For the whole gallery see http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2010/10/15/old-locomotives-from-a-storage-facility/#more-19715
Showing posts with label steam locomotive. Show all posts
Showing posts with label steam locomotive. Show all posts
1.02.2011
Russian locomotive graveyard
For the whole gallery see http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2010/10/15/old-locomotives-from-a-storage-facility/#more-19715 Logging trucks, trains, and look at the size of those logs!
Above via http://www.roadtransport.com/blogs/big-lorry-blog/
Driving the model T cars onto the tree trunk is wild, but a team of horses? Did they think about how they were going to get those horses to back up the whole way off that tree trunk?
that train on top of the bridge is cool... but what the freak! How long did it take them to make that bridge? And they had to have it pretty level for that train, believe it.
12.31.2010
The Camelback locomotive design, used in conjunction with the exceptionally wide Wooten firebox, not safe though
The "Camelback" design, which straddled the cab over the center of the boiler, allowed the exceptional width of the Wooten firebox, which burned lower BTU anthracite coal from Eastern Pennsylvania.The Locomotives in the picture were also called "Mother Hubbards" among other names. They were discontinued from freight service because if a side rod broke, it would wipe out the cab and if on the engineer's side, the engineer also. In yard service they were much safer because of the lower speed which was not so likely to break a rod and sling it through the cab.
photo from http://www.shorpy.com/node/9335?size=_original
12.30.2010
In the woods of Maine are the neglected remains of two locomotives
The Eagle Lake and West Branch (ELWB) Railroad Locomotive #1, was built in June 1897 at Schenectady Locomotive Works (4-6-0 stamped #4552), it was originally a steam locomotive but later converted to burn crude oil to eliminate the forest fire threat caused by cinders. Number 1 was purchased by Great Northern in 1926 and used to haul pulpwood in the Allagash area from 1927-1933.ELWB Locomotive Number 2, and its tender, were built in December 1901 at Brooks Locomotive Works (2-8-0 stamped 4062). Number 2 was also used as a steam locomotive and later converted to burn crude oil. It was purchased by Great Northern in 1928 and used as the main engine for hauling pulp cars from 1928-1933.
The railroad tranferred logs and crossed over the northwest arm of Chamberlain Lake where it reaches toward Allagash Lake. In September of 1933 both locomotives were relatively obsolete and not worth the cost of transporting them back out of the Allagash area. They were both on the Eagle Lake end of the tramway and the entire railroad was abandoned in place.
Read all about it http://www.maine.gov/doc/parks/history/allagash/rr.htm
12.29.2010
Haulers of heavy loads... locomotives
The above load was 100 tons, looks like the tires are solid rubber, and the trailer appears to be the same in the above and the below photo
12.24.2010
Happy holidays, and merry chistmas everyone
I believe the above image was taken by Scooter McRad http://scootermcrad.blogspot.com/ last year, and is one of the best hot rod Xmas photos I've come across
12.20.2010
Wow, lowering a train body down onto the chassis. Amazing, just one of those things I've never given a moments thought to how it was made
Does that just blow your mind and make you wish you could hang around and watch while that happens?10.30.2010
Train - plane, art of Jeff de Boer
It doesn't have to make sense when it combines two cool things, old trains and old airplanesFound at http://mhsteampunk.tumblr.com
6.03.2010
The beauty of the streamlined locomotive train
photo by Arkady Shaikhet 1939
The above is via: http://fantomatik75.blogspot.com/ and is a poor copy of the Metzger photo, for a better copy: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/12/beauty-of-curve.htmlWWII German barricade made from TP2 & TP4 locomotives; Baltic Sea shores
A real unusual and perhaps desperate need for steam locomotives during WW2 via:
4.09.2010
only the greatest photographers have a portfolio of magazine covers
from http://www.art-dept.com/artists/mccurry/ and http://www.stevemccurry.com/main.php The portfolio of Steve McCurry is awesome and amazing. He is or was a photographer for National Geographic Magazine I requested permission twice by email to both websites, and haven't heard a thing from them...
4.07.2010
Bizarre variety of photos from 5window tumbler, a lot of cool stuff though
For another shot of this Cobra, and a write up, see http://magneticbrain.blogspot.com/2010/03/bit-player.html
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