Hydrofoil train

Left: Model of the hydrofoil train | Right: Model of Comox torpedo

Last week we were in Nova Scotia and had the opportunity to visit the Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site. One of the many surprising things I learned while there was that Bell and his collaborators did extensive work developing hydrofoil vehicles. One collaborator, Casey Baldwin, came up with the idea of a hydrofoil train. I'll let the card accompanying the model take it from here:

I could have spent much more than a few hours at the museum. Hopefully I'll get back there someday.