20 BANNED Locomotive Technologies That Were Too Ahead Of Their Time

20 BANNED Locomotive Technologies That Were Too Ahead Of Their Time

Throughout railroad history, brilliant engineers pushed the boundaries of what locomotives could do. Some innovations worked spectacularly. Others proved so dangerous, impractical, or terrifying that governments stepped in to ban them outright. Today we're exploring twenty locomotive technologies that were simply too far ahead of their time. Let's begin.

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