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[โ€“] lemann@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow someone actually made Thomas into a literal Tank engine ๐Ÿ˜ญ

[โ€“] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's Soviet MBV-2, two were made in Kirov manufacturing plant in Leningrad in 1936-37, though i guess the transformation of one of them into a Thomas was post war development (second one is preserved in museum).