The phenomenon of carryover was and remains a serious issue. It was addressed but needed further development work. It achieved the result of...
It has a negligable effect, see the 2-4-0P. Rather like abandoning the first stage superheater and relying on the inter stage. Which makes sense...
160A1 was an experimental locomotive. It was designed to address the problems of efficiency and power output at low speeds. It gave good results...
Chapelon moved on from the six cylinder designs. In his paper read at the Sorbonne in 1933 he looked at the technological developments which had...
Chapelon proposed a three cylinder low pressure unit which would have been helpful in a number of ways. I don't know if it was ever drawn up. The...
Assumption? No, that is the aim and intention. And the progress towards the outcome continues apace. You can hope that the established railway...
And when the Americans take the record Mallard becomes the ex World Record Holder. Not so precious and valuable then.
The fact that the overhaul of Flying Scotsman had to be undertaken twice is no fault of the engine. The people that are and were involved is...
Some capabilities might have improved but capacity is another matter. Who would you approach to make such a monoblock casting? You would want it...
The pinnacle of casting processes with respect to steam locomotives was the cast steel bed which first appeared in the 1920s and was produced by...
It isn't going to be Lentz gear. This was not completely satisfactory but showed promise. The development of the Franklin/Lentz type of gear was...
Thanks for this. Another for the library.
Love of money is the problem. Money is a useful tool though it is sadly too prone to abuse.
Built by Bill Stewart at the Washington Iron Works and completed in 1976 and built to scale, shall we say 3" to the foot rather than the usual 4....
The Webb 3 cylinder compound and use of slip eccentric valve gear for the low pressure cylinder is a little peculiar in that the Dreadnought Class...
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