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They turned to look at the engine, which had come to a stop in a kind of human way, not all at once, but settling down like an old lady making herself comfortable in a favourite armchair, except that at that moment Iron Girder blew out a hissing stream of shining water vapour, which does not normally happen with old ladies, at least not in public. Drumknott, up in the cabin, was still desperately pulling the chain for the next whistle, and he seemed to be weeping like a toddler bereft of a favourite toy as the sizzling got fainter.

He caught their gaze, carefully relinquished the chain, climbed down from the footplate and almost tiptoed through the sizzling steam and the occasional unexpected mechanical creak, as the metal cooled. Am I to believe that many passengers and tons of freight could be carried by means of this … thing? The state of our roads and therefore of our horse-drawn carriages leaves much to be desired.

A journey to Uberwald is a penance without a cause and no amount of cushions seem to help. So smooth! And he saw the face of Lord Vetinari brighten considerably. Iron Girder had ridden her tracks much better than the post horses managed with the flints and potholes of the high roads. No horses, thought Moist, nothing to get tired, nothing that needs feeding, just coal and water, and Iron Girder had pulled tons of weight without a groan. And as Harry led the Patrician towards his office, Moist ran his hand over the warm living metal of Iron Girder.

This is going to be the wonder of the age, he thought. I can smell it! Earth, air, fire and water. All of the elements. Here is magic, without wizards! I must have done something good to be in this place, here today, at this time. Iron Girder gave a final hiss, and Moist hurried after the others heading for their lunch and the future of steam. They can learn by theirs. The Patrician smiled faintly.

I strike when I like, but never mind, Mister Simnel. I will not stand in the way of your exploring possibilities with Mister Lipwig, but I suggest we must also consider the position of the coachmen and farriers in this time of change.

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Discworld 06 - Wyrd Sisters, discworld 07 - Pyramids, discworld 08 - Guards! Discworld 27 - The Last Hero. Raising Steam is the 40th Discworld novel, written by Terry Pratchett. It was the penultimate one, published before his death in Originally due to be published on 24 October , it was pushed back to 7 November and March 18, in the U.

Raising Steam is the third and final book in the Moist Von Lipwig subseries of Discworld, and the second-to-last book in the entire series. In this book, we meet a new character by the name of Simnel who has invented the steam engine and introduced the concept of fast travel by train. From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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