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It's hard to get past the sheer mechanical beauty of a steam train. And look at the photo below. It shows how there is a box with a hole at the top in the roof of the roundhouse to carry the steam up and outside.

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  1. JulieAugust 13, 2010 at 7:58 AM

    Quite delicious, Joan. Trains were such a massive feature in our built environment.

    The first image gave me an instant feel of people: of the man shovelling, of the man driving, of the engineer ... like my use of a detail shot to imply the whole ... this shovel shot implies people ... love it.

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  2. WinamAugust 13, 2010 at 11:10 AM

    I guess we've lost that sense of mechanical ingenuity with the digital age.

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  3. ABAugust 18, 2010 at 7:37 PM

    Great machinery!

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