Nuclear Powered Locomotives

[moin1900]

Hi everybody

I am searching for pictures or drawings of the Krauss-Maffei "Atomlok" .
It is a german postwar project for a nuclear powered locomotive !

Data: Lenght 35m, wide 3m, weight 185 t, Power 5916 hp

Here I have found some websites with pictures of nuclear powered locomotives !
http://www.castor.de/technik/atomkraft/7_1954/14_18.html
http://nuclearsecrets.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/nu-tad-beidzot-kaut-kas-par-kodolfiziku/
http://www.deutsches-museum.de/ausstellungen/sonderausstellungen/2007/atombilder/

Many greetings

 

[shockonlip]

I like 'Miss Atomic Bomb 1957' on the 3rd link and the mushroom cloud swimsuit !!

Larry

 

[KJ_Lesnick]

Just don't let Amtrak buy any of 'em...

 

[moin1900]

Hi everybody

I have found a drawing of the "Krauss-Maffei ATOMLOK"
http://trains-worldexpresses.com/500/501.htm
http://trains-worldexpresses.com/500/501-12m.JPG

Many greetings

 

[moin1900]

Hi everybody

Here another nuclear powered locomotive
http://www.flickr.com/photos/leifpeng/466040338/in/set-72157600082525306/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/leifpeng/sets/72157600082525306/

Many greetings

 

[moin1900]

Hi everybody

Here another atomic train
http://www.popmech.ru/article/4168-podkinte-atoma-v-topku-33/

Many greetings

 

[moin1900]

Hi everybody

Here another very big nuclear powered locomotive. Please look at reply #6. There is a PDF file.
http://forums.flightsim.com/vbts/showthread.php?t=186383

Many greetings

 

[Hammer Birchgrove]

Good Lord what where they thinking in the past? It's so much simpler to just build a nuclear power plant and cables to run electric locomotives.

 

[Grey Havoc]

Good Lord what where they thinking in the past? It's so much simpler to just build a nuclear power plant and cables to run electric locomotives.

Full direct electrification of railways was, and still is, quite expensive in both money and resources, not to mention time consuming and maintenance intensive. Depending on the location and type of railway, costs can even be outright prohibitive.

 

[GTX]

 

[riggerrob]

All that heavy metal shielding might help with traction.

 

[Deleted member 2278]

Lol! The naivete of days gone by eh? A few things wrong with that off the top of my head:

1. Those main generators are going to have to be mightily flexible to be sited there. Shaft of a thousand cardans!
2. Not in love with the idea of a suspended nuclear reactor at all!
3. Vvvv..vv..vvv....ibrraationnn....
4. That rearmost bogie is overloaded to say the least, I'd spring for a Do-Do-Do-Do-Do minimum.
5. Absolutely no stopping in stations! Even idling, any passengers opposite that radiator won't thank you for it. I won't mention infrastructure!

So desert no-wheresville straight line to desert no-wheresville intermodal. Somewhat limited in utility then. Then you have a loss of coolant incident 200 miles from anywhere....the crew's union will love that!

 

[djlivus]

Hi everybody

Here another very big nuclear powered locomotive. Please look at reply #6. There is a PDF file.

FlightSim.Com

forums.flightsim.com

Many greetings

Is is a soviet locomotive for large gauge? Do you have that pdf anymore? The above link is not valid

 

[moin1900]

Nuclear locomotive

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/forgotten-russian-projects-1950-60-a-panorama-from-the-cockpit-of-a-nuclear-locomotive-and-a-flying-ekranoplan-with-a-hovercraft-effect.38835/

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/snap-4-reactor-mobile-fixed-land-sea.30913/

Atomic Locomotives

To Peoria by Atom

Excursions into the history of atomic energy.

atomic-skies.blogspot.com

Japanese atomic locomotive AH100

原子力機関車 - Wikipedia

ja.wikipedia.org

Soviet atomic locomotives drawings

frame e-21

https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroFuturism/comments/3fv38t

View: https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroFuturism/comments/3fv38t/atom_gigant_illustrations_from_the_popular/

 

[World B4]

https://locomotive.fandom.com/wiki/JNR_Class_AH100 for a picture

ROSATOM South Asia

A nuclear train project was under development from 1983 to 1985 for the purposes of military rocket railway transportation. Later, all activity in this field ceased. One of the reasons was security...

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[moin1900]

"Happy Journeys" - 1961 - Book
-STREAMLINED ATOMIC LOCOMOTIVE WITH BUBBLE CANOPY AND SWIMMING POOL.

Happy Journeys (1961)

Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024. Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might tr...

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[moin1900]

MORE SOVIET NUCLEAR TRAINS

https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroFuturism/comments/1g80xr5/soviet_concept_superwide_45_meter_gauge

View: https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroFuturism/comments/1g80xr5/soviet_concept_superwide_45_meter_gauge/


AUF BLANKEN SCHIENEN (EAST GERMAN CARD GAME)
"ATOMANTRIEB" LOKOMOTIVE

Die Onlinedatenbank des DDR Museum

Stöbern Sie in der Objektdatenbank des DDR Museum und entdecken Sie 30.000+ Originalobjekte aus dem DDR-Alltag. Jetzt die Datenbank erkunden!

www.ddr-museum.de

MACHINE 1959 BOOK

Machine (1959)

I think this is a children's mechanical engineering encyclopedia. It has a number of very nice color futuristic illustrations. Machin...

dreamsofspace.blogspot.com

NUCLEAR POWERED LOCOMOTIVE HISTORY

Eisenbahnen gestern und heute

Technikalbum

migenda.weebly.com

- X-12
- AH100
- AH110
- KRAUSS MAFFEI A600
- АЛ1

DENVER & RIO GRANDE WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY
NUCLEAR LOCOMOTIVE WITH COMPACT POWER SYSTEM REACTOR ARTIST'S CONCEPT

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/snap-4-reactor-mobile-fixed-land-sea.30913/

View: https://youtu.be/Y2plQP_MFhA?feature=shared

 

[Foo Fighter]

Is it just me who has concern about anything directly powered by a reactor like this? Planes, trains or cars?

 

[Yellow Palace]

Is it just me who has concern about anything directly powered by a reactor like this? Planes, trains or cars?

I think any sensible person would be gravely concerned at the idea of nuclear reactors on anything that might come into contact with the general public.