2025-01-27 20:35:56 +01:00
<!DOCTYPE html> < html > < head > < title > Diesel Creek < / title > < link rel = "stylesheet" type = "text/css" href = "html_resources/style.css" > < / head > < body > < div class = "back" > < a href = "index.html" > < < / a > < / div >
2025-01-02 09:06:37 +01:00
< h1 > Diesel Creek < / h1 >
< p >
Michelle asks: < span class = "quote speech" > And you really expect to find
2025-01-13 08:46:39 +01:00
machines here that aren' t beyond repair?< / span > < br / >
The four are walking into a valley in a large forested area.< br / >
Jack replies: < span class = "quote speech" > Right now, I' m not even
sure this is the place – everything looks so different – but,
if it is, we' ll have plenty to choose from and a bunch more for
spare parts.< / span > < br / >
James gestures to the side and says:
< span class = "quote speech" > Look, over there.< / span > < br / >
He points out a group of very rusty and completely overgrown machines.
< br / >
Annie wonders: < span class = "quote speech" > How did they get inbetween
the trees?< / span > < br / >
Jack says: < span class = "quote speech" > They didn' t. This wasn' t
a forest back then.< / span > < br / >
They make their way over to them.
< / p >
< p >
Jack says: < span class = "quote speech" > Looks like these were already
out of order before they were abandoned.< / span > < br / >
He turns to Annie and James, patting the side of one of the machines.
< br / >
< span class = "quote speech" > This is an excavator. We' re looking for
a big one like this, maybe a bit smaller, but not as small as that one
over there.< / span > < br / >
He points to a small excavator that has a tree growing through
its cab.< br / >
< span class = "comment" > Do these excavators where the cab is the biggest
part have a specific name?< / span > < br / >
James asks: < span class = "quote speech" > Why not just use this one then?
What' s wrong with it?< / span > < br / >
< span class = "quote speech" > This thing' s just done for. Looks like
it was used as a spare parts donor. < span class = "comment" > Tracks? Treads?
< / span > are missing, hydraulics for the bucket as well, and it looks
like the inside of the cab got completely dismantled.< / span > < br / >
They take a quick look at the other machines around them. There is the
other, much smaller excavator, a < span class = "comment" > Kipper?< / span > ,
a < span class = "comment" > Wie heiß t diese Maschine mit
Fö rderband, die Material sortiert?< / span > , and two
< span class = "comment" > Radlader? Baccos?< / span > . All of them are missing
significant parts.< br / >
< / p >
< p >
A bit further down the valley, they approach a much larger collection of
machines, parked in rows and parted out like the first ones they saw.
< br / >
Jack says: < span class = "quote speech" > Welcome to the machine graveyard.
If memory serves right, there should be a few buildings back there and
one of the main parking lots behind them.< / span > < br / >
While they make their way through between the machines, Annie asks:< br / >
< span class = "quote speech" > So these machines dug out the dome?< / span >
2025-01-02 09:06:37 +01:00
< br / >
< span class = "quote speech" > Well... no. That was mostly done using
2025-01-13 08:46:39 +01:00
explosives, the machines were there to collect the rubble and load it
onto trains. But they also played a big part in construction after
the digging was done.< / span > < br / >
< / p >
< p class = "comment" >
research that needs to be done:
When were hydraulic excavators invented?
When did they get the ability to use a jackhammer attachment?
When did the cable-driven ones go out of fashion?
2025-01-02 09:06:37 +01:00
< / p >
< p class = "copyright" > Copyright © 2023 Jan Danielzick (aka. BodgeMaster) – All rights reserved.< / p > < script > let spans = [ "<span class=\"paper green\">" , "<span>" ] ; let pre _texts = document . getElementsByTagName ( "pre" ) ; for ( let i = 0 ; i < pre _texts . length ; i ++ ) { if ( pre _texts [ i ] . className != "paper" ) continue ; let lines = pre _texts [ i ] . innerHTML . split ( "\n" ) ; let result = "" ; for ( let j = 0 ; j < lines . length ; j ++ ) { result = result + spans [ j % 2 ] + lines [ j ] + " " . repeat ( 80 - lines [ j ] . length ) + "</span>\n" ; } pre _texts [ i ] . innerHTML = result ; } < / script > < / body > < / html >
