Trackbus (Railbus) by megaionstorm
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Is this a train ? Is this a car ? Is this a bus ? Oooops ! We can see it can drive on tracks like a train and drive on the street as whell ! The upper vehicle is a trackbus (railbus). My father has made his apprenticeship in a repair station (Ausbesserungswerk) from the german 'Deutsche Bundesbahn', as he was 18 years old. His grandpa has worked a lifelong for the 'Bahn', with trains and as a rail deployer. In the time of the steam locomotives.
Comments (7)
Fred255
I like this, I have never seen one before.
billcody
A well- done snapshot of a very special vehicle. Looks good! These busses were used in western germany after world war II on side tracks, because we had not enough locomotives. In the middle of the 50ies they were step by step replaced by "real" railbusses, powered by lorry - engines. the new ones were railbusses in double and triple traction, too. The german railroad had a lot of normal busses, too, running in the country. This bus from the picture exists as model fore model-railroading, too. The small foto above shows a very special and rare unit, too. Its a small railbus with engines at every side, so it could drive in two directions. In people
s mouth they called it "pigs nose" (Schweine - Schnauze). Its official construction term was "Wismar", and it run on side tracks for a private railroad company. Only a few of these units were build in the early 20th century, so we can see a very rare museum pearl today. It is rebuild a a railroad - model, too.vector_rector
It's amazing how human enginuity can invent the strangest things in times of need. I think given time we can over come any problem the universe can throw at us. The picture is great and the history lesson is really cool too thanks for sharing.
pinkidemon
wow, and theres a chimney in the back ground.nice shot
megaionstorm
Ich kann mich nur noch sehr schwach daran erinnern das in Germany/NRW/Mchengladbach/Rheyth Stranbahnen gefahren sind. Ich glaube ich bin als Kind sogar mal mit einer gefahren. Das dfte dann allerdings ca. 37 Jahre her sein. Ich kann mich allerdings noch sehr gut an die Zeit erinnern in der in Rheyth nur noch die Gleise in den Stran vorhanden waren ! Die Stranbahn war zu dieser Zeit entgtig durch die Linienbusse ersetzt worden !
megaionstorm
Zu dieser Zeit befand sich rechts von Hauptbahnhof, direkt auf der gegenerliegenden Stranseite, noch eins der grten Eisenbahnmodellgeschte die Rheyth jemals in seiner Existenzzeit bessesen hat. Vermutlicherweise sogar das grte erhaupt !
megaionstorm
Ach ja, da wir gerade beim Thema Modelleisenbahn sind. Ich habe damals mein Schulpraktikum in einem Gewhshaus gemacht gehabt. Allerdings in einem anderem als der Schuldirektor damals geglaubt hat. War auch gut so. Die hatten dort eine Modelleisenbahnanlage gehabt die ca. 10000.- bis 15000.- DM Wert war. Alles komplett von Mklin. Ist ca. 26 Jahre her. Die Anlage war teilweise so eng bebaut das sich die Modellze (Spurweite H0) gegenseitig vom Gleis hten drken knen. Ein anderer Bekannter hatte ebenfalls mal eine Modeleisenbahn (Spurweite N oder Z) gehabt, ca. 16 Jahre her. Ich glaube ebenfalls von Mklin. Er ist soweit gegangen das er die Steuerung der Ze und dehren Abfahrzeiten mit einem C64 Homecomputer er ein Interface gesteuert hat. Er wollte damals die Abfahrzeiten des Hauptbahnhofs in Viersen in Realzeit simulieren !