How To Sex A Steam Engine

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TLDRThe video explores the gendering of steam engines and other vehicles, focusing on how they are traditionally portrayed as male while some enthusiasts refer to them as female. The speaker identifies various loopholes that allow for a more nuanced understanding of gender in this context, including historical employment of women during the World Wars and specific design features of engines. The discussion extends to diesel engines, coaches, and road vehicles, examining how gender can be applied to different types of conveyances, while also addressing the speaker's views on gender-related jokes and stereotypes.

Takeaways

  • πŸš‚ Steam engines are traditionally seen as male.
  • πŸ‘©β€πŸ”§ Women played significant roles in railways during the World Wars.
  • πŸ” Design features can suggest gender for engines.
  • πŸš† Coaches with guards compartments qualify as female.
  • πŸš— Cars and taxis are categorized as female vehicles.
  • 🚜 Larger vehicles like lorries are considered male.
  • βš“ Tugboats' design features can influence their gender classification.
  • πŸ› οΈ The speaker disapproves of gender jokes about driving.
  • πŸ“š Historical context is crucial for understanding gender in transportation.
  • πŸ”„ The discussion encourages a more inclusive view of gender in conveyances.

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    The speaker discusses the gender portrayal of steam engines in the Railway Series, noting that they are depicted as male, while many enthusiasts refer to them as female. They propose a middle ground in anthropomorphizing these machines, considering the historical context of male workers in the age of steam. The speaker identifies loopholes in this gender classification, such as steam engines with side plates (referred to as skirts) and those that were operated by women during the World Wars. They mention specific classes of engines that fit these criteria, including those used in wartime service and British Railway standard designs built post-World War II. The discussion extends to narrow gauge engines named after women and the application of these gender classifications to diesel locomotives, coaches, and other vehicles, while acknowledging the complexities of categorizing electric engines and traction engines. The speaker concludes with a humorous take on the gendering of various conveyances, including cars, buses, and tugboats, while also touching on the ambiguity of gender in some cases.

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Video Tanya Jawab

  • Why are steam engines portrayed as male?

    Traditionally, steam engines in the Railway Series are depicted as male, reflecting historical gender roles in the industry.

  • What are the loopholes mentioned for gendering steam engines?

    Loopholes include design features like side plates, historical employment of women during the World Wars, and specific engine classes known for wartime service.

  • How does the speaker apply gender to diesel engines?

    The speaker applies similar loopholes to diesel engines, considering their construction history and wartime introduction.

  • What criteria are used for coaches and rail cars?

    Coaches with guards compartments qualify, while auto coaches do not, as they are often occupied by drivers.

  • Are there any exceptions for electric engines?

    Currently, the speaker has not established a clear system for electric engines, relying mainly on the World Wars loophole.

  • How are road vehicles categorized in terms of gender?

    Cars and taxis qualify as female, while larger vehicles like lorries are considered male.

  • What about tugboats?

    Tugboats are discussed in terms of their fenders, with some being referred to as male or female based on their design.

  • What is the significance of the World Wars in this context?

    The World Wars are significant as they changed workforce demographics, allowing for the inclusion of women in roles traditionally held by men.

  • How does the speaker feel about gender jokes related to driving?

    The speaker disapproves of gender jokes about women drivers, emphasizing that driving skills are not determined by gender.

  • What is the final conveyance discussed?

    The final conveyance discussed is tugboats, particularly their design features and how they relate to gender.

