It is unlikely that today you will surprise anyone with a steam locomotive: this technique is constantly “caught” in films and chronicles. A monster breathing steam and smoke, dragging wagons and scurrying along the rails near the railway station - what is so special about it? Yes, nothing, if not a small nuance - all this is happening today: there are steam locomotives, there are a lot of them, and they are still operating!
On the channel "Varlamov" you will get acquainted with such specimens, the very existence of which is surprising: for example, a steam locomotive-tank of 1897. This car drives quietly and puffs smoke, not bothering at all about its age. And what's inside? The author of the video will definitely show: you will not only climb the stairs to the driver's cab, but also learn how the equipment works.
And you will also see the famous "sheep" - a steam locomotive of the "OV" series, produced from 1890 to 1915. Surely you did not know that you can throw not only coal or firewood into the locomotive furnace, but also dry ... roach! Well, this is an extreme case, when there is neither wood nor, as they say now, hydrocarbons, but fatty dried fish is full, as in Odessa in 1918. Also, it is unlikely that you know what kind of firebox a person can serve and how fuel is supplied without a stoker. The video also tells about other interesting details and facts related to steam locomotives.
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