Boys Build Oil Barrel Locomotive (Oct, 1933)
Filed under: DIY, Toys and Games — @ 10:13 am
Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Oct, 1933
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Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Oct, 1933
| Buy on Ebay
Boys Build Oil Barrel Locomotive
A HOME-MADE locomotive, built by two 14-year-old boys from an old oil barrel, parts of a coaster wagon, bicycle sprocket and washing machine gear, startled residents as it whistled and chugged its way through the streets of Minneapolis.
The builders of the one-half horsepower steam engine are Marlon Nelson and Robert Wass. In the oil barrel they installed a small boiler coil and cut a door for a fire box. An old coal hod and a piece of stove pipe finished the boiler. The frame was made from an old iron bed.
Kid-built oil barrel locomotive…
14 year olds of 2006, meet your predecessors from Mechanix 1933, you have your work cut out for you… – Link…….
Trackback by MAKE: Blog — November 7, 2006 @ 3:13 pm
This is probably the most unsafe machine on the entire website. A boiler is a bomb with vents in it. Especially one this large.
Comment by Tim Tracy — July 18, 2008 @ 3:01 am
The way I see it Tim is based on what you wrote you will never be known for going to extra mile to get somewhere. I imagine your just another button pusher of the New Age,,,,,,,lol
Comment by Chuck — August 5, 2008 @ 1:31 pm