Today I took the first step in a life long dream, I'm helping run a steam Train, It's not one of the massive ones, but it's still a people mover powered by Coal and all, I'll be posting some pics of the engine and cars etc, but I had a blast today learning the controls and next wednesday we're doing a live Fire so this will be awesome

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Maybe Doc Brown can give you some of those colored bricks to up your speed a bit?

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¿? huh ¿?

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That sounds like a lot of fun. We hired a young field engineer in the late nineties who was young and single. He and his Dad BUILT steam powered boats as a hobby. They had a small foundry and machine shop. They designed, cast and machined all the parts for their steam engine and built the boats from scratch.

He said no matter how many $100,000 + cigarette boats or any other exotic boat was aroiund, the crowds always flocked to their noisy, smelly steam boats when they were around.

Running a train just sounds like a hoot.

ENJOY!

That's awesome! I'd love to run one someday.

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Back to the Future 3 reference

http://movieclips.com/R4cwi-back-to-the-future-part-3-movie-train-ride-to-the-future/

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"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

win so much win

I would LOVE to operate/build/maintain and old steam locomotive.

I would just like one to last a while - at power plants we place a great emphasis on water chemistry and its control...I'm under the impression that steam trains never had such concerns (and their lifespan reflected it...which is sad)

I would also rock a steam powered boat, but it'd have to be a steam turbine (and I already did my navy time....) and I'm not sure they make them (steam turbines) that small.

Take good care of that machine dude...it will teach you things.

-John

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They also did not have the same boiler tube materials that you currently use.

ahh, I never saw the movies so, I diddnt get the reference

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1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

Running the train will be tons of fun. There is one in CT that my son got to drive a few weeks back (with the engineer right there). I've managed to ride the caboose but not the engine...yet.
Enjoy!!

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59 VW Beetle ragtop- 175k miles
12 VW Jetta- 160k miles

So far so good, managed to take more of a filming expedition and do work behind the scenes sort of thing. Even started a youtube channel chockablock full of video's of all the trains running around. One of the most fun and interesting things I've done so far

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1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

What happened to earlier post here?

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