“Mig-15s used for railway track defrosting in Czechoslovakia and Poland (1960s/70s)”

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Conan_Troutman25@reddit

There was also same engine mounted on the front of KRAZ truck, utilized for same purposes. Defrosting both military and civil runways.

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NassauTropicBird@reddit

I'm squinting like hell but don't see any weird wings

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SuDragon2k3@reddit

How many aircraft have you seen with steam engines?

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NassauTropicBird@reddit

At least one. Granted, it was a replica, but the original flew.

How many steam engines are in OP's picture? None. Those are turbojets.

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SuDragon2k3@reddit

If you look, it's turbojets, on a flat car, pushed by a steam engine.

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ventus1b@reddit

I believe it’s pulled by the steam engine.

You probably don’t want the steam engine pushing against the thrust of the jet engine.

Also, the red sign on the cart indicates that it’s the last one (could be different in Poland or Czechoslovakia though.)

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SuDragon2k3@reddit

Funny, most other snow removal devices go at the front of the train to remove the snow so the train can proceed along the track.

Also, thrust from a used Klimov VK-1 (5600lbs of thrust when new) vs the weight and power of a steam engine would probably be no contest.

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ventus1b@reddit

Yeah, I'd also have expected them to blow forwards, rather than clear behind the train.

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fullouterjoin@reddit

They are driving the train in reverse.

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YumWoonSen@reddit

This.

Looking at it again it's obvious the engines are more blowers than they are defrosters, and they wouldn't be blowing behind the path of travel.

Although I'd bet every penny i have that at some point they said, "Hey Yuri, hold my vodka and watch this, I'm gonna move the train just using the jets!" potentially followed by "Let's see how fast I can go!"

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NassauTropicBird@reddit

Uh, okay, now I see what you were trying to joke about but it still doesn't make sense

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whooo_me@reddit

...which is quite weird.

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RadiantFuture25@reddit

good old rolls royce nene engine

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DaveB44@reddit

Which was the engine used in the UK for snow-clearing experiments. Apparently not a great success - they cleared everything, including the track ballast.

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Onetap1@reddit

"What fools would sell us their secrets?"

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EternallyMustached@reddit

That's a whole lot of engine a whole lot of lack of Mig-15

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WarthogOsl@reddit

It looks like they've still got the whole forward fuselage still attached I got.

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foremastjack@reddit

Including the canopy on both fuselages.

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thewickedbarnacle@reddit

Need somewhere to sit and turn the key😆

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fullouterjoin@reddit

Seeing the pain people go through to run a modern engines in old cars (like having the entire dash under the back seats), this makes a ton of sense.

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RaDeus@reddit

Ah yes the joys of a planned economy and the directive:

Find a use for all these jet engines we are producing.

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Powerful_Rock595@reddit

Cool frostpunk idea.

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andychef@reddit (OP)

It's full of good ideas but that game is hard as hell

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bezjmena666@reddit

There was also an L-29 engine mounted on the Tatra truck chasis modified with water injection. Used as a steam generator to decontamine millitary vehicles and equipment from ABC weapons used in Czechoslovak army.

Dad said it was very effective to clean snow from barracks yard.

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