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The Marion Steam Shovel model 91
I think I've posted this photo before, but can't find it
Found on http://silodrome.com/steam-powered/
dWrenched George found a newly created steam powered bobber, with a 1923 steam engine
Built by Carlos Stenson from Sweden, Moonshine Trickster as he called it, is powered by steam. By an 1923 steam engine to be exact.
Photos from http://www.dwrenched.com/2013/12/dwrenched.html via his sources http://www.custombikeshow.se / http://www.harleyvillage.it / http://www.amdchampionship.com / Onno Wieringa
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what's important in a pull contest? Traction, not power. 18hp steam engine vs 850 hp John Deere
thanks Steve!
by traction, of course, the weight of the old tractor being so much more than the John Deere, and the larger flat contact patch of the twice as large wheels.
Union Pacific has begun restoration process by reaquiring a Big Boy (4-8-8-4), #4014 that has been in Pomona Ca since 1961
Photo by Chris Stark who drove his 1941 Cadillac down to the Pomona fairgrounds (Wally Park Museum/Grand National Roadster Show/LA Roadster show location) to take this photo of his car with a Big Boy locomotive.... a rare opportunity. Both were made in 1941
They have to move the locomotive about 5,000 feet to join a live Metrolink track, and that will necessitate a few back-and-forth movements to get it aligned with the live track. As of today it has been moved about 1,500 feet. The wheels and bearings have already been inspected, so the first thing UP will do is move it to the Colton yard and put it over a pit to examine everything in detail.
No. 4014 will be restored to operating condition by Union Pacific’s Cheyenne, Wyo.-based Heritage Fleet Operations within the next five years. 4014 will join UP’s two other famous steam locomotives—4-6-6-4 Challenger 3985 and 4-8-4 Northern 844—in excursion service when her restoration is completed. She will become the world’s largest operational steam locomotive.
In July 2013, UP announced that it had reached an agreement with the Southern California Chapter of the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society in Pomona, Calif., to transfer ownership of 4014 back to UP. The railroad will relocate 4014 to Cheyenne, where the Heritage Fleet Operations team will begin restoration, including a fuel conversion to No. 5 oil
Twenty-five Big Boys were built exclusively for Union Pacific by the American Locomotive Company (Alco) between 1941 and 1944
The Big Boys were 132 feet long and weighed 1.2 million pounds (engine and tender) in working order.
4014’s 14-wheel tender can hold 24,000 gallons of water and 28 tons (56,000 pounds) of coal.
UP donated eight Big Boys for public display to several U.S. cities—Pomona; St. Louis, Mo. (No. 4006, Museum of Transportation); Dallas, Tex. (No. 4018, Museum of the American Railroad); Omaha, Neb. (No. 4023, Kenefick Park); Denver, Colo. (No. 4005, Forney Transportation Museum); Scranton, Pa. (No. 4012, Steamtown National Historic Site); Green Bay, Wis. (No. 4017, National Railroad Museum); and Cheyenne (No. 4004, Holliday Park) http://www.railwayage.com/index.php/mechanical/locomotives/up-a-return-to-steam-for-big-boy-4014.html?channel=
steam punk motor wheel design
WW2 in Finland, newly released photos from the Finnish Defense Forces
The images record the war years from 1939 to 1945, spanning three conflicts the Finns recognize as the Winter War (against an invading Soviet Union), the Continuation War (striking against the Soviets alongside the Germans) and the Lapland War (against the Germans for control of Lapland). After spending hours poring through this fascinating archive, I've gathered this collection, just a glimpse of what was made available. A couple of notes on the images -- the swastika was used as the official national marking of the Finnish Defence Forces between 1918 and 1945
Found on http://pixtale.net/2013/05/finland-in-world-war-ii/
Best steampunk book I've seen for kids, friends, your boss, and steam punk / inventors geek love .. Thaddeus the Boss, by Heather Theurer
http://www.heathertheurer.com/index.php
that is the first couple pages after you open it, so you can see how it begins
the story line is that Thadeus (the kid) wants to be a "boss" like his dad, and this tells how he tries and learns how difficult it is to be a boss, and what the things a boss has to do for the people he is a boss of.
one of the great things about Heather's art and design is the TERRIFIC details and inventions she displays throughout the book, like the pacifier with a dB meter
Every day the dad goes to work in a new way, but a Motor Wheel? How Cool!
the above reminds me of the big car in League of Extraordinary Gentlemen... notice the engine horsepower call out on the exhaust?
