Comments on: This Day in Alternate History

By: Stephen Karlson

Stephen Karlson — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 14:56:33 +0000

Counterfactuals are more plausible when they have some connection to actual events. The number “66″ connotates more than Ray Nitschke’s jersey

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:29:49 +0000

I didn’t think you’d like that one

By: Stephen Karlson

Stephen Karlson — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 16:12:49 +0000

Fantasy. Those Maybachs were tried and found wanting on Tennessee Pass and in the Sierras.

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Sun, 16 Jan 2005 17:23:34 +0000

There will be more: We’ll have the Applachian mountains reverberating to the sounds of EE 16SVT and Maybach MD655s in future issues!

By: Stephen Karlson

Stephen Karlson — Sat, 15 Jan 2005 19:38:16 +0000

You left out an entry from 1948. The British Railway Board announced negotiations were in progress with North American diesel locomotive manufacturers American Locomotive and the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors to develop a fleet of standard shunting, mixed traffic, and passenger diesel locomotives. Board members noted the performance of the E-7 series express passenger, the RS-1 series of mixed traffic, and both manufacturers’ shunting locomotives.Although the Labour government initially nationalised the railways and the coal fields in order to make use of domestic resources, the recent discovery of oil fields in the North Sea hinted at in captured Nazi records led the board to consider the superior performance of diesel-electric locomotives.

By: Dave Smith

Dave Smith — Fri, 14 Jan 2005 09:31:39 +0000

Like this particular thread very much. More, if you please… particularly the 1973 entry. This would explain the presence in my vinyl collection of Nigel Fletcher and Rob Woodwards’ ground-breaking 1975 collection of recordings:’Standard Blues’!