Estontetsan Technology

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How Estontetsan technology looks like, in daily life.		... or simply think of the set design of Agatha Christie's Poirot or Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries!
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	Footage from Duceta, erraneously labelled "Paris"
Road Traffic
	Traffic in Duceta has not much changed in 120 years	Berlin
	Hotel in Xiripiti, near the Fenizic border - note the palm trees, typical already for Fenizic flora	Hotel Preanger is still in existence
	Electric car	E.V.C. Hansom Cab ca. 1904
		Großglockner race 1910
		Opel
		Berna G5 lorry, 1930
		Mannesmann-MULAG lorry ca. 1921
Public transport
		1920ies in Finland
		1928, Finland: Bus on a REO chassis with Tampereen Autokori (Tampere car depot) body.
	Electric bus	Kühlstein battery bus, Berlin 1899
Public transport - Underground
		Berlin, 1908
Police
	The 20 years old Police logo will not change.
	Border Guards inmidst tourist bustle
Trains
Timetables
	Offer to Occidental Express: with a high speed leader/assistance loco across Esto's non-electrified network.
Eastern Coast Line express trains
	Eastern Coast Line express train c. 200 AP
Eastern Coast Line express train "INTERCITY"		Rheingold
	Aboard the luxury express train "INTERCITY"
Eastern Coast Line stream-lined express train "FUTUREST"
Coast To Coast Line express
	In double traction on the Coast To Coast Line, FER's trans-continental railway across the Central Ridge mountains. While the leader locomotive is uncoupled, the passengers may take a meal in the station buffet or just on the platform.	Translation of caption on Commons: Around 1910 (electrification of the Gotthard line: 1920) a Gotthard express train with a C (cargo) 4/5 leader and an A (express) 3/5 locomotive has climbed the north ramp and reached Göschenen station.
	Most modern development: combustion engine hauling a Coast To Coast Line express train
	Coast To Coast Line express train interior	Orient Express
Mountain Line express trains
	Impressive engineering structures along the Mountain Line
	Mountain Line express climbing a slope
		Orient Express
	Mountain Line express speeding up on level terrain
TEE - Trans Estontetsan Express		Photos of TEE - Trans Europ Express courtesy of Werner Consten
	After the success of combustion engines (see above), a modern and luxurious trainset was constructed. Initially, ten trainsets were produced: five for the Coast to Coast Line five as headquarters trains for high government authorities: Federal President Secretary of State Chief Constable/Federal Constabulary Command Estontetsan Vexwide Emergency Response Mobile Regiment EVERMoRe LUDA Logistics and Transportation Headquarters Each usually consists of private coach radio coach staff office coach staff sleeper staff diner provision wagon luggage wagon guards sleeper guards diner
Regional Trains
	Tourists arriving in lovely Val da Krosta
Shipping
	The former Royal, now Presidential Yacht or Staatsjacht, in September 321 renamed Gregurdica, built 193 AP, speed 21.8 kn
Steamers
	Steamer Xoninhas, built 189, speed 16 kn, 910 passengers	Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1889)
	Fast steamer Count Biseuro, built 190, speed 20.6 kn, 1292 passengers	Fürst Bismarck
	Fast steamer Natestus the Great (sister ship: Aratacius), built 197, speed 22.3 kn, 1760 passengers	Kaiser Wilhelm der Große
	Fast steamer Aratacius (sister ship of Natestus the Great), built 202, speed 23.58 kn, 1838 passengers	Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1903)
	Fast steamer Empress, built 205, speed 17.5 kn, 2996 passengers	Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria
	Fast steamer Fatherland (sister ships Motherland and Homeland), built 213, speed 26.3 kn, 3909 passengers, largest ever coal-fired steamship in history	Vaterland
	One of the dozens of bulk cargo steamers that carry the exports of coal, iron ore and bauxite, replacing the former bulk carrier sailships
Sailships
		From this famous Hamburg sailship port, my father started his training journey aboard SS Padua, today Kruzenshtern, in June 1927.
	International sail ship meeting 263 AP
	One of the dozens of bulk cargo sailships of "Padua" type, now being replaced by bulk steamers	On this sailship, today Kruzenshtern, my father made his training journey, in June 1927.