Steampunk baby buggy!
this is so cool, Heather wrote up a great amount of things that you can get your kids to think about or discuss, even go back through the book and look for
http://www.heathertheurer.com/index.php
http://www.amazon.com/Thaddeus-Boss-Heather-Theurer/dp/0982613784
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/thaddeus-the-boss/id512785971?mt=11
http://www.epbot.com/2012/03/saturday-steam-31712.html
Whoa, steam locomotive lovers are gonna want this!
It's a 4 ton BBQ, from "Tvoryukami" - a group that is based in a small village near Ryazan Deulino and is known for its visionary and creative scope
Original source: http://www.bbqmag.ru/newnum.html?article=497#.UhwBYhtQEXy
I found it on http://www.epbot.com/2013/04/saturday-steam-42013.html
car propulsion methods are compared in this months Automobile magazine, May 2013 issue
in 1900 there were 4192 motor vehicles registered in the US
1681 were Steam powered, 1575 by electricity, 936 Gasoline engines
1905, there were 78,000 registered motor vehicles.
Steam and Electric had double in number, but that means only about 3200 were steam and electric, and 75,000 were gasoline powered
1912, the electric started is developed by Charles Kettering
The starter made the gas engine far simpler to use for a lot more people, and this sounded the end of the difficult to recharge Electric, and the slow to heat up Steam
1915 was about the end of the electric, and 1920 the end of most steam.
1925, Stanley is done
1931, Doble (best steam engine made at the time) is done http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/07/among-few-steam-powered-cars-doble.html
1941, Detroit Electric is through
http://www.automobilemag.com/
the Voisin http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/07/unique-look-at-automotive-design-french.html is the one from the Mullin Museum in Ventura, and is in the article because of the gas engine with the sliding cylinder sleeves. The big car is a White, and like the right side car, the Chrysler Turbine http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/05/bit-of-this-and-that-in-display-case-at.html, are both owned by Jay Leno. neither the White, the Turbone, nor the Voisin are really in the article, but they make for a hell of a cool photo, and they didn't have an electric car to use. A proper selection would have been a Doble, either a Baker electric or Detroit Electric, and a gas engined car of the same era
1681 were Steam powered, 1575 by electricity, 936 Gasoline engines
1905, there were 78,000 registered motor vehicles.
Steam and Electric had double in number, but that means only about 3200 were steam and electric, and 75,000 were gasoline powered
1912, the electric started is developed by Charles Kettering
The starter made the gas engine far simpler to use for a lot more people, and this sounded the end of the difficult to recharge Electric, and the slow to heat up Steam
1915 was about the end of the electric, and 1920 the end of most steam.
1925, Stanley is done
1931, Doble (best steam engine made at the time) is done http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/07/among-few-steam-powered-cars-doble.html
1941, Detroit Electric is through
the Voisin http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/07/unique-look-at-automotive-design-french.html is the one from the Mullin Museum in Ventura, and is in the article because of the gas engine with the sliding cylinder sleeves. The big car is a White, and like the right side car, the Chrysler Turbine http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/05/bit-of-this-and-that-in-display-case-at.html, are both owned by Jay Leno. neither the White, the Turbone, nor the Voisin are really in the article, but they make for a hell of a cool photo, and they didn't have an electric car to use. A proper selection would have been a Doble, either a Baker electric or Detroit Electric, and a gas engined car of the same era
Buffalo Springfield steam roller... built to last longer than the roads it made
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