The Schienenwolf

[LukeFF]

http://rarehistoricalphotos.com/schwellenpflug-railroad-plough-1944/

[Bando]

The stuff people invent.

Impressive nonetheless.....

[Finkeren]

So much of human ingenuity going into destroying other people's stuff

 

 

[AndyJWest]

I can't help thinking that there would have been more point to it if the Soviets weren't going to rip up the track anyway to convert it to broad gauge. 

[Mastermariner]

I can't help thinking that there would have been more point to it if the Soviets weren't going to rip up the track anyway to convert it to broad gauge. 

 

No afaik they simply laid a third rail outside the other two to meet the USSRs wider standard 

[Feathered_IV]

I think I remember seeing footage of that in action in the World at War series when I was a kid.

[Uufflakke]

That 'Schwellenpflug' serves as a symbol of members who deliberately derail threads.

Perhaps we should call them Schwellenpflugs. 

 

 

[Finkeren]

That 'Schwellenpflug' serves as a symbol of members who deliberately derail threads.

Perhaps we should call them Schwellenpflugs?

Motion carried!

[Feathered_IV]

I can just imagine it, towed by a troika-schlepp of Fw-190s

[AndyJWest]

That 'Schwellenpflug' serves as a symbol of members who deliberately derail threads.

Perhaps we should call them Schwellenpflugs. 

 

I think the term should be limited to people who deliberately derail their own threads, in order to prevent their enemies winning an argument. Definitely common enough to need a label...