My bus was caught behind one of those going about 3mhp.

Ahh yes- when you get things right you can have them up to about 10/15mph, otherwise they'll get overtaken by just about anything lol

You gotta admit though, i'd rather be stuck behind one of these than a tractor

...Now yer talkin' my language.

There's just something about steam... Each different engine seems to have it's own language of groans, creaks and hisses

I'd rather see something 'in steam', i went to the train museum at York years ago and the locos there were just cold and lifeless...

I've got myself a couple of stationary engines (a Stuart 10H in need of major work, a scratchbuilt twin cylinder engine from Ebay that needs major work doing and a Gage TVR1A). Unfortunately my lack of a lathe and milling machine puts things on hold for any serious machining work >.<