Scaring the children

I've operated a Frick 2-cylinder 150hp, a Frick single-cylinder IdunnoHp, and almost got to run a George White (firetube broke at 80psi) during a steam school in William's Grove. My friend and I however we were incapable of seeing anything in front of the engine (he told me the last year that people would be wandering around the engines a lot), so we operated it like a steamboat, a locomotive, and a tractor all at once. One of us would steer, the other would fire. The instructor on his 2-cylinder let us at every valve. Of course you know I went for the whistle