Wanna Build A Steam Train?

"tromoly" (tromoly) 06/09/2016 at 14:56 • Filed to: Steam Train, Engineering Pr0n, Choo Choo

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Steam trains are awesome, you should watch one being built back in the 1930s, though if you work for OSHA you might faint a few dozen times during the video.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > tromoly 06/09/2016 at 15:04

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Trains are blameless, holy creatures. /MST3k

Alfalfa > tromoly 06/09/2016 at 15:47

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Manufacturing is fun! The crazy thing is that the only difference between drop forging then and now from a safety standpoint is basically wearing a little more PPE.

v8corvairpickup > tromoly 06/09/2016 at 15:48

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A bit like “How It’s Made, vintage edition.” The video reminds me of a new video I saw recently from the Nevada Northern Railway.

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tromoly > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 06/09/2016 at 16:01

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Oh come now, you have to share the link ;)

Svend > tromoly 06/09/2016 at 16:09

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When you look at transport and industry these days, it’s impressive but when you look back to where the stuff we take for granted today came from and that everything was done by hand from drawing the initial plans to the blood, sweat and tears of forging these massive parts to build these impressive machines that would be used all around the world.

There are trains like these if not slightly smaller still being used in northern India daily as the only transport to get goods to market and keeping families connected.

Jcarr > tromoly 06/09/2016 at 16:09

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I’m fascinated by old steam engines, particularly the huge behemoths that came around as steam was trying to keep pace with diesel.

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > Jcarr 06/09/2016 at 16:16

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I’m glad they got the 611 going again

tromoly > Svend 06/09/2016 at 16:17

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You look anywhere today and “CNC”-everything is the rage, yet such magnificent beasts were being built 80-100+ years ago by hand, it’s truly amazing.

Svend > tromoly 06/09/2016 at 16:52

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It really is. Real pride went into machines back then.

The Crewe Railway Works had been in operation from 1840. A time when architecture and engineering was a source of great pride.

It’s a shame that the engine being built above LMS6202, BR46202 was later involved in a crash and deemed beyond economical repair only two months after being rebuilt as a conventional reciprocating locomotive in 1952.

Sewage pumping stations even of the time were like cathedrals to engineering.

Hospital water tower.

XJDano > tromoly 07/10/2016 at 20:24

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That was really cool. Watched with my kids.