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It may be called the engine shed, but the first thing that was admitted to us on a tour of the building was that it "definitely wasn't an engine shed"...
It is quite apparent that the openings at either end are nowhere large enough, even after alteration, to have accommodated engines. HS have told me that their research suggests it was a pug shed, but it is interesting that the c1942 OS map only shows a single track abutting the south side - if it was was for pugs, then I would've expected at least two tracks taking the width of the building - you wouldn't have a shed for housing locomotives that was three times wider than it needed to be. I would also have expected the central opening to have been larger, even for small pug engines.
Far more likely, I think, is that it was a simple goods shed, with a central opening large enough for flatbed trucks or open wagons.
Here we were conducting an engine disassembly. There were two diesel engines: a Westerbeke 120 in-line six cylinder, and a Westerbeke 50 in-line four. Both engines were take-outs from boats that needed to be repowered; they were tired or broken beyond economically reasonable repair. As part of our Propulsion 1 course we discuss engine architecture and basic operation. By taking these engines apart, the students get to see the parts of the engine they learned about in class and how they fit together relative to the engine as a whole. We use tired engines for this purpose because we don’t expect the students to know enough to get the engine working properly. Indeed, we will not even attempt to rebuild these engines. The students also get to use their wrenches and sockets for the first time.
Planes of Fame Aircraft Museum in Valle, Arizona. Most of the aircraft displayed at this very cool museum are in plying condition.
The Maserati GranCabrio Fendi. Maserati and fashion house Fendi joined up to make this beauty,
Engine:
4.7-liter V8 engine with 433 horsepower and 362 lb/ft of torque with a top speed 180 mph.
This steam traction engine was in the car park at Ravenglass station alongside the old Furness Railway Coniston footbridge which has apparantely been sold on eBay!
A 1954 fire engine on display at the Chippewa Area History Center in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. This engine, which served the Chippewa Falls Fire Department from 1954 to 1987, was built by the Four Wheel Drive Auto Company in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
Johnson County Fire District #2's Engine 83. Parked outside Conrad Fire Equipment in Olathe.
Picture ID# 5995
Close shot of a DC3 engine. These make the most wonderful noise - like you're sitting in a WW2 film...
Henry Ford Museum Dearborn, Michigan USA
Detail on side of C&O Allegheny Steam Engine #1601 circa 1941
Netley Marsh Steam rally 2013 as always had a lot to see and do ! Whilst the steam engines are the stars of the show I enjoy the animals as much.
This Burrell Steam engine is normally part of the Breamore countryside museum. However it was great to see it at work.
The Penwith landscape has a long history. Field boundaries date from at least the iron age. Numerous hut circles, burial mounds and stone circles litter the landscape. Tin mining extends from pre-Roman times and accelerated with the industrial age, which brought the installation of steam engines. Engine houses are seen everywhere and two, near Pendeen, can be seen in this image. Cheap and readily mined tin ore (cassiterite) from other parts of the world rendered the Cornish tin mining industry relatively uneconomic. Recent rises in tin prices may reverse this but probably not for long.
These engine houses are surrounded by ugly power cables so I made them disappear.