Men discover mythical buried secret Nazi train of gold...
Discussion
OzzyR1 said:
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- Spring 2016 - we've done nothing for the last 6 months but only just managed to investigate the area and there is nothing there
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That's to give them time to build up the hype, cream off the tourists visiting and increase the visibility of the story/Poland... before it all amounts to nothing. I really hope they do find something though...- Spring 2016 - we've done nothing for the last 6 months but only just managed to investigate the area and there is nothing there
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Mr Trophy said:
So just that I understand: they have released an image captured by GPR, that shows a "shaft" that descends from around 10m beneath the ground, to 50m below ground. And from that they have deduced that this is evidence of a missing "Nazi Gold Train"?Call me an old romantic but I was kinda hoping for a GPR image of oh, I dunno, say, a train?
To clarify, the typical maximum sustained gradient that a steam train could be expect to travel, is 4%. Some slightly more, some less. If this is ann amroured train, you'd expect it to be very heavy, so perhaps 4% is generous but no matter.
What this means is that the gradient cannot exceed 1:25. If the image is the "train" and it begins at 10m and continues to a depth of 50m+, the train will need to be 1km long! Even if the "train" does not start until the 20m mark, it would still need to be 750m long in order to negotiate a 1:25 gradient and descend 30m.....
What this means is that the gradient cannot exceed 1:25. If the image is the "train" and it begins at 10m and continues to a depth of 50m+, the train will need to be 1km long! Even if the "train" does not start until the 20m mark, it would still need to be 750m long in order to negotiate a 1:25 gradient and descend 30m.....
drivetrain said:
On a vaguely related topic, I've never understood the principle of armoured trains, OK they would be largely immune to small arms attack but a small amount of explosives strategically placed on the track would disable it, even from the air it would be far from safe even with armour, AA guns etc.
The train may be disabled by explosives but it would be able to defend itself until reinforcements were able to extradite whatever valuable cargo it was carrying. It would also prevent the train from being hijacked. Trying to get a direct hit on a moving train using dumb weapons from the air is pretty difficult. Hence the vast majority of air attacks would be gun/cannon strafing.No idea how effective they were.
anonymous said:
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To clarify, the typical maximum sustained gradient that a steam train could be expect to travel, is 4%. Some slightly more, some less. If this is ann amroured train, you'd expect it to be very heavy, so perhaps 4% is generous but no matter.
What this means is that the gradient cannot exceed 1:25. If the image is the "train" and it begins at 10m and continues to a depth of 50m+, the train will need to be 1km long! Even if the "train" does not start until the 20m mark, it would still need to be 750m long in order to negotiate a 1:25 gradient and descend 30m.....
If if it exists it will have been cramed down vertically in wagonloads. It won't have been like Chuggington. You build a shaft and lower it, wagon taken off and rolled away. Empty back up. Rinse and repeat...... We apparently hid the Crown Jewels down a Welsh mine in the Second World War in a similar manner....What this means is that the gradient cannot exceed 1:25. If the image is the "train" and it begins at 10m and continues to a depth of 50m+, the train will need to be 1km long! Even if the "train" does not start until the 20m mark, it would still need to be 750m long in order to negotiate a 1:25 gradient and descend 30m.....
I doubt even zorin industries would have been able to construct a proper line like that without hundreds of people knowing about it
anonymous said:
[redacted]
To clarify, the typical maximum sustained gradient that a steam train could be expect to travel, is 4%. Some slightly more, some less. If this is ann amroured train, you'd expect it to be very heavy, so perhaps 4% is generous but no matter.
What this means is that the gradient cannot exceed 1:25. If the image is the "train" and it begins at 10m and continues to a depth of 50m+, the train will need to be 1km long! Even if the "train" does not start until the 20m mark, it would still need to be 750m long in order to negotiate a 1:25 gradient and descend 30m.....
If if it exists it will have been cramed down vertically in wagonloads. It won't have been like Chuggington. You build a shaft and lower it, wagon taken off and rolled away. Empty back up. Rinse and repeat...... We apparently hid the Crown Jewels down a Welsh mine in the Second World War in a similar manner....What this means is that the gradient cannot exceed 1:25. If the image is the "train" and it begins at 10m and continues to a depth of 50m+, the train will need to be 1km long! Even if the "train" does not start until the 20m mark, it would still need to be 750m long in order to negotiate a 1:25 gradient and descend 30m.....
I doubt even zorin industries would have been able to construct a proper line like that without hundreds of people knowing about it
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