Train with Propeller

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Music:
Leave It to the Professionals - Arthur Benson

Footage:
German Archives

[tonyrose]

No more train overcrowding with that propeller

[RareFroggy]

Just imagine the sound that thing would make

[mentally.not.stable]

that schienenzeppelin prounouce made me physically recoil lmfao

[Naturexyz-owri]

This train is the solution of over crowding near platforms 😂

[benwalter]

The Rail Zeppelin was a railcar designed by Franz Kruckenberg in 1929, powered by a wooden aircraft propeller at the rear, i.e. in pusher configuration. The Rail Zeppelin, which Kruckenberg called the "flight track car", was only built in one example. It set a world speed record of 230.2 km/h, which stood for 24 years. However, this technology was not pursued further and the Rail Zeppelin was scrapped in 1939.

[davidtherope]

Pretty sure they weren't allowed to make military aviation type of gear back then. This seems like a clever way to skirt around regulations while testing aviation technology 🤔

[drapas]

Even German train in 1929 is faster than my country current 2024 train (230km/h vs 90km/h) .

[Richard-fbr]

I've never heard of this one! Thank you for the videos!

[whynotjustmyusername]

No, that is not "shinen zeplin". That is a "Schienenzeppelin".

[IntercityExpress-ozby]

This looks like that train called Hugo which we saw in Thomas and friends 😂

[TheRealTburt]

Wow, even in the 20s, the design for a high speed train (minus the spinning blades of doom) looks very similar to what countries use in high speed applications, namely, the shinkansen.

[entized]

"the China zeppelin"

for anyone wondering, it‘s pronounced SHEE-nen with the last e like in tent

[etherospike]

Legend has it that Hermann Goering, hired Hans Von Ohain to fit a jet engine on it, and Horten brothers to attach it a delta wing on .

[AmtrakFlareon]

Concepts like this always had me hooked

[rudragamingyt]

So good to hear "It's Ot What You Think"😊❤

[chrismayer]

That type of locomotive is reserved strictly for train FANS! 😅

[nottelling]

The simplest way to make this thing so much as appear to be more “safe” would’ve been to put a duct around the propeller. Unfortunately, this train pre-dates (modern) jet engines, and ducted fan technology was essentially in its infancy. The Coandă-1910 was more a ducted fan than a proper jet engine, and the Stipa-Caproni (which was essentially a ducted fan) wasn’t made until 3 years after this train was created.

[agentholmes]

Pioneer of aero dynamic trains started with a propeller

[Metaspace]

The highly innovative nose design was later copied by planes, submarines, and even whales

[ringoooringooo]

It's so weird watching modern bullet train design in old black and white video 😂