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Curiosity Corner #221: Thomas the Tank Engine.
Oooops. No. This is "Martin Luther" the Steam Tractor. http://cjoint.com/data/fkefiUzOBg.htm SWA (Namibia) 1975 9c 9 cent - "Martin Luther" In the early German colonial times in South-West Africa, goods were transported by ox-wagon through the desert from Swakopmimd to the interior. Hundreds of oxen perished on the way. The authorities then decided to use a steam tractor that was brought from Hamburg early in 1896 by Lieutenant Edmund Troost of the Kaiser's Schutztruppe. After many setbacks the locomotive finally got stuck in the desert sands and could not be moved. So it came to be called Martin Luther because of Luther's historic statement: "Here I stand. May God help me. 1 cannot do .otherwise." In 1973 the Swakopmund Town Council decided to restore the locomotive and to reconstruct its three trailers. Today it is a national monument. |
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Curiosity Corner #221: Thomas the Tank Engine.
I say, old boy. Might not a colour
scan be a bit more up to date? http://cjoint.com/data/fkoEYPCqXA.htm d8^P Blair |
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Curiosity Corner #221: Thomas the Tank Engine.
Cor, blimey!
I scoured the web for an image, there was none but a tiny, tiny, speck as an example. may I express my boundless appreciation "Blair (TC)" wrote in message oups.com... I say, old boy. Might not a colour scan be a bit more up to date? http://cjoint.com/data/fkoEYPCqXA.htm d8^P Blair |
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