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LMS Stanier Class 8F
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Stanier Class 8F is a class of steam locomotives designed for hauling heavy freight. 852 were built between 1935 and 1946 (not all to LMS order), as a freight version of William Stanier's successful LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0, Black Five, and the class saw extensive service overseas during and after the World War II, Second World War. Background LMS freight traction suffered from the adoption of the Midland Railway's small engine policy which had left it with trains double-headed by underpowered 0-6-0s supplemented by disappointing LMS Garratt, Garratts and LMS Class 7F 0-8-0, Fowler 7F 0-8-0s. The 8F design incorporated the two-cylinder arrangement of the Black Fives. They were initially classified 7F, but this was later changed to 8F. On the outbreak of the World War II, the design was chosen to become the country's standard freight design, reprising the role the GCR Class 8K had in the World War I, First World War. The War Dep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ford 8F Transmission
The Ford 8F transmission is a family of automatic transmissions with eight forward speeds for light-duty transversely-mounted applications. It is designed and manufactured by Ford Motor Company starting in 2019; the 8F35 is derived from the General Motors 9TXX family, which in turn was developed from an earlier GM 6T40 transmission. Design / history Ford and GM announced a joint venture to share automatic transmission designs in April 2013: GM would adopt a 10-speed longitudinal transmission primarily designed by Ford, while Ford would adopt the GM 9T 9-speed transverse transmission. Ford declined to use the GM 9T, however, as the promised improvement in fuel consumption was less than expected, and removed one gear, resulting in the Ford 8F35. At the same time, Ford also launched the 8F24 and 8F57 transmissions. The 8F24 is unique to Ford, while the 8F57 is derived from an earlier GM-Ford 6-speed automatic transmission. Models 8F24 The 8F24 is designed for engines with a ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steam Locomotives Of British Railways
The steam locomotives of British Railways were used by British Railways over the period 1948–1968. The vast majority of these were inherited from its four constituent companies, the "Big Four British railway companies, Big Four". In addition, BR built 2,537 steam locomotives in the period 1948–1960, 1,538 to Transport Act 1947, pre-nationalisation designs and 999 to its own standard designs. These locomotives had short working lives, some as little as five years, because of 1955 Modernisation plan, the decision to end the use of steam traction by 1968, against a design life of over 30 years and a theoretical final withdrawal date of between 1990 and 2000. Background British Railways was created on 1 January 1948 principally by the merger of the "Big Four British railway companies, Big Four" grouped railway companies: the Great Western Railway (GWR), the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS), the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) and the Southern Railway (UK), South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fischer Air
Fischer Air, briefly rebranded Charter Air, was a Czech airline headquartered in Prague and based at Ruzyně International Airport. History The airline was established 1996. It was owned by the K&K Capital Group (75%) and (25%). In 2005 it was rebranded as Charter Air to avoid confusion with its new Polish charter subsidiary, Fischer Air Polska. Charter Air was not a success since a month later it was bankrupt. In October 2018 plans were announced to restart the airline as air FISCHER as of April 2019. However as of October 2019, there were doubts reported about the airline being relaunched at all and it since never materialized after the relaunch had been delayed several times by 2020. Destinations Fischer Air operated charter services for tour operator Fischer to over 30 destinations in Europe and Africa, as well as charter flights for other clients. It flew to many holiday destinations in the Mediterranean and North Africa, including Sharm el-Sheikh. It also operated a sched ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oflag VIII-F
Oflag VIII-F was a World War II German prisoner-of-war camp for officers (''Offizierlager'') located first in Wahlstatt, Silesia (now Legnickie Pole, Poland) and then at Mährisch-Trübau, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (now Moravská Třebová, Czech Republic). It housed mostly French POWs. Camp history Oflag VIII-F was first established at Wahlstatt in July 1940 and housed French and Belgian officers taken prisoner during the Battle of France. It was located in a former Benedictine Abbey dedicated to Saint Hedwig of Silesia, that had been a military school between 1840 and 1920, and used by the Nazis as a " National Political Educational Institution" from 1934. In July 1942 a new camp at Moravská Třebová in German-occupied Czechoslovakia, about to the south, was designated Oflag VIII-F, while the original camp was redesignated Oflag VIII F/Z, a sub-camp of Moravská Třebová. The prisoners were transferred to other camps, though a small number stayed behind to car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stalag VIII-F
Stalag VIII-F was a German prisoner-of-war camp for Soviet Red Army and Polish Home Army (, abbreviated AK) prisoners during World War II. It was located at the northern end of a Germany Army training area at Lamsdorf, Silesia, (now Łambinowice, Poland) just to the north of Stalag VIII-B. Camp history Opened in July 1941, it was initially designated Stalag 318, but was renamed Stalag VIII-F towards the end of the year. In June 1943, it came under the control of the nearby Stalag VIII-B, and the complex of camps were in turn redesignated Stalag 344 in November. The camp was known locally as the ''Russenlager'' ("Russian camp"), but also held Poles, Italians, Yugoslavs, and Greeks, as well as small numbers of French and Romanians. Physical and sanitary conditions were very poor, and of the estimated 200,000 Soviet prisoners who passed through the camp, about 40,000 died of starvation, mistreatment and disease. The Germans did not apply the provisions of the Third Geneva Convention ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
