Random steam pics thread

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[Terry Toenges]

That one you posted is quite the contraption. I'm guessing it's British by the bumpers?

[Trainman203]

I'd say it's a mine engine except apparently it has a firebox.

[Flare]

I think that's Sirapite, it survives at the UK's Long Shop Museum.

http://www.longshopmuseum.co.uk/the-story-of-sirapite/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIh3PxrR7Xc

[Terry Toenges]

Yep.

[Terry Toenges]

Apparently it has a sister - Sydenham. It appears a couple time in this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlYXMS6vvTs

[bbmiroku]

Looks like the Quartermaster's Corps. (QMC USA) liked the little tank shunter (switcher) so much that they put some guiding wheels on it to save time from rerailing the thing when they inevitably ran it too fast on a track.

Although it does appear to be of a European design...

Ah.  Upon a quick google search comes the answer...

"A World War I-era two-foot narrow gauge locomotive and troop transporter used in the front lines of France to carry troops and supplies to the front and wounded to the rear is on display at Fort Benning, Georgia's WWI history on display at Army museum. (Photo Credit: U.S. Army photo by David Vergun)"

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