The Flying Train, Germany 1902 - restored footage....

[Ribchester]

Bad memories, had a day out in Wuppertal before the Shalke game, my mate said he was stationed there and dragged 20 of us off to see this train so we could dry out for a while. Got there and it was out of service being overhauled ready for the summer ........ended up in a bar for another 10 hour sesh.

 

[Ribchester]

Just remembered .... the bloke who built this Wuppertal train stuck some elephants in it to prove how safe it was... a model of German engineering.... I leave you all to consider how this ended up.... after our sesh we passed a memorial garden on the way back to the station for the Wuppertal train disaster in 1999...

 

[RadcliffeRick]

flying train was boring

really enjoyed England 1901 though, that should be the heading

Did you notice the 2 scousers at1.30 on the flying train?

 

[JULES]

leeds fans ?

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Remind me again when is HS2 due and at what cost?

I used to live in Casablanca, and it might be fast once you're moving, but I guarantee it'll be an hour late setting off in the first place.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

I love really old film footage and follow this guy Denis Shiryaev on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD8J_xbbBuGobmw_N5ga3MA

He restores really old footage and works with another guy who adds sound effects etc (the footage is generally too old to have an sort of audio)

I just stumbled across this one of a "flying" train in Germany from 1902...and its amazing...almost makes you want to be there!

What's that giant hamster wheel at 1:30?

 

[Georgian Maestro]

there's nothing on earth like a genuine, bona fide Electrified, six-car monorail but I hear those things are awfully loud

It glides as softly as a cloud

 

[JOGAMIGMOG]

Fantastic engineering.......could be the future.

Could be built above the motorways?

 

[mac]

I'm pretty sure the 'flying train' in Wuppertal is still in operation

Not sure its the same one but I watched a programme a few weeks back and it mentioned this.

 

[AlexWilliamsGloves]

there's nothing on earth like a genuine, bona fide Electrified, six-car monorail but I hear those things are awfully loud

What's it called?