Coast Guard See also History of Estontetsan Naval Forces in Pictures Life Boats
	Esto's first motor life boat!
Coast Guard Cutters (gunboats)
	Class built between 198 and 203 AP, speed 14 kn, range 3400 nm To travel from the west coast to the east coast of Esto, a ship of this most modern type needs 16-18 days and has to coal at Rosshawen, Sanxaveer or somewhere in Saint Kilta, unless accompanied by a coalier.	image of SMS Jaguar, speed of sister ship SMS Tiger, range of sister ship SMS Eber
	Class built 178 AP, speed 9.9 kn, range 1640 nm	image and speed of SMS Hyäne, range of sister ship SMS Wolf
	Class built 165 AP, speed 9.3 kn, coal stowage for 4 days unless sailing	SMS Meteor
Training Sail Ships
	Coast Guards training sail ship Empapas built 233 AP
	Coast Guards training sail ship Bezuntas built 149 AP
Battlecruisers In January 322 AP, the maritme situation required the revitalisation of a battleship and an armoured cruiser of the former Royal Estontetsan Navy, which inbetween had served as museum ships.
	Battlecruiser Saint André built 201-205 AP as armoured cruiser, speed 22 kn, coal stowage 1,100 ts armament: 2 × 24 cm, 5 × 19 cm, 4 × 15 cm, 10 × 7 cm, 6 × 4.7 cm, 2 torpedo tubes	SMS Sankt Georg (Austrohungarian imperial and royal navy)
	Battlecruiser Goranostr built 202-205 AP as battleship, speed 18.5 kn, coal stowage 1,670 ts, oil stowage 240 ts armament: 4 × 28 cm, 14 × 17 cm, 18 × 8.8 cm, 6 × torpedo tubes	SMS Preußen (German imperial navy, Braunschweig class)
	at high speed	SMS Hessen (German imperial navy, Braunschweig class)
Inland Navigation Excursion Steamers
		In Bad Schandau, my father met my mother! He stayed in a military hospital (3rd building left of the church) for recovery from his first wound, she spent her holidays there! On 15 July 1943, he spotted her for the first time, in church, though not this one.
Tugboats
	Steam tugs and barges like these connect Zweibrücken (Duceta) with the harbour of Imbedungado.
Air Traffic
Timetables
Airships
	PAXTON-OFP	Wikipedia:LZ 129 Hindenburg
	Aboard the airship	Hindenburg
	A PAXTON-OFP over GBR's capital. This model not only takes us around the vex to the new continents, but also to the North and South Pole.
	You'll mostly see these PAXTON Mark 1 heading for Solelhada and Lysonia.	LZ 120 Bodensee
	№ 127 at the airship port at Duceta airport	LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin at Cologne Butzweilerhof airfield, 2nd Oct 1928
Aircraft
		Planes on the airport Magdeburg, Berliner Chaussee, in the 1920ies
Vo-13
	Vomeku's mark 13, 38, and 52 are serving domestic routes.
	Easy boarding
	Luxurious interior
Vo-38
	Long-distance flights offer sleeping accomodation
Vo-52
		Lufthansa's only and one of three remaining Ju 52, famous as WWII air transport workhorse; I had the honour to fly aboard this aircraft from Essen/Mülheim (the airport depicted here) to Cologne!
Vo-200 "Pasa"
	This wonderful plane serves FEA's south Longeratian routes.	Focke-Wulf Fw 200 "Condor"; I could not withstand the wordgame, renaming the "Condor" via "El Condor Pasa" to "Pasa".
AAPAVO-144
	Super luxurious intercontinental San Patricio built airliner, a true palace of the skies, seating 100 pax. complete with dining room, sleeping accommodations and film theatre	Bristol Brabazon, built to overtake ocean liners, but was overtaken by modern (prop and, soon, jet) airliners; they sold not a single one. View the gorgous interior.
Energy Hydropower
Mining and Coal Power
	The high building left of centre is the Payments Hall.	Lohnhalle, Zeche Zollern, Dortmund, part of Industrial Heritage Trail. In 2015 we married there!
Telephone and Telegraph

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