173K views · 1.3K reactions | The most expensive single shot in silent film history was the real train crash sequence in Buster Keaton's 1926 film The General, which cost $42,000 at the time. This iconic practical effect involved running a full-sized locomotive off a collapsing, purpose-built bridge into a river. | History In Pictures | Facebook

The LNER Class P2 – Britain’s Mighty 2-8-2 Giants! 💨 Few locomotives have ever looked as powerful—or as purposeful—as the LNER Class P2. Designed by Sir Nigel Gresley in the 1930s, these incredible 2-8-2 “Mikado” locomotives were built to conquer one of the toughest main lines in Britain: the winding, steeply graded route between Edinburgh and Aberdeen. With their muscular frames, long boilers, and unmistakable front ends, the P2s were the largest and most powerful express passenger steam locom

9.9K views · 817 reactions | As the era of steam came to a close on the D&RGW, Irving August and friends witnessed these big steam locomotives working primarily in helper service on Tennessee Pass. From the WB Video show "Rio Grande of the Rockies" https://rfd.video/RioGrande | Steam Giants | Facebook

Some looks at the biggest steam locomotives that the D&RGW operated. From the GSVP show "Rio Grande Standard Gauge Steam" https://rfd.video/RioGrandeSteam | Steam Giants