>> >>Henschel revives high-pressure steamlok concept for Down-under coal
>trains.
>blah blah blah
>YOU APRIL FOOL YOU!!!!!!!!
>cheers Rod
Ah, but who is the fool?
It seems that most responders recognised an April Fool's Day joke
when they saw it (except one), but attributed the gullibility to the
original poster, a person named, curiously enough, as "Aout Premier".
That's (more or less), french for April 1st. and she/he gave their
address as avinyeron@bigpond.com. "Having you on", indeed.
Note also Herr Erste Aout, a similarly-named gentleman from the inside
of the message, not to mention that well-known greenie Gunther Grasse.
Anybody who tried to access the Web site:
(http://www.spitzen.lok.org.de/neuestuffe/engl/damnpf.html).would have
been disappointed, but the Henschel site is there. Real afficionados
of the peculiar in German steam locomotives might like to try this
genuine site:
http://fistral.ncr-css.co.uk/users/jao/Germany/Locomotives/ExperimentalSteam..htm
Altogether a good laugh, that worked on two levels. And people
thought a Maglev for Puffing Billy was a hoax.
Geoff Lambert