Well I never! I've been around steam a long time and have never heard of these things. Amazing. I have two miniature traction engines and a 7-1/4: Agenoria, now I want one of these!
I think the russian ice locomotive that was steered from the front of boiler it had no cab so who ever was steering would get frostbite very quickly so only use for one winter as no one would want sit at the front exposed to weather so the word got out and they most likely could get anyone to work at the front of it even if they paid them alot of money
One driver sits up front and steers. Another one at the back controls the speed. This sounds like a dangerous driving setup which would require a high amount of communication between the drivers.
yes, the 1860ies… i remember, they where quite useless machines, gettig stuck and sawing themselfes down to water, sitting until they sank. also operators would freqently think it was a good idea to put ice and snow in the boiled dry tanks which cracked the boiler. the ones that was of great use and did not have all the flaws was the models with tracks on them. they could run everywhere. im 185 today, say happy birthday.
I ski up to yo' girl in tha whip and toot the whistle, what you gonna do about it?
But Lombard too build locomotives with skis in 1901-1902.
I seen the Canadian one in a video but currently has wheels on the front
So it was an early steam tractor
Me personally I would have made this on a large sacale
nice use of the Super Mario Galaxy music in the outro!
Well I never! I've been around steam a long time and have never heard of these things. Amazing. I have two miniature traction engines and a 7-1/4: Agenoria, now I want one of these!
I think, judging by the context of the word's appearance in the article, that "oab" is probably a misprinting of "cab"
Read "oab", an obvious misprint, as "cab".
polar express:
I wouldn’t call them trains more steam tractors. Still a very interesting video👍
For those that want to see one runing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSjLAuzoeVA&ab_channel=MichaelBrandon
It would make more sense to consider these a sub-type of tractors rather than locomotives.
Not "oab" but rather "cab", I think that's down to being a misreading of smudged newsprint
What's an "oab"? Must be a typo.
I think the russian ice locomotive that was steered from the front of boiler it had no cab so who ever was steering would get frostbite very quickly so only use for one winter as no one would want sit at the front exposed to weather so the word got out and they most likely could get anyone to work at the front of it even if they paid them alot of money
Just by looking at it, I can tell steering would be a bitch and weight would be enormous.
Ice locomotive?
So… a Steam-doo?
One driver sits up front and steers.
Another one at the back controls the speed.
This sounds like a dangerous driving setup which would require a high amount of communication between the drivers.
yes, the 1860ies… i remember, they where quite useless machines, gettig stuck and sawing themselfes down to water, sitting until they sank. also operators would freqently think it was a good idea to put ice and snow in the boiled dry tanks which cracked the boiler. the ones that was of great use and did not have all the flaws was the models with tracks on them. they could run everywhere. im 185 today, say happy birthday.
I'm quite sure the Pere Marquette 1225 is already capable of this.
Ice Shay would fit right in at Railroads Online right now.
Could be done with a steam tractor probably
Now do the Lombard steam tractors
what in the polar express hell-
Man, Evinrude is really trying to branch out with their snowmobiles now.
I’m subscribing to you just for that pun
we roam the still, cold world, no horizon in sight
The inventor really said: yo i had an idea
I still prefer the train at Chillingbourne Station.
I may have found another contender for these: https://youtu.be/WdUC2-X7CRI