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Why he's riding a big wheel / pennytfarthing on rails is anyone's guess... but I'm guessing he was a SOB to work for
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There has to be a reason for the strange design angle of the steam engine, I'm going to guess it was for big uphill angles so the heat exchanger tubes would be level
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Above is Ridgeway Railway Museum
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Above is a Packard
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1889 photo of a wharf steam crane in Gisborne New Zealand
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Railcar with it's own portable turntable so it doesn't overheat from driving backwards long distance.... as the radiator needs the airflow to keep the engine cool. I just learned this from Johnny at Steampunk vehicles! It explains why so many inspection cars (real cars) riding the rails are double headed. This actually wasn't clear when I looked at a lot of double headed cars
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all of these are from
http://http//steampunkvehicles.tumblr.com which has an incredible variety of all things old and steam powered