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Repairing a locomotive in Chicago, December 1942 (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by Zombiepirate@lemmy.world to c/historyporn@lemmy.world
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[–] ddplf@szmer.info 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And then you assemble the glorious bastard and see him awaken from slumber. Dear God it has to be mesmerizing.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

One of the last Discworld books centers around the invention of trains, and yeah, people were blown away.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I can't fathom the instruction manual.

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Have you tried depressurizing the boiler and heating it up again?

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Point at which one's the boiler? Is it this tube? This tube? No? This one?

[–] Zonetrooper@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Judging by the location and numbering, this is Chicago & North Western 2808, a Berkshire locomotive. Although 2808 and all of her class were scrapped in the 50s, two locomotives of similar era and configuration - NKP 765 and Pere Marquette 1225 - operate today.