Locomotive drag race…DR 18 201, billed as the world’s fastest steam locomotive
Conjugated Valve Animation.Locomotive Sandbox.
7 thoughts on “Old Train Thursday”
Long ago I usedta fire a Shay for the Hesston Steam Society in Indiana. I think it burned in an engine house fire a while back. They are neat machines.
Dropped Locomotive apparently happened in Gabon (West Africa).
Oops.
Oops, indeed. When you seldom/never inspect or proof your gear or rigging equipment, you get what you deserve.
Looks like a catastrophic failure near the hook.
Good stuff Maynard
Tank car.
Evil Franklin
I especially like the motorcycle railcar… let’s see it pop a wheelie!
I can just imagine what one made from a Boss Hoss would look like! It could pull quite a few cars IF it could get the traction.
My Dad worked one summer as a section hand laying track on Vancouver Island in the early 1950’s. Their outfit was located by the tracks of a logging railroad and he told me one day the gang was working on a length of track when they could hear an engine coming sounding like it was moving about 60 mph. Quickly getting clear of the track he was surprised when a Shay pulling a string of logs poked its nose out of the bush and ambled by at 10 mph. He worked up and down the Island that summer and saw many logging locomotives of that type .
Long ago I usedta fire a Shay for the Hesston Steam Society in Indiana. I think it burned in an engine house fire a while back. They are neat machines.
Dropped Locomotive apparently happened in Gabon (West Africa).
Oops.
Oops, indeed. When you seldom/never inspect or proof your gear or rigging equipment, you get what you deserve.
Looks like a catastrophic failure near the hook.
Good stuff Maynard
Tank car.
Evil Franklin
I especially like the motorcycle railcar… let’s see it pop a wheelie!
I can just imagine what one made from a Boss Hoss would look like! It could pull quite a few cars IF it could get the traction.
My Dad worked one summer as a section hand laying track on Vancouver Island in the early 1950’s. Their outfit was located by the tracks of a logging railroad and he told me one day the gang was working on a length of track when they could hear an engine coming sounding like it was moving about 60 mph. Quickly getting clear of the track he was surprised when a Shay pulling a string of logs poked its nose out of the bush and ambled by at 10 mph. He worked up and down the Island that summer and saw many logging locomotives of that type .