On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 8:34 AM CST Onno Meyer wrote:

>What makes the difference between age of steam vehicles and 
>steampunk vehicles? I'm thinking of 'background' vehicles,
>not the one-of-a-kind vehicles by inventor protagonists or 
>antagonists.

To me, for a vehicle to be steampunk rather than age of steam it needs to 
require a significant change in scientific progress (and likey the laws of 
physics) to exist -- in other words, an alternate history.

>Cutting corners for profit? Check.
>
>Rigid class differences in accommodations? Check.
>
>Exploding steam engines? Check.
>
>Insufficient lifeboats? Check

So the Titanic was steampunk?

Brandon

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