Recent content by isayyo2

Side tangent Boyd, but will some FEF's and Challengers also be receiving full streamlining like the 49er? That'd be neat!

I think that's acceptable. Would the passenger car roofs also be anti-glare green?

Never been a fan of brown colored passenger equipment. What if it was polished stainless steel rail on the roof?

Anchors Aweigh: The Atomic Carrier As the veil of darkness began lifting on the morning of July 4th, 1958, the shores of Newport News, Virginia came alive with an extraordinary spectacle. A crowd bristling with anticipation had gathered on the cool, dew-laden shores. Civilians in their Sunday...

We hope you'll join us in our Vignettes and Details thread for further discussion in this collaborative world. https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/tales-from-another-world-three-amigos-vignettes-and-details.541916/ Can't forget to shout out @daspaceasians for the fantastic Vietnam...

Since @TheMann put out such a fantastic series on the Middle East conflict of the 90s I thought I’d round him out by talking about Equipment and Organizational changes the US Army went under following Vietnam. Army 76 and the Big Five Procurement As the troops came home victorious from the...

Riding the Rail in the Amigos: Early Electrification and New York Union Station 15 dead in Gotham wreck! The Mayor Blames Steam. Tunnels at fault, Experts Find. Tragedy struck New York on January 8th, 1902, when a locomotive plowed into a stalled commuter train on the Park Avenue Line. The...

I don’t see why not? I trust Joe and Mann to make the right cultural decisions for the Amigos.

The USN did lay down the USS Terror as the only purpose-built “Fleet Minelayer” the Navy built with a top speed of 20 knots.

Capital Ships laid down by United States 1902 - 1922 Minnesota Class: Displacement: 20,000 tons Dimensions: 514 ft x 80 ft Armament: 4x12"/45 (2x2), 8x8"/45 (4x2), 22x5"/50 (22x1), 4x1-pounder, 2x21" torpedo tubes Speed: 21 knots Commissioned: February 1906 Decommissioned: December 1922 Fate...

In a word, yes :cool: I’m writing up two more naval posts, one dedicated to the Washington Naval Treaty coming sometime next week, and a follow up “American Capital Ship Development: 1922-45” after the WWII chapters start rolling out. Without spoiling too much, the 5”/38 and our ATL North...

To add onto Mann’s post, the Great War ends significantly sooner saving millions of lives that would have been killed or wounded on both sides as well as billions of dollars from being spent. Populations are larger and public debts are far smaller than OTL. While there is still a “Germany must...

Development of American Capital Ships: 1902-1922 The beginning of the 20th Century began with new leadership for the United States. The Republican ticket of William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt would run on the concept of a "Square Deal" with the conservation of natural resources, control of...

The Life and Times of John Muir: Part One 1838-1900 John Muir, like many great Americans proceeding him, arrived in this country by ship. The son of Scottish immigrants and eldest son, John spent his childhood learning the New Testament and tending the land on the family's farm in Portage...

I've always thought that the T49 or M18 would've been a good starting point for a Cavalry/Light Tank design. Had the prewar Cavalry leaders not been so against fighting for information and the economy of force missions, such a design would done very well in the early war.