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Edit: Steam is back up :)
FP Edit: Whoa whoa, never thought we'd stop at most viral. Next stop: At the top!
FP Edit2: Thanks guys and girls, it has been a splendid experience to hit FP. We hit our goal of informing the users that steam was down - and thanks for all the input! I Hope you all get a good christmas and a happy new year. We're turning this train around and going back to usersub now, it has served it's purpose. Choo choo!
ShutUpAndTakeMyMeme
Here they come, rolling down the tracks! It's Lots and Lots of Trains!!!!!
CaptainofAutumn
I love going to Cass Railroad
Cheomesh
Trains like that are so cool, but that carbon footprint jesus
BlackStealth08
Ah geared steam locomotives. very nice.
Pafolo
Roll coal
middleagedman
Choo choo
magila
I always upvote steam engines
Bidule782
Monkeybone5581
MARYLAND!
HeyOhBotchedToe
That's a Shay! A much younger me was pulled up a mountain by one of those beautiful machines.
Yaumii
If it happens again, and you want to know when it's back online instead of trying every 5 mins to reconnect, go to steamstat.us !
Yaumii
Aah should have scrolled, someone posted it already. Welp, I'm just gonna ask Santa a pair of glasses!
HailSatinDarkClothMaster
I'm so sad. I had to find out the hard way... I cried as it failed to load.
SecretTarragon
dontminchinit
BUU EAT YOU UP
illinestvillain
Keep upvoting and confuse pc players! Gameboy for life!
CorgisButtsDriveMeNuts
I wouldn't mind even if it goes down forever
FuriousDawg11
steamstat.us
FuriousDawg11
There you go if you want to know about the servers
whatstheworstthatcanhappen
If steam is down, can you still play your vidya games?
FuriousDawg11
On offline mode
Definitelynotabee
It's lots and lots of trains
OdinYggd
I didn't know the Western Maryland line had a Shay.
SuloBruh
I KEPT THINKING SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH MY COMPUTER
SnarfyMcSnarferson
Pardon me boy, it's that the Chattanooga choo choo?
jackdouglass
battle.net is up ;) ow is all i need
TheOneAndOnlyCheeseCake
BigAdam
Hey, a Shay. Gear drive trains. So rather than big back and forth pistons pushing wheels, they run a crank and driveshaft to the wheels
Clarion5
I knew there was something different about that engine. Thanks for pointing it out.
chupathingy99
that's actually really fucking cool.
chupathingy99
looks like it cleaves meat from bone at a horrifying rate as a hobby.
HarambeDidntDieInVain
The shay originated about 15 miles from my house!
Xolarix
Neeeeeeeeerd! jk thats pretty cool ????
SlabGizor117
Whooaaa!
Starbolt81
Legit never seen one of these before
HAYCOMMANDER
Shays are pretty, used extensively for logging and steep grades not really for hauling freight over great distances..that was more for 1/
HAYCOMMANDER
Big Boys going over the Sierras and Rockys
FreddyFactFinder
It's really cool and different :)
heffalumpisbetterthannone
but - do they choo choo??
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heffalumpisbetterthannone
Thx much for the link. You satisfied my inner child tonite.
beaglepuss
Gotta love a 3-chime!
TheAtomicTangerine
Their whistles have a very distinct scream. The NCTM has one and you can definitely tell when they have it under power.
h73o1012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YORaPeF2J4g they do in Taiwan Mt.ali
DoubleChungTransplant
Hey I learned something!
metalman71589
More torque, or just an alternate design?
malikcarr
Steam engines that size usually have 2 pistons, that fucker's got 3 which all power a common driveshaft for MAXIMUM TORQUE.
malikcarr
Exactly this. Those are for when torque and traction matters more than speed and acceleration, like chugging up hills in mountainous areas.
simoni
Having a separate driveshaft aslo allowed them to have a different gear ratio. In conventional steam trains 1 piston stroke = one revolution
0x6E6967676572
How do you guys know so much about trains?
simoni
Wikipedia
BigAdam
I think, because each set of wheels can swivel, it can do much tighter turns. inventor used them for logging.
haloid2010
I do believe there was a bit more torque out of the design, however it wasnt really enough to make up for the complexity.
HeyOhBotchedToe
They actually have a horrible turning radius. Had to use switchbacks. Sauce: rode behind one as a kid, asked a lot of questions.
thelovechildofhitlerandstalin
This design is better suited to railroads in steep mountain operations like logging
Thepurpleelephant3
Yes, more torque and all the wheels are driven, including the tender, which gives better traction than conventional steam.
HeyOhBotchedToe
#1 reason is AWD for traction on rough tracks, such as those hastily laid in rough terrain for logging. All steamers have incredible torque.
Dowtchaboy
Thanks. Never saw that drive system before. North American?
TheAtomicTangerine
Yes, this is a Shay locomotive.
SnickSnackPaddyWhack
Thought Shays were Australian
TheAtomicTangerine
They were built in Lima, OH: http://limalocomotiveworks.com/shay_locos.html
haloid2010
Correct. Primarily used for logging IIRC
Dowtchaboy
I am losing the plot. I misread this comment as "used for logging IRC" and wondered what steam engines had to do with Internet Relay Chat!
Penpadence
What happens when you downvote?
CutOffAllTies
Half life 3 gets pushed back another year
TachyonCode
Back to the Future 3.
kaovalin
Its not down for me, therefore you must be lying
PerhapsSoon
Nah steam was legit ddos'd around December 23, 2016 at around 12:00pm to 3:00 pm, it was a big deal on twitter
starscape678
It was also a big deal to all those poor souls who wanted to play csgo :c
PerhapsSoon
Yeah I was one of those suckers XD
starscape678
Yeh, me too :D pm me your steam ID?
Jeepingstarwarsnerd
Upvote because I love trains!
DougDeNasty
I almost climaxed, but it was fifty grades of shay.
JohnnyTwoStreams
Deveton12
Zella111
Me too! Well, not as much as my 5 year old great nephew but his obsession is contagious so he's got me hooked too.
OldIronsides
yoshi
https://www.reddit">ainPorn/">https://www.reddit.com/r/TrainPorn/ /r/trainporn
Thescreamimgwaffle
Sapphirebow
BarnibusSwarleyStinson
Fucking beat me to it
HonestlyJustASheep
C6H12O6andH2SO4isfun
Username checks out
TheFeralDog
Try working on them for a living you'll learn to hate them
bowman762
I too love trains
joeyGOATgruff
Me and buddies got a train you'd love
HAYCOMMANDER
One of us, one of us!
potatomajor
Yo! Me too!