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    Locomotive Performance and Tractive Effort Discussion

    It looks like 160.A.1 was fitted with Lentz(?) oscillating cam poppet valves, hence the two valve bores per cylinder.
    Post by: Eightpot, Dec 12, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Locomotive Performance and Tractive Effort Discussion

    One needs to look closer as they are black and in the background.
    Post by: Eightpot, Dec 11, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Locomotive Performance and Tractive Effort Discussion

    Did you notice the lengths of steel bar welded to the frames in front of, and behind, the cylinders to stop them moving?
    Post by: Eightpot, Dec 9, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Sir Nigel Gresley - The L.N.E.R.’s First C.M.E.

    If that was the case, one must wonder as to how Chapelon was able to modify these locos in the first place. It should be remembered that 242A1...
    Post by: Eightpot, Dec 6, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction