Re: German steam locos for coal traffic?
Peter Ware (pware@ozemail.com.au)
Wed, 01 Apr 1998 18:47:41 +1000
tezza wrote:
>
> Aout Premier wrote in message <6fqu81$bq4$1@mirv.unsw.edu.au>...
> >>>Henschel revives high-pressure steamlok concept for Down-under coal
> trains.
> >>>
> >>>Industry sources report that the German boiler manufacture Henschel
> Kessel has been
> >>>contracted by an Australian coal company with commercial interests in
> transporting its
> >>>product by rail to produce a prototype steam-powered locomotive based
> on "NASA
> >>>technology"
>
> NASA uses steam?
Yeah, all that "white smoke" that comes out of their rockets when they
are launched is really steam.
Other than that, it seems like a good April Fools Day posting.
;-)