January 28, 2017
Boat. Train. Boattrain!
Sometimes, you see a picture and you've just got to share it.
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Rail ferries have long been a thing of course, but this is one of the smallest self-powered ones I've ever seen. At least, I assume that's a funnel just behind the elevated platform, and I'm betting that's a rudder post on the left side. And how often have you seen a clipper bow on a barge? I'm not saying this is seaworthy, mind you, just... well. Fun photo.
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For when you have enough materiel on hand to build a kind of solution, but not enough to build a real, permanent solution...
Posted by: GreyDuck at January 29, 2017 03:46 PM (rKFiU)
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...a.k.a. "engineering".
Posted by: mikeski at January 31, 2017 11:37 PM (TXZ1v)
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My dad once told me about something similar where he grew up in Minnesota. The railroad only came as far as the south end of a long, narrow lake, so they used a barge to carry a few rail cars at a time to the town on the north end.
Posted by: Siergen at February 01, 2017 08:03 AM (fqStN)
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Hipsters. Doing intermodal before intermodal was cool.
Posted by: andy at February 05, 2017 11:54 AM (pvHl3)
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*snort* Andy wins.
Posted by: Wonderduck at February 06, 2017 11:18 PM (UDOXQ)
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*slow clap* Well played indeed, Andy.
Posted by: GreyDuck at February 06, 2017 11:26 PM (rKFiU)
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