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Those are some big lathes.

Something I haven't seen before.

SKGLB wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 07, 2023 10:16 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AwOzG-_DgA

I always thought a live steam one would be cool, but these are on a whole other level.

Like, dude.

And a rotary plow too? I am in complete and utter disbelief.

It seems like it might make a fairly decent looking 2-2-0 tender loco!

Keith S wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 07, 2023 12:08 am

Aren’t all railway locomotives “traction engines” if one is being really, really annoyingly technical and pedantic?

Yes.

drewzero1 wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 04, 2023 6:33 am

To keep the conversation on track, here's an early American loco that seems to fit the bill:
Screenshot_20231125-204951.jpg

What is this one? You don't see many American 2-2-2's. Kinda looks like a "storkleg" toy but with a trailing axle.

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philipy wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 05, 2023 6:13 am

It's a railway loco not a traction engine, although the original was built by a traction engine maker.

Well technically I think it's a rail traction engine. I'm pretty sure that's what Aaron meant.

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Correct! Your turn.

drewzero1 wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 04, 2023 6:15 am

Beaver Dam?

Darn, shouldn't have let you answer! What street? Looks like it but : needs to update street view, this picture looks like it was taken 20 years ago!

Most ( all?) aerosol cans carry the warning "Do not incinerate even when empty". I know you are not intending to incinerate it but applying a naked flame to part of it would effectively achieve the same result! It would be filled with water so it would be kinda hard to ignite the residue, but don't...

I always wondered why early toy trains often looked so spindly and had smokestacks of comical proportions. Turns out the real ones did too! Much of the reason for the spindliness would have been to allow them to sell for ridiculously cheap prices, around $20 in today's money for a live steam loco.

Besides, I don't know if I can change the name for the entire subject.

Yes, the OP can. You need to go back to the very first post in this thread and edit it by changing the "Subject".
However, with a long rambling thread like this one, you run the risk of folks not finding it again.

Should we continue this thread or start a new one under Off-Topic?

Where was my profile pic taken?

I just looked it up and apparently the pressures vary from 2-8 bar, I assume that means most cans can take 10 bar or more.

Is this a terrible idea? (Probably.) It's a pressure vessel, but it does say "may burst if heated"... Does anybody know what kind of pressure these can take?

drewzero1 wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 03, 2023 6:12 pm

I think you should try it if you want to, just don't be too discouraged if it doesn't work out well.

I've attempted several piston engines, and the only two that worked were lego vacuum engines, so by now I expect failure but I would be extremely happy if it worked.