Steam!

Posted on March 21, 2015 by KG

engine Fielding steam festival, this morning. And a friend (who shall remain nameless) playing engine driver. Now she wants a steam train.

(click on the pic for a bigger version)

This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink.

18 Responses to Steam!

  1. Darin says:
    March 21, 2015 at 14:04

    My kind of heavy metal http://falfn.com/CrusaderRabbit/wp-content/plugins/wp-monalisa/icons/wpml_yahoo.gif

    A 110hp Case pulling a sled and putting on a show-
    https://youtu.be/EVxByLO_6cA

    • Darin says:
      March 22, 2015 at 00:10

      Neither the power nor the weight,like a Poodle trying to outpull an Elephant :lol:

    • Cadwallader says:
      March 22, 2015 at 08:28

      If you are into steam a great place to visit is Oamaru. The town proclaims itself the “Steam-Punk Capital of NZ.” Here the theme is sic-fi based on the technology of the late 19th century and early 20th century. The theme includes fashion, transport (the Steam Train From Hell emerging from the ground) etc.. A bit silly but a fascinating diversion anyway. If I can find a web-page I shall post it.

  3. Cadwallader says:
    March 21, 2015 at 18:16

    My Grandmother used to call these “traction engines” and they were used for many purposes including running a sawmill as well as threshing and ploughing. (For the Yanks: “plowing.”) Amazing things which must weigh far more than a Sherman Tank.

  4. Seneca III says:
    March 22, 2015 at 03:40

    Don’t know who the lady is but she does remind me of Margaret Thatcher in her Tank without the headscarf.http://falfn.com/CrusaderRabbit/wp-content/plugins/wp-monalisa/icons/wpml_wacko.gif

  6. Darin says:
    March 22, 2015 at 06:40

    Oh,this reminds me of a good one liner a Mennonite told me-What do you call a Buggy with two Horses?

    An Amish sportscar :mrgreen:

  7. tranquil says:
    March 22, 2015 at 14:09

    Great photo!

    They built machines with *pride* in those days and they built them to *last*.

    • KG says:
      March 23, 2015 at 03:25

      Damn right they did, Tranquil.
      That would make a fine subject for a rant from someone with a better way with words than I can manage, how we’ve lost so much that is worthwhile – yet to point it out is to be almost automatically labelled a boring, redundant grumpy oldie. Or worse.
      We had a fine day at that steam festival and it was as much due to the people as their machines. Perhaps more.

  8. RossN says:
    March 23, 2015 at 11:03

    Feilding, I presume. A common misspelling.