[vetvetdoug]

The pressures in the tanks have to be watched closely because if the tank has an imperfection in it and it explodes many could be injured as what happened in Ohio several years ago.

[Blood of Tyrants]

There is a video of a steam tractor hooked up to an 800 hp modern 4WD tractor in a head to head pull. The steam tractor beats it easily.

[SevenofNine]

Not surprise ole Jay has this I wouldn’t be surprise if the dude take spin around the street of Burbanks

[pa_dweller]

If you're into those old timey engines... Coolspring Power Museum

[HiTech RedNeck]

>> jealous <<

[Dr. Sivana]

A steampunk’s dream!

[Born to Conserve]

The most impressive thing about these steam traction engines is how quiet they can be. If the bellows is not going, all you hear is the gravel powdering under their wheels.

[TexasBarak]

They have a steam tractor in the Forney Transportation museum in Denver, but I’m pretty sure it isn’t currently functional. They have scads of other amazing vehicles, also, including a Vincent motorcycle (yes, I drooled), and a “Big Boy” locomotive. I got in free, but I’m told that admission is $9. I say pay it- it’s money well spent.

www.forneymuseum.org

The museum was founded by the same man who founded the company I work for- they had a dinner for us there during our national sales meeting. Everyone was flabbergasted!

[Arlis]

Last spring at an area wine festival, I took a ride behind one of these in a huge people-carrying wagon seated right next to the tractor/traction engine. It made a sharp turn down a hill, started rolling fast (no breaks as Jay said), and started heading for a lake. The guy on the steering wheel tried to turn it, but one of the chains below that pulls the left side of the front axle broke, and then the whole machine headed for the lake. I remember thinking, "I'm in the wrong place for when this boiler hits that lake water." It hit huge rocks on the edge of the lake and stopped suddenly a few feet from the lake. Friend and son in first pic.....wreck in last.......