Random Picture Thread Vers.4

A combined Diesel/Steam engine
And I thought I had seen every combination going

 

Most unusual. I didn't know something like that even existed.

 

Submarines are powered by a nuclear/steam hybrid engine. It’d be really cool if they retrofitted old locos with a small reactor in place of the firebox.

 

Appears it was double acting as normal, but one side steam the other Diesel. When it was going the exhaust kept heat up in the boiler.

 

I’d like to see them like the one in Back to the future 3.

 

Visit:
Douglas-self.com/museum

and try the "Unusual Locomotives" department.

More strange contraptions than you could shake a stick at.

 

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A Lancaster bomber which was forced to make an emergency landing after a bombing mission over Berlin.

The port outer engine failed and was feathered. After jettisoning part of the bomb load, the crew continued to the target where they came under sustained attack from a Fw190.

Damage was done to the port inner engine, the flying controls and both turrets before they shook off the fighter.

Then it was hit by a burst of flak making both ailerons useless. Following a very difficult return flight the Lancaster touched down at 22:54 hrs and broke up.

(From left to right) Pilot F. Wooton Gallager and crew, Alfred Young, Ronald Scott, Selwyn Fawcett, Charles Stewart, Kenneth Waddington & Murray Sherman

The Pilot, P/O. Frederick Gallagher was awarded the DSO and the flight engineer Fl/Sgt. Charles Stewart the DFM.

Sadly, some of this crew were to be killed a short time later in June, on Lancaster ME827 EM-I.

From lostbombers/Bomber Command Losses:

Wireless Op/Air Gunner Selwyn Fawcett was killed flying with another crew on 27/04/44, whilst flying in Lancaster LM526 coded "EM-R" on an Op to Schweinfurt. He is buried in Durnbach cemetery.

Flt Frederick Wooton Gallagher, WO2 Murray Sherman (RCAF), F.S Ronald Parson Scott and Sgt Kenneth Waddington were all killed when Lancaster ME827 (Coded EM-I) came down in Holland on 22/06/44. Cause not established.

Sgts M.B Millward and Sgt R.W Lloyd were also killed. They are all buried in Bergen-Op-Zoom cemetery.

WO Alfred Young baled out and was made POW.

All No 207 Squadron.

 

Just another bad hair day!

 

The pic might be misleading but if he wasn’t holding his head up wouldn’t it hit the wall?

 

Apparently she was a South American vampire.....

 

One for the b@lds

 

So does that mean with my seemingly rapid increase in hair loss I am equally rapidly becoming a 'stud muffin'?

 

Yes

 

For some yes, possibly the 70-80 year olds.

 

it's the future

 

Its one of 2 options!