Re: What size are the Channel tunnel shuttles?

Michael Bell wrote:
Everybody says that the Channel tunnel shuttle vehicles are "the largest railway vehicles ever built" (or are they simply "the largest railway vehicles ever built on standard gauge"?),

Were Dora and Heavy Gustav "rail vehicles"? Though straddling two parallel tracks might be cheating a bit: http://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=5406

There they are the things used to move space rockets round the launching site in Kazakhstan.
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Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK
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    ... largest railway vehicles ever built" (or are they simply "the largest ... The N1/Buran transporter waqs the biggest of those - twice the size ... Not sure if it was larger than the US Saturn V transporter, ...
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    ... Michael Bell wrote: ... largest railway vehicles ever built" (or are they simply "the largest ... There is an IEEE paper on the Shuttle ...
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    ... largest railway vehicles ever built" (or are they simply "the largest ... Were Dora and Heavy Gustav "rail vehicles"? ... There they are the things used to move space rockets round the launching ...
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  • Re: What size are the Channel tunnel shuttles?
    ... largest railway vehicles ever built" (or are they simply "the largest ... I'd suspect the rail-bourne transporters used by the Russians and ... The Saturn V, N1 and Energya transporters ...
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