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A few more steam engine pics
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Great pictures. Love old tractors.
RIDE-RED 350r
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Love the old iron!
Can you imagine how hot it must have been running that old equipment on a hot summer day out in the hayfield? They were better men that I.....
Can you imagine how hot it must have been running that old equipment on a hot summer day out in the hayfield? They were better men that I.....
As a matter of fact I can. I`ve done it.
But the old timers were smarter than I am. They were doing it to make a living, I was doing it for fun.
Peter M. Eick
SWCA Member
If you want to see what is like to ride aboard a K36 DRGW Steam engine, go over to youtube and do a search on pme166.
I posted 25 video's (all short) that I shot when I did the cab ride up from Durango to Silverton. Pretty amazing ride!
I posted 25 video's (all short) that I shot when I did the cab ride up from Durango to Silverton. Pretty amazing ride!
SAFireman
SWCA Member
Wow...I don't get to see iron like that down here...I see old JD, Ford, Case, but not very much of anything that is steam powered...maybe I'm looking in all the wrong places?
The city of San Antonio recently "discovered" that they still have 2 steam fire engines...one is on loan to the Houston Fire museum, and the other was 'found' walled off in the basement of a public works building that was being renovated. I may lend a hand in getting the newly found one reworked. If I get involved, I will be sure to post photos here.
The city of San Antonio recently "discovered" that they still have 2 steam fire engines...one is on loan to the Houston Fire museum, and the other was 'found' walled off in the basement of a public works building that was being renovated. I may lend a hand in getting the newly found one reworked. If I get involved, I will be sure to post photos here.
My F-I-L was steam loco engineer on the UP. He loved steam engines.
Here is pic of his 25-85 Nichols & Shepard traction engine. It is the only one I could find without taking apart the storage room.
And a pic of his 2-8-0 standard gauge steam loco he had along with a 10 car train. I have my 1970 roadrunner Superbird nose to nose with it for this pic.
My FIL made movies with his engine and train. First was Cat Ballou and the last was Geronimo in 1993. Sadly we had to sell the train and traction engine to settle his estate. Great times for sure!
It got 140 degrees in the cab of the loco. You drink A LOT or warm water while shoveling coal.
John
Here is pic of his 25-85 Nichols & Shepard traction engine. It is the only one I could find without taking apart the storage room.
And a pic of his 2-8-0 standard gauge steam loco he had along with a 10 car train. I have my 1970 roadrunner Superbird nose to nose with it for this pic.
My FIL made movies with his engine and train. First was Cat Ballou and the last was Geronimo in 1993. Sadly we had to sell the train and traction engine to settle his estate. Great times for sure!
It got 140 degrees in the cab of the loco. You drink A LOT or warm water while shoveling coal.
John
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Bailey Boat
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Very cool part of history!!!!! Now we know the origins of the "gangsta wheels" that we're seeing today..... LOL....
Brick, A scale locomotive? Wow that would be cool. Do you know what scale it is? 1/4 or 1/8?
I have often thought about building a 1/4 scale model of our #75 but just don't have the time. ha ha I always have a project going.
That would be fun to see. Gee now your really tempting me to go back east and see a few of the shows!
John
I have often thought about building a 1/4 scale model of our #75 but just don't have the time. ha ha I always have a project going.
That would be fun to see. Gee now your really tempting me to go back east and see a few of the shows!
John
29aholic
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Still have the Superbird???
I wish I had the superbird yet. I sold it 21 years ago when I moved up to MT. I used the money to buy the place I live at now. It was a good trade for my family.
It was a 440 with the 6 pack and a 4 speed. 3.54 dana rear end. I had lots of fun with it at Mopar events and club races. My favorite thing to do was load up the family and go get ice cream cones in it. Needless to say I didn't allow the eating of ice cream cones IN the car! ha ha
You have a steam show in Oct too? I am going to have to get one of the steam mags and find all the dates and make a trip to hit several. Once you get out of MT everything else is close together.
My FIL had thousands fo feet of 16mm film with nothing but steam tharashing bees on them from the 50's, 60's and 70's.
Many thousand feet more of steam locomotives. Mostly Rio Grande, U.P., C&S, and CB&Q, Rock Island and a lot of the narrow gauge stuff in the CO rockies from before WWII when some of that was still going. Now all that is left is the Darango-Silverton and the Chama line.
He had 16mm film of the narrow gauge and the standard gauge tracks in the same yards in Colorado with steam locos on both set of tracks. I do not remember where that was though.
John
It was a 440 with the 6 pack and a 4 speed. 3.54 dana rear end. I had lots of fun with it at Mopar events and club races. My favorite thing to do was load up the family and go get ice cream cones in it. Needless to say I didn't allow the eating of ice cream cones IN the car! ha ha
You have a steam show in Oct too? I am going to have to get one of the steam mags and find all the dates and make a trip to hit several. Once you get out of MT everything else is close together.
My FIL had thousands fo feet of 16mm film with nothing but steam tharashing bees on them from the 50's, 60's and 70's.
Many thousand feet more of steam locomotives. Mostly Rio Grande, U.P., C&S, and CB&Q, Rock Island and a lot of the narrow gauge stuff in the CO rockies from before WWII when some of that was still going. Now all that is left is the Darango-Silverton and the Chama line.
He had 16mm film of the narrow gauge and the standard gauge tracks in the same yards in Colorado with steam locos on both set of tracks. I do not remember where that was though.
John
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