The Railton Mobil Special on display at the Thinktank Museum, Birmingham.
Overview
Production
1
Designer
Reid Railton
Body and chassis
Body style
streamlined fully enclosed "turtle shell"
Powertrain
Engine
Twin Napier Lion W-12 aero engines
Transmission
Separate drives to front and rear axles
Dimensions
Length
28 ft 8 in (8.74 m)
Width
8 ft (2.4 m)
Height
4 ft 3 in (1.30 m)
Curb weight
over 3 tonnes
The Railton Special, later rebuilt as the Railton Mobil Special, is a one-off motor vehicle designed by Reid Railton and built for John Cobb's successful attempts at the land speed record in 1938.
It is currently on display at Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum, England.[1]
The RailtonSpecial, later rebuilt as the Railton Mobil Special, is a one-off motor vehicle designed by Reid Railton and built for John Cobb's successful...
over 250 mph (400 km/h) in 1932 and John Cobb's 394 mph (634 km/h) Railton Mobil Special in 1947—a record that came well after the Lion had passed its prime...
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first in 1960 with the "Anteater", a car modeled after John Cobb's "RailtonSpecial" and powered by an Allison V-1710 aircraft engine. In 1961 he reached...
She was equally generous to John Cobb, whose record-breaking vehicle RailtonSpecial was powered by the pair of engines from her powerboat Estelle V. In...
Railton Road runs between Brixton and Herne Hill in the London Borough of Lambeth. The road is designated the B223. At the northern end of Railton Road...
help John Cobb raise the world land speed record to 630 km/h in the RailtonSpecial, which is now displayed in Birmingham's Thinktank museum. Between 1947...
officially named at a ceremony at Birmingham New Street on 20 March 1945, and a special coat of arms plate was then fitted above the nameplate. The streamlining...
the police then tried to take the wounded boy to a waiting minicab on Railton Road, the crowd tried to intervene thinking the police did not appear to...
snatching. Numerous coach builders constructed Railton bodies for the Terraplane and later Hudson chassis. Railton cars continued to be built on 1934 Hudson...
role he played for 10 years. He also featured in the Doctor Who Christmas special "The Snowmen" at the end of 2012, and in Death in Paradise in early 2013...
examples of robust moral realists include David Brink, John McDowell, Peter Railton, Geoffrey Sayre-McCord, Michael Smith, Terence Cuneo, Russ Shafer-Landau...
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score, especially in its depiction of Jim. According to Professor Stephen Railton of the University of Virginia, Twain was unable to fully rise above the...
Roger from previous incarnations; the vocal duo was now backed by Michael Railton (keyboards), Randy Jacobs (guitars), Wayne Lothian (bass), Thomas White...