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Building a Steam Locomotive

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FesteringSore 30 Oct 2015

I found this on Youtube:

and found it fascinating and quite enjoyable to watch.

As said on screen, not a hard hat in sight. No ear defenders either.

lone 30 Oct 2015

In reply to FesteringSore:

There a retired chap in Newland (Forest of Dean) who has one, we have to cross the line on the footpath, he's like a big kid, but the setup is really well done. He pulls passenger carriages, with no passengers though, as the railway runs around his huge garden.

OP FesteringSore 30 Oct 2015

Got a bit of a buzz when the loco started moving under its own power - like seeing a huge animal coming to life.

jkarran 30 Oct 2015

In reply to FesteringSore:

I found that a while back, it's brilliant isn't it.
jk

Timmd 30 Oct 2015

In reply to FesteringSore:

I had to laugh at the men all sitting on the metal beam to act as a counter weight as it moved around. No way would that happen now.

OP FesteringSore 30 Oct 2015

In reply to Timmd:

> I had to laugh at the men all sitting on the metal beam to act as a counter weight as it moved around.

Me too; and the big built fellow with the walrus moustache hammering at the anvil!

OP FesteringSore 30 Oct 2015

Just realised; the only chap wearing anything resembling a hard hat was the foreman at 3:28
He had a bowler hat!

Post edited at 11:26

Timmd 30 Oct 2015

In reply to FesteringSore:

> Me too; and the big built fellow with the walrus moustache hammering at the anvil!

Yes, he was great, like a circus strong man.

Sheffield Forge Masters still have a number of accidents each year, so it's got to be a good thing that things have got safer.

I like the inventiveness of them acting as a counter weight.

Post edited at 11:59