The 1954 Escher VW–Porsche Kleinbahn Prototyp in the Prototyp in Hamburg. These little trains were built from 1954 to 1971 and were used in parks and botanical gardens. It pulled 3 cars which had space for 90 passengers. Its not a accident that the design of the locomotive looks like a cross between the legendary TEE train and the Porsche 356. This locomotive was powered by a VW industrial engine and was the prototype of the VW-Porsche trains.
Text and image found at “The idiots have won the war”
Retrorambling 
Reblogged this on The Porsche Independent Repair and commented:
It has 356 written all I’ve it.
Neat. At first glance, and before reading the text, I thought it might have been a boat of some kind.