A very engaging and sobering evaluation of the inevitable future we must come to grips with very soon. http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net an excerpt: "What...
Yep i guess a couple of railways in the UK would like to have her over here as well, please keep us posted, it is so crazy that is might just get built. If it...
A 2-ft gauge UP Challenger in the UK would cause quite a sensation . . . . attract tourists galore to the 2-ft line. It will do the same in South Africa (Apple...
Hi Tim That is one of them, the other will be the Lynton & Barnstaple (in due course) as it did have a Baldwin tank built for it, but a 2ft gauge Challenger...
The axle weights of American steam loco' swere typically in the 64,000-lb to 70,000-lb range. A 2-ft gauge scaled replica loco would have its width, length and...
Gentleman, Here's a link to recent article on 'Deep Oil'. http://www.lewrockwell.com/crispin/crispin12.html Decide for yourselves whether or not deep oilis a...
Hello. I have been sitting quietly reading posts to this list for a few years now, and very interesting they are. I can't profess to be more than an interested...
Harry et al, IMHO the evidence is largely against the abiotic theory of the origin of oil, but the jury is still out. I got interested and did a few hours of...
... I suggest what 'I' 'decide' is of zero importance. Either it is there, or not. If there, it is recoverable (or not). There are some things where the answer...
Hi Jim, So what is your explanation for hydrocarbon lakes on Titan? Not too many dinosaurs up there as far as I know. Kurt Kurt Greske ( kurtg@... )...
On Titan it's methane, and petroleum on earth has nothing to do with dinosaurs. The 'factoid' that oil came from dinosaurs is a common misconception for the...
Hi Mike, It must be awfully dull having to go through life with NO sense of humor at all. I'm beginning to think you left with the Puritans when they couldn't...
Hi Mike, http://www.physorg.com/news3864.html "Hydrocarbons containing as many as seven carbon atoms were observed, as well as nitrogen-containing hydrocarbons...
Hi Mike, I should have included this too. ( Emphasis mine. ) "Biology on Earth is the primary source of organic production _WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH_, but the key...
Nitromethane is kewl. Titan has an atmosphere that rains racing fuel, so it looks like our energy problems are solved. Just drive out to Titan and fill 'er...
Yo, Kurt! Huh? All I did was offer an opinion on abiotic origin of oil. Most certainly there had to have been a large amount of methane on the primitive...
Good post and right on! ... From: "Jon Doar" <yahoo_groups@...> To: <steam_tech@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 1:45 PM Subject: RE:...
Gordon Matthes
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May 4, 2005 6:40 am
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Hi, Some time ago somebody gave the web address of a german website discussing the two Blenkinsop rack rail locomotives that have been used in Germany around...
JJG Koopmans
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May 4, 2005 9:34 am
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... Jos You can search Yahoo Groups archives- see the web link at the bottom of this page. Anyway, I did it and found the following batch of messages in about...
Geoff Lambert
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May 4, 2005 12:08 pm
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... I was thinking on this subject the other day. What's the history of train speeds in the USA? I don't mean maximums - but why did it develop that we have...
Sounds good and reasonable,and a lot cheaper in the long run.But that is only my opinion. ... From: "Dan Myers" <myerschapn2003@...> To:...
Gordon Matthes
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May 4, 2005 1:16 pm
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What about taking this to YAK ? Cheers, Ron. -- Il faut se garder de donner un nom aux choses: Tant qu'elles n'en ont pas, elles n'existent pas, ou elles...
Renaud (Ron) Olgiati
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May 4, 2005 2:51 pm
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As many of us know, it was 18 years ago on April 22, 1987 that the newly restored N&W A class #1218, with Bobby Claytor at the throttle, started its journey...
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