I don't know if it has been pointed out previously about the size of Conqueror. It looks a bit like Joan, but is way bigger. Joan is about the...
So true... THE big difference between copper and steel fireboxes is that scale bind to steel just like concrete to rebar. Thus a thin layer of...
Just to be clear: I think this is the oldest preserved narrow gauge locomotive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pays_de_Waes_(locomotive)
You have 500 hp engines. Thus 500 hp at low speed, 1000 hp at moderate speed, not much to accelerate a heavy train. And as said it is firmly...
The fundamental problem is P = F * v, i.e. Power equals Force times speed. For normal locomotives you have some source of approximately constant...
Only the two photos from 1987-88 in the link to BMÅS above.
The last few years the active members of our narrow-gauge railway (https://www.oslj.nu/en-GB ) have been invited to the live steam railway of two...
Love to follow the Clan project. Excellent presentation of the progress and their "White papers'" analysing the potential issues in the the design...
Yes, interesting and new info. But preheated air into the ash pan was tried before. The first Swedish Ljungström turbine loco of 1922 (wrongly...
Not quite the same. My Avatar is our loco No. 5, Hamra. Built by Orenstein & Koppel in 1902, weight 15 tons, currently in service. The locos at...
There were no casualties in the accident. A first replacement boiler was built by Motala Mekaniska Verkstad in Sweden. Then two additional new...
Impressive, superb quality.
... and just the sound of it! Chugging along like an old diesel with deep, clear puffs. Would like to hear it with a substantial load at speed on...
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/report-022020-runaway-locomotive-at-beddgelert-north-wales-16-april-2019
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