Pic of the Day. Real Steam, Punk!

Published on October 31st, 2009

Posted by John C Dvorak in General

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# 1 qb said, on October 31st, 2009 at 8:16 am

You can never miss with a train picture. It brings out the little kid in all of us.

# 2 pfkad said, on October 31st, 2009 at 8:52 am

Nothing says real power like a steam locomotive.

# 3 soundwash said, on October 31st, 2009 at 9:39 am

Best pic yet! -nice detail.

back in the late 60’s early 70’s my dad used to take me on a few nostalgic steam locomotives in New Jersey in the summer..

This resulted in him building a huge, highly detailed N Class “steam world” in the spare bedroom in the penthouse we lived in on 308 W 30th in the city.

Hand painted, custom controllers, the works. that led the way to building wood RC PT Boats and subs from scratch to taunt the RC Sailboat guys at the Sailboat pond in Central Park.

Fun times for a sub 9 to 12 yr old. (even more fun when he actually let *me* play with it…lol)

Whats the saying? “The only difference between men and boys is the price of their toys”

-thanks for tripping up my memory. completely forgot about all that..

-s

# 4 AlanB said, on October 31st, 2009 at 10:57 am

Nice shot. I love the perspective and that it has complete depth of field.

# 5 Jimmy said, on October 31st, 2009 at 1:34 pm

I look at this and only see death.

“four students at Palo Alto’s Henry M. Gunn High School have committed suicide in a similar fashion since May, and officials aren’t sure what is causing the disturbing trend.”

# 6 AlanB said, on October 31st, 2009 at 1:43 pm

Well there’s a happy thought.

# 7 Mr. Fusion said, on October 31st, 2009 at 2:55 pm

#5, Jimmy,

Well thank you for bringing that to our attention. Without reading your link, since you don’t tell us what is in it, were these students all run over by steam trains?

# 8 Sister Mary Hand Grenade of Quiet Reflection said, on October 31st, 2009 at 4:38 pm

#5 – As a child we use to smash pennies on the railroad track. Maybe these students were Polish and didn’t realize they have to take them out of their pocket.

# 9 StoopidFlanders said, on October 31st, 2009 at 8:54 pm

5. Yup. Government high school will do that to kids. Just another example of socialist indoctrination camps destroying the lives of young people. Hey, maybe they just need an extra Obama motivational speech to set them straight.

# 10 wump said, on November 1st, 2009 at 8:00 am

The fact that John knows of Steam Punk culture enough to post a picture with a title as such makes this picture that much better. Great shot.

# 11 CrankyGeeksFan said, on November 1st, 2009 at 9:03 pm

Combustion, boil water, have steam do work. This photo is very pertinent today.

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