Just some interesting train history.....



Hitler's proposed breitspurbahn, a mammoth 3 metre gauge railway (almost 10 feet with double deck coaches!)

http://www.breitspurbahn.de/3000.html (in German)

For more research, didn't find much in English

http://www.railroa...wtopic.php?t=11463

The sheer scale of Hitler's 3 metre gauge railway is made apparent by the juxta position of two freight locomotives, the Diagram 90 twin-unit proposal, and the former Prussian G12 (DR 58) on the standard gauge alongside, itself a large locomotive by British standards. The former was 66.2 metres in length, with 12 cylinders and 36 coupled wheels, the latter 18.5 metres, having 3 cylinders and 10 coupled wheels. The respective horsepowers were 26,000 and 1,500.

The brief wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedi...wiki/Breitspurbahn

Hmmm....very cool. I saw some KCS cars in Vancouver BC recently. I'll be sure to post pix..they were old as hell.