Zeppelin on Wheels Framed or Unframed:Unframed Thomas Edison

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Zeppelin on Wheels Framed or Unframed:Unframed Thomas EdisonThis 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,"