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Re:The Titanic Was on Fire for Days Before the Iceberg Hit by foobarian on Thursday December 13, 2018 @11:00AM (#18673258)
While not a marine vehicle, I found this video on starting a steam locomotive fascinating. So many manually operated subsystems.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx9Q8PphAVo

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Re:The Titanic Was on Fire for Days Before the Iceberg Hit by stickfigure on Thursday December 13, 2018 @12:20PM (#18674030)
That's a great video but it rushes through the process, and that K-37 is a complex beast. My favorite video along these lines is this detailed step-by-step narration of how to fire up a small 0-4-0T:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgLRSkRioRA

Pretty much everything in Keith Rucker's Vintage Machinery channel is interesting.

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