I've never driven one let alone been a passenger in one. At a steam show when they go by they are incredibly impressive, no wonder even non steamers love seeing them.
Go to a show early in the morning and start talking, you never know, you might be invited up on one! The show grounds where I go to steam school has a shed of probably 50 steamers that don’t even make it out in the daylight for the show as they have nobody to run them. On top of that are hundreds of tractors covered in dust that also never run. Our area shows are really hurting for volunteers as so many are dying off...
I've only ever been to one proper steam show Steamfest in the Hunter Valley in Newcastle it was a 6 hour drive to get there and a two day event and Jen and I stayed in a motel. It was such a awesome weekend. No kidding, the thrill when those traction engines went by and they tooted the whistles was just so incredible!
https://www.steamfest.com.au/
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