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During the Crimean War, Boydell’s traction machine was used to haul open trucks on the road and across country. Its engine, the “Hercules,” was fitted with a curious arrangement, which, by means of rails attached in six sections to the wheels, enabled it to lay down and take up its own track as it went along.
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- Tube, Train, Tram, and Car or Up-to-date locomotion
Author: Arthur H. Beavan
Published in 1903
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