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Gulir Otomatis:
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    these are my rules I make them
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    up in the Railway Series steam engines
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    are all portrayed as male whereas a lot
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    of Railway enthusiasts refer to steam
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    engines the way sailing enthusiasts
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    refer to ships as all female and here am
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    I thinking there's got to be some kind
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    of Middle Ground when it comes to
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    anthropomorphizing these characterful
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    machines if you identify a steam engine
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    the same way you'd identify the people
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    who worked on them let's face it in the
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    age of steam as the backbone of
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    Transportation it was pretty much
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    exclusively men but there are loopholes
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    and I intend to exploit them the first
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    loophole is if the steam engine has side
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    plates which were nicknamed aprons or
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    skirts I've seen no evidence of people
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    calling them Kilts okay give it up also
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    I've never read about anyone calling cow
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    catchers skirts it's always side skirts
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    dust skirts or motion skirts so we've
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    got classes like the famous L y6s and
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    j7s and we've got a handful of
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    Industrials the second loophole is the
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    biggest in both world wars with all the
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    lads going off to fight the ways had to
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    employ women they tended not to get Plum
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    jobs but they did effectively run the
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    railways so we've got rod and WD engines
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    like the WD stroke 8s and 10s and usat
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    TC engines like the
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    s16s we've got the Great Central 8ks and
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    lm8 Fs which were adopted as World War
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    Goods engines and we've got the southern
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    q1's that were specifically built to
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    comply with the war Department's
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    requirements on constructing new
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    engines and I opted to go a little
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    further and apply this to engine class
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    es that are well known for wartime
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    service I know every engine was pressed
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    into service for the war effort that's
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    why I'm specifically referring to
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    engines who are more famous for wartime
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    service like the L rb2s which are famous
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    for hauling Hospital trains after D-Day
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    or the lbscr d3s one of which
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    legendarily took down a
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    luwa then there are engines who were
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    given wartime modifications and there's
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    a line here for example an lswr King
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    Arthur was fitted with three funnels to
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    disperse the exhaust and make it hard
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    harder for German planes to see from the
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    air whereas the L r4s had their valances
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    removed during the war but that was for
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    ease of Maintenance rather than anything
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    specific to Warfare so they don't count
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    and going back to the King Arthur they
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    were introduced in 1918 the final year
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    of World War I and there are engines who
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    had batches built because of warfare
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    like the LMS 4fs whose construction
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    might have ended in 1937 if not for
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    wartime needs so any class that was
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    introduced or out troduced during the
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    years of World Wars 1 and 2 qualifed
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    a lot of this is reactionary I know but
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    what else can it
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    be the last engines I'll talk about in
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    this loophole are British Railway
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    standard designs all of which were built
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    after World War II I'd hate to leave the
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    entire range out of the running so we've
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    got the 9 FS which were development of
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    the WD stroke 10s and we've got the
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    branas which the rebuilt bullet pacifics
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    resembled the third loophole applies to
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    engines built or rebuilt in the age of
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    preservation in an ever so slightly more
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    Progressive Era new build freelance
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    designs like Tom r or rebuilds to
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    designs that were drawn up in the past
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    but never built like the Great Western
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    Mongrel the final loophole is for Narrow
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    Gauge Engines only mostly because I
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    don't know of any standard gauge engines
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    who fall under this category engine
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    classes named after women like the
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    hunslet Alice class and variations
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    thereof or the bagal type Margaret and
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    variations thereof now as long as we're
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    sex in conveyances let's expand starting
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    with diesels the side play loophole
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    applies like with the BR class 04s and
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    the wartime intro outro loophole applies
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    like with the class 11s but like with
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    the BR standards diesel locomotive
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    Construction in Britain didn't really
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    take off until after World War II going
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    backways English electric was founded in
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    1918 so it any class of diesel
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    locomotive built by them qualifies I
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    know English electric provided a lot of
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    components and modules for mountains of
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    BR diesels I'm talking about diesel
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    classes whose entire construction was
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    specifically spearheaded by English
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    electric so we've got like the Choppers
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    and the Hoovers and the Slugs and I
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    want to jump ahead a bit to coaches with
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    those I'm going by what I've read about
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    the Campton and mcran light Railway who
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    hired women as guards so screw it break
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    coaches or any coach with a conventional
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    guards compartment qualifies since I
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    want exceptions bird Cade coaches don't
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    count slip coaches qualify but Auto
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    coaches don't as half the time they're
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    occupied by drivers and I decided the
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    Campton macaran guard thing can also
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    apply to break fans but there is room
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    for male ones if they were known for
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    working for the national coal board back
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    to round out diesels rail cars and
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    multiple units being close relatives of
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    coaches make the cut as they have guards
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    aboard then we have trucks the
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    popularity of cated wagons and vans went
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    right up during World War II so they
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    qualify diagram M4 and5 shunter trucks
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    qualify as do cattle trucks and milk
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    tankers
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    admittedly I haven't yet figured out a
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    system for electric engines all I have
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    to go on right now is the world wars
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    loophole and the multiple unit
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    thing moving on to traction engines and
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    such like vehicles I started to go by
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    the world wars loophole when I saw this
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    war department traction engine with a
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    roof but then I thought about George
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    Carlin's observation Catholic men no
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    hats Catholic women hats Jewish men hats
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    Jewish women no hats so going off of
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    Trevor and George a traction engine with
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    the roof and a road roller without a
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    roof qualify with steam Lor's I decided
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    that if the Smoke Box and funnel stick
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    out of the front that's a bloke crane
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    engines with no roof qualify plowing
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    engines and stump pullers with rofes
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    qualify I still haven't figured out
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    Showman's engines they need rofes to
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    keep rain and stuff out of their dynamos
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    and Electric
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    Generators now let's look at Petrol and
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    Diesel powered road vehicles cars in
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    general I don't like women driver jokes
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    the the suggestion that women suck at
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    driving cars cuz everyone sucks at
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    driving cars so to spit on that idea
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    cars taxis and such like qualify while
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    Lor's being bruisers are the
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    opposite caterpillar Treads while not
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    invented during World War I were found
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    to be advantageous and developed during
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    trench warfare so bulldozers most
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    excavators and some tractors
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    qualify I've mentioned in a previous
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    video that Flying Scotsman was
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    accompanied on his America Tour by a
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    double-decker bus driven by a group of
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    chick selling merch so single decker
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    buses are male double decker buses are
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    female in this regard we've got some
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    gender ambiguity here maybe this can
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    apply to Showman's engines too I don't
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    know the last conveyance I'll talk about
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    is tugboats in some circles bow fenders
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    were colloquially known as beards
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    Coastal tugs and Creek tugs who mostly
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    towed their loads behind them tended not
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    to have these one caution though
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    sometimes when you see a steam tug
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    without fenders it does have them
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    they're just pulled up at the time
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    oh I forgot to mention Ladle wagons
Tags
  • steam engines
  • gender
  • loopholes
  • diesel engines
  • coaches
  • World Wars
  • road vehicles
  • tugboats
  • anthropomorphization
  • transportation