Was the three-cylinder U1´s timed faster than the two-cylindered?
Did the long wheelbase of 18feet and a half prohibit it somewhere on NYMR?
Has wood pellets like used in supercritical stean data powerstations been proposed for preserved steam and why not? It smells nice and leaves...
Cox states that 46220 could produce max 36000 lbs per hour steady state and the Giesel model says 33500 if burning a Blidworth like fuel.
Investment in a steam locomotive depends on amount of metal used? When my B16/4 is ready to prove that I am best locomotive engineer alive,it...
Fireside of flues and tubes are identical for BR standard 7 and 8. Firebox surface area of BR 8 is 8% bigger and grate area 16% than BR 7. Mr...
This one? Not fireless Betriebsfahig until 2008. Very well maintained today...
There was often vibration-complaints from crew when driving axle was below footplate....
Meiningen built 202 such lokomotives 1984-88 where everything disintegrated in eastern Europe...
In five years time coalburning on a grate will be disgusting and not bring cash. Chalapon by Hermod posted Feb 7, 2024 at 4:05 PM The pipe over...
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kesselzerknall_in_Meiningen Interesting A LNW&R boiler blew up 5 years after WW1. Unskilled,badly supervised...
It is not easy to imagine how (repair of/welding on) barrel or firebox wrapper can make boiler shorter. A more likely happening: A picture from...
Thank You for an explanation of the newer knowledge that gives hope for succes even if it is not following the shining light from Chapelon
Thank You for a clear update on poppet valve gears. Franklin B sounds like a good solution for having three cylinders driving unto second driver...
Mr Chapelon had a lot of expirience with poppet valves and chose piston valves for his last significant steam-locomotive 242A1 in 1946. What new...
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