called 'steam outline locomotives' - a petrol or diesel loco in the shape of a steam loco. Usually they're used on small tourist or theme park railways where the emphasis is on reliability and ease of operation while still looking interesting for patrons.
There's a couple of simillar steam outline locos at work here in Western Australia on tourist lines at the moment, although I have to admit, that Japanese example's true nature is very well disguised - if it didn't have those vents on the 'boiler' I would have been completely fooled.
aaaand a part of me just died....that is quite, well, sickening is the right term I guess, for a steam breather like me. Sorry to be a downer, but that's just me I guess.
It is a setup for a stream of lame TTTE Puns, however....:hehe:
aaaand a part of me just died....that is quite, well, sickening is the right term I guess, for a steam breather like me. Sorry to be a downer, but that's just me I guess.
It is a setup for a stream of lame TTTE Puns, however....:hehe:
I agree, it seems wrong to me to disguise a diesel as a steamer.
If Japan makes a Diesel imitation loco. I guess I will not go there anymore. I hate their imitation luxury cars, that is if they even make it. And Magicmaker, your video does not help. I guess the plat they put on it means Fabricated Locomotive. And that Chuffing sound is so low quality! Even you can hear the Diesel engine over it!