Engine 225
Overnighted at the camper up north, and got a chance to visit this steam locomotive in the Duluth area. One of the few things that wasn’t swaying given the very gusty winds all day long. These machines are a mechanical engineer’s dream. Covered with mechanisms and steam powered actuators. I would love to drive along side one of these as it goes down the track and watch the operation of all those parts.
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June 29th, 2009 at 4:48 am
You and me both.
June 29th, 2009 at 6:19 am
They are such impressive machines and this shot really is a beauty. What a great engine! The tonal range is perfect for the subject.
June 29th, 2009 at 6:37 am
The intricacy of this engine’s parts is amazing! Brilliant in sepia!
June 29th, 2009 at 7:40 am
I just HAD to enlarge this one so that I could gawk even more!
June 29th, 2009 at 8:13 am
Lovely use of black and white. This photo could have been taken 100 years ago! The sky is nice and bright!
June 29th, 2009 at 8:35 am
Lovely shot, looks great in Sepia.
June 29th, 2009 at 9:04 am
Fabulous ..
June 29th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
A very impressive engine.
June 29th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
Wonderful photo. I have to admit that trains fasinates me as much today as it did 20 years ago;-) I would love to drive alongside one of them too;-)
July 5th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
my grandfather was a train engineer for some three decades; working with these megamachines sent my dad and his five siblings to school =] thank you for unwittingly honoring him with this photo =]
July 5th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
Awesome machine and great capture!
July 6th, 2009 at 4:09 am
I love the old steam engines, and this is a great photo. Congrats on making the ‘front page’!
July 13th, 2009 at 11:28 am
Wonderful. I love old trains and in black and white they look perfect.
December 14th, 2010 at 11:44 am
This is an “articulated” steam locomotive. The six drive wheels on the front truck are swiveling on a big hinge pin buried somewhere in there. That allows that tremendous, long locomotive to negotiate turns that were designed and laid for shorter locomotives. This is, in fact, a very high “art form” of the Mechanical Engineer and it is beautifully rendered here in sepia. Color would do nothing for it! This entire locomotive was designed on paper with pencils and pens. Not one piece designed or created with a computer. Its a testament to skills lost forever in this digital world we live in now.
August 11th, 2011 at 6:32 pm
There are some` excellent DVDs on these engines..Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range RR Baldwin-built 2-6-6-4s..They actually had more tractive power than the UP Big Boys. I have 2 diffferent videos of these engines. The California Rail Museum in Sacramento has them for sale