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Posted by WillD on Wed Sep 26 00:42:39 2012, in response to Topic For Tuesday Railbus, posted by Avid Reader on Tue Sep 25 17:23:55 2012. Not quite the same, but meanwhile in Japan:Of course over there it's a profligate waste of track capacity that could undoubtedly be better utilized. And then there's the small issue of making sure it shunts reliably. And the Germans tried it too. Navel Proving Grounds Edwards Island Worth mentioning that the doodlebug says "Naval Proving Ground Dahlgren Virginia" on the side of it. Today the Dahlgren facility is called the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Complex, but back then it would have been where the US Navy's battleship and cruiser main batteries were developed, tested, and prepared before being installed in their ships' turrets. |
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