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+title: Blog
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+post: Saving the steam engine: Part 1
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+description: Storing the machine and the trailers
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+date: 2023-07-29
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+comments: true
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+parent: steam
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+---
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+You may have seen my Grandpas [steam engine](dampfmaschine.html) here on this website.
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+Unfortunately he died in November 2016 ([1](img/traueranzeige_seidl_ernst_1.png), [2](img/traueranzeige_seidl_ernst_2.png), [3](img/traueranzeige_seidl_ernst_3.png)).
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+My Grandma, his widow, also died in October 2021 ([1](img/traueranzeige_seidl_katharina_1.png), [2](img/traueranzeige_seidl_katharina_2.png)).
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+Because they had a "joint will", this was the point where I officially inherited the steam engine.
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+It took nearly two more years, but now the house has been sold and the time has come to take the machine somewhere else.
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+Fortuantely my friend Igor was quick to help out with his car.
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+It has a trailer hitch, so I rented a trailer from a nearby gas station and we got to work.
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+<!--%
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+lightgallery([
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+ [ "img/dampf_2023_07_4.jpg", "Moving machine onto trailer" ],
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+ [ "img/dampf_2023_07_pan_1.jpg", "Panorama of machine on trailer" ],
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+])
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+%-->
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+Todays mission was getting out all the big stuff.
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+So the machine itself, as well as the small "seat" and the two larger trailers.
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+<!--%
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+lightgallery([
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+ [ "img/dampf_2023_07_5.jpg", "Everything on the trailer, right side" ],
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+ [ "img/dampf_2023_07_6.jpg", "Everything on the trailer, left side" ],
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+ [ "img/dampf_2023_07_7.jpg", "Everything on the trailer, front side" ],
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+])
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+%-->
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+Of course this was not the first time the machine had to be moved.
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+So matching aluminium rails were already prepared, with notches cut out, to hold on to the trailers edge.
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+Using the gearbox and flywheel, maneuvering the machine onto the trailer is actually pretty simple.
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+<!--%
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+lightgallery([
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+ [ "img/dampf_2023_07_2.jpg", "Large trailer hanging on hoist" ],
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+ [ "img/dampf_2023_07_pan_2.jpg", "Panorama of trailer on hoist" ],
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+])
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+Getting the trailers down from the garage attic was also not difficult, thanks to more electric hoists installed all over the house.
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+<!--%
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+lightgallery([
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+ [ "img/dampf_2023_07_1.jpg", "The old 'Dampfschuppen' shed" ],
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+ [ "img/dampf_2023_07_9.jpg", "Stored in new place" ],
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+])
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+%-->
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+And here is one last look into the steam engine shed, affectionately called "Dampfschuppen", as well as the new storage place for the machine I rented.
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+Another trip to the house will have to follow soon, to get all the smaller parts, tools, documents, etc.
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+## More Pictures
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+<a class="anchor" name="more_pictures"></a>
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+<div class="collapse">Some more photographs I didn't use above.</div>
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+<!--%
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+lightgallery([
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+ [ "img/dampf_2023_07_pan_3.jpg", "Panorama of trailer on hoist (2)" ],
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+ [ "img/dampf_2023_07_3.jpg", "Moving machine onto trailer (2)" ],
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+ [ "img/dampf_2023_07_8.jpg", "Stored in new place (2)" ],
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+])
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+</div>
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