Steam Engine "car"

Raymond Lin

Raymond Lin

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Thought this might interest some of you.

Saw it yesterday, some factory owner restored it in the past few years. It went through the town center and setting of burglar alarms in the shops from the vibration and noise it was making.

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And before you say "its a train on the road really", it has a steering wheel and column.

edit - may be this is more suited to the Motor's forum ?
 
thats because it is

hardly the biggest crime ever for him not to know a steam engined "car" was called a traction engine

hell i know people who came on a residential with my old training centre that didnt even know what a steam train was and had never seen one. they where all gobsmacked
 
BillytheImpaler said:
It might niot be quick but I bet it puts out around 750 - 1000 ft-lb torque.
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they can be quick, just there not geared correctly to really chug some speed, as it would be stupidly dangerous on roads, because not only anything they hit would be destroyed instantly, but also it would take forever to stop

I don't know if you've seen a steam train, and the load they carry, well they go really fast like well over 60mph they have the same engine system!
 
Thats not a car nor a train its a traction engine and if you had to describe it you could say its a steam powered tracter which is basicaly what it was used for back in the day to plough fields and move things about.

Good old fred dibnah always used to drive one of these around
 
FrostedNipple said:
I don't know if you've seen a steam train, and the load they carry, well they go really fast like well over 60mph they have the same engine system!
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'The Mallard' doubled that speed and achieved 126mph, pretty nippy for a steam engine that weighs in at 165 tons on its own.
 
FrostedNipple said:
I don't know if you've seen a steam train, and the load they carry, well they go really fast like well over 60mph they have the same engine system!
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I'm well aware of such an engine's capabilities. However, I very much doubt that it's geared to go much faster than, say, 25 MPH. Instead it's designed to pull monstrous loads.
 
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