It would have been even longer fixed wheelbase demanding more flangeless drivers. Two cylindered normal steam locomotives get uncomfortable and...
As proposed before and fully in line with the military around Tornado Alpha,Bravo and Charly Alpha has generated steam and pulled trains Bravo...
Drop the name and pride. Rebuild it the Thomson way A2/2 and call it Tempest
The picture in letter 665 shows the paper drum drive and there is a worm and a worm wheel. If the worm wheel is 0.2mm eccentric there will be a...
Maddingly interesting to have the L along. Two outside-,two inside-,three simple cylinders and not much difference in timing. A norwegian 1938...
Thank You for answering and I was not aware of Stowe being under revision It is still of interest to some how the two different solutions would...
You cannot eat steam locomotives ,but most can be improved. Ever heard of Chapelon?
Is it to early to tell the waiting faithfull wich is the better Schools or Atlantic?
If I had money I would not waste other peoples valuable time here. But enjoy dreaming being CME somewhere with narrow loading gauge.
It could also start with a wreck of a GWR fourcylinder,a threecylinder or a two cylinder stalled project. It need a single inside cylinder and a...
In the nineteenth century compounds were very unsecure starters,but mr Golsdorf solved that around 1898 and the Wienna surburban railway made...
The german baureihe 24 from 1928 was very close to the 76000 class mass and dimensions. 24069 was built as a 25 bar two cylinder von Borries...
Lovely locomotive and how fast were they allowed to run on mainline? Can one buy a digital copy of the general arrangment drawing with a better...
Yes but will it cost more than 20000£ engineering consultation to omit syphons and have staying recalculated?
BR and SNCF tested thermic syphons in the fifties and found no measurable efficiency/steam production gain. Why put a new in Blackmore Whale?
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