Ah yes, the part of the old days that folks have forgotten: The raining down of embers. Steam engines seem all old timey romantic and shit, but they caused a lot of fires everywhere they went. They'd set prairies on fire. The embers in tightly packed cities would land on tar roofs and set blocks ablaze.
Pushing a steam engine that hard is high risk itself. That steam engineer was likely VERY focused on those gauges. I wonder if they balance how much water they have onboard.
AKSHUALLY It’s pretty safe, pressure relief valves are extremely reliable these days as is welding tech. This tractor, if I recall correctly, is a modern reproduction that Case shared blueprints for and gave their official stamp of approval to along with a serial number. Boilers are everywhere still to this day, and explosions are extremely rare
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u/Big_Wave9732 17h ago
Ah yes, the part of the old days that folks have forgotten: The raining down of embers. Steam engines seem all old timey romantic and shit, but they caused a lot of fires everywhere they went. They'd set prairies on fire. The embers in tightly packed cities would land on tar roofs and set blocks ablaze.