Inside a Steam Locomotive

A Lewis Carroll journey into a steam engine
For those who like to ask questions, Lewis Carroll Epstein favors you with a journey 'down the smoke stack' into the bowels of a 19th century steam engine. You descend with him into the cavities of the firebox and the smokebox, places you've barely imagined, and behold the boiler between them. Only the curious need to take his hand on this trip for the details are rich and thorough. If you've ever marveled at one of these behemoths, this is for you.

Happy to find this. Covers the basics with a few surprises
There are so few videos that get into the specifics of how to run a steam locomotive that this find was a very pleasant surprise. Much of the information was basic with a few surprises sprinkled in. They give you a nice look inside of the fire box, boiler, and smoke box. My only problem was that it would not play on my computer even though it meets the system requirements and all software was up to date. But, I was able to watch it on my phone with their free app. I'll watch it again but will avoid longer videos until the issues with showing on my computer are resolved.

Okay but dry
This video was okay, but dry. In all senses of the word. Unfortunately, while there is much detail regarding the nuts and bolts (literally) of Steam Locomotives, the engine was static-- not fired. That said, it was still interesting. My kid liked it a lot too. He watched it three times.

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