stas27>> Самый настоящий паровоз, только маленький . И пар настоящий - из котла .
korvl22001> Что-то мне кажется, у него "толкающий агрегат " сзади, в желтом ящике)). Паровоз ведь топить надо....а машинист сидит, как в легковой машине. Пар может дымогенератор делает? или газ? что-то есть короче....в топку во всяком случае заьрасывать неудобно....
Этот паровозик переделали на газ в 1997 г.
вот описание работы его машиниста [показать]In 1997, funds were raised to bring the Puffer back to life. Sala and a group of volunteers spent 10 months taking the Puffer apart and putting her back together again, even retrofitting the train to run on cleaner-burning gas.
"You are always running a train," Sala said, watching water pressure levels on the tender up front. Pointing to the throttle, he noted, "This is the Johnson Bar. You pull it back and you are hooked into reverse."
Pointing to a dome on the top of the front end, he said, "This is the sand dome. You can release sand on the tracks and it gives you stopping power."
The job never gets monotonous, he said. "You've got the people to contend with, you get to play with a bunch of kids and families. And, when I'm up front, I'm watching the front of the train, the back, the sides, the gauges, the squirrels and peacocks that run alongside the train, and the water levels."
He added, "When it's boiling water, I don't leave it. It's not a computer that turns on and off. It's an engine and you need to stay with it."