I have always been fascinated by trains. I grew up in a family house where a whole room was reserved for a permanent installation of a large model train in HO gauge. So, over a few years, I collected a few links I want to share here for your eyes’ delight: Magnificent locomotives and great locations where old trains can be seen, for no other reason than the love of heated water vapor as a powerful source of transportation energy.
Steam locomotives are “good things” for an engineer. Whatever your specialty (I come from electronics), the mechanics of these humongous metal things are exhilarating. And this technology has been at the apex of all technologies for about a century in western Europe and many other countries. It even was a major driver for the industrial revolution.
Then, it went the way of the dodo. Poof!
But many people still keep the boilers hot and make sure that steam locomotives and classic trains are not forgotten. So, let me share some examples I collected on the web. Just to feel the heat of the white vapor clouds.
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