I think 2 cylinder compound traction engines were fairly common. Also, don't forget "Aerolite" in the NRM, but this was an outlier.
It's an interesting report on the Class 85, I'm trying to figure out if the effect would make it better or worse than steam, at starting a train...
Electrical equipment has a "Continuous Maximum Rating" (CMR) which, as the name implies, is the maximum output it can produce continuously before...
I'm just considering that there might be a scenario where a steam locomotive with two firemen might be the most economic scenario. If you wanted...
Depends on the circumstances. Picking up a second fireman at Bromsgrove or Tebay would be far cheaper than a banker, if that solution works with...
For some the rationale for moving away from steam is at a very much lower power level. Apart from heritage applications, of course.
Two firemen?
Industrial and marine steam engines were almost universally compounds (or strictly speaking triple expansion engines), although of course they...
I remember reading somewhere that the articulated compounds were limited in size because the LP cylinders just became too large, and there were...
Due to scaling factors I think compounding should work better on a miniature engine than it does on full size. Consider a cylinder which is...
The thing I found funny on the Guy Martin programme was when Guy addressed Prince Edward as "mate". When I was trainspotting at York in the 1970s...
The thing that annoyed me about the series, was on the various occasions when Francis was trying to point out the finer points of the sound...
Yes, that sounds about right. Back in the 1950s and 60s my grandfather was a coal merchant, he picked up the coal from the DVLR and delivered it...
I was reading the Wikipedia page for the Derwent Valley Light Railway (as you do - I was brought up in the area.) Derwent Valley Light Railway -...
This appeared on the BBC website a few days ago. Borders Railway extension business case due by late 2027 - BBC News
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