160 P started life as 150 built 1910 141P s were improved 141Cs from PLM and 241P was rewamped PLM 241 Cs. Big, ugly brutes that made not enough...
The moving parts of a LP side must be almost the same mass as HP. Piston is bigger but handles lower pressure and temperature
Chapelon was not constructing locomotives but was ordered to improve or modify failures of others. He may never have had the opportunity to...
There were 998 two cylinder high speed BR standards methinks. Europes fastest regular steam train ever was pulled by SNCB class 12 locomotives.
It is my sincere opinion that a two cylinder compound 4-6-0 somewhat like a B16/4 could have pulled uttely superfluous upper class citizens non...
It is an old -engineer pass-time to see if more can be had for less. Danish constructed diesel Lyntog from 1935 could have done 400miles in 6...
Being unbalanced 141R locomotives were not alowed to run faster than 100kmh. Their minimum steam consumption was 14.1lbs/ihph at 1975 ihp...
Was it ever proposed to electryfi Shap banking operation?
6000 ihp is power of 3 LNER V2 working flat out. The Chapelon compound 152 goods engine was planned to pull fitted freigth at max 105 km/h. 700...
A very good reason for making articulates as compounds,was that flexible steam pipe to articulated front truck only had to handle receiver steam....
Worlds most frugal normal steam locomotive, according to Cox, was SNCF 141P fourcylinder compound with 16 inch diameter outside HP cylinders. Such...
Less boiler maintenance for locomotives that uses less steam for same job?
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Four cylinder locomotives had been better made three cylindered. A Bulgarian 0-12-0 class two-cylinder compound from 1922 is still on wheels. It...
I did some diesel factory and shipyards(now closed) time and found it unfit for a living.
Scheid namen met een komma.
