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The Bizarre History of Air As Fuel

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The Bizarre History of Air As Fuel
Posted by wallyworld on Thursday, February 19, 2009 12:53 PM

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Posted by rrnut282 on Thursday, February 19, 2009 4:40 PM

Looks to be another variation of the "fireless locomotive".  One had a range of 13 km, so they didn't get very far.

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Posted by wallyworld on Thursday, February 19, 2009 6:22 PM


"Looks to be another variation of the "fireless locomotive".  One had a range of 13 km, so they didn't get very far.

When you talk about a short range, we cant forget clockwork streetcars.I am not making this up Imagine winding this up.Did it have a cuckoo instead of a bell?

http://www.tramwayinfo.com/Tramframe.htm?http://www.tramwayinfo.com/tramways/Articles/Clockwork.htm

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Posted by carnej1 on Thursday, February 26, 2009 11:58 AM

There's at least one European firm marketing compressed air turbine electric cars so maybe it's an idea whose time has yet to come (or maybe not)?

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