| bullant | 20 Aug 2015 2:54 a.m. PST |
So I figure there are a few scenarios starting with what happened to the train at the end of the war and moving forward to the present and the rediscovery. Certainly a justification to buy that armoured train you had your eye on for a while… link |
| Rabbit 3 | 20 Aug 2015 4:58 a.m. PST |
I`m curious as to how a train can just go missing for about 80 years without somebody finding it.
It`s not as mobile as a road vehicle after all and needs tracks to get anywhere! |
| MacrossMartin | 20 Aug 2015 5:36 a.m. PST |
Tracks can be ripped up, and the sleepers burned. As for the train itself, whole locomotives with coaches still coupled have been excavated from old tunnels and filled-in fiddle yards in the past. It would take a mammoth effort to bury a train this long, but if it were left on a branch or a siding with high embankments, it would be possible to back-fill… interesting… I wonder if any of those sealed wagons have "Achtung! Tote Menschen im Inneren!" scrawled on their sides… |
Frederick  | 20 Aug 2015 6:21 a.m. PST |
"Industrial equipment" – right I don't want to be anywhere near that thing when they open it up! |
| bsrlee | 20 Aug 2015 6:35 a.m. PST |
Sounds like a group of lads are trying to get people to fund them digging up old abandoned tunnels for salvage, they are apparently trying to negotiate a 10% 'finders fee' with local authorities. I have no idea what those WW2 tanks that have been dug out of swamps in various East European countries are bringing after a quick clean up, but if there is old military stuff buried in decent condition then it may be worth a bit. Of course it is likely to be a pile of rust by now, the stuff in the swamps is in pretty much oxygen free conditions. |
| DsGilbert | 20 Aug 2015 8:09 a.m. PST |
Trains can be lost in the open, until someone stumbles upon them. link |
| Col Durnford | 20 Aug 2015 9:30 a.m. PST |
I read in one of the old Ballantine WWII books a story about some plans to position a railway gun in England to shell France. They found the perfect location off the main rail line. The survey team walked to tracks and when they came to the spot where they planned to lay the spur line there were already tracks in place. They followed the tracks and found two railway guns as well as the caretaker who had maintained them since just after WWI. |
| Double W | 20 Aug 2015 11:22 a.m. PST |
Apparently there is some skepticism about whether this train exists. There are no records of it -- it was really just a local legend until these two guys showed up. As far as this 10 percent finders fee, wouldn't many of the treasures on the train be stolen from Jews? Can you collect money for that? Would you want to? Not sure I want to profit from genocide. |
| bullant | 21 Aug 2015 4:00 a.m. PST |
Rabbit 3, from what I understand the train was in a tunnel that was closed up, somewhat like what MacrossMartin mentions. I think bsrlee may be right… A more recent report quotes the lawyer for the two men stating that they have doubts about there still being treasure on board, so I'm guessing it is about salvage from whatever remains. Regardless of this proving to be true or not it still makes good scenario fodder ;-) |
| Militia Pete | 21 Aug 2015 5:10 p.m. PST |
Maybe the Ark of the Covenant? |
The G Dog  | 22 Aug 2015 6:26 p.m. PST |
Nazi flying saucer parts. |
