Steampunk Wallpaper

i say, is that a gear i see? jolly good, yo.

Lunch Break at the Mine Old Photo

| December 15, 2011

Maintenance has been complaining of unusual problems with our mine cars. At least 100 feet of track have turned up missing, and our inventory of cotton rags has been depleted. Rover, the camp mascot, has been rather excitable lately but has given us no clues as to who is stealing supplies. We suspect employee supervision […]

Lunch Break at the Mine

| December 15, 2011

Maintenance has been complaining of unusual problems with our mine cars. At least 100 feet of track have turned up missing, and our inventory of cotton rags has been depleted. Rover, the camp mascot, has been rather excitable lately but has given us no clues as to who is stealing supplies. We suspect employee supervision […]

Railplane Depot

| December 2, 2011

Swift • Safe • Sure A most efficient form of transportation. Hasten to your local Railplane station for speedy transit to your place of business or holiday. Our network of single suspended rail covers most metropolitan areas, and our trains are far in advance of earlier systems. A most singular experience. Ride today. For those […]

0-6-0 in Snow

| October 31, 2011

Not sure I ever actually posted this before, although it was built back in 2009. Based off of this: [link](by-nc as of 2011-10-30) Licensed as Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial *EDIT* Made with Adobe Photoshop

Steamtrain, leaving the station – widescreen and fullscreen

| October 17, 2009

Title: Steamtrain, leaving the stationDescription: Minor manipulations and tone/color washing, but the train and steam are genuine. I fell in love with this picture when I came across it on Flickr.Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050, Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Creative Commons Licensed derivative of infomatique‘s beautiful picture “Steam Train – Leaving Connolly Station”

Fullscreen AND Widescreen: Steam Train Gears

| May 1, 2009

Title: Steam Train GearsDescription: That was its original title.  A close-up shot of some Walschaerts valve gear on a steam locomotive.  Valve gear is (fittingly enough) what drives the valves, to offset the valve movement from that of the piston, and controls whether the engine runs forward or backward.Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050, Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Again, by […]

Fullscreen AND Widescreen: Dynamo

| April 21, 2009

Title: DynamoDescription: A really cool shot of a dynamo at Strasburg (which is known far and wide for their repair shop).  Pretty much straight from the source, with just some cropping and resizing.Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050, Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinkemmerer/2593678907/License: Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share-alike

Guest Wallpaper: Fullscreen, Steam-Powered Submarine by Kyle

| February 22, 2009

Title: Steam-Powered SubmarineDescription: Cool new wallpaper by Kyle the Commenter (who’s kinda shy). He’s given me a few new wallpapers to post, and they’ll be sprinkled here and there over the next week or so. 🙂  I really like this; it takes a pretty simple concept (steam submarine, which I did here, but mine’s not […]

Widescreen: Engine #301

| January 22, 2009

Title: Engine #301Artist: Koutetsu KaigunDescription: An old engine of the Gainesville Midland line.Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Original work. Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Widescreen: The Steam Bell

| October 25, 2008

Title: The Steam BellDescription: Went a little color crazy tonight. 😀 Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits:  Based off the e book made available by Project Gutenberg. Creative Commons licensed derivative.

Fullscreen: Train

| October 10, 2008

No Zomblies tonight; too tired. Star (who is awesome, btw. Makes all sorts of cool steampunkery. I covet her raygun. ) gave me the PSD though, so… ::thumbs up:: Title: TrainDescription: Nothing manipulated here, other than a faint edge shadow for edge-happiness sake. I just love this picture, and wanted to share it with you all. I know it’s a little […]