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The Hornsby Chain-Track Tractor is the ancestor of all "caterpillars". After some petroleum-powered prototypes, in 1909 a steam-powered unit was sold for work in the Yukon Territories, where oil was scare but coal and water abundant. The steam engine (Boiler and machine aggregate) was delivered by William Foster, of Lincoln. The track system and steering was created by David Roberts at Hornsby Co.
The Roberts patent rights were sold to the Holt Co in early 1914, which was in 1925 absorbed into the Caterpillar Co.
Today, only the chain tracks of the Hornsby Steam Crawler have survived.
There is a breathtaking live steam model of this tractor at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hvzBofFfzA which helped me a lot in figuring out the right proportions.
Soo Line 1003 at Rubicon, WI. Trip was sponsered by the Soo Line 1003 and Historic Transport Preservation.
Soo Line 1003 posses for night shots in Fairwater. Trip was sponsered by the Soo Line 1003 and Historic Transport Preservation. Lighting was provided by Tim Lab and Mike Allen.
Maybe you know Arthur Honegger's composition "Pacific 231" - it's a piece for large orchestra which describes the run of a big and fast steam locomotive. Well, the engine he had in mind was exactly the one which has been carefully reproduced by the famous Märklin company in 1919. One sample of these you see in the center of my image. The locomotive on the adjacent track is a Swiss railways class Ae 3/6 I. In the background there are some cars of the Paris Metro.
I took this image in an old engine shed at the station of Erkrath-Hochdahl (near Düsseldorf). The site has been converted into a small railway museum, and it's the place where a group of enthusiasts and collectors of historic toy trains meets from time to time. The tin plate fans set up two extended make-shift layouts (in gauge 1 and gauge 0 respectively) and enjoy running their classic rolling stock. The meetings are open to the public.
Vintage road making demonstration at Horsted Keynes during the Bluebell Railway Road meets Rail event, including watching kids!
The little HO scale steamer began as a N-scale 2-6-0 from Model Power. With 3D-printed pieces from Shapeways it is slowly turned into a beautiful little HOn30 narrow gauge locomotive.
A few more details are still missing along with more paint, decals, figures and weathering.
This wonderful image came to my attention in early November, 2016: I had never seen it before.
Considering that I have been collecting images of Winster for many years, I was delighted to "discover" it.
I hope there are many, many more images of Winster yet to be "discovered" which are able to find a place in this Flickr collection.
My thanks are due to Andy Wood who uploaded the image to Facebook's Old Matlock pics where I spotted it and who has kindly given me permission to display it here.
This 1881 traction engine was built by McLaren as a general purpose engine. I believe that her boiler was probably not certified by this time (1981) and in 1985 she was purchased by the Science Museum, who currently have her in store - available for professional research only. Not looking bad for her 100 years in this view at Hollycombe, Hampshire.
Tower Bridge. This was one of two steam engines used to raise the bascules of the bridge before it was converted to electric power. It is now preserved in its original location in the Tower Bridge exhibition and open to the public.
I believe this was taken at the Steam Power show near Sycamore, Illinois in the 1980's or 90's. Nichols & Shepard (L), unknown (R).
SHOT AT DOBWALLS FAMILY ADVENTURE PARK NR LISKEARD 1999. SADLY RAILWAY HAS NOW BEEN SOLD OFF TO A NEW OWNER
Steam cavalcade at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry to mark the 175 anniversary of the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester line.
Today we walked to Borgo Station in Catania, caught the Mount Etna Circumetnea Railway to Giarre Station (with a visit to Randazzo) and then the Italian mainline from Giarre back to Catania.
New Freedom Pennsylvania
The town of New Freedom, Pennsylvania dusts off steam engine number 17 for special occasions. This week was one of those times. Taking a run up to Castle Rock and a carriage
ride over to purchase Christmas trees. When the engineer put it in gear and blew the whistle, it was something else. For more information: www.steamintohistory.com/
Aveling & Porter No. 2291 "Eileen" was originally built as a 10 Ton, 5NHP Roller in 1887. She was purchased by Alverstoke Local Board when new. She then went to Ben Stanley LTD of Newport in 1921. She was eventually purchased by Bomford & Evershed in 1931 and became part of a 50 strong fleet. In 1938 the Works Manager and his men Converted the roller to a McLaren Diesel engine. It finally finished work in the 1950's after 60 years work.
Reg No. AX 3590