Some weird n' dumb stuff. Not too historic or anything but definitely rare. These photos are, what, only on one or two sites? Figures I suppose. For the rail nerds.
A monstrous steam engine made in Belgium in 1932. It was intended to be the very first test of the "Franco-Crosti" boiler reheating system and as a general service engine. It was actually highly successful, and immensely powerful to boot. Only the one prototype unit was built, though.
Once the war began, the Germans obviously captured the engine. They decided to split it into two different units, but ultimately they were probably scrapped. The Franco-Crosti system, however, had already proven itself a success, and there would be a small but fair number of steam engines to use the design, in varying layouts and sizes.
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