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Train discussion topic
Tokthree:
--- Quote from: [FUG] Nukedude on February 21, 2017, 03:23:47 PM ---it doesn't look anything like a steam locomotive or anything train related tho
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Fairly certain it's a train's boiler
[FUG] Nukedude:
--- Quote from: Tokthree on February 21, 2017, 03:25:15 PM ---Fairly certain it's a train's boiler
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If this is true, that might be the strangest boiler I've ever seen. Locomotive boilers are usually just one large cylinder with copper tubes going through it.
Tokthree:
--- Quote from: [FUG] Nukedude on February 21, 2017, 03:27:17 PM ---Locomotive boilers have copper tubes going through them and they're quite a bit larger
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Not if they're old enough and have been stripped I don't think, it can also depend on where they're from; aren't European trains much smaller than American ones?
I'm sure I've seen a boiler like that at least once before, a small shunting engine from a coal mine or something similar should be around that size
Pastrey Crust:
Anything european is much smaller than american. The americans have the tendency to triple the size of stuff. Compare anything. Even wine bottles.
Qwepir:
--- Quote from: [FUG] Nukedude on February 21, 2017, 03:27:17 PM ---Locomotive boilers have copper tubes going through them and they're quite a bit larger
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i always assumed that was a part of some neglected miniature railroad, like you'd see at a theme park
definitely looks too small to be part of a full sized locomotive based on the door right next to it, but after some cursory googling i found these:
if you stripped away everything but the large horizontal copper cylinders, you'd have something that somewhat resembles that rusted down thing, so i dont think its too far fetched to call it a boiler