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History of the Locomotive - Episode 317

Unprofessional Engineering

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How Steam Engines Work

We want to talk a little bit about how steam engines work, maybe. So essentially what they do is they release steam into the throttle and that steam moves a valve in a horizontal motion. There's all kinds of safety regulation or regulators so that if it ever gets too high where it blows up apparently back in the day, these things would blow up. And as always, you can tell your smart device to play the unprofessional engineering podcast.

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