Zeppelin on Wheels Framed or Unframed:Unframed In reviewing the book
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In reviewing the book
Journey to the breath-taking maritime center of Germany in the confines of your own home with this Times-exclusive jigsaw puzzle
Sierra Pictures has fashioned a stupendous film
when it only shaved 20 minutes from the regular time for the Twentieth Century Limited
Zeppelin on Wheels Framed or Unframed:Unframed In reviewing the bookThis photo of the experimental Schienenzeppelin (or "Zeppelin on wheels") was taken by Times photographer from the Berlin Bureau in October 1930. The futuristic German bullet train featured a rear mounted propeller that "knifed through the rising mists to the roar of a 400 horsepower gasoline motor." Its sleek aluminum chassis quickly broke railway speed records. "Rail Zeppelin' Speeds 143. 75 Miles an Hour; World Record Is Set on Hamburg Berlin Run,"