Random steam pics thread

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Porter Class B-P-T air locomotive: 1914

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 Illustration from La Nature of a New York air loco: 1882

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Ashland Coal & Iron Railway Co. Baldwin compressed air locomotive.

[Terry Toenges]

Ya' reckon he could raise his seat a little in the white wheeled speeder so he could see what's in front of him?

[Trainman203]

Those low lying weird ducks are certainly meant to go into mines with those low profiles.

And I appreciated the tank engine sequence.  They can be weird ducks too, but some have attractive characteristics, particularly around the smokebox with visored headlights and polished paint jobs.  Most of the engines belonged to private non railroad companies to switch within their facility, and as one can see in the photos , upkeep of these little teakettles could vary widely from proud polish to pure neglect.

[bbmiroku]

Was that a catalogue picture of a chain-drive steamer at the end of the last page?  That's so cool!

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