Strange Uncategorized The Flying Scotsman was built in 1923 for the London and North Eastern Railway, and earned its name from the London to Edinburgh rail service of the day. It was designed by Sir Nigel Gresley, with the British Empire Exhibition of 1924 making it world famous. It is 70...
The Golden Eagle traces the famous Trans-Siberian Railway line, traveling from the western end of Russia to its eastern coast, crossing 8 time zones and two continents. At 6,000 miles, it is the longest train journey in the world. Besides the Moscow-Vladivostok route, it also offers routes...
Starting in Zermatt, a hamlet free of cars at the base of one of the most famous mountains in the world, the journey Travelers are first shown amazing views of this famous mountain as the train leaves the station; its distinctive pyramid form demands the horizon. Designed carefully for traver...
The UNESCO World Heritage Trans-Iranian railway crosses four distinct climates—and challenges stereotypes of this long isolated country.
doesn’t even hint at what’s to come. The journey is a spectacular tour of Slovenia’s upland highlights from Nova Gorica, climbing through mountain towns and villages along theSoča River, passing through superb Alpine scenery close toLake Bohinj, and on past...
THE COAST DAYLIGHT – THE MOST BEAUTIFUL TRAIN IN THE WORLD – Southern Pacific’s famous streamliner between Los Angeles and San Francisco. A chair car porter loads baggage aboard the Daylight in new elevated storage areas – a major innovation for passenger travel in the 1930s. ...
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American John Hetrick was the first to patent his design of the airbag on August 18, 1953. Implant of artificial organs (1957) Country: US Inventor: Willem Johan Kolff, Tetsuzo Akutsu The first successful implant of an artificial organ (a heart) was done on a dog by Willem Johan Kolff...
steam engine. At first, he couldn’t tell people how powerful it was, because there were no units at that time. Watt decided to find out how much work one strong horse could do in one minute. He named that unit one horse-power. In this way he could measure the work of his steam ...