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By Kate on February 11, 2015 9:56 PM | 14 Comments

WW1 Steam Vehicles on Parade. (h/t Dave)

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chris c | February 11, 2015 11:32 PM | Reply

Very nice parade if you are rewriting history.

peterj | February 12, 2015 1:18 AM | Reply

Really nostalgic if one dreams of a time before plastic, synthetics and other things that are now made out of oil. This is the era that the anti oil crusaders want to bring us back to. Of course one could argue that nuclear submarines are still driven by steam to this day. I guess we would adapt. Still better than driving a Prius.

richfisher | February 12, 2015 2:24 AM | Reply

Holy Cow that's some heavy metal!

Ken (Kulak) | February 12, 2015 9:26 AM | Reply

Great parade! There must be a dedicated club of people keeping these machines looking and running good.

DrD | February 12, 2015 10:17 AM | Reply

There seem to be a few such clubs. At my last trip to Scotland I saw some steam vehicles parked in front of an inn, probably stopped for lunch. Besides being magnificent to look at, what struck me most was the smell from the coal fires. It was appalling! Beautiful and romantic -- but give me modern gasoline-powered vehicles for my day to day life.

Spurwing Plover | February 12, 2015 10:34 AM | Reply

Looks like a choo choo train

sasquatch | February 12, 2015 11:08 AM | Reply

Owning and maintaining these monsters is the sport of kings. I saw an episode of Jay Lenos' Garage. He has several steam cars and a restored traction engine (3mph).

Them ald steamers are very complex and tricky......back in the day many required engineers papers to operate/maintain/repair. Besides setting the world on fire, at times boiler explosions made life exciting....

Paul Nottingham | February 12, 2015 3:57 PM | Reply

I used to know an old man who had driven steam lorries commercially for a time. He told me a story once about being chased by a policeman on a bicycle who stopped him and charged him with breaking the speed limit.

Do you have steam rallies in Canada and the USA?

peterj | February 12, 2015 7:04 PM | Reply

Until Henry Ford came along, steam cars were king of the road. Some speculation that they might even make a comeback. Or not.

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/148416-are-steam-cars-poised-for-an-epic-comeback

Spurwing Plover | February 12, 2015 8:32 PM | Reply

Paul. Back before highways and freeways the top speed of the country road was and still is 35 mph and i hear that eco-wackos are demanding a speed limit on the famous roadway in germany that has no speed limit

foobert | February 12, 2015 9:43 PM | Reply

I visit Pioneer Acres every year to watch these fine old machines at work.

Case Steamer plowing

Plainsdrifter replied to comment from Paul Nottingham | February 12, 2015 10:06 PM | Reply

Re: Steam rallies!

There are several. Mostly in the USA.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_steam_fairs

Maddog | February 13, 2015 1:11 AM | Reply

Where are the Volt and the Leaf? They burn coal, which makes steam, which turns turbines, which push generators, which create electricity, which runs through wires to the vehicle and is stored in a battery until needed. They are just as much a coal/steam vehicle as these.

sasquatch | February 14, 2015 1:53 PM | Reply

Google: Jay Leno steam

lotsa stuff on old steam cars.......explained....

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sasquatch: Google: Jay Leno steam lotsa stuff on old steam read more
Maddog: Where are the Volt and the Leaf? They burn coal, read more
Plainsdrifter : Re: Steam rallies! There are several. Mostly in the USA. read more
foobert: I visit Pioneer Acres every year to watch these fine read more
Spurwing Plover: Paul. Back before highways and freeways the top speed of read more
peterj: Until Henry Ford came along, steam cars were king of read more
Paul Nottingham: I used to know an old man who had driven read more
sasquatch: Owning and maintaining these monsters is the sport of kings. read more
Spurwing Plover: Looks like a choo choo train read more
DrD: There seem to be a few such clubs. At my read more

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