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sure this is the place – everything looks so different – but
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if it is, we'll have plenty machines to choose from and a bunch
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more for parts.</span><br />
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James gestures to the side, saying:
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James gestures to the side:
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<span class="quote speech">Look, over there.</span><br />
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He points to a group of very rusty and completely overgrown machines.
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<br />
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Annie asks: <span class="quote speech">How did they get inbetween
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Jack says: <span class="quote speech">Oh yeah, so we <i>are</i> in the
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right place.</span><br />
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They walk towards them to take a closer look.<br />
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Annie asks: <span class="quote speech">How did these machines get between
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the trees?</span><br />
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Jack says: <span class="quote speech">They didn't. The machines
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came first, the trees grew after. This area wasn't even a forest
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back then.</span><br />
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They make their way over to take a closer look.
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Jack says: <span class="quote speech">They didn't. This wasn't
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a forest then. The machines came first, the trees grew after.</span>
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<p>
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Jack says: <span class="quote speech">Looks like these were already
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out of order before they were abandoned.</span><br />
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He turns to Annie and James:
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After a short look at the machines, Jack says:
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<span class="quote speech">Looks like these were already out of order
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before they were abandoned.</span>
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He turns to Annie and James, and explains:
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<span class="quote speech">This is an excavator. We're looking for
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a big one like this, maybe a bit smaller, but not as small as that one
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over there – and preferably without trees growing out of
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it...</span><br />
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He points to a mini excavator sitting askew on a tree trunk that had
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grown through its floor and out the side.<br />
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He points to a mini excavator sitting askew on the trunk of a tree that
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had grown through its floor and out the side.<br />
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James asks: <span class="quote speech">Why not just use this big one?
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What's wrong with it?</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">This thing's just done for. It's
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more rust than steel, missing its tracks and hydraulics for the bucket,
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more rust than steel, missing its tracks and the hydraulics up there,
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and it looks like someone got a bit carried away trying to remove the
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cab.</span><br />
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They take a quick look at the other machines around them. Apart from the
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two excavators, there is a dump truck, a <span class="comment"> what's
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the name of that machine with a conveyor belt that sorts large rocks and
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<p>
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Annie calls the others over to one of the buildings.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Look what I found...</span><br />
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Michelle arrives before Jack and she laughs. He arrives a moment
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later and peeks inside. There sits a cable shovel, partially covered
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in rubble from the <span class="comment">caved-in? fallen-in?</span>
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roof – rusty but surprisingly intact.
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<br />
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Jack says: <span class="quote speech">That's ... uhhh ... kind of
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Michelle arrives first and has a chuckle. Jack arrives a moment later
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and peeks inside. There sits a cable shovel, a machine that looks like
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a hybrid between a crane and an excavator, partially covered in rubble
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from the <span class="comment">caved-in? fallen-in?</span> roof. It is
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rusty on the outside but looks otherwise surprisingly intact.<br />
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He says: <span class="quote speech">That's ... uhhh ... kind of
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a historical artifact.</span><br />
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"I mean, everything here is a historical artifact."
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"Fair enough, but this especially so."
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There is also a kinda small hydraulic excavator.
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They decide to make both work.
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This is for another chapter but here is a list of things they might do:
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- strip parts off of other machines
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- modify or create parts at the Ivydale train yard
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- swap out a beyond-repair engine - with a different one that
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doesn't fit ofc
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- weld things to the machines for botched but improved
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structural integrity
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- maybe come up with an alternative for hydraulic fluid if it isn't too
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far fetched, alternatively scavenge it from other machines or trade
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for it
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- find a grabber attachment for the excavator
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- DIY electronics
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-->
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James arrives as well, saying: <span class="quote speech">I mean,
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everything here is a historical artifact...</span><br />
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Jack responds: <span class="quote speech">Fair enough, but this thing
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especially so.</span><br />
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They step into the building and take a closer look. Michelle climbs onto
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the back of the machine and opens an access panel.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Just about mint condition in here –
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compared to the rest at least... Looks like might fire right up.
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Anyone see a crank for this baby?</span><br />
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She pats the side of a small engine that sits on top of a much larger
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engine.
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</p>
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<p>
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<span class="comment">missing section</span>
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They start looking around the place, in the rotting shelves and in the
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rubble on the floor. Michelle jumps down and joins them. After a while,
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Jack spots some rust right behind the rear end of the machine. He moves
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some leaves aside and picks up a metal rod with two bends.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">You mean this one?</span><br />
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Michelle comes over.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Yup, that'll do.</span><br />
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She climbs back onto the the machine and shoves it into a protrusion on
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the small engine. Then, she proceeds to crank it over. First carefully,
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then more <span class="comment">translate: energisch</span>. After a
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moment, it fires up for a brief instant... then nothing.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Aww. Almost but not quite.</span><br />
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She unscrews the cap from the small fuel tank on top of it and peeks
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inside.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Well that can't work.</span><br />
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She jumps off and checks the tank for the main engine.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Nope.</span>
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</p>
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<!--
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This is for another chapter but here is a list of things they might do:
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- strip parts off of other machines
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- modify or create parts at the Ivydale train yard
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- swap out a beyond-repair engine - with a different one that
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doesn't fit ofc
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- weld things to the machines for botched but improved
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structural integrity
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- maybe come up with an alternative for hydraulic fluid if it isn't too
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far fetched, alternatively scavenge it from other machines or trade
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for it
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- find a grabber attachment for the excavator
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- DIY electronics
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-->
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<p>
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<span class="comment">Research todo: On engines that had a pony
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motor, was it common to use the same fuel across both engines or was it
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sometimes a mix?</span><br />
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They scavenge some gasoline from a nearby truck by loosening the
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<span class="comment">translate: Überwurfmutter</span> on a fuel
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line and letting it drip into a glass bottle that James had found on
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the ground. Michelle takes it back inside while the others continue
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looking for diesel fuel.
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</p>
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<p>
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