tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post8207430233589835243..comments2010-02-28T06:19:18.262-08:00Avi Abramshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12550929795356812957abramsv@gmail.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-46352264889927791302010-02-28T06:19:18.262-08:002010-02-28T06:19:18.262-08:00I&#39;m doing a school project right now on WWI Russian armoured cars and its helpful to see some pictures of the unusual ones. Thanks!Hughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678438992933684333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-48936737286587502812009-01-31T15:08:16.847-08:002009-01-31T15:08:16.847-08:00When I was a young man, about forty years ago, my farmer grandfather took me to see an old threshing machine driven by the PTO on a steam traction engine in operation. He told me I'd probably never get to see one of those in operation again. So far he's been right. <BR/><BR/>Tractor pull competitions don't allow steam traction engines to compete, though they do sometimes put on exhibitions. Combine huge amounts of torque (and steam engines max out at start, not at high RPM) with massive weight, and the sled is hardly noticed.Stickmakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02825899765238262530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-58439549743054284392009-01-24T08:08:46.249-08:002009-01-24T08:08:46.249-08:00No nostalgia will these clunkers. I usually love this kind of stuff.Gennarohttp://www.enduringwanderlust.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-41604610061896292742009-01-23T16:04:25.254-08:002009-01-23T16:04:25.254-08:00Do not be mislead by "horsepower" comparisons. The important thing is torque. A race car may have hundreds of PS and could not pull the smallest plough. And steam engines are especially good at delivering more torque you might ever need, even better than modern diesel engines.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-39292045152144383742009-01-21T07:30:24.192-08:002009-01-21T07:30:24.192-08:00Anyone calling these machines obnoxious or loud has obviously never been around steam tractors. They are notoriously QUIET. I've stepped backwards into the path of one of these at a thresher show because I couldn't hear it.Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14205501630816823993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-59230928422142278982009-01-20T18:47:22.233-08:002009-01-20T18:47:22.233-08:00BTW, those spinning ball governors are where the expression "running balls-out" came from... (as opposed to a euphemism for something else.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-3851524398755898382009-01-20T00:51:11.868-08:002009-01-20T00:51:11.868-08:00Those are nice indeed, but I think there's one big steam topic missing, and that's the steam powered car! Jay Leno owns quite a nice collection of them!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-74505697934081653562009-01-19T22:14:37.569-08:002009-01-19T22:14:37.569-08:00To see great steam powered plows in Ontario, Canada, there is an annual International Plowing Match which can be found on this site: http://www.ipm2008.ca/Ranmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05036790237835217540noreply@blogger.com