Waxahachie Kid #17017 L Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 Pretty easy to understand why the diesel-electric locomotive took the place of the very labor-intensive steam locomotives. This also reminds me of the steam powered farm tractors, of the early days. Very interesting video. 1 Quote
DeaconKC Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 Calling @Pat Riot, SASS #13748 and @Perro Del Diablo Quote
Pat Riot Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 That looks SOOOO Cool! Big hassle to get ready for a ride, but that’s all a part of the fun, I’m sure. All it needs is a scabbard for a 73 Winchester. 1 Quote
Smoken D Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 Guess if you lived 5 miles from your destination and had to be there by 9am, you could get up around midnight to get the thing going and make it there by 9. Guy doing the interview seemed to know more about the engine than the maker. Asked questions the guy stumbled over to try and answer. But, maybe a design engineer asking the guy who makes them how it works. Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 Probably much warmer on those winter morns. Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 Gotta love the tires, they look they came off his Farm-All Quote
Pat Riot Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 33 minutes ago, Smoken D said: Guess if you lived 5 miles from your destination and had to be there by 9am, you could get up around midnight to get the thing going and make it there by 9. Guy doing the interview seemed to know more about the engine than the maker. Asked questions the guy stumbled over to try and answer. But, maybe a design engineer asking the guy who makes them how it works. I have worked on rail passenger transit for over 30 years. We have these folks we call “foamers”, they prefer we call them “Railfans” or “Rail Fans”, but these folks can tell me things about our our railcars and wayside systems that I don’t know about or knew but had forgotten about. Example, how many times have you removed all the parts from a particular firearm and thought to yourself “Gee, I should learn all the exact dimensions of each screw and part for future reference”? Probably only if that info was important or pertinent at the time. A “fan” would deem this info very important. If this were a steam engine or a locomotive and you were talking to a “Fan” you would be discussing what you do to make it work and they, having memorized each component or process, could baffle and befuddle you with questions that the answer really wouldn’t matter in most cases during the course of your work. 2 Quote
Joke 'um Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 Step 1 for any trip by steam powered motorcycle: Write yourself a note stating were you are going. If you don't do that, you will have forgotren your destination by the time you have steam 'up'. 3 Quote
Smoken D Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 3 hours ago, Joke 'um said: Step 1 for any trip by steam powered motorcycle: Write yourself a note stating were you are going. If you don't do that, you will have forgotren your destination by the time you have steam 'up'. Heck, I do that from room to room. 1 Quote
Perro Del Diablo Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 16 hours ago, DeaconKC said: Calling @Pat Riot, SASS #13748 and @Perro Del Diablo I could see that in steampunk category 2 Quote
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