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Go for a ride on my model train set.

#model trains #steam locomotive #märklin #gauge 1 #class 38 #we cant talk about how long it took to build these bridges #btw thats over 100m of rails #Youtube

afflicted-astra

Oh my GOD I love the pics of the locomotives in water so much can you explain

train trying to cosplay a boat gives you seretonin

#fkn WILD

afflicted-astra

#THEY WERE GREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN

afflicted-astra

yeah uh

don’t brake your steam locomotive too quickly if you don’t have enough water

kr4ftw3rk

The water was already dangerously low when the train enterd the station. Hard braking uncovered the crown sheet, weakening the staybolts that keep the firebox from getting folded by the steam pressure. When the locomotive came to a halt, the water raced back, hitting the already weakened back end of the boiler... the pressure won, the firebox gave. All the steam in the boiler shot out through the open firebox door, killing the crew near instantly. The jet of steam was so powerful, it shot the boiler into the air like a rocket.

#it has been some years since I watched the accident report #this might not be entirely accurate #but this is why the water level must always be maintained #boiler explosion #steam locomotive

dutchs-blog

Steaming Ahead

kr4ftw3rk

Durango & Silverton 481 before the conversion to an oil burner

grainelevator

Steam 2-8-2 SY #1676 in Baotou, China, 2008 by Ben Kletzer

The spectacular slag dump at Baotou steelworks as seen with SY #1676. At one time, Baotou had dozens of steam locomotives in daily service, but by this point in 2008 only seven SY 2-8-2's remained. Already most of these steam locomotives were idle every day, while a massive fleet of new diesels served the steelworks. The once bustling steam shop was already barren of equipment and awaiting demolition. But all of this could be forgotten while watching a SY struggle with 1200 tons of molten steel on the slag tip. Within a six months, the steel mill would be fully dieselized and SY 1676 would be nothing more than razor blades.

dampfloks

18 476 (3673) K.BAY.STS.B.

#4 cylinder compound #so you can REALLY annoy the maintenance crew

dieselfutures

LMS Sentinel No.7192

#extremely short stack

dampfloks

95 027 im Dampflokwerk Meiningen

dutchs-blog

Let's Go To Work

Locomotive depot Deutzerfeld; 4th June 1960 Source

#steam locomotive #bundesbahn

Ever onwards

No, I'm not dead. I have moved on though.

I might return here but I have thoroughly lost the appetite for social media.

Take care.

s-ystemfehler

Hey Jacky - hier ist Markus. Ich hoffe es geht dir gut, ich hab in letzter Zeit oft an dich gedacht. So im Nachhinein betrachtet, hatten wir uns kennengelernt als ich ne schwierige Zeit hatte - ich hab das Gefühl, dass ich das zu oft an dir ausgelassen hab. Naja ich hoffe dein 2020 läuft besser als meins XD liebe Grüße

oh wow. Ich lese das einfach erst im 22.. scheise

kr4ftw3rk

Mach dir keinen Kopf. Pass auf dich auf, ja?