• withersailor
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    1 year ago

    https://www.frrandp.com/2021/02/the-impulsoria.html

    Other than one prototype unit, however, the locomotive was never produced. By 1850, steam was clearly king, and any horse-powered railways outside of streetcar operations were on the way out. Thus, the Impulsoria became nothing more than a strange curiosity of an early railway engine.

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    1 year ago

    As Locomotives are the precursor to cars, they are allowed, I also found this while researching the weirdest wheels yet.