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Same gun different view

 

A photo taken earlier in the day



Phil, Brooklyn
12" US Army RR gun

 

Photo from 2022 at Ft.Lee, VA.. 123 yr old railgun in the setting sun. Narrative explains its history.



Phil, Brooklyn
Re: K5 wreckage - ? Anzio Annie - Photos i bought years ago but recently surfaced! - a lucky escape for the pjhotographer! #Railwayguns

 

The twin K5s named 'Robert' and 'Leopold' were found sitting at Lazio port area of Civitavecchia in June of '44, I think these are photos of Leopold (as Robert was much more damaged by the time the GIs found them).
I recently saw photos of Leopold inside the new Ordnance collection at Fort Lee. It looked great indoors after being outside pretty much it's entire life.
Once of the things I miss about going through Ordnance Officer course at Aberdeen (back in 98) was running past Leopold during PT as well as the tanks in the museum space across the road.
K5 wreckage - ? Anzio Annie - Photos i bought years ago but recently surfaced! - a lucky escape for the pjhotographer! #Railwayguns

 

Amazon / Ebay bargains

 

LA BATAILLE DU RAIL (?7)



new K5 book by David Doyle



Any other suggestions??
Re: Overland Train

 

There is an 1/72 scale model of this monster from MilMod.

Regards
Roland

Am 28.03.23 um 11:20 schrieb nicholas robinson:

?There was a similar vehicle built for the Antarctic - now lost in a glacier
somewhere!

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Antarctic Snow Cruiser <>
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best wishes

Nicholas Robinson

Praise the Lord and pass the medication!

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Sabine & Roland Schmidt
Alexanderstr. 28
70806 Kornwestheim
Re: Overland Train

 

Here's the narrative on Admiral Byrd's snow cruiser:



Phil, Brooklyn


On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 4:34?AM Donald Edgecomb <rebelcowboy77@...> wrote:
I believe I read that after it was found the first time, it was lost again and never recovered. The article stated that the scientists further speculated that since the Larsen B glacier calved and split right down the middle of the old station location, there is a high chance it's currently at the bottom of the ocean.?
Cheers,
Don

Re: Overland Train

 

I believe I read that after it was found the first time, it was lost again and never recovered. The article stated that the scientists further speculated that since the Larsen B glacier calved and split right down the middle of the old station location, there is a high chance it's currently at the bottom of the ocean.?
Cheers,
Don
Re: Overland Train

 

That's right!?



I think it was a bit of a disappointment, and only worked well when driven in reverse, but it certainly looks neat. The Soviet's had a version as well:



On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 3:21?AM nicholas robinson <ndprobinson@...> wrote:
?There was a similar vehicle built for the Antarctic - now lost in a glacier somewhere!?



best wishes

Nicholas Robinson?

Praise the Lord and pass the medication!

Re: Overland Train

 

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?There was a similar vehicle built for the Antarctic - now lost in a glacier somewhere!?



best wishes

Nicholas Robinson?

Praise the Lord and pass the medication!

Overland Train

 

OK, this isn't quite railway gun, but it is sort of a 'train' and it was a military vehicle...




WWI RN Crocodile gun mount

 

Only one picture with a gun mounted.

Phil, Brooklyn


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GWR Crocodile gun mount wagon with the gun fitted. This wagon was built in 1916 to diagram C22 and was converted to a gun mount in 1915, returned to the GWR in August 1921 and re-converted to a gun mount in 1940. This First World War photograph shows a GWR wagon in the number range 41976 to 41978.
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? The Second World War files of the Railway Executive Committee (REC) show that on 9th August 1940 the GWR despatched 35-ton Crocodile G bogie well wagons number 41953 and 41954 from Swindon to Portsmouth to be fitted with 6 inch guns.

Re: 25th Anniversary of This group!!!

 

Looks great! Is this HO scale? Nice attention to detail. Was wondering if your three railway guns are Leopolds or different varieties?
Cheers,
Don

Re: 25th Anniversary of This group!!!

 

Well done. ?A tip of the hat to Mr. Robinson.

Re: Armored train book

 

Lee, yes!? It is a FANTASTIC? book!!? It is the 2nd edition of a book written in French in 1989 by Colonel of the French Army? Paul Malmassary "LES TRAINS BLINDES?1826-1989".
As the title says it has been updated to 2016.?

ALAMO?


Re: 25th Anniversary of This group!!!

 

Nobody under 30 remembers OneList

Re: 25th Anniversary of This group!!!

 

F A N T A S T I C !!!!!!
Remember:? MILITARY MODEL RAILROADING IS MORE FUN? !!!!!!? or better:? DONT MAKE LOVE, MAKE WAR!? YES!!? HO SCALE !!

ALAMO




On Mon, 13 Mar 2023 at 01:53, martin hutton <martinhut@...> wrote:
Huzzah!


On 12 Mar 2023, at 17:24, Peter Ellis <peter.ellis@...> wrote:

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Congratulations ! A real milestone.

On 3/12/23 5:29 PM, nicholas robinson wrote:
Started on 07/03/1998

Champers all round!!

BW

Nick R
-- Peter Ellis Porec Sales Office Croatia Property Services Selling in the new Tuscany! Tel +385 (0) 91 400 3784 peter.ellis@... info@...

Re: 25th Anniversary of This group!!!

 

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Huzzah!


On 12 Mar 2023, at 17:24, Peter Ellis <peter.ellis@...> wrote:

?

Congratulations ! A real milestone.

On 3/12/23 5:29 PM, nicholas robinson wrote:
Started on 07/03/1998

Champers all round!!

BW

Nick R
-- Peter Ellis Porec Sales Office Croatia Property Services Selling in the new Tuscany! Tel +385 (0) 91 400 3784 peter.ellis@... info@...

Re: 25th Anniversary of This group!!!

 

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Congratulations ! A real milestone.

On 3/12/23 5:29 PM, nicholas robinson wrote:
Started on 07/03/1998

Champers all round!!

BW

Nick R
-- Peter Ellis Porec Sales Office Croatia Property Services Selling in the new Tuscany! Tel +385 (0) 91 400 3784 peter.ellis@... info@...

25th Anniversary of This group!!!

 

Started on 07/03/1998

Champers all round!!

BW

Nick R

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