Steam Train Wheels Tank Tops

A shot of Big Boy 4014 closeup with Steam and Railroad track's that's on a Historical Day in Ellsworth Kansas USA.

I don't know if these steam engine wheels makes you want to go wanderin' or if they make you content to stay at home. Whether they remind you of travels past, bacon you hither, or quite the wanderlust, they look great in black and white.

Steam Wheels

Baldwin Steam Engine Number 25

Driving wheels of historic LNER steam loco Sir Nigel Gresley

Drive wheels on a steam locomotive.

Monochrome image of the inside of one of the engine sheds at Marley Hill, Tanfield Railway, Tyne & Wear (UK)

What do you get when you mash up hot rods and monsters? In 1980, the answer would have been Weird Wheels trading card stickers. Featuring a checklist of colorful creations along the lines of the late '60s Odd Rods cards, the set blends Kustom Kulture with matinée horror. The cards themselves have monsters and other creatures driving absurdly customized cars, trucks, and motorcycles. As cool as the cards looked, they came out at a time when the Kustom Kulture was well past its peak, and the set flopped, but that doesn't mean they're still not cool! This one features the 'Loco-Motive' in an odd recreation of the classic damsel in distress on the train tracks from card #3.

HDR image of locomotive engine wheels , exhibited at Shildon Locomotion National Railway Museum, Co. Durham (UK)

HDR image of the No.3 Twizell steam engine (built 1891), which runs on the Tanfield Railway, Tyne & Wear (UK)

A shot of Big Boy 4014 with Steam on the Rail Road tracks in Ellsworth Kansas USA that's bright and colorful on a Historical Day in Kansas that was on 11-21-2019.

HDR image of some of the mothballed rolling stock at Marley Hill rail works yard, Tanfield Railway, Tyne & Wear (UK)