The Last Days of Steam

[ffutures]

Just watching a Timeshift programme called The Last Days of Steam on BBC4, very interesting on the technology of steam engines and their post-war importance, and the construction of a new engine today. It's going to be repeated tomorrow

Fri 6 Apr 2012
01:30
BBC Four

and I'd recommend it to anyone interested in this technology if you can find it as a podcast or on BBC America etc.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dzzdc

Comments

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

Was it your LJ I saw the link to the Strategic Steam Reserve in? I forget.

http://www.willys-mb.co.uk/strategic-reserve.htm

If not, there, fascinating piece about how the government kept on Steam trains for a while, in case of nuclear war.

I bet we see steam trains returning. Coal and wood are locally sourced within the UK, and when energy costs spike as peak oil declines, I think Steam is going to make a return big time.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Not me - very interesting though, I vaguely remember a teacher saying something about this in the sixties, can't remember the context though.