Animated Engines has been mentioned a
couple times before, but I wanted to highlight the site entire, along with its sister site,
507 Mechanical Movements. Both sites have animated diagrams of a huge variety of engines and (relatively) simple machines, the latter based on an
1868 book by Henry T. Brown of the same name. While all of the engines are animated, the animated machines start on
page 3, and go on from there. And every diagram leads to a page that explains the machine's function — step-by-step in the case of the engines.
posted by cthuljew
on Mar 23, 2013 -
14 comments
"Looking for all the world like an engine abandoned in the Amazon jungle, M2 class 4-8-0 number 1118 lies forlorn and forgotten at the Virginia Scrap Iron and Metal yard in Roanoke, VA."
The Lost Engines of Roanoke website chronicles the
history of four steam locomotives that were sold in the 50's to a scrapyard in Roanoke, Virginia. There are plenty of
photos of the engines and other train equipment and information on
two other lost engines. The
news section has been busy of late since one of the engines has been sold to a railroad themed restaurant in Bellville, Ohio. The move was
photodocumented.
posted by Kattullus
on Jul 25, 2008 -
10 comments
Do You Want To Know RIGHT NOW How You Can Drive Around Using
WATER as FUEL and Laugh At Rising Gas Costs, While Reducing Emissions and Preventing Global Warming?
posted by jonson
on May 13, 2008 -
109 comments
The Greatest Car Ever Built O mighty Slant-6 engine, most magnificent creation of the coal-steel industrial heart of America at the zenith of her manufacturing genius! (NY Times, req required).
posted by jamsterdam
on Dec 18, 2003 -
22 comments
How engines work. This isn't new but it's a great resource for the mechanically minded and the mechanically challanged as well. It includes animations and step by step descriptions of how most existing engines work, from
Steam Locomotive to
Jet Propulsion. Simple yet informative.
posted by talos
on Mar 11, 2002 -
18 comments
