For those "Steam Junkys" out there this has probably already been seen but there some that don't get the "steam" in steampunk. Steam engines were the major movers in the so called industrial revolution and they still play a major role in our lives today. Think fossil fuel power plants and nuclear power plants. Steam provides the muscle in both. There are solar arrays that produce steam as the muscle. There are still steam trains, cars and pumps in use today around the world. The whistle on your tea kettle is steam powered. (what! You don't have a tea kettle? shame.)This little 8 minute movie will get you steamed up if you like big steam driven machines or even if you just like big machines in general.
I so want to ride in this.I have an image burned into what's left of my memory of standing on the viaduct over the railroad tracks on 3rd Street in Little Rock, Ark. We used to walk across that bridge from our house to my grandparents often but this time was different.
It was night and the trains were running. It was early in WW2 and there was a lot of train movements day and night. As we stood there a steam engine pulling a great long load of freight passed under and we could look down into the open cab. The image of that open fire box was permanently etched into my brain that night and I think it instantly turned me into a steamhead. It looked to a small boy like the fires of hell. I didn't know what hell was but I loved fire. (too much, got me in trouble). Of course there was steam all around, you could smell it, feel it and the engine moved in a haze of it. Every time I see any train the memory of the sound, smell and that bright red fire returns.Not to mention the whistle. I have 16 train whistles in my sound file now down from hundreds. I got carried away. Remind me to tell you of my whistle making adventures. What fun.
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