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6th October 2024, 22:24
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| Steam Locomotives; this clip the existent McCoy Quite a fewer members look to besides beryllium (model) steam bid Affectionados! Today we went from exemplary steam locomotives to existent steam locomotives! This play saw the yearly Steam Day of the Steam bid depot successful Rotterdam (https://www.stoomstichting.nl). The steam depot is simply a nine that restores and maintains aged steam locomotives. They absorption connected locomotives that person been successful usage by the assorted Dutch railroad companies successful the days of steam. They person their well-equipped store and an service of volunteers. Many erstwhile and existent railroad men and women, who bask doing this successful their spare time. Once each year, they get to usage the way betwixt Rotterdam and Gouda. They occurrence up respective locomotives and person 2 steam locomotives each pulling immoderate 6-7 vintage carriages backmost and forth. And determination is simply a batch much to spot and do. As I mentioned successful the exemplary steam locomotive thread, our grandson Ben is brainsick astir trains. And some his parents, Luc and Maloeke too. Grandad makes four. We met astatine 10.00 o'clock astatine the entranceway to the depot, got our tickets and went inside. This was the archetypal happening we saw; a immense bid play area. This is simply a Thomas the Tank Engine set. But with tons and I mean tons of track, engines, carriage and a full clump more. Ben thought helium was successful seventh eden and would person been perfectly blessed to walk the full time playing with it. There was besides a immense Lego track. They physique these Dutch Railroad locomotives. Very impressive. But this is what we came for!! These are monolithic steam locomotives. And respective of them were nether steam! So they huff and they puff, they spit retired steam, water, condensation, determination is soot successful the air! It is utterly brilliant!! Luc and Ben taking a look astatine a "hot" boilerplate! A batch of TLC goes into keeping these monolithic machines successful tip-top condition. Endless polishing. This was a somewhat smaller locomotive, inactive impressive. It was not fired up. Look astatine this wheel. Notice that tube successful beforehand of the instrumentality pointing towards the track? The technologist could propulsion a lever and that would alteration soil to spill retired of this tube onto the track. It was utilized if the way was slippery. Steam engines supply tremendous torque and instrumentality rotation is thing that happens frequently! Time for a video. I lone changeable a fewer videos but I deliberation they bash springiness a bully content of these mighty machines and the ambiance astatine the depot! Check retired the main thrust wheels astatine astir 0.18 min. You tin spot instrumentality gaffe happening! Next to respective steam locomotives the depot besides has a fewer diesel locomotives. These were each utilized for shunting and oregon short-haul freight. This is 1 of the latest additions to their collection. Still needs a batch of enactment done earlier it tin beryllium fired up and driven I guess. We had a cupful of java and a fizzy portion for Ben wrong the depot. The catering was acceptable up successful betwixt the galore enactment benches, lathes, drills and truthful on. They had respective marketplace stalls, selling worldly and oregon demonstrating assorted things. Of course, the guys with the steam models were retired successful unit connected an lawsuit similar this. Of course, respective vendors merchantability exemplary railway worldly too One of the locomotives taking connected water. These steam engines usage a load of ember and water. They request replenishment a lot. I similar physics controls connected my cars, planes, and boats. But a footplate of a steam locomotive is, nary arguments here, truthful overmuch cooler! Only figuratively, arsenic it is simply a precise blistery and soiled spot to work. There was besides a vintage occurrence engine. This is simply a steam-powered occurrence pump. It was drawn by horses. It is from a occurrence motor depository successful Gorinchem, lone astir 6 kilometres from wherever we live. Last edited by Jeroen : 6th October 2024 astatine 23:24. |
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6th October 2024, 22:55
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| Re: Steam Locomotives; this clip the existent McCoy One of the coolest features of the depot is they person a due moving turntable. And it was successful changeless use. The depot is simply a dead-end track. So they utilized the turntable to crook astir the incoming locomotives. How chill is this? There is simply a fantastic railroad depository successful Utrecht. It has a turntable and they bash demos. But they person a diesel locomotive parked connected it permanently. Not the aforesaid astatine all. The past clip I saw a steam locomotive connected a turntable was astir 50 years ago. In those days, these ample steam locomotives were inactive successful usage successful Germany. There was a monolithic depot conscionable crossed the border, with dozens of steam locomotives and 2 crook tables. All the clip we were walking astir the depot yard, determination were steam locomotives shuttling backmost and forth. There were a fig of radical successful play formal arsenic well. Mrs D. is into play dress-making and would person been present, but she had a play creation class. However, these are 2 friends of her. The travel to Gouda takes astir 20 minutes. About the aforesaid clip arsenic the regular Dutch railroad train. I bought a bid conductor acceptable for Ben. He was precise blessed with it and spent a agelong clip punching holes successful everybody's tickets! We got off, walked into Gouda and had a bully lunch. About an hr and a fractional we were backmost astatine Gouda presumption for our travel backmost to the depot successful Rotterdam. Different steam locomotive and antithetic carriages. We got aboard our train. Every fractional hr a bid would depart to Gouda. All aboard!! And disconnected we went. Lots of steam whistling. Lots of radical on the way waving and taking pictures. Very blessed day! Ben taking a peek outside! This was beauteous chill too. I conscionable hap to person my camera ready. Two antithetic Dutch Railroad trains connected the adjacent way thundering the different way! As we came into the depot I noticed these 2 electrical engines parked extracurricular the depot. Not definite if they beryllium to the depot? Both are models that person been utilized by the Dutch railroads. So possibly they are moving into electrical engines too? A bully small shunter. If you look astatine the 4th representation successful this thread, you volition spot a Lego exemplary of this tiny shunter engine. An overview of the yard The kids could besides spell connected 1 of these push-carts. You determination a lever up and down and the cart goes guardant on the track. Some details connected these immense machines. I find steam locomotives unthinkable pieces of engineering. Very functional, but beautifully made. And if you commencement to realise what benignant of tooling and instrumentality facilities they had successful those days, it becomes adjacent much incredible. Look astatine this: We had a beauteous and precise absorbing time! It is simply a large thing, that we person societies similar this who tin support this representation of past times alive! We besides liked the precise relaxed atmosphere. You could rotation astir the gait to your heart's content. Plenty of volunteers astatine manus to reply each your questions. No anserine signs "watch your step" oregon "be alert of flying soot". The Dutch are precise pragmatic erstwhile it comes to these sorts of things. You are going to sojourn an aged steam locomotive shed, amended not spell successful your Sunday best. And yes, you volition request to ticker your steps and everybody knows you should not interaction a fired-up locomotive. You get precise soiled astatine a minimum, perchance burned. If you are stupid, ignorant oregon both, that is ever your ain problem, ne'er anybody else's. There utilized to be, possibly inactive is, a beauteous bully steam locomotive motor shed not excessively acold from Delhi. The Rewari Heritage Steam Shed. I visited it respective times. It excessively has a ample postulation of steam locomotives, respective were inactive moving and were utilized to propulsion trains crossed parts of India. Of course, determination is besides a railroad depository successful Delhi, worthy a visit. But it is each static display.
Nothing beats a fired up steam locomotive! Last edited by Jeroen : 6th October 2024 astatine 23:31. |
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7th October 2024, 04:39
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Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 18,894 Thanked: 81,498 Times | Re: Steam Locomotives; this clip the existent McCoy Thread moved retired from the Assembly Line. Thanks for sharing! |
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