Zeppelin on Wheels gifts-over-100 Roosevelt Drive between 56th and

Roosevelt Drive between 56th and 57th Streets

to replace losses caused by German submarines

from 1923 to 1972

which over the years have gone from glittering gold on bright blue to algae green under a thick coat of grime

or at least had the first one at a Major League stadium in 1968

Zeppelin on Wheels gifts-over-100 Roosevelt Drive between 56th andThis photo of the experimental Schienenzeppelin (or "Zeppelin on wheels") was taken by Times photographer from the Berlin Bureau in October 1930. The futuristic German bullet train featured a rear mounted propeller that "knifed through the rising mists to the roar of a 400 horsepower gasoline motor." Its sleek aluminum chassis quickly broke railway speed records. "Rail Zeppelin' Speeds 143. 75 Miles an Hour; World Record Is Set on Hamburg Berlin Run,"