Your tractor may use this technology in the future.

Anonymous-0 · Aug 31, 2008

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RayP(MI) · Aug 31, 2008

Some RR switch engines were steam powered, but had no boilers. They had an outsized tank in place of the boiler, and the steam was generated in a fixed location boiler, on site. They used the locomotives for switching in the yards only, and had to make sure they were close to the boiler when they were about to run out of steam!
Overall, not practical for tractor, automotive purposes. Can only put so much compressed gas in a reasonable sized tank. Size and PSI are limiting factors.

John S-B · Sep 1, 2008

That's true, most often those locomotives were used in places like oil refineries or ammo dumps and places where they needed to elimnate ignition sources.

HemiMoparMan · Sep 1, 2008

Shhhh! Don't tell that french guy who is making the new, Wego compressed air powered van. Its better than the Yugo as the rear defroster keeps your hands warm while you are pushing the piece of shiznit.

Eric SEI · Sep 1, 2008

In the shops they would often just use compressed air to move the steam engines. Of course, we're just talking about the locomotive, and just in the shop. No steam meant no heat, so there was no need to let anything cool before working on it.

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