Overtaking with a steam engine.

1 in 8 hill out of Cromford, and some classic overtaking by two fowler ploughing engines, passing a Ruston road engine!

[crazeelazee]

"Tonight, on Top Gear. James dies in a boiler explosion. Hammond contracts cholera. And I sent the police to deal with a union strike"

[thefez-cat]

My favorite part about a steam engine is how it's like 98% comprised of things that will rip your arm off if you're not careful.

[Jonp]

“Boss, I’m gonna be late..”

“…no, it’s not diarrhea… I’m stuck behind some steam traction engines.”

[AB-rjvh]

Horses are staging a demonstration in the background yelling "you will not replace us"

[carjac]

The rising gas price really took a huge hit on the street racing scene. They are now using coals.

[hefeweizen]

Imagine the horror of seeing this machine in your rear view mirror, thinking for a second that a train is thundering towards you.

[Kevin.berger]

The Fast and the Furious prequel looks *amazing.* That's some serious street racing right there.

[bennickss]

I love how insanely fast the pistons are thrashing at, yet the engine is only moving at like 10mph

[johnlockesghost]

This may be the coolest road race I've ever seen.

[TheJohnlyh]

Those wheels are sick, 80 inch 3-piece ultra low profile racing wheels

[pwalkleyuk]

Glad to see there are still men in sheds keeping these babies running. My grandparents lived in Ripley (less than 10 miles from Cromford) and we would always go to the steam engine rally from there when we were children in the 1980's and 90's.

[ytorang]

as a person who never watched f1, i can confirm this is the most epic overtake i've ever seen

[AmberCommentsThings]

This simultaneously the goofiest and coolest thing I have ever seen, from the comical train horn to the fact they're holding up an endless pileup of traffic behind them

[velocity]

If I was in that traffic I couldn't be even mad

[terriffingtea]

These new "motor engines" are truly quite fascinating!!

[HitMyPoop]

Horses are afraid,
Cars are stuck,
But I get to see steam engine tractors overtaking each other.
Worth it.

[joejoejoejoejoejoe]

I love how the horses in the field join in the fun.

[bakersbooknook]

The horses running toward the street acting like they remember hearing stories of these machines from their grandparents is everything

[EmergencyResponseVehicles]

Imagine just watching TV, then hearing a steam engine come down your street

[alphawolfgang]

i love how comically powerful these things sound, the violent vibrations and overwhelming power just going like 5 mph... incredible.

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