No, you have to shovel it into the firebox.
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No, you have to shovel it into the firebox.
Poinzy
Super Member
Wow. Hardcore.
Beautiful! Thanks much!
Thanks for posting! Great to see them still working, as they were built to do.
Super cool, Chris. Thank you.
My friend used to run a print shop. He had an authentic Heidelberg press. That thing was absolutely carved out of granite. Aside from the gargantuan pulley belt, NOTHING on that thing would deteriorate in about 100 years.
Oh, and if you get too close, it might just kill you. It nearly killed my friend, who has long hair, and got a bit too close while it was running. Came away with a concussion.
Not it, and not the same model, but similar.
German engineering. Accept no substitute.
My friend used to run a print shop. He had an authentic Heidelberg press. That thing was absolutely carved out of granite. Aside from the gargantuan pulley belt, NOTHING on that thing would deteriorate in about 100 years.
Oh, and if you get too close, it might just kill you. It nearly killed my friend, who has long hair, and got a bit too close while it was running. Came away with a concussion.
Not it, and not the same model, but similar.
German engineering. Accept no substitute.
ooba tooba
Super Member
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The guy that got me a job there in '90 said "It looks like a museum in here but the old presses get the job done." And they did.
I used to operate the Kluge, and Verticle letterpress presses here for about 10 years after high school. It was a pretty neat line of work.
The guy that got me a job there in '90 said "It looks like a museum in here but the old presses get the job done." And they did.
bobsvinyl
Painfully Aware
Great photos, Chris. When I was living in Utah, we went out to see the reenactment of the golden spike being driven to connect the Central and Union Pacific lines outside of Brigham City in 1869. It was hard to believe they were able to cross miles of rugged terrain with raiload track.
And I like the style of European and American steam engines. By the way - do you folks know that the Big Boy "4014" is getting a restoration - perhaps this topic could deserve an own thread in the wheels and wings forum?
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knockbill
Lunatic Member
I saw it at Steamtown a while ago,,,
So - here we are - and thank you admins for moving the thread!
This is the fastest still in operating condition steam engine of the world - top speed is 180 km/h.
Two more pictures of mine.
Standing...
Standing...
... in full motion!
Here is N&W 2156, the last Y6a being pushed into position next to 1218 and 611.
2156 had a tractive effort of 166,500 Lbs. Boiler pressure of 300 lbs. It was a bunch of improvements to the USRA 2-8-8-2's of 1918. At the time they were retired (1961) they were the most powerful freight locos, and it took 2 Trainmasters to replace one Y6.
2156 had a tractive effort of 166,500 Lbs. Boiler pressure of 300 lbs. It was a bunch of improvements to the USRA 2-8-8-2's of 1918. At the time they were retired (1961) they were the most powerful freight locos, and it took 2 Trainmasters to replace one Y6.
