r/machinesinaction • u/ObjectiveOk2072 • 6d ago

Steam locomotive with interesting gear drive mechanisms

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

1.8k Upvotes

99% Upvoted

35 comments sorted by

View all comments

14

u/Spaceman333_exe 6d ago

Enough power to pull a mountain, but the speed of a geriatric squirrel, Shay locomotives are cool as hell. (Oh and the unbalanced pistons being all on one side tend to shake them to bits over time)