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[challenge entry] It's hard to pop a cherry this big, but someone did.


and then, there's the one on the table.

From the Sweets challenge. See all 57 entries (closed)

(I helped save b3ta! LS18, Sun 22 Jul 2018, 10:24, archived)
# The mid-1940's Baldwin Centipede
struggled, floundered, and failed to become the first successful all-terrain locomotive

(I helped save b3ta! LS18, Sun 22 Jul 2018, 12:29, archived)
# It's because there wasn't a direct route
It always travelled in several legs.
(I helped save b3ta! Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇, Sun 22 Jul 2018, 12:53, archived)
# they thought the terrain going capacity
would give them a leg up on the competition.
(ylo, Sun 22 Jul 2018, 14:01, archived)
# :D
While most centipedes are known for their speed, millipedes move slowly and burrow. So, maybe it was a design flaw--
the millipede design might have been ideal for off-rail transport :)
(I helped save b3ta! LS18, Sun 22 Jul 2018, 14:11, archived)
# Mind you, it was quite a feet of engineering
(I helped save b3ta! Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇, Sun 22 Jul 2018, 14:13, archived)
# :) I'm guessing it stubbed its toes a LOT
(I helped save b3ta! LS18, Sun 22 Jul 2018, 14:21, archived)
# hah! ;p
(I helped save b3ta! LS18, Sun 22 Jul 2018, 14:12, archived)
# Now that's very esoteric....
The dreaded DR 12-8-3000pede...originally bred in Eddystone.
(I helped save b3ta! HairyTwatter certified eel and sodium salesman, Tue 24 Jul 2018, 16:17, archived)