Steam power RULES!

[53k]

Interesting tractor pull...

http://youtu.be/FLQhvruimfs

[62champ]

That is the old school version of "rollin coal"... Those old machines are something else.

[DEEPNHOCK]

Awesome! ......

[Andy R.]

Too cool...It GAINS momentum when the sled is all the way forward!

[Noxnabaker]

Warms my heart just like a steam tug...

[junior]

wow, cool or what? talk about slow and steady, looks like nothing could stop that old Case! I saw part of a vintage tractor pull way back in the dark ages and there was a tractor called a Lantz Bulldog, very cool too, IIRC it was a single cylinder oil burning engine with a flywheel that must have weight a billion or so pounds. cheers, Junior.

[rockne10]

Internal combustion torque could never hold a candle to steam. It would take three diesels to pull an equivalent train. That's why modern diesel locomotives are electric/diesel.

[EssexExport]

Wonder how much Historic plates would cost for that?

[Noxnabaker]

Hey Junior, speaking of Lantz Bulldog, what about Porsche tractors? Lovely little things that comes in 1, 2 or 3-cylinders!
Once when I was up real north in Sweden they had a 1-cyl Porsche but they also had a BIG Ford, & the heavy Ford got a bit sunk in a swamp so they pulled it out with the little Porsche! It just went "PUFF PUFF PUFF..." & if the Ford hadn't come out it would have turned right over just like the tractors in "Cars" but NOT cut out!
& they look awfully pretty too...

[jclary]

Awesome! ......

The best one word description I could think of. Also, I hope that such a beast has redundant pressure relief valves.
Otherwise..."DEADLY"...is another one word description...because in the back of my mind is how awful and how much carnage was attributed to large steam engines in the early days of their development. Especially foreboding as you see all the young children enjoying the exhibition so close to the steam chugging monster.

[PlainBrownR2]

The steam engine, at least in this version, has been around since the early 1800's. These were around about the early 1900's I'm not as worried about whether they would explode or not, barring that they have been maintained like everything else. Consequently, that's how most of the steam engines for the railroads ended up going to the scrap pile, because despite the beauty of these machines, they were a real PITA to maintain compared to the diesel-electrics. I know that, because my granddad worked in the roundhouse and the backshops in Beardstown, IL at the time they went from steam to diesel, and I can say that no tear was shed when they were put out on the dead line. They were built by some very intelligent people, but they were work to maintain as well. The exposed moving parts all come from the pre-OSHA days, which came from another era of thinking. The rules were pretty simple with these machines that didn't have guards or very few warning labels, and it went for children and adults alike; You didn't race out in front of them while they were operating, and you kept your fingers, arms, and legs out of places where it didn't belong!