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Please identify this vehicle (what, by whom, when) for a point.
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Re: GTE 201
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2019, 06:51:27 PM »
Experts?

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Re: GTE 201
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2019, 09:44:21 AM »
Hanomag Kommisbrot prototype?

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Re: GTE 201
« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2019, 03:59:38 PM »
Hanomag Kommisbrot prototype?
If you are trying to guess what left that stain on the rear tire as this thing rolled over it, I suspect it may have been something a bit larger than the Kommissbrot.

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Re: GTE 201
« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2019, 05:45:34 PM »
....and as for the beast itself, is it a Case? :-\

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Re: GTE 201
« Reply #5 on: October 28, 2019, 06:40:52 PM »
....and as for the beast itself, is it a Case? :-\
Not Case

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Re: GTE 201
« Reply #6 on: October 30, 2019, 05:49:22 PM »
Frick?

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Re: GTE 201
« Reply #7 on: October 30, 2019, 06:48:31 PM »

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Re: GTE 201
« Reply #8 on: November 11, 2019, 04:27:42 PM »
Pros?

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Re: GTE 201
« Reply #9 on: November 12, 2019, 06:37:57 AM »
Made in USA ?

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Re: GTE 201
« Reply #10 on: November 12, 2019, 07:50:19 AM »

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Re: GTE 201
« Reply #11 on: November 12, 2019, 07:55:03 AM »
Built before 1930 ?

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Re: GTE 201
« Reply #12 on: November 12, 2019, 08:22:43 AM »

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Re: GTE 201
« Reply #13 on: November 12, 2019, 11:15:24 AM »
Built between 1930 and 1945 ?

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Re: GTE 201
« Reply #14 on: November 12, 2019, 11:46:12 AM »

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Re: GTE 201
« Reply #15 on: November 12, 2019, 11:48:10 AM »
Built between 1940 and 1945 ?

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Re: GTE 201
« Reply #16 on: November 12, 2019, 11:51:30 AM »

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Re: GTE 201
« Reply #17 on: November 12, 2019, 12:29:41 PM »
Built between 1930 and 1935 ?

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Re: GTE 201
« Reply #18 on: November 12, 2019, 12:38:45 PM »
Built between 1930 and 1935 ?
I believe it was completed in 1935.

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Re: GTE 201
« Reply #19 on: November 12, 2019, 04:50:29 PM »
Is it meant to be a road locomotive or has it got another purpose ?

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Re: GTE 201
« Reply #20 on: November 12, 2019, 05:51:52 PM »
Is it meant to be a road locomotive or has it got another purpose ?
I know what it is, who built it and when, but I have no idea why.

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Re: GTE 201
« Reply #21 on: November 12, 2019, 06:07:11 PM »
Built by a company ?

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Re: GTE 201
« Reply #22 on: November 12, 2019, 06:33:08 PM »
Built by a company ?
No, by an individual

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Re: GTE 201
« Reply #23 on: November 13, 2019, 03:51:52 AM »
Is it actually steam-powered or was it only built to look like a steam machine ?

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Re: GTE 201
« Reply #24 on: November 13, 2019, 04:21:16 AM »
Is it actually steam-powered or was it only built to look like a steam machine ?
That's an actual steam engine.