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Locomotive being retrieved from the sea, Finland, Continuation War, WW2, early 1940s (lemmy.world)
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[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago

Common misconception due to the still shot. They were actually lowering it into the sea as a field test for the first U-Train.

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

that's before they quit using apple maps

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

How did it get into the water in the first place?

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 8 months ago

I would guess it fell off a ship or even sunk with a ship.

[–] klu9@lemmy.ca 5 points 8 months ago

TikTok challenge.

[–] peteyestee@feddit.org 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

The used to launch trains at the axis ships!

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I’d be terrified if I was on a boat and realized thee was a non-zero chance of being killed by a train.