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Mar 14, 2025
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Transportation

The Bugatti Autorail

Unmatched presence. Prodigious power. Unrivaled refinement. These are just a few of the qualities that have become synonymous with the name Bugatti. Although best known for his timeless automobile creations, Ettore Bugatti’s

Japanese Sake Train

 by Michael Satterfield Fall is one of my favorite times to travel to Japan, the leaves are changing and the temperatures cool down. This fall if you happen to be traveling to

The McKeen Railmotor

TGR Staff – 07/22/2021 The McKeen Railmotor was a self-propelled railcar designed by the  McKeen Company of Omaha, Nebraska, in 1905. The McKeen was innovative as one of the first railmotors with

The Denver Zephyr

by Michael Satterfield The new stainless steel train, built by the Budd Company, offered all room sleeping accommodations and, in addition to a full diner, offered a Vista-dome coffee shop car called
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7 years ago

Aérotrain

by Michael Satterfield Aérotrain was developed in France in the early ’60s as a possible answer to Europe’s need for mass-transit. The name comes not from the streamlined shape, but from the
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10 years ago

The Bennie Railplane

by Michael Satterfield This poster above for The Bennie Railplane looks like something out of science-fiction, but the ultra-sleek, propeller-powered rail car was built. Built in 1929 based in Milngavie, Scotland, just
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13 years ago