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We still have the occasional steam powered traction engine go past our house. We live on a very steep hill, so there is a lot of stoking to get up pressure befo
by monk_e_boy 9y ago
We still have the occasional steam powered traction engine go past our house. We live on a very steep hill, so there is a lot of stoking to get up pressure before they attempt it. I'd say we see them 2 or 3 times a year. Really cool beasts.
- NegativeLatency 9y agoI'd love to see a video of that
- monk_e_boy 9y agoI never thought to video them. There are rallies every year in our local town where 20 or so get together and drive around. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbs5BfpbAH4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbs5BfpbAH4 My father-in-law is a conductor on a local steam engine. My SO got to drive it -- the lucky lady :)
- monk_e_boy 9y agohttp://prestonservices.co.uk/category/steam-engines/road-steam/traction-engines/road-locomotives/ http://prestonservices.co.uk/category/steam-engines/road-ste...
- clock_tower 9y agoThat's something else! And yet I'm not surprised; all sorts of things turn out to have valuable niche uses despite being superseded in the mainstream. Now I'm wondering if the future might hold robot-driven sailing ships (wind and solar are renewable, and ocean shipping isn't exactly about speed) -- and I'm certainly not betting on internal-combustion engines going away for good.