Transportation – Page 15 – Fists and .45s!

Armored Police Cycle, 1932

On: July 21, 2018June 15, 2018 By: Romeyn

The Coronation Scot & Royal Blue, 1939

On: July 20, 2018March 18, 2019 By: Romeyn

The Coronation Scot, in America for the New York World’s Fair, made several runs between Washington and Baltimore, where she awakened considerable interest. The Coronation Scot stops here on a bridge near Washington, alongside the famous American train Royal Blue, on March 27, 1939. (AP Photo)

Iron Whale, 1933

On: July 19, 2018October 31, 2018 By: Romeyn

Iron Whale Swims Ocean Bottom Like Fish

Denizens in the ocean depths may soon find prowling among their haunts a huge iron monster swimming with fishlike motions and bearing a close resemblance to themselves. This strange monster is to be built from plans devised by Herr Schiff, a German engineer, who has already constructed a workable model for his astounding brainchild, which is shown in accompanying photos. The curious undersea craft is equipped with two fins and a tail which operate in the same manner as do these elements of a live fish. Intended chiefly for the exploration of the ocean bottom, the ship is said to be capable of maneuvering with all the flexibility of its fleshy prototype. Two electric eyes placed in the head for observation purposes make the resemblance to a sea serpent more complete. The craft was designed and constructed after an extensive study of the swimming motions of many types of fish, particularly the larger sharks and whales. (Illustration by Norman Saunders)

Type 12 Atlantic, 1938

On: July 14, 2018October 26, 2018 By: Romeyn

The Type 12 Atlantic was a futuristic steel monster, although the Type 12 was one of the fastest Franco-Belgian steam engines of its time, it was soon to disappear at the dawn of the electric train industry.

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Dr. Aizawa’s Remote Controlled Train, 1936

On: July 12, 2018October 25, 2018 By: Romeyn

Dr. Jiro Aizawa and his remote control robot train, featured in the November 1936 issue of Popular Mechanics

Automatic train control is understood to be a feature of a mysterious robot locomotive model built in Japan. Continue reading “Dr. Aizawa’s Remote Controlled Train, 1936” →

Russian Express, 1939

On: July 9, 2018March 18, 2019 By: Romeyn

Traffic Law Violator, 1939

On: July 8, 2018April 23, 2018 By: Romeyn

Floating Ocean Airport, 1934

On: June 30, 2018October 28, 2018 By: Romeyn

UNCLE SAM ASKED TO BUILD Floating Ocean Airports – Popular Science, February 1934

REDESIGNED and improved since its earlier forms were described in this magazine, a new type of “seadrome” or floating airport, is proposed by its inventor, Edward R. Armstrong, as the basis of a modernized plan to bridge the Atlantic with a string of artificial islands. His project, which has attracted the interest of U. S. Government officials, is intended to provide twenty-hour airplane service between America and Europe. It calls for the anchoring of five of the seadromes between America and Spain, at about the latitude of Washington, D. C, to serve as refueling stations about three hours’ flight apart. Planes using these islands in stepping-stone fashion could transport heavy pay loads at high speed, since their loads of gasoline would be light. Continue reading “Floating Ocean Airport, 1934” →