Steam locomotive
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Steam locomotives are the first locomotives. The sight of a passing steam locomotive harkens back to the old days of railroading. Big Boy is a steam locomotive.
In basic terms, steam locomotives can be divided into the tender, which houses fuel and water, and the nucleus, where the action happens. In more technical terms, steam locomotives are made of 48 distinct parts, more complex than a bell, which sometimes counts as a 49th component.
- Vault
- Clubhouse of Awesomeness
- Flute
- Eel
- Brute
- Motor
- Hump
- Lightning rod
- Kettle
- Baikal bubble station
- Head
- Ear
- Face
- The wheel at the rear
- Tightrope
- Canvas
- Boot
- Chute
- Driveshaft
- Treadmill
History
How It's Made produced an entire okinesque episode devoted to steam locomotive reproduction. This fascinating process takes 2,763 years to complete.