Heralded as the 'Zeppelin on Rails', it was the propeller-powered train that promised to beckon a new era in travel. On June 21, 1931, the Schienenzeppelin set a new speed record for the ...

when the Ministry of Transport ordered it to be moved to make room for conventional coal-powered trains. Kruckenberg passed away in 1965, leaving unfinished a project to connect major European cities ...

Where trains couldn’t link destinations separated by water, grand railways would stretch through the skies, guiding propeller-powered planes from city to city. Technically, the Bennie Railplane ...