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EPISODE · May 14, 2026 · 2H 10M

Bonus 20: Wacky Cars, Trains, Planes, and Boats.

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Life got the better of us this week so instead of a normal episode, we are releasing a bonus episode from the vault! We hope you enjoy!    Join us in diving into some of history's craziest and most famous modes of transportation! Plus Emileigh's Jeep breaks down again.   Follow us on Instagram!  https://www.instagram.com/illequippedhistory/   Join our Facebook group!  https://www.facebook.com/groups/illequippedhistory   Email us!  [email protected]   Check us out on TikTok!  https://www.tiktok.com/@illequipped.histo   Find us on YouTube!  https://www.youtube.com/@Ill-EquippedHistory    Donate to our Patreon!  https://www.patreon.com/illequippedhistory   Sources: https://slate.com/technology/2022/08/the-dymaxion-car-the-true-history-of-buckminster-fullers-failed-automobile.html https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/goodyear-inflatoplane-ga468/nasm_A19740156000 https://www.jalopnik.com/goodyear-made-a-plane-that-you-had-to-inflate-before-yo-1848456370/ https://planehistoria.com/the-caproni-ca-60-was-a-nine-wing-cruise-liner/ https://simpleflying.com/caproni-ca-60-italy-floating-triplane-story/ https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20231220-why-the-flying-scotsman-is-a-symbol-of-britishness https://www.theshipyardblog.com/extreme-engineering-twelve-strangest-vessels-in-the-world/#:~:text=Get%20ready%20for%20some%20numbers https://www.thedrive.com/news/36692/the-top-10-coolest-trains-of-all-time https://www.hotcars.com/most-outrageous-cars-ever-that-arent-supercars/ Gyro-X-1967 https://www.lanemotormuseum.org/collection/cars/item/gyro-x-1967/ “After Heaps of Time & Money the 1967 Gyro-X is Back in Action!” https://historygarage.com/heaps-time-money-1967-gyro-x-back-action/ “The Inventory of the Rotary Snowplow was… a Dentist?” by Leslie Smith (Jan 14 2025) https://www.bnsf.com/news-media/railtalk/heritage/rotary-snow-plow.html “A Brief History of the Rotary Snowplow” by Andrew Toppan (May 6 2001) https://www.hazegray.org/rail/rotaries.htm “Rotary Snowplough” by Laura Neilson Bonikowsky (Nov 20 2011, edited Mar 4 2015) https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/rotary-snowplough “Transport that Never Was” (Feb 18 2020) https://fabricofparis.com/2020/02/18/transport-that-never-was-aerotrain.html “New York City’s Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center, the country’s last operating prison ship, set to close” (Oct 31 2023) https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/vernon-c-bain-correctional-center-closing-nyc-prison-ship/ “UrbaNerd: The History of the City’s Floating Jail” by Sneha Dey (May 10 2018) https://citylimits.org/urbanerd-the-history-of-the-citys-floating-jail/ “Vernon C. Bain Christening Ceremony Video” by Kevin T. Harrell (Apr 4 2025) https://hnoc.org/research-collections/collection-highlights/vernon-c-bain-christening-ceremony-video

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