Photo of The Day

[Ray Dunakin]

Nick, I like that big gear. What's it from?

[shropshire lad]

Nick, I like that big gear. What's it from?

  It came from the  timber derrick crane that was dismantled/scrapped in my local sawmill . I tried to get the end of the jib as well but the owners prevaricated for so long that I lost interest . It is a great shame that it came down , but it was inevitable and only a matter of time before it was scrapped .  There are still bits kicking around the yard , but I haven't had time to search them out ,

  Nick

[eTraxx]

This was posted on Facebook. Thought it pretty interesting. The blurb says ..

American Joe V. Meigs engineer's experimental elevated steam monorail, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1886-1894 (Scientific American—July 10, 1886)

[voyager]

Don't have any details, but this would be an interesting project.

Scammell 100 tonner, pics of it in a museum and a built model and one in progress here

http://ipmsuk.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=tk2&action=display&thread=10082&page=1

[Ray Dunakin]

Check out these odd crane-locomotive combinations:

http://www.notechmagazine.com/2010/05/crane-locomotives.html

[eTraxx]

This was posted on Facebook ..

[Barney]

This one is a must for the project list
Barney

Hosted on Fotki

[mabloodhound]

Looks like an old Snow Cat.   Logging was pretty tough on those idler wheels.

[lab-dad]

ED!
Any more info available on the steam bike?
-Marty

[eTraxx]

Marty,
Here's the website the photo came from (funny .. this is via a Facebook post so I had to track it back to the origin)

Train Wreck bike is awesome

that had the designer's name in the text .. Colby Higgins .. which took me to THIS website

Train Wreck Bike by Colby Higgins

Cool. MORE pics!!! .. this BEGS to be modeled

[Mobilgas]

WOW  That steam Bike is one of the coolest things I have seen in a Long Time.   Wonder if it works?

[lab-dad]

Thanks Ed!
Definitely not real but real cool none the less.
A physical model would be neat, likely need to work out a lot of the make believe to real issues.
I'll save the images for another time.
Thanks for the effort to find more info, much appreciated.
-Marty

[mabloodhound]

It may 'work' but wouldn't be rideable unless in a straight line.   
Even though the handlebars aren't used when going around curves, you must have control of the front wheel to keep it from going astray.

[shropshire lad]

Thanks Ed!
Definitely not real but real cool none the less.
A physical model would be neat, likely need to work out a lot of the make believe to real issues.
I'll save the images for another time.
Thanks for the effort to find more info, much appreciated.
-Marty

  Whilst we are talking all things steam , this little gadget was in one of my Hi-Fi magazines . It sounds aweful , but is rather fun ,

  Nick

[finescalerr]

Now that is something I can relate to. Isn't that sad? -- Russ