BEAUSABRE- Thanks for the quote- I love those Hope-Crosby-Lamour Road movies!
Found a video of the Alaska pupmobile in action in the 1920's - moving at a surprising rate of speed. Those doggies are enthusiastic! And, yes, I wouldn't doubt they pulled a dog sled in the Winter. Location is on the Seward Peninsula near Nome.
(218) Pupmobile on the Kougarok Mining District railroad - YouTube
And remember, unless you're the lead dog, the scenery never changes.
Overmod Flintlock76 that dog-powered railroad seems so wrong in so many ways https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KhUUbraqssA 19:01 ff.
Flintlock76 that dog-powered railroad seems so wrong in so many ways
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KhUUbraqssA
19:01 ff.
You beat me to it!
Same me, different spelling!
Dog sled, dog train- not a lot of difference. Mushmushmush.
Flintlock76that dog-powered railroad seems so wrong in so many ways
On first glance that dog-powered railroad seems so wrong in so many ways, but on the other hand the dogs don't seem to mind.
The elephant on shunting duty doesn't seem to mind either.
Dogs on the tracks!
Dog-powered railways. (douglas-self.com)
In India in World War 2 elephants were used for shunting on the Bengal & Assam, a narrow gauge line that was the main supply line to the front in Burma
Pushing his weight around is this 80-year-old elephant. He is... News Photo - Getty Images
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