If only they were Steam..

Posted by on January 22nd,2010

Steam-powered that is.  Those who know me know that I’m a sucker for steam locomotives (the result of the last 6 years of my railroad career having been involved with the restoration and running of a Class 1  mainline steam  loco), and even more of a lover of streamlined steam locos. That’s why these, although not steampunk per se, struck  my fancy.

I give you  vintage Porsche tractors:

the 1963 Master AP 144

Which conjures up images of this:

And the Coffee Train P312: (which was designed with streamlined shrouding, as it was meant to work in the coffee plantations. This way the plants could be gently slid aside by the tractors bodywork, thus avoiding damage.

Which really makes me think of Mallard: