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The Lithgow Zig Zag is an historic railway that lowered the Great Western Railway of NSW down the western escarpment of the Blue Mountains via a series of reversals, or 'Zig Zags'. Opened in 1869, the Zig Zag was a major civil engineering feat for its day, but steam locomotives had to work hard to climb its steep grades. In time the Zig Zag became an operational bottleneck, and it was replaced by a new railway route in 1910.
Taken at Zig Zag Falls during last month's trip to Oregon.
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The Zig Zag Bridge weaves this way and that, among the Iris, over the koi ponds and ends at the Lower Pond.
Looks like a tough piece of equipment! versatile, too........Port Clyde, Maine
This just in:
".......It’s a LARC-60, which appears to be another name for the BARC (Barge, Amphibious, Resupply Cargo) or LARC-LX (Lighter, Amphibious, Resupply Cargo, 60 ton), basically a barge on wheels that could carry up to 200 people and 100 tons of cargo. The Army used them starting in about 1952 and appeared to have sold off its last one in 1999, though they saw the most action in Vietnam.
Four engines (generally GM two-stroke 7.0-liter diesels) powered the LARC-60. Each engine ran through an automatic transmission and then powered one wheel, all of which were hydraulically steered. Two 48-inch propellers motivated the LARC-60 while in the water.
Of the 968 built, an estimated 600-plus were deliberately sunk in Vietnam just to dispose of them. So how this one ended up not only in private hands but also on a Maine beach is a mystery."
source: blog.hemmings.com/index.php/category/amphibious-vehicles/
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