The New RMS Titanic will not leave port ...

[dogtag]

Those damned icebergs are still around.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ing-shape.html


"Damn the icebergs, full speed ahead, I want that Blue Ribbon".

[Vern Humphrey]

This doesn't make sense! Why build a ship that will never sail?

[dogtag]

This doesn't make sense! Why build a ship that will never sail?

As a hotel it will draw guests from around the World.
It will be booked solid.

[Vern Humphrey]

As a hotel it will draw guests from around the World.
It will be booked solid.

Ah, the Bigger Fool theory at work.

[dogtag]

Ah, the Bigger Fool theory at work.

That Ship will be a huge moneymaker for years to come.
Don't underestimate those savvy Chinese.

[dryheat]

The Chinese are weird. They build theme neighborhoods. If you want to live in Virginia City you can.

[Allen]

The Chinese will copy anything.

[dogtag]

They should have patented gunpowder.

[togor]

It won't have boilers and a working powerplant so it's really just a theme experience.

[Vern Humphrey]

That Ship will be a huge moneymaker for years to come.
Don't underestimate those savvy Chinese.

I am not talking about the builders, but about the people willing to spend money to stay on a ship that will never sail.

[dogtag]

It won't have boilers and a working powerplant so it's really just a theme experience.

It's a Hotel just like the Queen Mary, except QM does have engines,
so what's your point.

Titanic 2 doesn't have engines ? Where did it say that ?

[togor]

It's a Hotel just like the Queen Mary, except QM does have engines,
so what's your point.

Titanic 2 doesn't have engines ? Where did it say that ?

Elsewhere on the web, "replica engines", which I would say means that mockups that people can walk past. But seriously, where are you going to get coal-fired boilers and steam engines like the ones they had? And the point is, it's not a real ship. It's a ship-shaped entertainment destination. That goes to cost of construction in a big way.

Here is an interesting read of the Titanic's power plant. As impressive as it is, oil power and electricity must have been viewed as Godsends when they came into maritime use.

http://www.titanicology.com/Titanica/TitanicsPrimeMover.htm

[kj47]

Worked in a power plant for 35 yrs, found this a very interesting read. Thanks for posting.

[dryheat]

In depth description of the workings of a huge steam powerplant. A lot of "blackshoe" work to take nice people across the ocean. Imagine the amount of coal that was aboard. Kind of makes me think, the Titanic was just another form of dirigible.

[lyman]

In depth description of the workings of a huge steam powerplant. A lot of "blackshoe" work to take nice people across the ocean. Imagine the amount of coal that was aboard. Kind of makes me think, the Titanic was just another form of dirigible.

from the article togor posted



6611 tons,,

that is a lot of coal



google says the avg coal railcar on a train is 120 tons of coal,

so, 55 railcars of coal,,,