Vintage work crew photos

[Moby Duck]

I see no horses. I wonder if the other three men are on the traces and employed as cart pullers. There must have been huge amounts of "dust" when these carts got their name.

[IntheGroove]

I like that curved ladder...

[Ralphxyz]

I'am having a hard time comprehending "Dust Cart".

[IntheGroove]

Dust=dung...

[12bolts]

Dust = Rubbish

Dust=dung...

Its a British term, also carried over to (some of) the colonies. We used to put out our Dustbins weekly for collection. Now its our Wheelies.

Cheers Phil

[Jon]

Engine room of the HMHS Brittanic under construction.

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More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMHS_Britannic

[mklotz]

Every time the subject of the Britannic surfaces, I'm reminded of the story of Violet Jessop...

Violet Constance Jessop (2 October 1887 – 5 May 1971) was an Irish Argentine ocean liner stewardess and nurse who is known for surviving the disastrous sinkings of both RMS Titanic and her sister ship, HMHS Britannic, in 1912 and 1916, respectively. In addition, she had been on board RMS Olympic, the eldest of the three sister ships, when it collided with a British warship Called HMS Hawke, in 1911.

Full story here...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_Jessop

[skibo]

Oh boy, that is one engine room I'd love to see in action, today they are mainly big diesels or steam turbine's, BORING! But all those reciprocating rods and the sounds of life you can actually see everything, it all comes to life.

[Jon]

Norfolk & Western maintenance shop.

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[skibo]

I love those compound locomotives, this one looks to be a Challenger, with twelve drivers, it was smaller than the Union Pacific's Bigboy, but the Challenger had more traction effort than Bigboy's 16 drivers, due to less weight per driver!