Working Model of Gas Turbine Steam Locomotive

Amazing what some folks can do with the proper resources. There ae some very talented people among us.

And I thought my O gauge trains took up a lot of space.

Oh, to be able to spend my days building fun things like this.

Very cool.  Someone had a lot of fun.  A lot of people on this forum have the skills and tools to do a project like that - really amazing the level of talent represented in these forums.  I think the will to do a project like this, and a situation that supports that, is rarer than the skills needed.  Doing something like that is all about having the determination to make it happen and the stick-to-it-ness to see it through.  I respect that in people although I realize it sometimes is probably viewed as obsession and insanity by some of those close to them. 

Cool loco - but I'm glad its not stored in my garage.

I was aware of these beasts from older steam books. The Ljungstrom steam turbine engine had the turbine and drive more or less under the tender, which also carried a condenser. It had its troubles though. http://tinyurl.com/ohfdang

The PRR S2 turbine was non-condensing of course, and the Swedes have preserved an operating version of a similar type drive, (just to give the PRR guys a little nostalgia )

video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsrzUjcHeAs